Archive for March 2013
Jaina Capital partners with Rentabiliweb – what future for online payments in France?
Marc Simoncini, known for creating the online European dating scene, Jaïna Capital, and being a tax-targeted millionaire, entered into a partnership with Rentabiliweb. This means all of Jaïna Capital’s e-commerce activity will be under the umbrella of Rentabilweb’s e-payment services. If the words ‘Rent’, ‘Ability’, and ‘Web’ don’t stick out at first, I will try […]
Startup Competition finalists announced as MIPCUBE gears up for April event
Reed Midem’s MIPCUBE, a sub-event to the TV Industry’s biggest event MIPTV, has announced the finalists for its three big competitions as it gears up for the event in April. Branded as “reinventing the content experience,” MIPCUBE has been a big effort to bring innovation and startups to MIPTV, which traditionally has been an event […]
Azendoo launches new interface based on feedback from their 20k users
Rising star in the world of productivity and project management solutions, Azendoo, has just launched a big redesign of their interface which was largely based on the feedback of their 19k users across 160 countries. Following the recent big news of their Evernote partnership as well as their Google integration late last year, Azendoo views […]
April 18-19, Devopsdays comes to Paris – get your tickets today!
I’m really excited to announce that Devopsdays, the 2-day conference series devoted to bringing development and operations together, is coming to Paris for the first time on April 18th-19th. The conference, which takes place all over the world, from San Francisco to London, India to Brazil, is an English-language tech conference (so you know we’re […]
Paris’ Iris Capital & Cologne’s Capnamic Ventures team up to invest in early stage German tech startups
Iris Capital, who manages Orange & Publicis’ 500 Million euro fund, and Capnamic Ventures, who just launched its fund last month (covered here on The Pirates Inn, an English-language tech blog covering the Cologne region), have announced a partnership whereby the two will co-invest in german early-stage startups. Capnamic will manage the selection process, and […]
Mention raises 600K€ seed round from Alven Capital & Point Nine Capital
Late last night, Journal Du Net reported that Mention, the social media app that lets you track your brand, name or otherwise, has raised a 600,000€ round of funding from Alven Capital and Berlin-based Point Nine Capital. Mention’s founding team consists of Edouard de la Jonquière(CEO) & Arnaud Le Blanc(CTO),as well as the eFounders team, which notably includes […]
Eventbrite didn’t start thinking International until 2010, and they paid for it.
During the first Paris International Tech Meetup earlier this week, Eventbrite CTO Renaud Visage took the stage (which amounted to standing on a table in the middle of the 50 Partners accelerator space), and talked to a full crowd of nearly 100 people about Eventbrite – its future, its present, and its past. During his […]
Apple to pay 50,000€ for keeping employees working 1 hour after closing in France
A Paris court ruled today that 7 Apple Stores, which formally were open until 10:00PM, must close at 9:00PM, as per French law. In the official statement, the court ruled a “ban on Apple France from having salaried employees work between 9:00PM and 6:00AM,” with a penalty of 50,000€ to be imposed in the case […]
Bridging the divide between the Paris & Boston startup communities
Boston and NYC have 3 main rivalries: the Red Sox vs. the Yankees (95 years running), budget deficits, and high-tech startups. The latter is a healthy competition of creating jobs, fueling innovative research, and promoting disruptive technologies. Boston is lagging behind NYC but has recently gained momentum because of VC firms like Spark Capital which […]
‘Temoignages du Cloud’ conference puts the spotlight on global cloud innovation
This coming March 25th will see the first edition of ‘Temoignages du Cloud’, which will bring together several key actors in France’s Cloud ecosystem to discuss cloud driven innovation. As enterprises everywhere have either already moved their information, processes, etc to the Cloud or have plans to do so, the organizers felt the time was […]