Our ever popular “Start Up Factory” provides new entrepreneurs and students, with either an active project or simply an idea, the opportunity to network with private investors, bank executives and other experts in the Startup Ecosystem. Some startups pitch to the audience of around 150 people. These evening events take place each quarter in Sophia Antipolis, the entrepreneurial hub of the Côte d’Azur, and are conducted in French.
The world-famous SBA Venture Academy is a Pitching & Coaching Event jointly organised by The SBA and the SKEMA International Business School. It runs twice a year in April and October. It starts with Thursday afternoon coaching, Friday morning pitching, more coaching and then a final pitching session. Prizes are awarded on the Friday to the three most investible startups. Ten selected companies have the opportunity to benefit from personalized coaching by Business Angels and industry experts. In addition there are three networking opportunities; cocktails on Thursday and Friday, plus lunch on Saturday. This event is in English.
Start Up Invest is an event dedicated to the seed financing of high-tech companies. It allows a dozen entrepreneurs to present their company to a panel of investors and business angels eager to invest in projects with high potential.
M-Pearl offers a recruitment solution based on artificial intelligence. Their semantic recruitment assistance looks for similarities and common skills in the data available rather that the traditional key-word based approach. The young company founded in 2017 identifies matches between candidates and recruiters whilst also maintaining......
Our next Start Up Factory will be held on Thursday September 12th, 2019 from 18:30 to 21:30 in CréÀCannes, 11 avenue Maurice Chevalier, 06150 Cannes La Bocca. If you are an entrepreneur willing to give a presentation of your project or your startup, please email......
Sophia Business Angels, VC4A & the World Bank Group present 3 Workshops and deploy the SBA’s International Venture Academy signature format for L’Afrique Excelle’s cohort at thecamp, Aix-en-Provence, on May 12-13th...
TousFacteurs was the winner of the “Most Investable Company” at the SBA Spring 2019 Venture Academy. They have just been chosen by GLS France* to collaborate on a brand new service in Paris, enabling clients to choose date and time of delivery, fit them into......
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