Liam Boogar
Taking on Shopcade, Fancy & Pinterest, Flayr raises €5 Million to do Social Shopping smarter
Discovery shopping startup Flayr announced this week that they have raised €5 Million from Candel and Partners, Merifin Capital & C3P Capital. Co-founded by Olivier Cotinat, Nicolas Baudran and Jerome Pellegrin, and joined by Philippe Huysmans (formerly EMEA Director of Mobile-Local-Commerce at Microsoft) as CEO, the startup already counts a team of over 20, working with 7,500 […]
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[VC Politics] Index Ventures & when David works with Goliath
The relationship between founders & VCs is a delicate one, to say the least. Because of the nature of their relationship, it is often in their mutual benefit for both to brush any tension under the rug. As such, the dark side of working with Venture Capitalist is often neglected or ignored, and so the […]
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[VC Politics] ISAI & the deal terms that go beyond valuation & equity
The relationship between founders & VCs is a delicate one, to say the least. Because of the nature of their relationship, it is often in their mutual benefit for both to brush any tension under the rug. As such, the dark side of working with Venture Capitalist is often neglected or ignored, and so the […]
![[VC Politics] BPIFrance & the blurred lines between support & competition](https://www.rudebaguette.com/wp-content/uploads/thumbs/00031010-3j18wh5gc0n5l0n05ekvt6.jpg)
[VC Politics] BPIFrance & the blurred lines between support & competition
The relationship between founders & VCs is a delicate one, to say the least. Because of the nature of their relationship, it is often in their mutual benefit for both to brush any tension other the rug. As such, the dark side of working with Venture Capitalist is often neglected or ignored, and so the […]
3 Years after acquisition, Event ticketing platform Amiando rebrands to Xing Events
Amiando users today have been alerted that the German event ticketing platform will be re-branding to Xing Events (note: the URL xing-events.com currently redirects to Amiando.com), after having been acquired by the “German LinkedIn” Xing almost three years ago. The announcement comes as both LinkedIn and Eventbrite, a chief competitor to Amiando in the global market, […]
Government Intervention & the growing pains of the Sharing Economy
The 2008 financial crisis was arguably the catalyst for what became known as The Sharing Economy. Embodied by marketplace services like Airbnb for lodging, Blablacar for transportation, and even second-hand luxury goods marketplaces like InstantLuxe & Vestiaire Collective, the Sharing Economy cuts out the distributor, the retailer, the rental service – namely, ‘the man’ – […]
Everything you need to know about LeWeb Paris 2013 – Schedule, Startups & Side events
LeWeb Paris 2013 kicks off in just four weeks, and you can feel that things are getting warmed. Last week, the official LeWeb Schedule was announced, along with the 16 startup competition finalists, and, of course, invitations to evening events have already started to go out. Between December 10th and 12th, Paris will, for a […]
Pricematch raises €1 Million from Partech to help Hotels stay competitive
Paris startup Pricematch announced this week that they have raised a €1 Million seed round from Partech (their new seed fund, Partech Entrepreneur) as well as Silicon Valley fund Tekton Ventures, which previously invested in the seed round of startups like ifeelgoods & Betable. Founded in 2012 by Arthur Waller, Tancrède Besnard, Khalid EL Guitti, Quentin de Metz & Raphael […]
MoviePop, a follow-up to SongPop, sees FreshPlanet look to expand their Quiz franchise
It seems like only yesterday SongPop came into all of our lives posing the existential question: “What song is this?” The app has gone on to see millions of downloads, was named by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as his favorite game (it was also the top rated game of 2012 on Facebook), and saw more […]
Partnering with Boku, Deezer subscribers in Germany can now pay directly from their mobile operator
Direct operator billing company Boku announced this week that starting today, Deezer users in Germany will be able to pay their Deezer subscription directly from their mobile operator. Whether on Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom or otherwise, Deezer’s new partnership means that users subscribing to Deezer+ & Deezer premium will be able to pay that subscription bill […]