Liam Boogar
CES: Test for ebola or Track your dog – BeWell Connect's 10 products
2015 may well be the year where the Doctor’s Office comes Home, with connected medical devices eliminating the need for a doctor’s visit, providing doctors with daily virtual check-ups on glucose levels for diabetics, on heart readings for those at risk, or just for general well-being. One of the more interesting companies at CES in […]
Withings $150 Activité Pop – a smartwatch for the price of an activity tracker
Among the first big announcements coming out of CES this year is that Withings is releasing a low-cost version of its quantified-self smartwatch the Activité, which launched last June, cutting the $450 watch down to $150 in a new, less luxury style. In its category, Withings’ Activité Pop will pose a major threat to Fitbit-esque activity bands, […]
iskn raises $2 Million to turn any iPad into a Wacom Tablet
One of France’s first KickStarter superstars, iskn, who raised $350,000 in September 2013 for Slate, an iPad cover & pen that converts your pen & paper drawings into digital ones, has raised its first venture round. The startup took in $2 Million from Partech Ventures (who also invest in Lima – another KickStarter star), Pascal Cagni (who was […]
Blablacar-competitor carpooling partners with Uber and launches in the US
European ridesharing service carpooling is launching across the US today, announcing an integration with Uber that will allow users to get door-to-door intercity travel all in one booking. Germany-based carpooling, which competes with Blablacar in Europe, raised $10 Million in 2012 in order to launch in the US and, after a bit of a delay, will be available […]
Capitaine Train: living proof that better products always win
This month Capitaine Train announced they’d raised another $6.3 Million (this on top of the €2.5 Million and €1.4 Million they raised prior) for their European train ticketing service. While they face competition from Berlin’s GoEuro, which raised $27 Million earlier this year, Capitaine Train’s design-centric startup has captured the attention of the European startup scene, with its […]
The Sad Story of Softbank’s Aldebaran Robotics and its Emotionally Intelligent Robot
The following article contains information obtained with the authorization by current and former employees of Aldebaran Robotics, who wished to remain anonymous due to the nature of their employment contract and its non-disparagement clause; however, all sources were vetted thoroughly). It’s been a good year to be working in robotics & artificial intelligence. While technology leaders […]
Adobe acquisitions in France total $1.4 Billion in last 18 Months
With the announcement of its acquisition of stock image site Fotolia last week for $800 Million, Adobe is looking to take its Creative Cloud product, which now counts nearly 3.5 Million subscribers, to the forefront of its business. Adobe’s been moving aggressively to a cloud-based business, weaning itself off of its legacy desktop software business, which […]
At the heart of Paris’ thriving developer scene: Babyfoot.
Bearded, ponytailed, and dressed in swag, 100s of developers & startupers gather at the infamous developer school 42 – named after an iconic reference, opened by France’s geek billionaire Xavier Niel, and 100% free for all students. These developers aren’t here for a hackathon, they aren’t here for some new product unveiling, or for a conference: they’re […]
After Index, TheFamily welcomes WhiteStar and IDInvest into its club
TheFamily’s family of VC investors is growing – after Index announced it had entered into TheFamily’s capital in August of 2013, Paris’ largest non-accelerator, which counts 200+ startup members, has added two more hardhitting VCs to its list of investors: IDInvest & WhiteStar. In a blog post announcing the investment, TheFamily CEO & Co-founder said […]
Data Visualization startup qunb acquired by VE Interactive in “multi-million pound” deal
Data visualization startup qunb has been acquired by VE Interactive for a “a multi-million pound” amount, the later announced on their company website this week. qunb, once a self-described “YouTube of Data” is an alumni of both LeCamping & TechStars Boston, and had, since 2013, pivoted to push their Google Analytics data visualization. Earlier this month VE Interactive, […]