Liam Boogar
Location, location, location – VCs & founders agree it plays a role in success
The following is a guest post from Mike Sottak, President of Wired Island International. You can follow him on Twitter at @WiredIslandPR How important is location for starting a high tech venture these days? That was the question debated on a couple of morning panels at the Dublin Web summit, with panelists agreeing that no location […]
Criteo starts trading today – $2 Billion valuation ($31/share) hailed as ‘AdTech deal of the year’
The long-awaited French IPO has arrived – Criteo will start trading today, and the word around the IPO is positive. The company initially expected to raised under $200 Million in their Initial Public Offering at a $28/share price is now expected to clear $30 per share by the end of the day, according to a […]
Europe as divided as ever over NSA allegations & Data Privacy laws
Sparked by the NSA documents released by Edward Snowden earlier this year, Europe’s most recent confrontation with US technology companies & data privacy has reached its peak in the most recent weeks. Allegations quickly turned to accusations when Angela Merkel pointed fingers at the United States’ National Security Agency, claiming that her phone had been […]
Going to Berlin? Carry a mobile hotspot in your pocket with deMiFi
TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin is coming up this weekend – in fact, the Hackathon is already under way – and for those of us coming in from out of the country, the biggest worry is always the fear of being disconnected. Some take to buying a pay-as-you-go SIM Card in every country they travel to, others […]
Why French Startups want to give Americans a VISA to work in Paris
One of the founding principles behind the Rude Baguette was that, if given enough information, you could convince Americans (namely, Silicon Valley developers & entrepreneurs) to move to Paris to work for a French startup – I mean, take or leave the perceived business atmosphere, but as an employee, you clearly have it better than your American […]
Intel Capital & XAnge invest $6 Million into Bordeaux-based News aggregator Mobiles Republic
At the Intel Capital Global Summit today in San Diego, California, Bordeaux-based startup Mobiles Republic (which runs News Republic) announced a $6 Million round of funding from Intel Capital, XAnge Private Equity & Creathor Venture, in order to support product development & expansion into the US market. The application relies on a powerful real-time semantic engine […]
Twilio brings its annual TwilioCon event to Europe for the first time
Earlier this week in London, Twilio hosted the first ever TwilioCon Europe, an annual event centered around the Twilio ecosystem. The event showcased Twilio’s immense growth in every aspect of its communication API’s activity, including total phone call minutes spent on Twilio in the last 12 months (1.5 Billion, up from 500M in 2012), with […]
Google shells out $23 Million to buy FlexyCore, the French startup behind DroidBooster
Google has acquired the Rennes-based startup Flexycore for $23 Million (€16.9 Million), according to L’Expansion[fr]. The startup provides optimization solutions applications, focusing on the smartphone market with a significant presence in the Android universe. The acquired team will be absorbed into Google’s Android team in order to improve Android’s less than smooth user interface in […]
Alcatel-Lucent may be the giant failure that France needs to succeed
With the exception of Thomson Reuters’ Global Innovation report, not many institutions would put Alcatel-Lucent in their “top 100” of anything these days. A Google search for the name brings up countless financial blogs wavering on whether the company will close down this quarter or next quarter, and the recent announcement of a 15,000 employee-layoff […]
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[SPONSORED] Being Memorable: Why 1st Impressions Count
The following post is sponsored by online printing & design company MOO. For more information about our Sponsored Content policy, click here. Tuck in your shirt, iron your pants, comb your hair – my mother was like a broken record whenever a social occasion came up. “You never know when a talent scout will be […]