Liam Boogar
French President announces 10 pro-business measures to redefine French business as we know it
Yesterday, at the closing of the Assises de L’entrepreneuriat, François Hollande gave a closing speech that wrapped up a series of 9 talks (“Les Assises”) which discussed entrepreneurship in France – its problems, its potential, etc. During the closing words, Hollande gave a look into the future for the entrepreneurs, the “pigeons” who attended the […]
The secret to Infogram’s success in the The Next Web Startup Rally? 700,000 users.
The winner of last week’s Startup Rally at The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam, Latvian startup Infogram is perhaps one of the most well-known seed startups, having previously been through the HackFWD program. The infographic creation service, which launched in February 2012, has already helped users produce more than 700,000 infographics, and is now adding […]
eDJing launches Soundcloud integration to let DJS mix Soundcloud from their iPhones
edjing, the mobile app which allows you to mix music on iPad and iPhone, has announced that it has integrated with Soundcloud, allowing all users to access SoundCloud’s catalog of music to play and mix. The service previously allowed users to connect to their Deezer Premium account ( a free account would only allow samples […]
Euro-Centric: A review of The Next Web Conference
Walking out of the Hotel V in Frederiksplein last Thursday morning, I rode the line 10 tram to the end of the line, passing canals, the newly reopened Rijksmuseum, the Heineken Factory, and plenty of construction sites putting up stands for the upcoming Queen’s Day. When I arrived to TheNextWeb Conference last Thursday, I was […]
The irony of the French government’s intervention in the Yahoo! – Dailymotion deal…
Last week, my cofounder wrote about how the French government’s may potentially be slowing the deal for Yahoo to acquire 75% of Dailymotion (currently 100% owned by Orange). This morning, Les Echos confirmed that the government is indeed looking for alternative solutions, and, essentially, refuses to let foreign companies buy a majority stake in Dailymotion. The […]
With 250K+ downloads & 110K publishers, Tactilize releases v3 with eyes on the publishing industry
Tactilize has released the v3.0 of its tap publishing iPad app , which provides an instant on-the-go multimedia storytelling solution. The mobile-first publishing solution announced as well that it has racked up 250K+ downloads, with 110K+ active users. The publishing app connects to almost any service you might want to important from – Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Dropbox, […]
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[TNW STARTUP RALLY] Meet kompany: the online background check for companies
As we get ready for TNW Conference, and the Startup Rally, the Rude Baguette sat down to talk with kompany, one of the startups who will be competing this week. kompany was founded in February 2012 by Russell E. Perry, Bernhard Hoetzl, Peter Bainbridge-Clayton and Iris Pittl to provide easy and instant access to international business background […]
Ahead of the TNW Startup Rally, “IFTTT for Business” Sush.io raises 250K€ seed round from KIMA Ventures & angels
Last month, we spoke to you a bit about Sush.io, A Seedcamp-backed startup participating in TheNextWeb’s Startup Rally this week in Amsterdam. Well it seems TheNextWeb had good reason to accept the company, whose Mint.com-like dashboard for CFO’s has garnered quite a lot of attention despite not having launched yet – the company announced today […]
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[VIDEO] “Hello Startups!” – Neelie Kroes tells European entrepreneurs to make their voices heard
This week Neelie Kroes, VP of the European Commission and in charge of the EC Digital Agenda, addressed European entrepreneurs in a YouTube video posted to her official YouTube Page. The video calls upon European entrepreneurs as an essential part of the European economic recovery, saying that “your professors and politicians need to remember you are […]
5 French startups that fit the bill for LeWeb London’s “Sharing Economy” program.
This week Loic & Geraldine LeMeur announced the program for LeWeb London (June 5th & 6th), which includes marketplace giants Etsy, Airbnb, ZipCar & TaskRabbit. This will be the 2nd LeWeb London, and the first LeWeb event since Leweb was acquired by Reed MIDEM at the end of last year, so there are definitely concerns as […]