Liam Boogar
European Angels: an evening with FR startups before LeWeb
I’m very excited to announce the first ever meet’n’greet between business angels/mentors and French startups. The event will take place on December 3rd, the evening before LeWeb, at La Grosse Caisse in the middle of the Paris startup district. It is an invite-only event, and we will be equally strict on angels and startups, who […]
Google Transparency Report: French government tops user data requests
Earlier this week, Google updated its Google Transparency Report – a report that shows, among other things, removal & data requests by governments & copyright holders to Google. The report details requests for removal from search, and shows an overall increase in the number of requests from governments to hand over data, as seen in the graph […]
Oracle S. Europe CEO joins i-Dispo as investor in $1M+ round
Earlier this week, reported[FR] that i-Dispo, a French startup working on virtual personal assistant Sara, had raised a round of funding of “more than $1 Million,” with new investors including the CEO of Oracle France, Annie Eyt. Rude Baguette has now confirmed the fund raising with i-Dispo founder Ismaël Nzouetom, who says the funding will be used […]
Rude Hangout: Talking Mobile with Appsfire co-founder Yann Lechelle
This Friday, Rude Baguette will continue its Rude Hangout series by welcoming Yann Lechelle, co-founder & “coder” of Appsfire, a startup creating a mobile ad network, among other things. I’ll be broadcasting live from General Assembly’ European Buffet in London, going on this whole week. The event idea is simple: Each week, I’ll livestream a […]
Forget Google – France just hit Amazon with $252M in back taxes
These days in France, all we read about in France is the French government’s ongoing pursuit of the coffers of Google, who pay as little as 2% taxes on the revenue generated by French customers; however, Reuters shifted the attention towards another tax-optimized giant, Amazon, who has been hit with back taxes to the tune […]
Angelhack Paris hackathon offers $1000s in prizes
The weekend before LeWeb, all over the world AngelHack is organizing a global hackathon that’s lined up some impressive speakers, mentors, and prizes. The event claims to be the “big leagues” of hackathons, bringing together 2500 developers from Paris, San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles & Toronto for its December edition – with sponsors like Google, […]
Coworking Europe Conference brings top coworking spaces to Paris
Today at the Mutinerie coworking space in Paris, the Coworking Europe Conference kicked off its three-day conference at one of Paris’ most notorious co-working spaces. We’ve previous editions having taken place in Brussels and Berlin, this year’s conference hopes to bring together European and global coworking space managers, entrepreneurship activists, nomad and innovation experts, collaboration gurus, […]
Startup Trends according to the 16 LeWeb Paris Finalists
LeWeb announced this week the 16 finalists who will be competing this year in the startup competition. Just like last year, we’ll try to give you a quick elevator pitch of what they do, as well as what trends we see based off of the startups selected. The theme for this year’s LeWeb is the […]
WebDeux Connect returns for its 6th edition Nov. 16-17
Hosted by Power-on cofoudners Sebastien Rousset and Jean-Francois Ruiz, WebDeux Connect has established itself as a strong annual Web 2.0 conference in Paris. Bringing together executives from startups, innovation leaders in big companies, as well as thought leaders in France, WebDeuxConnect is back again this year. The conference will touch on several themes particularly pertinent […]
Blackbox Connect is your chance to break into the Silicon Valley
If ever you have met me, you know that I’m not a huge advocate of European startups going to the US from day one. Beyond the VISA issue, the complete lack of a cohesive network, and the cultural/language barriers, I think that your home country, however big or small,, is, at the very least, a […]