CICOM Sun

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Cicom Organisation Sophia Antipolis
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Location

• On the French Riviera
• Halfway between the main north-south (Paris-Rome)
  and east-west (Milan-Barcelona) roads.
• Connected to 84 cities in 26 countries by the
  Nice Côte d'Azur International Airport
• Largest Science Park in Europe (27 000 people,
  1300 companies)

Sophia-Antipolis
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Cicom Activities
SMEs Development , Start-ups Creation Studies Cons
ultancy
Technoparks, Science Parks incubators
Economic Development (Local, Régional)
Business Model Business Planning
Innovation Technology
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CICOM Core Skills
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CICOM Organisation
Four main ingredients
MKT/SALES
FACILITIES

ADVISING
FINANCING
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CICOM BUSINESS INCUBATOR
START-UPS
SMALL MEDIUM COMPANIES
SYNERGY
EDUCATION
BIG NAMES
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CICOM BUILDING SERVICES
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Latest innovation at hand

• BUSINESS RESORT
• Intelligent Building
• 43 Mbs to 1Gigabit/s Internet Access
• WIFI, VOIP
• ANTIPOLIS INNOVATION CAMPUS
• ANTIPOLIS LAB
• ANTIPOLIS SPORTING CLUB
• TRAVAILLER AUTREMENT

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Network of Excellence
Incubator Expertise
HIGHEST NetworkHelping Innovative firms Growth
and Entrepreneurship using Emerging IST and
other Technologies
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CICOM SERVICES

• INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
• COMPANY CREATION ADVISE
• PORTFOLIO OF 300 SKILLED PEOPLE
• HIGH-TECH INNOVATION MARKETING
• INTERNATIONAL TRADE ASSISTANCE
• BUSINESS INNOVATION CENTER (5000 M²)
• SEED CAPITAL AND VENTURE CAPITAL

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Cicom Innovation Process
SERVICES HR VENTURE CAPITAL TECHNO
MKT SALES MANAGEMENT
IDEAS _____
SUCCESS STORY
PROJECTS
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Cicom Track Record
200 COMPANIES CREATED AND COACHED SINCE 1995 (gt
1000 JOBS) 10 FRENCH INNOVATION AWARDS 5
EUROPEAN INNOVATION AWARDS
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WEB SERVER
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