7th edition of the Top 250 French software publishers and designers
Panorama 2017
SyntecNumériqueandEYpresented the results of the seventh edition of the Top 250 software publishers.
Software publishing, a sector showing sustained, long-term growth: steadily rising since 2010, the sector’s sales jumped by 30% between 2014 and 2016, and by 12% last year alone. In 2016, the 358 French publishers on our panel recorded total revenues of 13.5 billion euros. All publishers are participating in this trend, whatever their size.
“In this exciting period of digital revolution, the French economy can count on software innovation to support its transformation. With double-digit growth in 2016 and even 30% over two years, the dynamism of French software publishers is undeniable. What’s more, the sector is creating jobs (more than 8,500 over two years for pure player publishers alone) and investing massively in R&D. Nevertheless, software publishers continue to face difficulties in recruitment and access to financing. We need to find solutions to these two challenges if we are to make this growth sustainable.declares Marc Genevois, President of the Publishers’ College, Syntec Numérique.
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2017 trophy winners
Hosted by Anicet Mbida, the ceremony rewarded four publishers:
2017 International Trophy, awarded to Allegorithmic, creator of the Substance solution, a graphics suite that has established itself in the niche of textures for 3D models, particularly used by international video game production studios.
2017 Innovation Trophy, awarded to Arkamys, a company specializing in digital audio signal processing to improve the sound quality of electronic equipment using a spatialization process.
2017 Video Games Trophy, awarded to the company Dontnod Entertainmenta French video game development studio based in Paris and enjoying great international success
2017 Jury Prize, awarded to AB Tasty, a company specializing in customer journey testing and optimization solutions for marketing teams on e-commerce sites.