Trista Bridges
Kickstarter, MyMajorCompany and other big names headline Videogame Economics Forum on May 16-17th
There’s a solid line-up planned for this year’s Videogame Economics Forum (VEF). As financing in the gaming sector continues to be a major challenge, particularly in social gaming where Zynga’s problems seem to have complicated things for everyone, new financing models have now become all the rage. Crowdfunding has been at the center of this revolution, where […]
Taxibeat raises €1.5 million to fuel its expansion to new markets
Greek taxi hailing mobile app startup Taxibeat announced that they raised €1.5 million from Greek fund Openfunds and a consortium of international investors. This recent round builds on the €1 million they’ve raised to date. Having launched in 2011 and in France at Le Web last December, Taxibeat has gone international at a break-neck pace […]
Did the French government put the breaks on the Dailymotion – Yahoo deal?
As was widely reported last month, Yahoo had supposedly been in ongoing talks with Orange to take a majority stake of 75% in Dailymotion, the 31st ranked site globally. However, now comes the news from Le Monde that the talks have abruptly come to an end. It’s well-known that Orange had been searching for a […]
S&P highlights French mobile operator troubles, takes France Telecom down a grade
Citing concerns about mobile pricing pressure in the French market and an anticipated big drop in France Telecom / Orange’s earnings, S&P has decided to follow Fitch’s lead and cut France Telecom’s debt rating to BBB+, the third lowest investment grade. This cut puts France Telecom somewhere in the middle of the European telco pack […]
Lean Startup Machine Paris kicks-off on May 31st – June 2nd
With 110 workshops, in 40 cities, and 8250 participating entrepreneurs, Lean Startup Machine has been nothing short of a revolution in entrepreneurial training and education. Lean Startup Machine will again come to Paris this year on May 31st – June 2nd, with a list of formidable mentors, VCs, and judges, as well as, their trademark, powerful […]
Jolidrive rolls out Search and says Dropbox, Google Drive & YouTube among most popular services
When Tariq Krim and the Jolicloud team announced the move to Jolidrive, they promised many more new services and enhancements in the coming months. Earlier this month, the team announced the Jolidrive integration with CloudApp with a nice 20% discount on CloudAppPro. Now comes the addition of one of the most sought after services by Jolidrive users, […]
Richard Branson, Peter Thiel, Nikolas Zennström and other big names back $100 million free money transfer campaign for startups
Taavet Hinrikus, part of the original team that built Skype, has launched a campaign to give 1000 EU startups $100k each of free international money transfers, using the technology he has developed for TransferWise, the only service that allows regular people to access the real, mid-market exchange rate. All startups participating in the campaign will receive […]
Lengow announces new solutions for Ecommerce vendors at their first ‘Lengow Ecommerce Day’
Last week, Lengow hosted their very first Ecommerce Day conference in Paris which proved to be a solid success for its first version, drawing over 250 participants. In addition to offering participants the opportunity to meet with experts from the sector and learn more about the emerging trends in Ecommerce, Lengow also leveraged the event to […]
PressKing revamps its platform to become the first full-service online media relations agency
Launched in 2010 by serial entrepreneur Thibaud Elzière (Fotolia, Mailjet, Textmaster) with the goal of offering the same quality of service of a traditional PR agency but at 1/10th the price, PressKing has already made its mark on the PR world having enabled 25,000 press releases to date. Today they’re stepping it up a notch […]
Orange’s all-in-one communications app Libon launches on Android
Following its highly successful iOS launch last November which has hit over 1 million downloads and is available in over 100 countries, Libon is launching on Android today. Available to download for free from Google Play, Libon will now offer Android users free calls, smart messaging, and personalized visual voicemail. As a reminder, Libon is […]