Liam Boogar
Oliver Samwers new €150M Global Venture Fund: “We invest in all rounds!”
Look out ladies, there’s a new fund in town: late last night, an announcement spread through bloggers’ emails announcing a new fund – Global Founders Capital – started by Oliver Samwers (of Rocket Internet, among other things) and Fabian Siegel.(Delivery Hero). The fund’s announcement is fairly general: Global Founders Capital will invest into all stages […]
The Race to become a real Platform for Music is on between Deezer & Spotify, but neither are there yet.
You may consider Deezer or Spotify to be an online music streaming “platform,” but a quick look at the wikipedia definition of a ‘platform’ – “a technology that enables the creation of products and processes that support present or future development” – would let you know that it’s still early days for the two in […]
Pebble competitor VEA Buddy’s Bluetooth Watch may be Indiegogo’s first breakout campaign in France
Just last December, Indiegogo announced its international launch, adding euros and pound sterling to the currencies that it would accept, and while it didn’t seems like a big change, it only took a few months for the first breakout French hardware project to pop up. The Marseille-based VEA Buddy bluetooth watch has already garnered $78K […]
Here are the 15 French & International Mobile Apps competing at LeMobile
Today is the first day of LeMobile, and the 15 finalists of the startup competition were finally announced at the end of last week. LeMobile is easily the biggest conference dedicated to mobile in France, and, unlike Mobile World Congress, mobile operators & platforms take the backseat to mobile apps at this conference. Despite the […]
As the European Digital Landscape heats up, ComScore says France will remain a major market to consider
Comscore just released their France Digital Future in Focus report, in which they outline (in French) the state of the digital landscape, what’s rising, what’s falling, and where you should be. The report, which currently has a corresponding UK and US edition, shares some pretty interesting facts about the European digital & mobile landscape, ass […]
Startup Competition finalists announced as MIPCUBE gears up for April event
Reed Midem’s MIPCUBE, a sub-event to the TV Industry’s biggest event MIPTV, has announced the finalists for its three big competitions as it gears up for the event in April. Branded as “reinventing the content experience,” MIPCUBE has been a big effort to bring innovation and startups to MIPTV, which traditionally has been an event […]
April 18-19, Devopsdays comes to Paris – get your tickets today!
I’m really excited to announce that Devopsdays, the 2-day conference series devoted to bringing development and operations together, is coming to Paris for the first time on April 18th-19th. The conference, which takes place all over the world, from San Francisco to London, India to Brazil, is an English-language tech conference (so you know we’re […]
Paris’ Iris Capital & Cologne’s Capnamic Ventures team up to invest in early stage German tech startups
Iris Capital, who manages Orange & Publicis’ 500 Million euro fund, and Capnamic Ventures, who just launched its fund last month (covered here on The Pirates Inn, an English-language tech blog covering the Cologne region), have announced a partnership whereby the two will co-invest in german early-stage startups. Capnamic will manage the selection process, and […]
Mention raises 600K€ seed round from Alven Capital & Point Nine Capital
Late last night, Journal Du Net reported that Mention, the social media app that lets you track your brand, name or otherwise, has raised a 600,000€ round of funding from Alven Capital and Berlin-based Point Nine Capital. Mention’s founding team consists of Edouard de la Jonquière(CEO) & Arnaud Le Blanc(CTO),as well as the eFounders team, which notably includes […]
Eventbrite didn’t start thinking International until 2010, and they paid for it.
During the first Paris International Tech Meetup earlier this week, Eventbrite CTO Renaud Visage took the stage (which amounted to standing on a table in the middle of the 50 Partners accelerator space), and talked to a full crowd of nearly 100 people about Eventbrite – its future, its present, and its past. During his […]