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With the Sharing Economy booming in France, La Belle Assiette brings professional cooks to your kitchen

The sharing economy has been on the top of the tech agenda in recent  years. With sharing giants such as Airbnb, ZipCar, Blablacar, etc as well as various events centered on it, including Le Web London in June and the recent Ouisharefest.com, this continues to be a growing area that’s still ripe for innovation. As […]

With France in recession, 56% of IT directors expect 2013 to be a dud year

With France in recession, 56% of IT directors expect 2013 to be a dud year

A recent study conducted by IT Research in conjunction with the Club Decision DSI (French / European IT director association) found that most French IT directors expect that 2013 will be a difficult year for IT investments. In study, which was conducted with 150 top IT decision makers in France, 56% believed that this year would […]

iX Paris connecting startups and top international investors on June 18-19th – apply by May 18th!

iX Paris connecting startups and top international investors on June 18-19th – apply by May 18th!

June 18 – 19th one of the top international events with the specific objective of getting promising startups in front of high-quality, international investors is coming to Paris for the first time. We introduced iX Paris, which is run by Bootcamp Ventures, last month to you here. If you’re at the post seed, international expansion phase […]

Apply by May 12th for hy! Berlin’s startup competition

Applications are now open to hy! Berlin’s pitch competition. hy! is an event series which addressing all those who are enthusiastic about pioneering products and their designers. hy! Berlin, whose last installment took place in January and we covered extensively here and here, is emerging as one of the top tech event series in Europe, […]

City of Paris launches Moov’In in the City open data competition with info from Vélib’

Late last week JC Decaux and the City of Paris launched a french and english site to coincide with the announcement that the two would be opening up key Vélib’ data, which includes statistics on stations (ie location) as well as real-time data.  Now comes the announcement that the two will be teaming up with SNCF […]

AngelHack back on May 11-12 and the prizes are better than ever

AngelHack is back in Paris following on its highly successful edition last December at which Lugga.me, Cubes and TheGoodsLife took first, second and third place respectively. The last AngelHack Paris saw 165 participants join who churned out 41 different projects.  The organizing team, which includes Whyd’s Adrien Joly and dok.io’s Sebastien de Lavison and Vianney […]

ICT Spring Europe unites the startup and corporate worlds on June 19 – 20th

ICT Spring Europe, which will bring together 3500 attendees from over 60 countries, has set as its theme for this year ‘Pure Innovation’, putting the spotlight the latest ICT solutions from both startups and established companies. Great visibility for startups ICT Spring strives each year to bridge the gap between coporates and startups largely by […]

SalesClic launches real-time forecast accuracy & announces US partnership

One big thing that frustrates many businesses is getting a good read on the reliability of their sales forecasts. Nimble Apps announced this week the launch of a Confidence Level feature in their sales forecasting and analysis application SalesClic which will help businesses address these problems. The new Confidence Level feature enables users to understand how reliable their […]

[Interview] ReputationVIP, looking to improve e-reputations around the globe

The online reputation management market has exploded in recent years. Although somewhat ignored or looked down-upon, managing one’s reputation online is becoming increasingly important. Public figures and large corporations have been the first to tackle head-on the headaches that can arise from negative content and buzz online.  But, with the rise of social media, forums […]

May 14th France Digitale Event at Google explores how evolving regulations affects startups

Google and France Digitale, one of France’s leading associations representing entrepreneurs, startups and investors, are teaming up to offer a workshop on May 14th which will explore in more depth the actual and potential regulatory changes affecting the digital space and the implications for France’s startup ecosystem. With things constantly influx given the government’s to […]