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With the Sharing Economy booming in France, La Belle Assiette brings professional cooks to your kitchen

May 16, 2013 by Trista Bridges

The sharing economy has been on the top of the tech agenda in recent years. With sharing giants such as Airbnb, ZipCar, Blablacar, etc as well as various events centered on it, including Le Web London in June and the recent Ouisharefest.com, this continues to be a growing area that’s...

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5 French startups that fit the bill for LeWeb London’s “Sharing Economy” program.

Apr 23, 2013 by LiamBoogar

This week Loic & Geraldine LeMeur announced the program for LeWeb London (June 5th & 6th), which includes marketplace giants Etsy, Airbnb, ZipCar & TaskRabbit. This will be the 2nd LeWeb London, and the first LeWeb event since Leweb was acquired by Reed MIDEM at the end of last year, so...

[Events]

The Startup Career Launchpad conference brings out passionate students to meet entrepreneurs

Apr 22, 2013 by LiamBoogar

Last week I had the pleasure to speak at the Startup Career Launchpad, a conference which invited students to come listen and learn from a pretty great selection of Europe’s Startup Ecosystem. During the conference, I moderated a panel on the impact of startup accelerators with SeedCamp, TechStars, StartupBootCamp, and...

[Events][The Sharing Economy]

Loic & Geraldine announce the LeWeb London theme: The Digital Hippies & The Sharing Economy

Feb 5, 2013 by LiamBoogar

Via a new video posted to the LeWeb YouTube account yesterday, Loic & Geraldine Le Meur have announced the theme for LeWeb London: The Digital Hippies & The Sharing Economy. The event, set to take place on June 5th & 6th in central London, will be their second event in London,...

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'Web-to-Store' startup Pubeco raises 1.25 million euros from ISAI

Jan 30, 2013 by Trista Bridges

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...

[European StartUp Scene]

3 Myths Busted about European vs. US Venture Capital success

Jan 23, 2013 by Trista Bridges

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...

[Events]

All 19 of the French People's Choice nominees for The Europas

Dec 20, 2012 by LiamBoogar

The Europas have announced their list of nominees for the people’s choice award. For those who don’t know about The Europas, it is the European equivalent of the Crunchies, a startup award show hosted by TechCrunch in San Francisco. Startups from all around Europe have already submitted their nominations for a...

[European StartUp Scene]

Blablacar releases shocking study on Trust in Online Communities

Dec 5, 2012 by LiamBoogar

This morning at LeWeb, Blablacar CEO and co-founder Frédéric Mazzella spoke on stage as one of the Ignite speakers. In his speech, Mazzella announced some amazing figures – Blablacar now matches 400,000+ travelers a month across Europe in a community of more than 2.5 million users; for Mazzella, however, this isn’t good...

[Enterprise][TravelTech]

Concur's $150M TravelTech global fund takes off!

Nov 21, 2012 by LiamBoogar

Concur Technologies, a traveltech giant who acquired TripIt last year (and owns a few other notable properties), has launched a $150M fund, called The Perfect Trip, dedicated to funding innovation in the traveltech sector. According to Pierre-Emmanuel Tetaz, head of Concur France and former founder of ETAP ON LINE before it...

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