Cap Digital
Overview
Cap Digital (https://www.capdigital.com/en/) is the French business cluster for digital and ecological transformation in the Paris Region, the first digital innovation ecosystem and the largest cluster in Europe. Based in Paris and created in 2006 as a non-profit organisation, Cap Digital counts more than 1000 members; mostly SMEs but also large companies, academics and policy makers. Since 2014, we have been certified as "Cluster of Excellence" by the European Commission (Gold Label).
It focuses on the following markets and technologies:
e-education, training & HR
eHealth & well-being
Media, entertainment, cultural and creative industries
Smart City and sustainable development transition
Industry & services
Technologies, data, AI
More information on our markets can be found here: https://www.capdigital.com/en/who-we-are/our-ecosystem/
Cap Digital provides its members with intelligence (through market & technology watch and forecast, publications, studies), training, helping with recruitment, matchmaking/networking, funding solutions, project reviews, business development and internationalization services.
Cap Digital supports R&D & innovation by providing personalized support to its members, an expert assessment for the candidate’s applications for proposals, a quality certification of R&D projects with the Cap Digital label, awareness campaigns on regional, national & European calls for proposals, networking, emersion of collaborative projects, promotion & follow-up on our member’s projects and working groups.
More information on our services can be found here: https://www.capdigital.com/en/who-we-are/our-mission/
The cluster has been involved in 22 European projects since 2006 and is currently running 9 of them (https://www.capdigital.com/en/who-we-are/our-eu-projects/). It is also a member of powerful European networks such as the NEM initiative (European Technology platform dedicated to digital content), EBN (European Business Network) and two KICs: EIT Digital and EIT Health.
Every year in June, Cap Digital organizes FUTUR.E.S (https://blog.futuresfestivals.com/english/), the European largest free digital Festival showcasing the latest French and international digital innovations to both the professionals and the general public. Each edition of this three-day event attracts more than 12 000 attendees from over 25 countries around an exhibition area, workshops and keynote conferences in French and English languages.
In 2016, Cap Digital created EdFab (http://edfab.fr/), a 350m2 facility in the North of Paris dedicated to promoting innovation in the field of education, training and jobs transformation. EdFab is about facilitating an ecosystem where people can become better informed, join a network and meet, learn and try out the latest innovations. It provides the following services: innovative training, EdTech benchmarking, training programs, a FabLab factory, coaching, support, etc.
For more information on all our DIH activities and services related to the digital transformation of our community, please visit our new updated website (both in French and in English): http://www.capdigital.com/ Digital technologies.