Liam Boogar
Mobicarbu sits on top of the Appstore with the lowest gas prices around
When we’re stuck in traffic with the needle hovering just above E, we often play that awful game: “Can I wait long enough to get to the cheaper gas station across town?” I can tell you that this game has left me stranded many a-times on Sand Hill Rd. (damn you cheap Willow Rd. Gas […]
LeCamping invites Business Objects founder Bernard Liautaud to pitch session – Startups apply now!
LeCamping has kept the bar pretty high over the past few years when it comes to inviting key movers and shakers to their events: serial entrepreneurs & investors from around the world have passed through; however, their latest event might top them all. LeCamping has arranged for Bernard Liautaud, an entrepreneur turned VC at London-based […]
iMC Mobile hits other Cell Providers where it hurts – their roaming prices
With SFR switching CEOs while Xavier Niel’s Free Mobile sweeps France, it’s hard to imagine how this space could be disrupted even more – when iMC Mobile told me they were tackling the Telcom Space from France, I was a little shocked. Free Mobile has clearly taken a bite out of the domestic market, but […]
Loic & Geraldine announce LeWeb London theme: "Faster than Realtime"
Checking in from Coachella today, Loic & Geraldine announced their theme for LeWeb London – Faster than Real Time. Drawing inspiration from Jeremiah Owyang (most likely from this blog post). Citing Highlight and Voxer as examples, the theme discusses being ‘fast’ in two senses – not only connecting people quicker than ever, but the entrepreneurial swiftness […]
The (QUICK) Rise of Social Gifting in France
A while back I spoke about the rise of social shopping in France – three french companies with relative amounts of funding are all working on making the smartphone a perfect companion to shopping: grocery lists, coupons and reminders all on the phone. The subject interested me, because I still write down my grocery lists […]
Mapenda looks to connect brands to customers via calendars
This month, Mapenda launched its custom Calendar application in France. The service allows brands to create custom themes for calendars, allowing them to integrate their events calendars with your own. The product, developed by founder & CEO Sophia Burnett, the application looks to revolutionize how we organize our agendas, while allowing for easier communication between […]
European Pirate Summit is a Must-Attend Conference this September
A little under a year ago, before the Rude Baguette had sprung from its cocoon, I attended one of my first startup events in Europe. This year around, The Rude Baguette is a media sponsor to the European Pirate Summity, and here's why:
Viadeo has now raised over $50 Million; They Still Aren't Linkedin
With the announcement of Viadeo's new round of funding, Liam Boogar examines whether there is any amount of money that can be raised to make Viadeo a better experience for users than Linkedin.
Mobile Shopping startup Prixing raises €1.75 Million at an €8 Million Valuation
This week, French startup Prixing announced that they had raised €1.75 Million from SPIR Communication to expand development on their mobile shopping application. With SPIR taking 22% ownership of the company, the puts a valuation of just under eight million euro for Prixing, which was founded just over a year ago. We talked briefly about Prixing and their […]
Reading into ISAI's Second Fund
ISAI recently announced the raising of a second funded, with the mandate of investing in economically stable internet companies.