After winning Startup World Paris, Grooblin launches its social events app for iOS
Event microblogging app and turn-key event management service Grooblin launched its app for iOS today. The application, which “lets you share and catch up with what’s happening at your favorite events around the world,” has received quite a bit of attention, after founder Wilhem Pujar participated and won Startup World Paris. I have seen quite a lot […]
e-virtuoses puts France on the map in the world of serious games
Last week I attended one of, perhaps, the best kept secrets in games conferences e-virtuoses 2013, which took place in the northern French town of Valenciennes. What really sets e-virtuoses apart is its focus, which centers on serious games. When most people think of video games, they immediately associate them with pure entertainment. However, in […]
The Parisian SXSW Futur En Seine kicks off its 10 day festival today
France’s biggest digital festival, Futur en Seine, kicks off today and runs through the 23rd. Launched by Cap Digital in 2009 and financed largely by the Ile-de-France region, the 10-day event seeks to both bring together major actors in the digital technology space and increase public awareness about digital innovation emerging in France and elsewhere. […]
Looking to launch your company this fall? TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin might be the answer
For those of you who haven’t heard, TechCrunch is bringing their coveted TechCrunch Disrupt event to Berlin for the first time this October. Like many startup conferences, the event will have a variety of great speakers, likely of the US variety, which will be a great opportunity for European entrepreneurs to build their US network, […]
Breaking into the French founders scene? How about a free ticket to the Paris Founders Event on June 26th
Every month, the Rude Baguette organizes Paris’ only event dedicated just to tech entrepreneurs, the Paris Founders Event. The founders-only event saw 100+ signups in its last edition, and on June 26th, will bring together founders, both from Paris and the rest of the world, who come together to share experiences, get feedback, and discuss […]
Twilio’s head of European Marketing Ben Nunney discusses the French Tech Market
As we announced last month, Twilio, many startups’ go to cloud communications partner, will be making it’s big debut on the Paris tech scene next week with two great events – the Rude Baguette & Twilio Apero on the 11th and the Intro to Twilio Workshop on the 12th. I caught up with Twilio’s Head of […]
The French-German relationship in the digital age: Going from local to international
The following post is a guest post by Theophil Haberstroh and David Polte who help support start-ups with their expansion to either France or Germany. Theophil is also an active member of the Digital Club Franco-Allemand (DCFA). European digital companies strive to successfully compete with their American and British counterparts. To achieve this, they know […]
Mozilla kicks it off big at their new Paris office next week with a FirefoxOS hackathon & more!
Starting on June 9th, Mozilla kicks off a week of events targeted at both the Mozilla and Paris tech communities to celebrate the recent opening of their new Paris office. They’ve lined up a series of great events for the week, of which many focus squarely on the developer and broader Paris tech community, including: […]
droidcon Paris’ inaugural edition coming on June 17/18th
droidcon, the “developer conference and B2B marketplace exposing the best of Android’, will be launching its first Paris edition this June 17th & 18th. droidcon already holds a prominent place in the Android developer community, having launched several successful droidcon installments across various cities in Europe and beyond, including such locations as Berlin (its original […]
International game leaders take stage at SNJV’s Webgame Conference on June 19-20th
For the fourth consecutive year, the Webgame conference will host leaders from the global gaming world here in Paris. Organized again this year by SNJV and taking place at Microsoft France’s campus, the length of the conference has been expanded this year to 2 days, offering more lectures, panels and networking panels than in previous […]