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BNP’s L’Atelier releases its ‘portrait’ of the French entrepreneur
L’Atelier, BNP’s technology and innovation tracking unit, recently conducted a comprehensive study in conjunction with TNS/Sofres on the motivations, aspirations and lifestyle of tech entrepreneurs in France. While the results will likely confirm the perceptions that many have of today’s tech entrepreneurs, there were some particularly interesting insights around their varying motivations in choosing to […]
Midemlab announces finalists to top music industry competition
Midemlab which takes place each year during top music ecosystem event Midem has an impressive track record as a launch pad for the industry’s most promising startups. With names like The Echo Nest, Songkick, Mobile Backstage and, most impressively, SoundCloud having participated in the competition, Midemlab has proven itself as great platform for startups to […]
Lift14, once again making innovation happen on Feb 5-7th
A conference quite unlike any other Each February, one of the top conferences on innovation takes-off in Geneva – Lift. Amongst the many things that Lift does well is approach the topic of innovation from a holistic perspective. So instead of focusing exclusively on the science, research or financing of innovation, they ask how these […]
Orange finally joins effort to bring 3G and 4G to Paris metro
After holding out due to its concerns over RATP’s high fees, Orange have finally signed on to bring its 3G and 4G services to Paris’ metro system. Bouygues and SFR accepted to join the effort last year, so with Orange finally coming on board, the vast majority (roughly 75%) of metro commuters will be covered […]
Big data integration startup Talend closes $40 million round
One of the rising stars in the rapidly growing area of big data integration, Talend, has just closed on a big $40 million round, bringing the total amount of funds they’ve raised thus far to ~ $100 million. Having raised several previous rounds from various investors (including, Silver Lake Sumeru, IDInvest, Galileo, Balderton, etc), Bpifrance, […]
Renault and Orange collaborate to examine the potential uses of 4G in tomorrow’s cars
Le Web often serves as a platform for Europe’s biggest startups and tech giants to announce big news. At this year’s edition, Renault and Orange announced a new partnership to examine how 4G/LTE connectivity will revolutionize the automobiles of the future. Obviously, the connected car will be a game changer for both the auto and […]
Withings promotes connected fitness with a stop-motion nudist animation
Having completed a jam-packed summer ’13 with the closing of a $30 million 2nd round and the launch of their powerful, pocket-sized Pulse tracking device, Withings looks to be stepping up their visibility even more with the launch of a 90-second stop-motion animated video promoting the virtues of connected fitness and encouraging you to ‘Know Your […]
France continues its Open Data mission with the 4th annual Dataconnexion competition
Dataconnexions, Etalab’s contest to identify the most promising up-and-coming open data startups, honored the 8 winners of its 4th edition yesterday. This time around, the jury was presided over by Blablacar co-founder Frédéric Mazzella and consisted of 30 key personalities from France’s tech and economic communities. Dataconnexions is truly sector agnostic as past and present entries have come […]
France’s launches innovation competition to find next industrial star
After being appointed head of the Innovation 2030 initiative last spring, Anne Lauvergeon kicked-off the initiative’s biggest effort, the government’s global innovation competition, with its opening yesterday. President Hollande publicly threw his full weight behind the initiative with an appearance at the official launch of the competition last Friday at the 104. In his remarks, […]
35k+ register for France’s new MOOC since launching October 2nd
Finally realizing that they were substantially behind other countries in the MOOC space (massive open online courses), Minister of Higher Education Geneviève Fioraso decided to launch France Université Numérique (referred to, of course, as FUN) in response. Thus far 35k+ have signed-up since registrations opened on October 2nd. While certainly a drop in the bucket compared […]