Liam Boogar
Payments platform The Currency Cloud raises $10M from Atlas, Notion, Xange & more
London-based The Currency Cloud has raised a $10 Million Series B from existing investors Atlas, Anthemis & Notion Capital, along with new investor Xange, Frenchweb reported this afternoon, bringing the total fundraising to $17 Million. The Currency Cloud provides cloud-based currency transfer services, attacking the long-outdated wire-transfer market. Essentially, The Currency Cloud uses network effect […]
Connected Home middleware startup AwoX announces IPO for April
Awox, a connected hardware startup providing middleware enabling consumer electronics to communicate with each other, has announced that they will IPO in Paris on April 22nd – they are expected to raise €17 Million in the process. The company, founded in 2003 by Eric Lavigne & Alain Molinie, provides white-label solutions to OEMs, as well […]
Criteo acquires AdQuantic to bring its retargeting technology to Search
Update: Rude Baguette has received confirmation of the acquisition from a Criteo spokesperson, adding, “The team will be a great addition to our staff. They have joined with immediate effect.” Criteo has acquired Paris-based Search Ad specialist AdQuantic for an undisclosed sum, TechCrunch reported this week. The Paris-based startup was co-founded by Olivier De Taisne & Cedric […]
Kolibree launches Kickstarter Campaign for its Connected Toothbrush
%CODEKOLIBREE% After launching at CES 2014 earlier this year & going head to head with Oral B at Mobile World Congres, connected toothbrush startup Kolibree has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $70,000 over the next month and a half. In their campaign video, co-founder Loic Cessot explains how Kolibree’s connected toothbrush uses an intricate […]
Native AdTech startup AdYouLike acquires UK-based Content Amp for $2.5M in European landgrab
I’m starting to sound like a broken record, but France + AdTech = match made in heaven. Today, Native Advertising Technology startup AdYouLike acquired their UK homologue Content Amp in a multimillion cash + equity acquisition. The Content Amp founders will stay on board AdYouLike, which hopes to solidify its presence in Europe as a AdTech […]
Of course French employees will still answer email after 6PM. Are you kidding me?
Another week, another ridiculous set of accusations to respond to. When Engadget’s “Paris-based” correspondent phoned in a lazy combination of words that can best be described as the editorial equivalent of a Jackson Pollock-inspired work that replaced paint with fecal matter (yes, that’s throwing shit at a canvas and calling it art), I brushed it […]
Truffle Capital releases its list of France’s Top 100 Software & SaaS companies
Paris-based Venture Capital fund Truffle Capital released its annual Truffle100 list of the 100 top revenue-generating Software & SaaS editors in France.The 2014 edition marks the 10th anniversary of the annual report, which originally started as an internal survey for the firm. It quickly grew to become a standard in the French & European tech market […]
Preparing for launch in the US, Deezer launches “Flow,” a free mobile service
Last December at LeWeb, Spotify announced a free mobile service that would allow users to choose artists they wanted to listen to, with Spotify choosing the tracks you listen to. The product itself was seen as a big shift – negotiating appropriate deals with labels to be able to serve songs on mobile for such […]
Netatmo’s Rain Measuring module goes on sale for 75€
Paris-based connected hardware startup Netatmo announced that it would be expanding its catalog of weather-measuring tools, opening up orders for its Rain Gauge, which measures precipitation in the air. The module works as an add-on to Netatmo’s popular Weather Station, and costs 75€ when ordered via their website. Netatmo has become pretty smart with how […]
TelCo Shake-up: With Vivendi selling SFR to Numericable, Bouygues is looking for a buyer
After Vivendi confirmed that they would accept Numericable’s bid to purchase SFR at a valuation of €19 Billlion, Bouygues Telecom, who lost out to Vivendi on the bid for SFR, is now expect to find a buyer – the ailing telecommunications company is currently said to be in talks with Free’s parent company Iliad, as […]