This is a group of various Software Development corporations within Rhône-Alpes (some are in Lyon, others in Grenoble or Annecy): Cluster EDIT. EDIT 2017: Apparently, it's been renamed to http://www.leclustr.org/. read more
Glowbl is also Lyon-based and very well known. Some of the best Lyon-based startup networks include La Cuisine Du Web (run by Guilhem Bertholet) and Boost in Lyon accelerator program. There are also a lot of gaming companies that are members of the Imaginove cluster. Blend Web Mix is perhaps the biggest Lyon startup conference. read more
With 31 of the 500 biggest companies in the world in 2015, France ranks fourth in the Fortune Global 500, ahead of Germany and the UK. According to the World Trade Organization (WTO), in 2009 France was the world's sixth-largest exporter and the fourth-largest importer of manufactured goods. read more