Pearcode, the deeptech start-up winner of the Tech for Future 2025 award
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Published on September 17, 2025
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Updated on September 17, 2025
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Start-up Pearcode has reached a major milestone by winning the Tech for Future 2025 prize, organized by La Tribune.
Awarded in the Data & Artificial Intelligence category, the start-up confirms its potential by inviting itself into the select circle of the most promising young French companies in the fields of information technology and AI. With this distinction, Pearcode gains in visibility and establishes its legitimacy in a booming sector.
The start-up stems from the research work of Marc Antonini (Director of Research at the CNRS and co-founder and CEO of Pearcode), and the thesis of Melpomeni Dimopoulou (co-founder and CEO of Pearcode) on coding techniques for the long-term storage of digital images in synthetic DNA.
National recognition for a forward-looking innovation
Tech for Future is one of the most emblematic competitions in the French entrepreneurial ecosystem. Each year, it highlights start-ups capable of meeting the major economic, social and environmental challenges of tomorrow. Pearcode's award comes with increased visibility, with features in La Tribune, on BFM Business and at France Digitale Day, a not-to-be-missed event for tech players.A start-up from Nice's academic ecosystem
Pearcode is an integral part of the innovation dynamic promoted by Université Côte d'Azur. The start-up received support from the University's Initiative d'Excellence (IdEx), through its "Start-up Deeptech" call for projects. Start-up Deeptech", a scheme designed to support the creation of innovative "DeepTech" companies based on Côte d'Azur research.Pearcode: reinventing data archiving
Pearcode is developing a technology that guarantees long-lasting digital data storage. It revolutionizes digital data storage by using synthetic DNA as an archiving medium. This technology enables a massive amount of information to be encoded in a tiny volume, offering a perennial and eco-responsible solution for long-term archiving. The company has developed encoding and decoding algorithms specifically adapted to this biological medium, guaranteeing exceptional reliability and durability of stored data.The start-up stems from the research work of Marc Antonini (Director of Research at the CNRS and co-founder and CEO of Pearcode), and the thesis of Melpomeni Dimopoulou (co-founder and CEO of Pearcode) on coding techniques for the long-term storage of digital images in synthetic DNA.
