Liam Boogar
360Learning raises €1.2M from 3T Capital & ISAI to enable enterprises to build their own MooC
The e-learning craze has been taking off, and the word ‘MooC’ – Massive Open Online Classes – has become ubiquitous with eduTech, and today MooC’s are getting a boost as 360Learning announces it has raised €1.2 Million from 3T Capital & ISAI for its enterprise MooC platform. The announcement, originally picked up by JournalDuNet, comes […]
Cycling for charity, 70 techies depart from Paris for a 200km, 2-day ride to London
This morning’s 7AM Eurostar from London to Paris may have been filled with more than just your typical commuters and tourists. That’s because 70 London-based techies/founders piled into the train to cross the Chunnel to Paris, all in order to cycle back to London by Sunday evening. This is the second edition of TechBkers, and they’re […]
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[Report] H1 2013 European Tech; France tops in deal flow, Germany tops in investment size, the UK slips
Clipperton Finance has released[pdf] their quarterly report on the European Private Equity & Venture Capital, in collaboration with Digimind, looking at over 200 venture deals in Q2 2013 alone across Europe. The report, which looks at IT, Life Sciences & CleanTech investments, gives a broad overview of the ecosystems, excluding out investments under $500K as […]
The new €60M media fund from Google is already making waves, but not all good.
French media has had some drama of its own this month. Journal Du Net released its report on fake contributors, who infiltrated comment threads and even acted as ‘analysts’ and contributing authors on publications including LesEchos, L’Express, Le Plus & even JournalDuNet itself;.media have been quick to erase, apologize and move on – we here on […]
Youboox raises €1.1 Million led by Atlas Editions to become the Spotify of eBooks
On the back of raising funds via media-for-equity fund 5M Ventures earlier this year, Youboox have raised €1.1 Million from Atlas Editions, according to Frenchweb. Founded by Vincent Daubry, Helen Merillion & Fabien Sauleman, Youboox’s goal has been to provide an alternative way for casual book-readers to consume eBooks, namely through a freemium model similar to Spotify. The […]
With 10M downloads, edjing raises $2.5M, adds Deezer cofounder Daniel Marhely to board
Digital DJ tool edjing announced today a $2.5 Million round of funding led by French VC Entrepreneur Venture; the mobile startup also announced that it has added Deezer Co-Founder Daniel Marhely to its board, and that he is also participating in the round of funding. The company has been growing quite quickly, now counting nearly 10 Million […]
Pre-targeting startup Ezakus totals 4.7M€ in funding from IDInvest, sets sights on London & New York
Ezakus announced today that it has secured another €2.5 Million from French VCs IDInvest, bringing the total funding to €4.7 Million to date. Founded by Christophe Camborde(CEO), Yannick Lacastaigneratte (COO), Christophe Hélary & Henri de Capèle, the Bordeaux-based team has its roots in Carrefour, Alcatel, Nortel & General Electric, and the team has been looking to go […]
After winning LeWeb London startup competition, LeCamping’s Pricing Assistant raises €500K
Pricing Assistant announced on their blog this week that they have raised €500K from 5 Angel Investors, naming Nicolas Vauvillier, former COO of LeGuide, amongst their investors. Pricing Assistant won the LeWeb London startup competition earlier this year, and is a graduate of Season 4 of LeCamping. Having previously co-founded free music platform Jamendo, and current co-organizer […]
GigaOm Structure Europe reminds us that we know absolutely nothing about “The Cloud”
Last week just across the street from the Tower of London, GigaOm hosted the second edition of Structure Europe, a two-day conference focusing on the next big innovations in Cloud Computing. While last year’s edition featured name-brand speakers like Box COO Dan Levin and Amazon CTO Werner Vogels, this year went head-first deep into the growing […]
Sitting Across the table from Bernard Liautaud: CEO, Board Member & Investor
If you find yourself in London near Oxford Circus, you need only turn down Balderton Street in order to find Balderton Capital, formerly Benchmark Europe – though the VC fund has certainly made a name of its own merit since separating from the American VC fund. Understanding Balderton Capital is easy enough: “We invest in […]