Liam Boogar
France Digitale: The French lobbying association for the startup Ecosystem
JournalduNet[FR] reported today that the lobbying association France Digitale has just been created in order to promote the startup/tech ecosystem. The association is presided over by venture capitalist Marie Ekeland, a partner at Elaia Partners, and Marc Menasé, President of Meinvest. The association will reportedly be made up of entrepreneurs and other investors, as well. The […]
The 411 on Uber in Paris
A few weeks ago I wrote an albeit satirical piece when I found out that a competitor to Uber had cropped up, namely Chauffeur Privé. My proposition at the time was that the best way to decide which service was best was to have a private chauffeur race. Well, I couldn’t quite convince my girlfriend […]
Teleportd is the startup that's about to knock LeWeb on its ass
Meeting up with Gabriel Hubert, CEO of Teleportd, is always an eventful occasion. The last time I met him at his office, he was ‘hacking’ a printer, so that people could hashtag their Instagram photos with a specific hashtag that would trigger the printer to automatically print the photo – he ended up using it […]
Brittany's Nestadio Capital launches accelerator for EU startups to go to the US
Earlier this week, Britanny-based Nestadio Capital, an FCPI Venture Capital firm, announced the launch of Zgarage, an accelerator for European startups looking to Penetrate the US market. First covered by JournalduNet[FR], the accelerator will help European companies (although “starting first with France,” according to their homepage) expand into the Silicon Valley, while maintaining their R&D […]
Tech All Stars announces the 12 startups they're sending to LeWeb London
Earlier this month, we spoke about Tech All Stars, the EU Commission’s contest to find the best startups in Europe and send them to LeWeb, Founders Forum, and even to one lucky startup pitch in front of the EU Commission’s technology & innovation group. Well, the first selection is complete, and we’ve got our paws […]
Trends in French startups according to LeCamping's season 3 Startups
Accelerators have the great privilege of making the first ‘selection’ of which startups have potential, and which ones need to be re-thought. I often take a look at an accelerator’s selection of startups to identify what trends seem to be popping up in the ecosystem. This past monday, LeCamping announced the 12 startups in their […]
Curioos rolls out lower prices and iPhone cases for their digital art store
Curioos has been pushing along with we last talked to him back in January. The Digital Art Factory, which allows users to buy professional prints from independent digital artists, has recently rolled out its Spring Collection, curated by blogger/trendmaker Eleonor Bridge. Curioos prints all the art themselves in their art studio located just south of […]
MongoDB Paris is coming June 14th – Win Two Free Tickets from us this week!
10Gen is bringing its MongoDB conference series to France, and The Rude Baguette’s got two tickets to give away to MongoDB enthusiasts and amateurs. The event will be held in both English AND French, so there’s something for the whole family – and by “the whole family” I mean the developer community. The event is […]
Web2Day Wrap-Up – Fleur Pellerin, Collaborative Consumption, & $22 Billion
I had the wonderful pleasure not only to be a media partner, but to speak at Web2Day in Nantes last week, and the first thing I’d like to say is that, once again, Nantes punches above its weight class. This two-day event featured startups from all over France, speakers from all backgrounds, and they even […]
Lean Startup Machine Paris tickets open with great Mentors lined up!
This Week the Lean Startup Machine, a weekend event which encourages education about the lean startup methodology, opened fifty early bird tickets to its first event Paris. The event series, similar to Startup Weekend in its grassroots adopting around the world, focuses less on product development and more on customer development and validating hypotheses. To help […]