The European financial establishments CAISSE DES DEPORTS, BAYERISCHE LANDESBANK and the Luxembourg venture-capital fund JOHNSON PARADIGM VENTURE have got together to create SOPHIA EURO LAB, a regional start-up fund to back the creation of technology companies in Sophia Antipolis. The company will have a capital of between 10 and 12 million euro and a subsidiary specialised in the provision of services linked to project incubation.