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Sophia Business Angels

Business angel group on the French Riviera investing in and coaching early-stage start-ups worldwide

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About Sophia Business Angels

Sophia Business Angels is a group of individuals who put their own money into early-stage start-ups. Its members are current or former entrepreneurs and corporate executives who also coach founders and their teams. The group began in Sophia Antipolis on the French Riviera and now has members across several regions.

What Sophia Business Angels offers

  • Angel investment: members back start-ups they select, and the group can introduce other angel groups, banks and private equity funds.
  • Startup Factory: a quarterly evening event in Sophia Antipolis, held in French, where entrepreneurs and students pitch to an audience.
  • Venture Academy: a coaching and pitching event run twice yearly with the SKEMA business school, held in English.
  • Start Up Invest: a seed-financing event where a dozen high-tech companies present to investors.
  • Deal flow: a database and review process for submitted projects.

Key facts

  • Based in: Sophia Antipolis, France
  • Founded: 2002
  • Team: over 40 members in Europe, the US, the Gulf and Asia
  • Networks: European Business Angels Network and France Angels

Profile written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Oct 2026.

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