KissKissBankBank – The startup from Europe that got cloned by Kickstarter
KissKissBankBank is one of the oldest crowdfunding websites in the world. The idea was loosely based on SellABand, who were the first one ever. They started seriously working on the idea 6 months before Kickstarter. What is crowdfunding? Crowdfunding comes in four flavors: P2P lending, philanthropy, rewards, and microventure. They are in the most popular […]
Here are the Six Open Data Winners of Etalab's Dataconnexions Contest
This afternoon, open data enthusiasts gathered at the Orange Lab Headquarters to hear the results of Dataconnexion’s first open data contest of the year. The contest held applications from March until April 15th, inviting startups, people with ideas, and others to submit their open data idea, which was judged by a jury of open data […]
A detailed breakdown of the 16 startups competing at LeWeb London
This week, LeWeb’s Loic & Geraldine announced the semi-finalists for the LeWeb London startup competition. These startups will compete throughout the two-day event, and the final three will pitch on stage in front of an all-star jury panel. For those who won’t be able to attend, we thought we’d give you a look at each […]
Mozilla Paris is gearing up to become the center for Mozilla in Europe
Despite the giggles and snickers, I’ve always been a Mozilla user – I still use the seemingly archaic Mozilla Thunderbird as my email client, and until recently I was a Firefox user – the Chrome App Store did ultimately got me, but I’m sure i’ll switch once Mozilla gets its add-ons and plugins together into […]
How the Internet and Open Data play into the policies of the new French government
After confirming the structure of his new government last week, newly appointed Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault kicked-off his tenure by announcing that of all members of new government have signed on to a far-reaching code of ethics. One of the key themes contained within the code of ethics is transparency around government policies and actions which […]
Paris & Berlin – The tale of two cities (Part 1: The facts you can't ignore)
Nicolas Metzke examines the economic, historical, and georgraphical attributes of the two cities to make an initial assessment of which city is better suited as a startup hub.
Scientipole replaces bootstrapping for French startups
Since 2002, Scientipole Initiatve, funded by the Ile-de-France has been providing personal loans of between €20K-€60K in order to help startups develop commercially and hire. With their new "croissance" program, they may just be replacing bootstrapping.
13 French Start-ups among the 25 selected for the French & Benelux Tech Tour
13 French startups pitched a 20-minutes presentation to key investors and professionals from Europe, the U.S. and Asia, representing €10 billion worth of investment capital.
AppCooker: Whipping up a better app
App Cooker helps developers to do everything from defining the vision of the app, determining the right type of interface style based on the developer's vision, and creating mock-ups, to, via their Price Cooker tool, figuring out the app's economics.
The 'Ville' Wars: Zynga attacking Kobojo over use of the word 'Ville'
Trademark and IP infringement are serious and are things that many startups deal with at some stage during their development. However, this case to seems particularly questionable. Trista Bridges explores the "Ville" wars, as Kynga sues French Kobojo for using "ville" in their PyramidVille game