Dassault Systèmes, a leading editor of software for 3D design, 3D digital modelling and solutions for the management of product life cycles, announced on 25 April 2013 that it had taken over the Archividéo company, a pioneer in the automated design and management of large-scale 3D urban environments and landscapes.
In February 2013, two brothers, Didier and Rémy Cadic, founded Creawave, a company that offers a new type of vocal content.
Wavycom is a young company that has developed an innovative hardware and software solution to computerise financial transactions based on NFC technology.
Cyim recently won the call for tenders launched by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) for a technical structure and the implementation of an information system for its medical conferences for a period of 3 years.
The Askom brand, which was created by Edcom, will become an independent company next June so that each firm can speed up its development. Askom specialises in the design of virtual agents.
On 14 February 2013, François Houllier, CEO of Inra, officially opened the new experimental facilities in the Fish Physiology and Genomics Laboratory (LPGP, Laboratoire de physiologie et génomique des poissons) at Inra - Rennes.
Yazan El Safadi, a doctor and engineer in pharmaceutical chemistry, set up HPC Pharma in January 2013.
On 1 January 2013, Amélis, Génoé and Urcéo/Créavia officially merged to form a single cooperative unit called Evolution.
Cimtech, a design office specialising in mechanical products, has recently signed a 3-patent licensing contract with industrialist SPPF, the leading French company for combined window and shutter units, which is well-known for its strong product innovation ethic.
Innès, which designs and markets hardware and software for dynamic displays, corporate Web TV and IPTV, has recently raised an additional 1 million euros in funding.