Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis Acceleration Program: 12 winning companies.
The Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis, in partnership with the INTERFACES-POST ADVISORS Group, has established an acceleration program for high-potential local businesses. Fully funded by the Metropolis, this program offers personalized support over a six-month period. The 12 winners were announced on the Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis website, and the launch of the acceleration program will […]
Virbac celebrates 30 years in the Asia-Pacific region and announces its consolidated revenue for Q2 2023
The company Virbac, a major player in the animal health economy based in the Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis, has just celebrated three decades of presence in the Asia-Pacific region. An opportunity to look back on the journey of two of its significant subsidiaries located in New Zealand and Japan. The company also recently celebrated its […]
Nice: Caranx Medical Laboratories are one of the winners of the i-Nov Innovation Contest.
Established in Nice in 2021, with the support of Invest in Côte d’Azur, Caranx Medical Laboratories are developing autonomous robots that can perform totally automated endovascular (heart valve replacement) or endoscopic (obesity surgery) procedures. Founded by Truffle Capital Fund, Caranx Medical is developing a technology that combines imaging data, artificial intelligence, and mini-robotics. This aims […]
Venture Capital in France: EY publishes the results for the first half of 2023
EY’s study compiles equity financing transactions of companies in the startup or early stages of their existence, with transaction dates from January 1st to June 30th, 2023, and published before July 5th, 2023. Key elements from the first half of 2023: Since the beginning of the year, French innovative companies have completed 395 fundraising transactions […]
Virbac: André Mathieu appointed as Director of Global Industrial Operations, Supply Chain, and Sourcing.
From July 2023, André Mathieu, who has been appointed as the Director of the new Global Industrial Operations, Supply Chain, and Sourcing division at Virbac since January 2, 2023, will join the Virbac group’s executive committee. In a context of market and client consolidation, Virbac has decided to evolve its organization and best prepare the […]
Biotech: ExAdex-Innov welcomes SATT Sud-Est as a shareholder
ExAdex-Innov, a biotechnology company based in Nice, is developing an innovative technology that explores the therapeutic properties of human adipose tissue. Founded in August 2022 and based at the Bio-incubator of the Institute of Biology Valrose,ExAdex-Innov positions itself as a promising startup, with a team of researchers, opinion leaders, clinicians, and managers who possess decades […]
French Tech 2030: 6 Côte d’Azur startups selected
“Announced on June 14, 2023, the French Tech 2030 initiative represents a new stage in supporting the emergence of companies developing revolutionary innovations. This initiative fully aligns the state’s financing and support strategy with the priorities of France 2030. The initiative aims to create a French technological offering to preserve French economic sovereignty, and startups […]
Type 1 Diabetes: Côte d’Azur Health Research Takes Center Stage
DiogenX, the biotechnology company co-founded by Professor Patrick Collombat, Inserm research director at the Institute of Biology Valrose in Nice, has recently raised 27.5 million euros to advance its regenerative treatment for type 1 diabetes towards clinical development. The research efforts are hosted in Nice at the renowned and internationally acclaimed Institute of Biology Valrose […]
Virbac Spain: 40 years of commitment to animal health
Founded in 1983, Virbac Spain, one of the oldest subsidiaries of the Group, celebrates its 40 years of commitment to animal health in May. The history of the Spanish subsidiary began one morning in 1983 when veterinary doctor Pierre-Richard Dick initiated the idea of establishing a presence in Spain by inviting his right-hand man, Henri […]
Nice will host Hospital-University Institute dedicated to respiratory health
The University Hospital Center (CHU) of Nice, University Côte d’Azur, Inria, and Inserm have been selected by the National Research Agency (ANR) to create a Hospital-University Institute (IHU) in Nice. This decision follows a call for projects initiated by the French government and is part of the France 2030 plan. As part of this plan, […]