Roca Therapeutics completes seed funding round
Roca Therapeutics, based in Nice, is a leading biotech startup specialized in the discovery and development of small molecules addressing severe life-threatening disorders caused by hypervascularization and macrophages M2 driven immunosuppression. The company announced the closing of a seed funding round led by 3B Future Health Fund II and SATT Sud-Est. Roca Therapeutics will use these funds to […]
The FrenchTech Côte d’Azur candidates from Digital inPulse
On April 28th the Chinese ICT giant Huawei hosted their innovation competition Digital inPulse. Nine startups, seven of which are part of the French Tech Côte d’Azur, delivered their pitches in hopes of winning 50,000 euros and a business trip to China. Some of the startups that attended share with us their expectations for the event: Alexis Lacapelle, Manager, Interactive […]
Truffle Capital is opening an office in Nice (France) and inaugurating Caranx Medical’s laboratories
Truffle Capital has inaugurated its second office in Nice, called TCN (Truffle Capital Nice), while its headquarters remain in Paris. Truffle Capital is an independent European venture capital company founded in 2001 and manages €700M in assets. It specializes in Life Sciences (Medtech and Biotech) and disruptive technologies in the IT sector (Fintech and Insurtech). […]
Côte d’Azur BioTech : InnoSkel Launches with €20 Million Series A Financing
InnoSkel, based in Nice Côte d’Azur and Sophia Antipolis, is a newly launched platform biotechnology company pioneering gene therapies for rare skeletal disease. The company announced that it has raised €20 million in a Series A financing round. The fundraise was co-led by Jeito Capital and Vida Ventures, with additional support from Région Sud Investissement […]
Testimonials from Life Sciences companies
Alan Howard, European Society for Medical Oncology “Nice quickly emerged as the right choice due to its talent pool which enabled us to develop our business activities here, in particular in technical terms.” Alan Howard, CEO of the European Society for Medical Oncology 2012, European Society for Medical Oncology *** Andrew Trapani, Dow France “We […]
Why OMONOVO chose to set up on the Côte d’Azur
OMONOVO is an expert in the field of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Well-being and Personal Development. The company was created in Barcelona in 2016. Its main objective is to bring a solution to the health and well-being issues faced by millions of people. How to find and identify the relevant discipline with the relevant practitioner? Based […]
The biotech company Phenocell settled in Grasse
Phenocell is a research-based biotechnology company specialized in the creation, production, and commercialization of cellular models for research and drug discovery. Brigitte Onteniente, CEO of Phenocell, tells everything about the settlement of the company on the Côte d’Azur and the goals for the year to come. Can you tell us about your business? Innovation is […]
Innovative City Will Take You to the Heart of Innovation in Nice
Innovative City, Smart City’s largest international conference, returns to the Côte d’Azur on July 5th and 6th, 2017 in Nice, one of the world’s Top 10 Smart Cities according to Juniper Research (2016). Companies, startups, researchers and local authorities will be in attendance to present their latest innovations concerning Smart City. Notable exhibitors will include Alstom, Bouygues, Cisco, Enedis, GRT Gaz, Orange, Schneider Electric, Thales and even Vinci, as well as startups from the […]
LifeScientis chooses Côte d’Azur for Biotech R&D center
LifeScientis, Biotech activity center of Teclis group, settled on the Côte d’Azur in 2016. Team Côte d’Azur facilitated their integration into the local Health ecosystem. Franck Chuzel, founder of LifeScientis, explains why this investment on the Côte d’Azur is a strategic one for his company. What does LifeScientis do ? LifeScientis Biotechnologies, is the activity center dedicated to the Life Sciences […]
X-Torp a Serious Game for Alzheimer’s patients
X-Torp is a multiplayer Serious Game that helps stimulate the cognitive functions of patients with early-stage Alzheimer’s. It was developed by a consortium composed of Genious, the Research team CoBTeK (Nice CHU, University of Nice, Inria) and the Innovation Alzheimer Association. X-Torp : a video game for Alzheimer’s patients The game is designed for people diagnosed with the early signs of Alzheimer’s disease. It was developed by the Genious Group in […]
