Uber B2B, bringing together the best of Europe’s B2B ecosystem in Berlin on June 17th
June 17th will see the first Uber B2B conference come to Berlin. Uber B2B seeks to bring together B2B software, web, IT and hardware entrepreneurs and executives from top mid-sized / multinational corporations to collaborate, network and identify new opportunities to work together. For startups, there’s lots of opportunity to get in front of big […]
Announcing the Paris Founders Event – June 25th – Get your tickets now!
After last week’s very successful first edition, we are excited to announce the next Paris Founders Event, which will take place Tuesday June 25th at 7:30PM at Delaville Café. The event, a founders-only networking event with an open bar and open buffet of food, is brought to you with great thanks by Index Ventures, Schibsted, Ftopia, […]
Web2Day allures Parisians with countryside prices and LeWeb-worthy speakers
Last Week, all of France headed to the city of Nantes for Web2Day, a two-day conference organized by Atlantic 2.0, the Nantes-arm of LeCamping parent association Silicon Sentier. During two days, business Angels, VCs, entrepreneurs, developers, and the Nantes web community gathered on the city’s “Machine Island” where abandoned factories and utilitarian architecture pave the […]
Meet Twilio in Paris June 12th and start supercharging your apps with VoIP
For Paris Startups, Christmas has come early – Cloud Communications startup Twilio is coming to Paris on June 12th. I have long been a big fan of Twilio – most people are a fan of Twilio without evening knowing it – their services power communications for awesome apps like Uber, Airbnb, Intuit, Hulu, and 1000s […]
Connected objects may be Web 3.0, but I still can’t control my home from my smartphone
Today at Web2Day, I had the pleasure to talk about the world of connected objects with Thomas Nicholls of Sigfox, Benoit Guennec of Connected Object, and Frédéric Boisdron of Planète Robots. Talking about connected hardware (homes, cars, etc.), quantified self, and the future of smart objects is always exciting in France, where so many successful hardware […]
Uber pops up in Cannes for the Cannes Film Festival – is “pop-up service” the new model?
Uber announced via email this week that it will have a fleet of black car private chauffeurs at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off tomorrow in Cannes, France. The world-renowned film festival regularly attracts A-list celebrities, along with some of the greatest films of the season. In addition, as a part of Uber’s […]
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 […]
Web2Day’s startup competition to feature some “killer” startups
This week I, along with most of the Paris Startup Scene, will head down to Nantes for a few days. No, it’s not for some arbitrary set of French holidays (that was last week), instead it’s for Web2Day, a 2-day startup conference that gathers some of the best local and international startups and digital businessmen […]
Seedcamp announces the 20 teams participating in Seedcamp Week Berlin next week
Seedcamp has announced the 20 teams that have been accepted to Seecamp Week Berlin, its week-long event that it announced earlier this year, which will provide selected teams with access to a world-class network of mentors, including investors from Index Ventures, Point Nine Capital, Balderton Capital, BDMI, Earlybird, DFJ Esprit and T-Venture. The event, hosted by BDMI, The Wyre & The Factory, includes startups […]
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, […]