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Les Trois Elles – the Education App featured in Apple’s latest iPad ad campaign
If you’re travelling in the metro in Paris in the next few months, you may pass Apple’s latest iPad Campaign, which features Educational App producer Les Trois Elles. The French startup, which produces apps based on the Montessori educational style for English, Math, and other primary school subjects, has had quite a success both in […]
Former Living Social COO joins Criteo as Chief Revenue Officer
Former Chief Operating Office for LivingSocial Eric Eichmann has joined Criteo as Chief Revenue Officer, according to AdAge,com. According to his LinkedIn profile, Eichmann left LivingSocial at the end of 2012. Previously COO of language learning software company Rosetta Stone, Eichmann’s fluency in French may have been a deal-maker in his bid for the position of […]
Five Silicon Valley Organizations that French Startups can take advantage of to get a foot in the door
It is an inevitable part of any startup to have to venture to the Silicon Valley. Whether it be to find funding, clients, partners, or press, the fact of the matter is that all roads in the tech sector lead to the Silicon Valley. Deciding when it is time to make your first trip out […]
After Yahoo’s questionable acquisition of Summly, Seedcamp’s tl;dr says curation trumps algorithms
In recent weeks, the media is having a field day with Marissa Mayer’s most recent acquisition of the 6-person Summly team out of the UK. With a teenage cofounder, it looked initially like Yahoo had acquired a great new technology, or perhaps a stellar team. But as word comes out that only 3 of the […]
With an influencer-oriented recommendation engine, Music Social Network Whyd fills the void left by MySpace
A little while ago we introduced readers to Whyd – a social network oriented around sharing & discovering music. It’s handy bookmarklet allows users to easily share music they discover on the web (namely, YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud, etc.), and users on the network can follow friends and music influencers to discover new music. Currently a […]
Fanzy raises $550K from KIMA Ventures to help Facebook pages engage with fans
Facebook marketing app Fanzy has raised another $550K from KIMA Ventures, OREFA (Jacques-Antoine Granjon’s fund) and Start Capital (a fund founded by Paolo Rubatto) to help brands on Facebook reward fans for their engagement. Co-founded by Tuhin Roy, who previously worked on the Digital Media Group, and Jeff Marois, who manages the teams development center in Paris, Fanzy […]
Seedcamp’s Sush.io to demo their Mint.com competitor at The Next Web Startup Rally
Yesterday, TheNextWeb announced the 16 finalists for their TNW European Conference Startup Rally. The competition, which includes the likes of Infogr.am & PeerIndex, also includes a French startup, Sush.io. The Paris-based startup has spent a little over a year working on their finance tool which seems to be meant to rival the American Mint.com. The startup recently […]
17 Storytelling Tips for Startups from Founder Institute Mentor Tyler Crowley
The following post is a guest post by Alexis Niki, a Paris-based founder & CEO of StoryNova, which provides concept and story strategy and development support. You can follow her at @AlexisNiki. Last week, Tyler Crowley gave a workshop on improving your pitch with storytelling at Microsoft’s new Spark center. Tyler is a regular Founder Institute mentor and an […]
Are French VCs done with late stage?
The following article has been contributed anonymously by someone very intimately involved with the French Startup and VC ecosystem. I have agreed to let them leave their name off the piece, as I agree with their sentiments and am willing to stand behind them. French entrepreneurs are seeking to raise money abroad when it’s about […]
Xavier Niel to cofound a new tuition-free Paris developer school with former EpiTech Founder
Rumors have begun circulating that Xavier Niel will announce a “ecole de programmation” tomorrow morning. Journalists received invitations to a press conference for tomorrow morning, but, like all things with Niel, this launch has been months in the making. While the news that Niel will launch a school dedicated to IT is interesting – the […]