Peter Campobasso
WeLoveWords Launches YouLoveWords, a New Content Production Platform
WeLoveWords, a Parisian company created in 2009 by Gregory Nicolaidis announced on March 26th the launch of YouLoveWords.com, its multilingual platform of premium production content at the service of enterprises, agencies, and creative industries and medias. You may remember WeLoveWords if you were at the Winter Edition of Paris Founders Event, where they previewed their […]
La French Tech Announces French Tech Hubs in International Innovation Regions
The rooster that is La French Tech is poised to start crowing even more across the globe! At the end of January, La French Tech announced a new 3-pronged strategy to encourage investment and innovation from across the globe. The scheme, worth in total around 15€ million, is essentially a public-private partnership open to all […]
LVMH's TAG Heuer to challenge Apple with its first Luxury Smart Watch
A formidable new force has just formed in the sphere of the smart watch. Swiss luxury watchmaker TAG Heuer is joining forces with Google and Intel to make a new smart watch. This is the first attempt at a luxury smart watch with a traditional watchmaker, but it won’t likely be the last. TAG Heuer […]
ifeelgoods Achieves Exponential Growth of Digital Rewards Delivery in One Year
Have you had a Kit-Kat recently? What about played scratch and win at a McDonalds in France? Americans, have you taken part in the MyCokeRewards program at all? If your answer is yes to any of these questions, then there’s a little startup based in Paris and California that has influenced your behavior lately. ifeelgoods […]
Crowdfunding for Equity in Europe: Which Platforms are bringing in the most money?
Heard of (or maybe even used) Crowdcube? How about Companisto, or Wiseed? It wouldn’t be a shock, as they are part of the list of Europe’s top 5 Crowdinvesting Platforms, as studied by Investiere Venture Capital. Based out of Switzerland, Investiere authored a study about the top 5 European crowdinvesting platforms. However, it is worth […]
Pavegen Takes Steps to Advance ‘Green Floors’ in French Transport Hubs
London-based green tech company Pavegen recently announced a new partnership with SNCF to install its energy-producing floor tiles in SNCF’s Innovation and Research Office in Paris. Producing floor tiles capable of converting the kinetic energy of human footsteps into renewable energy, their installation in this corridor will power all of the LED strip lighting […]
Attention Europe: The 'Second Wave' of Connected Cars has hit the Road
If you were looking for an update on the status of the connected car on the European market, you are in luck. Software and IT Services (SITS) consulting company Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC) has released a study entitled “The Connected Car in Europe- Strategies and Technologies for Connected Driving”. The study is based on a […]
Apple to Open 2 New Green Data Centers in Europe
In 2017, Apple expects to have opened and operational 2 new green data centers, worth over €1.7 billion. Apple may have several different motives for building these data centers, but one thing is for sure: they will be green and operate off 100% renewable energy. They will serve as the centers for Apple services including […]
Indie Guides: (re)discover a city through the Hipster of Travel apps
Have an upcoming trip to Paris, Athens, Berlin, Istanbul, Madrid, or Rotterdam? Lucky you! Looking for a travel guide? You could choose one of the 500 guides that already exist about the Louvre, Eiffel Tower, and Champs Elysées . . . . or you could look for your alternative in Indie Guides. I’m calling this […]
Indiegogo's new Perk Insurance underscores campaign deliverability dilemmas
Indiegogo is in the process of rolling out a new service that it is calling ‘Perk Insurance’. This new option lets crowdfunders purchase an insurance to receive a refund of their pledge amount, not including the cost of the insurance, if a campaign never materializes. This is a first attempt at answering that question if […]