Analysis

March 15, 2024

Euro tech hubs find ways to flourish beyond capital cities alone

VC money may be further away but regional startup centres bank on local strengths to attract entrepreneurs

In the university city of Lille, in northern France, a Google campus-like building stands in the middle of the Bois-Blanc district — an area that, 15 years ago, was better known for crime, drug dealing and prostitution. It is now home to the main campus of the startup incubator and accelerator Euratechnologies, which has settled behind the red-brick walls of what used to be one of the country’s most productive cotton factories.

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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