Set up your tech company in Occitanie in the south of France

The tech ecosystem in the south of France:

• 1st French region for entrepreneurship

• 2^nd French region for founding new start-ups

• 3^rd French region for tech: 18,500 companies, 62,500 jobs
• Occitanie’s two main cities, Montpellier and Toulouse, have the “French Tech” label
• A leading French region for different tech niches: health, food, energy, European leader for the space industry, world leader for aeronautics
• International clusters: e-health, smart grid, agritech, etc.
• Many innovative SMEs: over 95% of companies have less than 50 employees.
• Universities, research labs, regional excellence centres: CINES, LIRMM, IBM
• 25,000 students at engineering schools or technical universities

As part of the national “Grande école du numérique” initiative launched in 2015, the Occitanie region has created a regional network of innovative degrees and training courses in the south of France. With 73 certifications and an 80% completion rate, Occitanie is a trailblazer when it comes to innovative digital education.

Occitanie’s efficient, well-structured digital ecosystem

Develop your digital company in the south of France

• Digital clusters with over 700 companies: FrenchSouth.digital in Montpellier, Digital113 in Toulouse

• Sectoral clusters: robotics place, cybersecurity (Hexatrust), video games (Push Start), mobility (Automotech, Mipirail)

• Adapted infrastructures: internet access throughout the region, 2 neutral internet exchange nodes (IXP/GIX)

World-class incubators:

• Montpellier Business and Innovation Center (BIC), 2^nd best incubator in the world (according to UBI’s ranking)

• Montpellier International Business Incubator (MIBI) with a soft-landing programme for international companies

• IoT Valley: the “Silicon Valley” of IoT in Toulouse
• Regional Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Excellence Centre: ANITI (Institut d'Intelligence Artificielle et Naturelle de Toulouse)
• Yearly events: DigiWorld Summit, Montpellier Game Summit, Futurapolis, Mêlée Numérique, Toulouse Space Show, etc.

Easily recruit qualified staff for your tech company in Occitanie, south of France

The Occitanie region is dedicated to higher education and R&D:

• Universities: Paul Valery University - Montpellier 3, University of Toulouse 2 - Jean Jaures (UT2), University of Nimes, University of Perpignan

• Engineering schools: IMT Mines Ales (ERIEE), Polytech Montpellier, SUPINFO, EPSI, IMERIR, CNAM, Institut Telecom (e-health)

• Research institutes: LIRMM (Laboratory of Computer Science, Robotics and Microelectronics of Montpellier, 350 people), CINES (National Computing Center for Higher Education), the University of Montpellier 2 (over 1,000 research professors with 50 labs), I.E.S. (Southern Electronics Institute: physics, electronic applications which use optoelectronics, reliability, captors, nanotechnologies, telecommunications and energy).

Tech companies based in the south of France

The following major IT companies all have operations in Occitanie in the south of France:

• IBM Global Services

• DELL southern Europe
• Capgemini
• Intel
• InterCall
• UbiSoft,
• Alstom Grid
• Schneider Electric
• Horiba Medical