Heat lost, electricity gained: Aix-based Entent unveils its first industrial machine
After eight years of research, the start-up co-founded by Mathias Fonlupt is testing its Pulse 50 at a Michelin site. The aim: to turn the heat released…
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AI and blockchain: Marseille consultancy Doors3 raises €1m
Co-founded by Karen Jouve, the emerging-technology consultancy is opening its capital to the family office 9 Capital Management and is targeting revenue…
Sophia Antipolis: Shadow raises €2.5m to make hospitals greener
The start-up co-founded by Alexis Patissier, which helps healthcare facilities manage their carbon footprint, has closed its first funding round with…
Oneera, the Nice app that wants to stop festival-goers losing their friends
Junior William Joyant's start-up combines GPS and Bluetooth to guide crowds and help organisers monitor them. After early trials in Cannes, it is working…
Pearcode launches its “DNA Vault” to archive digital data in molecules
The Sophia Antipolis start-up, a spin-off from the CNRS and Université Côte d'Azur led by Melpomeni Dimopoulou, is marketing its first archiving service…
Nice-based Datagreen brings energy-efficient AI data centres to Monaco with Telis
Recognised at CES in Las Vegas, the start-up founded in 2024 is deploying its first data centres in the Principality and preparing an initial funding…
EssilorLuxottica buys Pulse Audition, the Riviera start-up behind noise-filtering glasses
The eyewear giant is acquiring the young company co-founded by Manuel Pariente, which uses artificial intelligence to make a speaker's voice stand out in…
Batteries on wheels: PESS Energy raises €2.2m to replace generators
The Marseille start-up founded by Rémi Pillot designs mobile electric batteries for industry and events. Crédit Agricole Alpes Provence and Région Sud…
Ephyra opens hydrogen refuelling station for pleasure boats in Marseille
Located at the Anse de la Réserve harbour, the station supplies hydrogen-powered electric boats. The project is led by Chloé Zaied, who also heads La…
Somanity, the French Riviera start-up 3D-printing exoskeletons
Founded in 2023 by Mathieu Mérian, then a student at SKEMA, the start-up designs ergonomic, adaptable exoskeletons with support from the European Space…
Legapass co-founder Jean-Charles Chemin becomes president of Nice Start(s) Up
The head of the Nice-based digital inheritance start-up is taking charge of the association that brings together the city's young company ecosystem.
Grasse app Perfumist opens its capital to users
The start-up, which uses an algorithm to advise fragrance lovers, is launching a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with a target of €350,000.
Connected irrigation firm Telaqua raises €4m, with CMA CGM among investors
The Provence start-up, co-founded by Sébastien Demech, fits farmers' irrigation networks with sensors to save water. The round is led by Demeter.
Smart & Connective aims to cut office energy bills with connected devices
Co-founded in Valbonne in 2021 by Ambre Saurat, the start-up remotely controls lighting, heating and air conditioning in commercial buildings.
Marseille's Tchek raises €3m to inspect vehicles using artificial intelligence
The start-up co-founded by Anton Fert in 2016 has closed a funding round led by Demeter, with Région Sud Investissement, to target the used-car…
Three SeaBubbles alumni launch NepTech to design low-carbon boats
Set up in Aix-en-Provence by Corentin Bigot, Tanguy Goetz and Clément Rousset, the start-up is among the 2020 award winners of Réseau Entreprendre…