Liam Boogar
Wheretoget.it raises €1.4 Million to build the Jelly for Fashion
Fashion startup Wheretoget.it has raised €1.4 Million from Alven Capital, Fabrice Grinda & Emmanuel Brunet in order to build out its website, which allows individuals to post photos of things they see and receive answers concerning where to purchase them. Founded by CEO Romain Moyne, the website originally launched after Moyne sold Hypeed alongside co-founder and Rude […]
Orée launches KickStarter Campaign for their all wood, wireless charger & bluetooth speaker
Oree Design, a startup which has made a name for itself by creating wood-based technology products, is launching a KickStarter campaign for its latest product, the Orée Pebble 2 – a wooden wireless charger. In addition to their wireless keyboard & wireless wooden touchpad, Orée previously released a Marble wireless charger, the Orée Pebble, and the […]
“Powerpoint Killer” Bunkr.me raises €1 Million from Xavier Niel, Daniel Marhely & IDInvest
Rouen-based startup Bunkr has raised €1 Million from IDInvest (led by Matthieu Baret), Daniel Mahrely & Xavier Niel for their collaborative online presentation tool. The company, whose launch we first covered in May 2013, has seen amazing traction in the last 12 months, growing in the first few months to over 35,000 users, thanks largely to their launch […]
For the Cannes Festival, Uber offers on-demand jet flights from Paris to Cannes
The annual Cannes Film Festival is going on from May 14th to May 25th, bringing together many of the world’s most well-known (and soon to be well-known) actors, directors, costume designers and other film industry players. Despite ongoing drama in Paris and in France as a whole, Uber announced last Friday that users in Paris & Cannes […]
Tripadvisor announces acquisition of La Fourchette to push local services in Europe
US travel company TripAdvisor announced this week its intent to acquire (sources tell us the confirmation is all but confirmed) La Fourchette, the Paris-based restaurant booking platform with more than 12,000 listings in France, Spain & Switzerland. Majority owned by Otium Capital since 2009, La Fourchette is expected to close down with employees continuing to work […]
Google extends startup partnership in Paris, announces the first Android Test Lab
Google announced that it would be building upon its partnership with NUMA (formerly named Silicon Sentier), an incubator, accelerator & overall community space based in the heart of Paris’s startup district, by going beyond financial contributions to include office hours with Googlers at NUMA, as well as creating the first Android Test Lab. The Android […]
The Sharing Economy is here to stay: OuiShareFest kicks off in Paris
This week, OuishareFest is kicking off its annual conference dedicated to the The Sharing Economy, and the message is clear: The Sharing Economy isn’t going anywhere. Local players like Drivy & Blablacar, leading the way in Car-sharing in Europe, aren’t the only ones to see Paris as an important market for collaborative consumption – in an […]
Criteo announces a mobile ad offer that spans the iOS, Android & the mobile web
Criteo has released a mobile offer that allows them to track advertisements across the mobile web (Safari, Chrome, etc.) as well as across iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, the company announced this week. Criteo says it already generations more than $1 Billion in revenue for clients (on an annual run-rate) via its mobile offer, […]
Deezer CEO Axel Dauchez to step down in September ahead of US launch
The music world and tech world has been left scratching their heads after Deezer issued an announcement that CEO Axel Dauchez would be stepping down from his position in September. While they wait for a permanent replacement, “o-founder Daniel Marhely, COO Christopher Coonen, board chairman Didier Bench and US CEO Tyler Goldman will lead the […]
M2M Telecom startup SIGFOX names former Areva CEO as President
Toulouse-based Internet of Things startup SIGFOX has appointed the former CEO of Areva, France’s largest provider of nuclear energy, as President of the company. Anne Lauvergeon will lead SIGFOX’s 60-person team as they continue on their mission to become a multinational telecom company dedicated to the Internet of Things, an objective the company has already […]