Liam Boogar
Is the European Tech Community ready for its own Burning Man?
This week I found myself in a converted junkyard across the street from what was formerly Germany’s largest brothel. Previous trips had included tech entrepreneur Morten Lund riding in on a fire-breathing half-dinosaur half-motorcycle, a band of robots playing heavy metal music, and an unlimited supply of beer. While they wouldn’t specifically refer to themselves […]
Oliver Samwer’s Global Founders Capital announces 3 investments: Berlin, Paris & London
After launching earlier this year, Global Founders Capital, which counts Rocket Internet’s Oliver Samwer as one of three partners, has finally announced its first three investments. In addition to investing UK dress rental service GirlMeetsDress.com & Berlin-based language-learning platform Lingoda.com (previously rumored on Venture Village), GFC has invested $5 Million in Paris-based Videdressing, founded by […]
Balderton invests in 3D Hubs, a social network for the 3D Printing community
Balderton Capital has invested in the seed round of 3D Hubs, an Amsterdam-based startup which currently boasts the largest network for 3D Printers. Leveraging the roughly 95 percent down time that 3D Printers have in people’s homes and offices, 3D Hubs wants to leverage the fast-growing communities of 3D Printer-owners and 3D makers by creating […]
iBlazr CEO Vlad Tislenko on crowdfunding LED flash for smartphones
US-based Kickstarter & Indiegogo may boast the lion’s share of crowdfunding campaigns worldwide, but the projects these platforms allow to raise money from individuals are certainly internatinalizing. Most recently in France, Lima (formerly Plug) surpassed their $70K crowdfunding goal for their NSA-proof cloud storage in a little under 24H, and have now joined the elite top-10 […]
Paymill launches Mobile SDK to make payments integration
Paymill announced the launch of their Mobile SDK today, bringing their simplified payments solution (and detailed documentation) to iOS and Android. The goal is to help developers in Europe take advantage of the 50%+ of Europeans who have smartphones, as well as to enable the continued rise of Mobile Commerce. The online payments space has […]
It’s not just Parisian Ghost Towns: China signs deal with Paris Metro RATP for Shenyang
Earlier this month, the city of Shenyang launched 3 new tram lines, according to LesEchos, having signed a contract with RATP and Transdev joint venture RATP dev. With another three lines set to launch soon, the new metro system is set to 65 metro stations, which will cover 70 Km and the transportation of 7.2 […]
FML: 3 Iconic Letters to get a TV Show in France
“F*ck My Life” – the iconic phrase, born out of the website FMyLife.com which altered the vocabulary of almost everyone I knew from 2008 onward, has achieved the next level of fame – in France. In fact, not many Americans would be happy to know that the “FML” phrase was not designed by California Brogrammers or […]
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[SXSW] “Paris, A Thriving Ecosystem Despite itself”
The following was originally sent as an email to our email newsletter subscribers yesterday afternoon. Since its launch in 2011, the Rude Baguette has worked not to be a cheerleader of the French tech market – you know I’m the loudest screamer when it comes to providing critical feedback – but just to be an educated, […]
Festicket partners with Digitick, France’s biggest e-ticket retailer, to bring festival packages to France
After raising a $680K seed round of funding earlier this year, the London-based, French-founded Festicket announced that they will be partnering with France’s largest e-ticket retailer, Digitick, embedding their white-label festival package solution inside of Digitick site, enabling Digitick to offer exclusive package deals for some of the biggest music concerts in France, such as Rock […]
My Summer Homework: What Will the European Startup Scene look like in 2025
I spent last week using a bit of the news downtime to catch up on some of the uglier sides of running a company, namely projections. I’m not a huge fan of making plans any further in the future past what I can imagine in my head – luckily, Trista picks up the slack on that […]