Liam Boogar
CommerceGuys raise $5 Million, ISAI is looking better than ever
Yesterday, CommerceGuys announced their series A funding round, led by Paris-based Alven Capital. CommerceGuys’ flagship product Drupal Commerce is an open-source framework now in use in over 10,000 websites worldwide. Drupal Commerce offers a range of capabilities, including the ability to upload catalogs of merchandise, accept payments online, integrate with shipping services and interact with […]
The rise of Social Shopping in France
As the market share of smartphones in France grows, so do the different markets which are ripe for innovation – one of them is shopping. While initial hypotheses may have assumed that price-comparison would be the way to go, it seems that not only are major supermarket chains unwilling to play the price comparison game, […]
Mobile 2.0's Hackathon – A great place to scout developers?
Coming up in a week is Mobile2.0, the two-day Paris conference dedicated entirely to mobile. In addition to speakers, fireside chats, and the Appawards – a contest which has already closed and which will present 12 mobile applications with awards and prized – there is, indeed, a mobile hackathon. Throughout the 48 hours of the event, mobile […]
LesParrains takes its money-saving referral service to the US
Last month, LesParrains.fr launched an English version under the name RefAround. For those unfamiliar, the already existing service in France matches up users in order to maximize the referral field in online purchases. The site launched in the US with referral deals from DirectTV, Verizon Wireles, Alaska Airlines, and 80 other referrals. The site has […]
Rapportive acquired by LinkedIn – Score one for Kima Ventures!
Rapportive, a gmail add-on which adds additional information in a side-bar format, was acquired today by LinkedIn. While AllThingsDigital lists Dave McClure and Shervin Pishevar as some of its business angel investors, they left off Xavier Niel’s Kima Ventures, which also played a not-so-insignificant role. According to Jeremy Berrebi, Kima Ventures was made the “biggest angel” […]
I hope you weren't planning on getting grants from OSEO this year
[Update: some of the details in the article were originally inaccurate, and have been modified accordingly.] While VC money is not always the most reliable way for startups to fund themselves in early stages, one of France’s unique selling points for startups is the subventions or “grants” that the government will give to startups to do […]
HumanCoders launches as a 100% Human Developer Community
Today Camille Roux and Matthieu Segret launched their company, HumanCoders, along with a facebook page and twitter account. The goal of Human Coders, to bring the “human side” back to the development.The duo are known heavily in the Ruby On Rails development community with their news site RubyLive & as the organizers of a Ruby Meetup […]
Interview with Hypeed's Nicolas Metzke: sometimes an exit is just an exit
From Apple to Ciao.com to Hypeed.com, Nicolas Metzke has certainly seen his fair share of the startup world. Having recently sold his startup, I wanted to take the chance to talk about his experiences, his lessons learned, and to catch a quick preview of what we can expect in the future. While most startupers think […]
eYeka secures €2.5 million after 80% growth
eYeka announced this past weekend that they seured a venture loan through Generis Capital Partners, allowing them to raise up to €2.5 Million in debt. The company saw sales orders raise more than 80% in 2011, and the company hopes to continue that growth by using the loan to expand into new markets, such as Brazil, […]
Dassault Systèmes acquires Netvibes: "She's in a better place now"
Update: according to GigaOm, Netvibes has been sold for $26 Million. This morning Dassault Systèmes announced the acquisition of age-old tech company Netvibes for an undisclosed amount. Dassault stated that the Netvibes acquisition will help enhance their 3D experience platform, which will now be able to aggregate enterprise data, use social intellgience to update in realtime, […]