They were two from Sophia Antipolis out of the five companies rewarded by the INPI (national institute for industrial property). Seporga and e-acute received the PACA trophy, at CERAM, Sophia on last Thursday. Seporga is a company created in 1964 and specialized in research and finalization of active principles for cosmetic and dermatology.
The second one is a start-up used to be on podiums, since it has created software Octave which allows to write on little mobiles. The firm had formerly won the Capital IT innovation prize in Paris. E-acute had made a France and a world license registered.
For start-ups which are looking for becoming famous, it can be very profitable. E-acute had experimented a boom in connections to its site (www.e-acute.fr) after the program broadcast about it on ARTE (a French TV channel). About 40,000 the day after.
