Our mission

From the business project to the first clients, Incubateur Provence-Côte d’Azur advises innovative entrepreneurs in the Alpes Maritimes and the Var. We detect, select, advise, support and finance entrepreneurs in the emergence of their company, from project to incorporation, to signing of the first customers and to constitution of an entrepreneurial team and, whenever necessary, and to the preparation of a fund-raising activity. Incubateur Provence-Côte d’Azur does not take any share in the capital of the supported companies.

Our non-profit organization was founded by the Université Côte d’Azur, the University of Toulon and Inria. Incubateur Provence-Côte d’Azur is a public research incubator supported by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR) which brings together most of the players in research, innovation and economic development.

Members of the Board

Maureen Clerc

The incubator's Chairwoman of the Board

Director of the Inria center at Université Côte d’Azur

Didier Goguenheim

Treasurer of the incubator

TVT Innovation General Director

Laurent Londeix

Vice-Chairman of the incubator

UPE06, Orange Regional Delegate, Provence Côte d'Azur

Maureen Clerc

The Incubator Vice Chairwoman

Director of the Inria Research Center at the University of Côte d'Azur

Sébastien Campocasso

Vice Chairman of the incubator

University of Toulon Research Valorisation Manager, Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering

Xavier Fernandez

Vice Chairman of the incubator

Vice Chairman of Innovation and Research Valorization at the Université Côte d'Azur, and a University Professor

Pascal Flamand

The Incubator General Secretary

Vice President of Strategy at Telecom Valley and a Company Head

The Managing Team

Sophie Monteil

Startup advisor

Nicolas Laruelle

Startup advisor

Pauline Penalva

Startup advisor

Aude Vidalou

Mission manager

Laurent Masson

Director

Sophie Berthèas Gitton

Administrative and Financial manager

Dimitri Taile

Startup advisor

Founding members

Université Cote d'Azur
INRIA
Université de Toulon

Actors

Région Sud
Ministère de l'Enseignement et de la Recherche
Pays de Grasse
Cannes Pays de Lérins
Métropole Nice Cote d'Azur
Sophia Antipolis
Métropole Toulon Provence Méditerranée

Associate members

CNRS
ADEME
Telecom Valley
French Tech
Centre hospitalier Universitaire de Nice
INRAE
MINES PARITECH
CIUS
INSERM
ISEN
SKEMA
BANQUE POPULAIRE
Pays de Grasse
Cannes Pays de Lérins
UPE06
CCI VAR
CCI Cote d'Azur