In September 2020, Ecco Technologies was selected by CASA (Communauté d’Agglomération Sophia-Antipolis) to be hosted inside the Business Pôle, a hub for Sophia Antipolis’ most innovative and promising start-ups.
CASA hosts multiple projects for the future development of Sophia Antipolis, including one that is very dear to us at Ecco: the Innovation Hub (Pôle Innovation).
The Innovation hub is part of a complex, structured future that will be both an opportunity to showcase Sophia Antipolis and a place for innovation to thrive in the French Silicon Valley.
This project aims to guide and support the creation and development of innovative companies, to encourage interaction between local protagonists (start-ups, engineering schools, companies) as well as to increase the resources that allow the Sophia hub to affirm and spread the word on its attractiveness and competitiveness at the heart of innovation.
This innovative spirit permeates across the 2500 hectares (of which 90% are green) of the SophiaAntipolis tech hub, which is the largest European site of its kind. With its 2500 companies, 3800 employees, 4500 researchers and 5500 students, Sophia Antipolis connects and has connected throughout its 50 year-history (also thanks to France’s second biggest global airport just 20km away) global talent from over 40 countries.