Liam Boogar
Criteo acquires data specialist DataPop, market cap passes $2.5 Billion
Criteo releases its Q4 2014 results, and Wall Street is happy. 4th quarter revenue is up 69% compared to 2013 at €233 Million, and the company is up to 7,000 clients & 9,000 publishers. The company also announced the acquisition of Los Angeles-based DataPop, a 40-employee startup which specializes in connecting the products a retailer’s catalog to user shopping […]
Uber goes on the offensive against France, pressures European Commission
Uber’s going over the French Government, which passed the Thévenoud Law late last year in an effort to appease demands of the Taxi commission. The law, which is named after its since-deposed legislator, restricts Uber’s ability to operate, and, while Uber’s appeal in France is still ongoing, a verdict on whether to ban UberPop, the company’s low cost, peer-to-peer […]
Cookening acquired by VizEat as the promise of 'Airbnb for Meals' falls short
Paris-based marketplace for travelers and home-owners to share a meal Cookening announced it had been acquired by fellow French startup VizEat, the self-proclaimed European leader in the space which raised €1 Million last year. Following the acquisition, co-founder & CEO Cedric Giorgi, who in recent months had taken a full-time position at SIGFOX, says he […]
10 Connected Conference speakers unveiled: Alcatel Lucent, SIGFOX, Narrative, Indiegogo, FirstMark Capital & more!
Last week we opened up tickets for the Connected Conference – our 3-Day Paris event dedicated to the wonderful intersection of Internet & Hardware. If you weren’t one of the lucky 50 people who grabbed their 2 For 1 Tickets last week, you should probably sign up for our Connected Newsletter, our weekly report on the […]
Is Hardware really an appropriate Valentine's Day gift?
This past weekend was Valentine’s Day. In Paris, like most parts of the world, this means menus for 2 that cost the same as a normal dinner for 8 – we opted for a burrito and a beer from the best Mexican Food in Paris. However, all this past week, and especially this weekend, I was bombarded […]
Mobile Native AdTech Startup Appsfire acquired by Mobile Network Group
Mobile native advertising startup Appsfire has been acquired by Mobile Network Group, a publicly traded company focused which primarily provides mobile advertising services to brands like Peugeot & Aéroport de Paris, as announced on Appsfire’s blog this week. The acquisition comes 1 1/2 years after Appsfire pivoted from an app discovery service to building out its own native […]
SIGFOX raises €100 Million from Telefonica, GDF Suez, NTT Docomo & more
Internet of Things network operator SIGFOX has raised a €100 Million Series C from a wide range of investors, including industrial players (GDF Suez, Air Liquide), Telecom companies (Telefonica, SK Telekom, NTT Docomo) & Hedge Funds (Elliott Management). The fundraising comes just months after CEO & Co-Founder Ludovic Le Moan announced the round publicly, and will allow the […]
Meet Ogury: the startup that finally cracked Mobile Advertising.
AdTech may be poised for consolidation in the coming 18 months, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t still barriers to be overcome, opportunities to be taken advantage of. Mobile advertising is only working for a handful of people, but it’s still marginal in compared to display, video, or social advertising. Enter Ogury. Before we talk about […]
Microsoft acquires calendar app Sunrise for more than $100 Million
Microsoft has acquired calendar app Sunrise for north of $100 Million. The company’s founder, Pierre Valade, all but confirmed the acquisition on Twitter today, marking a huge win for investors Resoluto, NextView, Lerer Ventures, as well as Angels including Loic Le Meur, Hunter Walk & Dave Morin, who poured a collective $2.2 Million into the startup 18 months […]
When competition heats up in France, Nest brings a Fire Truck
It’s been an exciting 12 months since Nest was acquired by Google. It has exceeded expectations in some departments, such as its ability to maintain its brand independence from Google despite the will of the press and their competitors. Nest also launched a second product, Protect, adding to its successful intelligent thermostat with an intelligent smoke detector. While its […]