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The State of the Spanish Startup Scene
Jaime Novoa is a tech writer based in Madrid. He currently works forStartupxplore, the startup funding community connecting startups, investors and accelerators from all over Europe. He also covers the Spanish startup ecosystem at Novobrief. The Spanish startup scene has changed dramatically in the past 5 years and is now more professional, global and ambitious than […]
The War in Paris to Clean your Home
Riding the Paris metro or walking the streets, it’s impossible to miss the increasing number of advertisements for tech startups. Airbnb, Drivy, Blablacar, Uber – the sharing economy is after you, whether you’d like to share or be shared. And, in the past 60 days, the latest war isn’t over your car, or your bed, but […]
In Paris, Uber fined €100K as advertising for UberPop declared illegal
A court decision ruled this week that advertising UberPop – Uber’s low cost peer to peer transport solution in Europe – fining the company €100,000. The case, which is independent of Uber’s ongoing negotiations with Taxi authorities, was brought forth by the anti-competition & fraud commission of the French Ministry of Economy, and Uber currently plans to appeal the […]
Air France subsidiary pens deal with Uber competitor Drive
If you’re not a passenger of the 60% of flights that have been cancelled during the Air France pilot strike, you might be happy to hear that Air France subsidiary Hop! has announced a deal with Drive, a French competitor to Uber who raised $2 Million earlier this year. The deal will offer all Hop! […]
Should I hire a fundraising agent for my startup?
Within the span of a week this August came two excellent opinion pieces from VCs about whether entrepreneurs should mandate an intermediary to help them raise their early stage financing. The first is from Hunter Walk of Homebrew (Don’t Send a Banker to Do a Founder’s Job). Then John Henderson of White Star Capital wrote […]
On Giving out Equity to Employees in French Startups
One major inconvenience in VC investing in French startups which consistently raises its ugly head is the complexity to incentivize key personnel with equity. I’m not referring to the employees who eschew the upside potential afforded by equity in favor of fixed pay with high job security. While certainly understandable at certain positions in a […]
The plot to box Netflix out of the French market
Netflix’s arrival in France has been anything but smooth, and it seems the rough bumps are far from over. After discussions with the French government fell apart and Netflix decided to operate in France out of Luxembourg, avoiding any cultural taxes that France might impose, the French government vowed to make life for Netflix as difficult […]
Five French startups best positioned for Asia
When someone from Journal du Net contacted me about my piece last year on 5 French Startups I Can’t Live Without, apparently they liked it so much that they decided to ride with the theme (hey, imitation is the best form of flattery, I suppose). JDN interviewed a handful of France’s first-rate VCs to each […]
Ornikar will launch its 100% online driving school in 2015
Although they launched their company only last December, Ornikar has already received quite a bit of attention for their Paris-based driving school. After their initial application for a license received an unfavorable recommendation from the Auto Ecole (“driving school”) license committee, Ornikar dug their feet in and began fighting to get approval to launch the first 100% online driving school, […]
A growing paradigm for French startups: R&D in France, fundraising abroad
Featured above: Criteo co-founders celebrate their NASDAQ IPO in Times Square This post is a contribution from Anji ISMAIL, CEO and co-founder of DOZ, a marketing platform that helps websites increase their audience by organizing the work of vetted, crowdsourced marketers around the globe. My story is a little unusual. I’m a French entrepreneur who raised […]