‘Web-to-Store’ startup Pubeco raises 1.25 million euros from ISAI
Pubeco, who specialize in helping retailers digitalize all those annoying paper ads and catalogs they send potential customers, has just announced that they raised 1.25 million euros from French VC ISAI (Blablacar, Commerce Guys, Shopmium, & more). Since its founding in 2008 by Romain Sarels and Yannick Lalleau, Orchies-based (in Northern France) Pubeco has grown steadily to reach a solid […]
Orange now (reluctantly) owns 100% of Dailymotion. What’s next?
This past week Orange purchased the remaining 49% of Dailymotion, after having purchased 51% of the video site nearly two years ago, with a clause in its acquisition to allow it to buy the remaining 49% later. After trying to find a US partner to take the remaining 49% of the company for the past […]
Ericsson to acquire Devoteam’s French Telecoms & Media operation
Ericsson has announced that they will be acquiring the French Telecom and Media operations of IT and comunications consultancy leader Devoteam for an undisclosed amount. Devoteam’s Telecom qnd Media operation currently accounts for approximately 7% of Devoteam’s revenues. Through the acquistion, Ericsson will gain some 400 new IT professionals, “service capabilities” from the newly acquired group, as well […]
Paris to get a 1500m² central startup space thanks to 1M€ from Google
The Silicon Sentier, the association behind LeCamping, La Cantine & more, has presented a lovely gift to the Paris startup scene, announcing recently that it will be moving into a new 1500m² space in the middle of Paris’ well-defined startup neighborhood (UPDATE: It will be located at 39 rue de Caire, 75002 Paris). The space, which […]
3 Myths Busted about European vs. US Venture Capital success
The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) just published a report dispelling many of the stereotypes and myths about the performance of Europe’s VCs. The conventional wisdom has been that Europe’s risk-adverse nature and difficult IPO environment has constrained the potential and success of Europe’s venture and startup communities. As the report points out, we […]
Toulouse-based BuyBox raised 1.7M€ for its SaaS payment solution for eMerchants
BuyBox announced today that they have raised 1.7 Million euros from Iris Capital and Midi Capital in order to brings its social payments soluion for eMerchants to international markets. Founded in 2010, BuyBox has had a fair amount of traction and interest, having already added Celio, Wonderbox.fr and Micromania as clients. Essentially, BuyBox provides a white label solution […]
French Startups are getting invested in, just not by French VCs
In the beginning of the year, we reported on the state of investment in France -more money went to startups in 2012 than 2011, a total of 543 million euros, or a 93% year-to-year growth. It was made very apparent that this funding was concentrated, with “Deezer(€100M), Criteo(€30M), Spartoo(€25M), Viadeo(€24M), Fotolia(€117M) and Sensee(€17M)’s impressively large […]
Phonotive raises 400K€ for Touchalize, interactive ads for mobile.
After we profiled their flagship product Touchalize for the 2012 LeWeb Paris Startup Competition, Phonotive has announced a seed round of 400K€, invested by DP Invest (the investment arm of the Midi-Pyrhennes region) and Capitole Angels, a business angel network in the region. Though they weren’t among the 3 French startups who made it to […]
BlueKiwi founder and Pigeon movement co-creator Carlos Diaz raises $4M for Kwarter
Carlos Diaz, one of France’s most prominent serial entrepreneurs, will be adding a bit of cash to his most recent venture’s bank account. Kwarter, a social TV startup which works with brands to engage their viewers on the “second screen,” has raised $4 Million from T-Venture (Deutsche Telekom), as well as Kinetic Ventures. Diaz previously […]
Pealk, the startup that hacked the LinkedIn API, acquired by Viadeo
We reported last year on Pealk, a Paris-based startup that had used the legal access to the LinkedIn API that they had been granted to provide users with the same functinoality that recruiters pay upwards of $7,000 per year for. Less than 6 months later, the startup, which was shut down after LinkedIn revoked their […]