Identify business opportunities in Provence at MWC 2019

Discover with Provence Promotion the mobile ecosystem of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis

Meet us at the Mobile Word Congress in Barcelona. The world's largest gathering for the mobile industry will take place this year from February 25 to 28, 2019. Provence Promotion, the economic development agency of the Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolitan area and the Pays d'Arles will be present. It offers growth companies with a development project BtoB meetings and a networking event in partnership with the SCS competitiveness cluster and the Team Côte d'Azur economic development agency. The objective is to increase meetings with leaders and entrepreneurs from all over the world, to promote the region and attract investment to Provence.

The Provence destination is attractive for technological and innovative companies. Transport and telecommunications infrastructure is developed. A large digital community runs several professional networks, including Aix-Marseille French Tech, which provides a dynamic service offer for entrepreneurs and start-ups.

Provence Promotion will be present at the MWC in Barcelona to promote all the assets of the region. In its prospecting approach, the agency offers BtoB meetings to managers and development managers to quickly see the advantages of setting up in Provence.  Information on the sector, business opportunities, identification of key players, its objective is to provide companies with pragmatic answers and to convince them to base their activities there.

For their development project, the agency offers entrepreneurs personalised support in the following areas:

•     Financial engineering (assistance in researching innovation grants)
•     Fundraising (52 VC and a dedicated organization that contributes 100% of the amount raised)
•     Recruitment assistance and HR engineering
•     Search for premises
•     Support for partnerships
•     Mobility support
•     Legal aid

These free and confidential support services are based on a detailed knowledge of ecosystems and a vast network of partners.

A Provence networking event at the MWC

The 2019 edition of the MWC Barcelona will bring together 107,000 participants and nearly 2,400 exhibiting companies. A considerable pool of contacts that provides business opportunities for the territory.

In partnership with the SCS competitiveness cluster and the Team Côte d'Azur development agency, Provence Promotion is organizing a networking event at the Pavillon France in the Demo area, Hall 5 stand 5B61, on February 26, 2019 at 12:00 pm, in order to introduce foreign entrepreneurs to the full development potential in the South Region.

Together, they will have the pleasure of welcoming entrepreneurs and managers to an event on the attractiveness in the South region and the development of companies that have chosen to set up in Provence.