Liam Boogar
Lydia raises €3.6 Million for their Millennial-focused Payments App
Payments app Lydia has raised a €3.6 Million venture round of funding from Xange Private Equity, Belcube, and the Duval family office for their mobile app which allows users to exchange money easily. The app has seen more than 50,000 downloads in 2014 alone, currently counting 60,000+ downloads, of which 85% are Millenials (aged 18-30), according to CEO & Co-founder […]
There will be 5x more French Startups than US at CES 2015
With the advent of Connected Hardware & Internet of Things, the once-passée CES has seen a revival in the last 3 years, attracting companies from around the world to an expo that features everything from new guitars to graphics chips. The week-long event takes place each January, and is a landmark in any hardware company’s marketing budget – […]
With 1 Million+ patients, reservation platform Doctolib raises €4 Million
Doctolib‘s doctor reservation service has raised €4 Million on top of the €1 Million it raised from its investor pool earlier this year, the company announced this week. Investors include Pierre Krings & Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet of Kernel Investissements, as well as Lafourchette CEO Bertrand Jelensperger, where Doctolib founder Stanislas Niox-Chateau formerly worked. To date, Doctolib has grown to over 1 […]
VidCoin raises €1 Million, delivering 2500 Video Ad Campaigns to casual gamers
Lyon’s Vidcoin has raised a €1 Million round of funding Virtual Network, Kima Ventures, and business angels, the company announced this week. Vidcoin’s video advertising on casual games have been a real hit in the past year, bringing in 300 new app partners, increasing their global reach to 100 million unique visitors per month. The company as, to […]
With their latest partnership, Facebook’s getting serious about Startups in Europe
Friends of social media company Facebook & Paris exclusive entrepreneurship circle TheFamily gathered at the latter’s headquarters last Thursday to share food, wine, and a brand new partnership announcement. Present at the event was Facebook’s French MD Laurent Solly & Facebook’s head of mobile partnerships in EMEA Julien Lesaicherre, the founders of TheFamily, as well as team […]
With 2,000+ recurring events, Meetup is seeing strong growth in France
Within the startup community, Meetup has been a central hub for most every meetup group – Paris Tech Talks, meetups for Ruby, Python, JS, and many more – however, it seems that Paris’ international community has taken to Meetup as well, as Meetup has told Rude Baguette that they recently crossed their 2,000th meetup in France. There […]
After SF, Uber’s ride-splitting service UberPool comes to Paris
Uber’s ride-splitting service UberPool is arriving in Paris, the company announced today at press conference held at its Paris office. The service, which launched in San Francisco last month, will allow passengers to reduce the price of their Uber trip by up to 50% in exchange for allowing drivers to pick up other passengers who are […]
New Study Underscores the 5 biggest problems for Venture Capital in Europe
We’ve heard it all before – “There’s not enough local money,” “Corporates don’t interact with startups,” “we need to think more Europe, less London v. Berlin v. Stockholm v. Paris v. …;” however, a recent study commissioned by the European Union was delivered by France Digitale called “Boosting Digital Startup Financing in Europe” has found that […]
Paris dreams of a 21st Century Renaissance
When the City of Paris lost out to London for the 2012 Olympics, it was a big blow to the City of Light; a historical rival, London has been taking bites out of Paris’ attraction over the past few years, whether it be economically (through its Anglophone advantage), financially (through its historical business-friendly tax laws), and, then, […]
Awox to host Connected Hardware Hackathon in Montpelier
Software hackathons may be getting a bit outdated, but hacking on Connected Hardware still offers endless possibilities. This weekend in Montpelier, the City of Montpelier is teaming up with AwoX to organize a Connected Hardware Hackathon at Epitech Monteplier, where participants will have 2 days to hack on the Awox StriimLight Wi-Fi Couleur, Orange’s LeBloc, […]