www.investincotedazur.com
www.investincotedazur.com
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, CANNES, GRASSE, ÉCO-VALLÉE, NICE
CÔTE D’AZUR: THE PLACE TO BE FOR SMART CITY PLAYERS
A joint initiative
Contact: Cyril Dary, Head of Cleantech [email protected]
Team Côte d’Azur,400, Promenade des Anglais, BP 3185, 06204 Nice Cedex 3
Tel: +33 4 92 17 51 51 - [email protected]
TEAM UP wITH US FOR A SMOOTH SET-UP
Team Côte d’Azur assists you in:• Connecting to the ecosystem• Finding the best site for your business• Recruiting your teams• Accessing public incentives• Channeling your communication.
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The region has deployed a dozen smart grid projects representing over 50 M€ investment, such as Réflexe (the 1st virtual power plant in France, led by Veolia), Nice Grid (a smart solar-energy microgrid district, led by EDF), CityOpt in Nice (a European project optimizing energy systems in smart cities), or Nice Sophia Antipolis Smart Campus.Leading industrial companies have partnered with the Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur to develop innovations such as the Smart City Innovation Center, intelligent parking, the Auto-bleue car-sharing scheme and more.
GROw SMART IN NICE,THE 4TH SMARTEST CITY IN THE wORLD
TAkE PART IN REAL-LIFE SMART ExPERIMENTS
BE SUSTAINABLE IN THE ÉCO-VALLÉE
CONNECT wITH MARkET LEADERS
BENEFIT FROM SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS HI-TECH ADVANTAGE
JOIN A GROwING SMART CLUSTER
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Nice ranks in the Top 5 Smartest Cities in the world*, thanks to a vision embodied in specific equipment, experiments and industrial partnerships. * Juniper Research 2015
Focused on cleantech & sustainable development, the Éco-Vallée offers a unique experimentation laboratory and technology showcase, over 25,000 acres to the west of Nice.
Give your company the very best start and benefit the proximity of ICT world leaders in Europe’s leading Science & Technology Park just 30 mn from Nice.
The cleantech community in Côte d’Azur has recently grown up to 550 companies, 1,2 Bn € turnover, and 6,000 jobs.More than 100 companies are specifically active in the smart grid.
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CREATE IN COLLABORATIVE TECHNICAL PLATFORMSINNOVATE IN A DEDICATED ECOSYSTEM
FINANCE YOUR R&D wITH ONE OF THE wORLD’S BEST PACkAGES
BENEFIT FROM A HOTBED OF TALENTS
TAkE ADVANTAGE OF EFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE
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On top of the Smart City Innovation Center, established at IMREDD in Nice Meridia in 2015, Côte d’Azur boasts 4 fablabs and 12 shared technical platforms, such as Com4Innov, covering IoT, 4G/LTE, IMS & M2M, and more.
Nice is the 5th best European City for the quality of its infrastructure*, many of them dedicated to smart mobility.
Considered the most attractive in France, the region provides the 3rd largest national concentration of executives. SophiaTech attracts 2500 students & 800 researchers from top IT institutes. SKEMA & EDHEC appear every year in FTs’ Top 10 financial courses in the world. Along with the University of Nice Côte d’Azur, they provide masters in general and specialized management, such as:Energy Systems Optimization – International Energy Management – Renewable Energy – Communications for intelligent transportation systems – Security in computer systems and communications, and more.
Write off 30% of your R&D expenses every year with France’s Research Tax Credit (30% up to 100 M€ and 5% beyond). * FT/FDI Intelligence 2014/15
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NET TAX CREDIT PER COMPANY
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Ontario
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NET TAX CREDIT PER COMPANY
Very favorable UnfavorableSource: Business France / a simulation by Taj Firm (Deloite Touche Tohmatsu Limited 2011)
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€2.1M
€1.2M
€2M€0.75M
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Canada
Ontario
United States
NET TAX CREDIT PER COMPANY
Very favorable UnfavorableSource: Business France / a simulation by Taj Firm (Deloite Touche Tohmatsu Limited 2011)
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GermanyBelgium
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€2.1M
€1.2M
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(for 11,33 M€ R&D)
ENJOY EASY FOREIGN INTERACTIONSSTART-UP SMOOTHLY wITH SOFT-LANDING SOLUTIONS
DO NOT MISS OUT ON A UNIqUE LIFESTYLE
SET UP IN A GLOBAL PLACE AT VILLAGE PRICE
CHOOSE CÔTE D’AZUR:The place to be for companies that want it all!
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1138 foreign companies from 60 countries, 100,000 foreign residents, over 5 million foreign tourists, a dozen foreign language media and 21 international schools shape a truly multi-cultural environment.
Part of the EC-BIC European Business Network, Nice Côte d’Azur Business & Innovation Center offers soft-landing solutions right in the Nice Méridia eco-district. Sophia Antipolis, Cannes and Grasse also offer state-of-the-art incubators, and shared services.
Located 5km from Nice city center, the 2nd
largest international airport in France offers direct flights to over 100 worldwide destinations.
With 300 days of sun a year, 120 km of coastline, 15 ski resorts, and over 6,000 cultural and sport events a year, Côte d’Azur offers your employees and family members much more than a workplace.
Côte d’Azur offers premium offices with some of the most competitive rental prices in Europe - 4 times cheaper than Paris.
+ FLY THE wORLD 30MN FROM YOUR DESkTOP
www.investincotedazur.com
www.investincotedazur.com
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, CANNES, GRASSE, ÉCO-VALLÉE, NICE
CÔTE D’AZUR: THE PLACE TO BE FOR SMART CITY PLAYERS
A joint initiative
Contact: Cyril Dary, Head of Cleantech [email protected]
Team Côte d’Azur,400, Promenade des Anglais, BP 3185, 06204 Nice Cedex 3
Tel: +33 4 92 17 51 51 - [email protected]
TEAM UP wITH US FOR A SMOOTH SET-UP
Team Côte d’Azur assists you in:• Connecting to the ecosystem• Finding the best site for your business• Recruiting your teams• Accessing public incentives• Channeling your communication.
Free, personalized and confidential
expertise
NVI
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