A FLOURISHING DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM
The digital ecosystem in the Montpellier Métropole area is spearheaded and coordinated by a dense network of associations, along with players involved in research and innovation:
French Tech Méditerranée
The French startup movement
This association’s mission is to promote the growth and internationalization of startups, scale-ups, and innovative SMEs in France’s Gard, Hérault, and Sud-Aveyron departments, in partnership with public stakeholders, local authorities, institutions, universities, incubators, accelerators, and major private companies.
Digital 113
The regional cluster for players in the digital sector
This association coordinates and supports businesses in the digital sector in the Occitanie / Pyrénées - Méditerranée region. Its mission is to elevate the region’s digital ecosystem to world-class status by fostering interaction and cooperation between companies.
La Mêlée
Digital facilitator in Occitanie
For the past 20 years, this association has provided support to local players to help them with their digital transformation throughout the Occitanie / Pyrénées - Méditerranée region. Its mission is to contribute to Occitanie’s outward success and exposure in the world of digital transformation and innovation.
Competitiveness clusters
Aérospace Valley
This cluster focuses on players in the aerospace industry, including aeronautics, space, and drones. It promotes its members’ development, growth, and competitiveness through innovation by encouraging collaborative research and development projects.
SCS - Secure Communication Solutions
SCS is a global competitiveness cluster dedicated to digital technologies, including microelectronics, IoT (Internet of Things), digital security, AI (Artificial Intelligence), and big data. Established in 2005 in the Provence-Alps-Côte d’Azur region, SCS unites an ecosystem of more than 300 industry players, major groups, small and medium-sized businesses, startups, research laboratories, and universities working together to develop and market innovative products and services to generate growth and jobs in promising markets.
Competency center
Meso@LR computational mesocenter
A member of the French Tech Montpellier community, this center of expertise is open to companies as well as academic, public, and private stakeholders. It offers shared resources and state-of-the-art architectures for high-performance computing (HPC) and massive data processing. Serving as a vital link between research and business, the center leverages its partner network to identify needs upstream and guide them towards awareness-raising, training, leadership, and other support initiatives.