Articles by Liam Boogar

Startups & Entrepreneurs: Underdogs that you love to cheer for

May 24, 2013 by LiamBoogar

I’m a big fan of the underdog – you never really lose if you bet on the underdog, because the odds are already against them, so no one’s surprised when the odds hold true; however, when you bet on the underdog correctly, you’re a hero, and duly so. I naturally...

[Music][Social]

Music Social Network Whyd to revamp user profile pages to put the emphasis on you & your music

May 24, 2013 by LiamBoogar

One of Paris’ most ambitious startups, Whyd, a social network for music lovers and influencers, is planning to put out an updated profile interface, sources say. They will reportedly be integrating other social network profiles, more prominent visibility for playlists, and a very visually appealing cover photo à la Google+. The new...

[Cloud][Data][Developer][Music][Photo][Social]

How & Why Box acquired Martin Destagnol’s Folders pre-launch and What is coming next

May 23, 2013 by LiamBoogar

Allow me to introduce you the French startup Reedian, run by and owned solely by Martin Destagnol, founder and former CEO of Plyce. Reedian is a software company which has one flagship app, Folders. The unlaunched product calls itself “the most elegant client for your cloud storage,” which included a...

[The Sharing Economy]

Cookening opens up to the public to turn your home into a restaurant

May 22, 2013 by LiamBoogar

Today, Paris startup Cookening has opened up its “Airbnb for your kitchen” to the public, allowing anyone to taste the fine local cuisine of their neighbor or a local. Founded by CEO Cedric Giorgi (30€/meal to eat at his Paris apartment), CTO Sebastien Guignot(25€/meal) and CPO Julien Pelletier, the Paris startup...

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Announcing the Paris Founders Event – June 25th – Get your tickets now!

May 22, 2013 by LiamBoogar

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...

[AdTech][Video]

With 3.1M€ lead by Ventech, find out how StickyAdsTV became a Top 10 video property in France overnight

May 22, 2013 by LiamBoogar

Comscore released their monthly report on web traffic and video property traffic from April 2013, and it seems that there is quite a bit of fluctuation in the video traffic space. Dailymotion’s month got even more rough – fresh off a severe rejection by Yahoo who in-turn acquired Tumblr (rebound...

[TelCo.][Video]

With Yahoo in the rear-view, Dailymotion’s got plenty of new suitors. All of them French.

May 22, 2013 by LiamBoogar

From this side of the Atlantic, you can almost see what could have been a huge win for French startups – Tumblr’s been purchased for $1.1 Billion and, while no one’s sure whether Yahoo! will make a Flickr out of Tumblr, or a Tumblr out of Flickr, the fact remains...

[Cloud][Data][Enterprise]

Grenoble startup Bonitasoft raises another $13M proving that there is a market for Open Source

May 21, 2013 by LiamBoogar

Grenoble-based Bonitasoft announced last week that it has raised $13M from FSN PME, Ventech, Auriga Partners, and Serena Capital in order to continue the growth of its Open Source Business Process Management (BPM) solution for enterprises. As TechCrunch reports, the company has offices in Paris as well as San Francsico...

[Cloud][Enterprise][Video]

IDInvest drops another $3 Million into Weemo for their WebRTC API – do they see something I don’t?

May 21, 2013 by LiamBoogar

Founded by Thomas Cottereau, video collaboration solution for businesses Weemo has raised $3 Million from IDInvest, according to Venturebeat. Founded in 2007, Weemo allows businesses to plug video conferencing directly into their applications with a few lines of code, and thus is pitting itself directly against competitors like Vidyo, Avaya, Cisco...

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Articles by Liam Boogar

Startups & Entrepreneurs: Underdogs that you love to cheer for

Cookening opens up to the public to turn your home into a restaurant

Announcing the Paris Founders Event – June 25th – Get your tickets now!

With 3.1M€ lead by Ventech, find out how StickyAdsTV became a Top 10 video property in France overnight

With Yahoo in the rear-view, Dailymotion’s got plenty of new suitors. All of them French.

Grenoble startup Bonitasoft raises another $13M proving that there is a market for Open Source

IDInvest drops another $3 Million into Weemo for their WebRTC API – do they see something I don’t?

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