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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...

[AdTech][eCommerce][Games][Social]

Nanigans launches in Europe to help companies scale up their Facebook advertising

May 8, 2013 by LiamBoogar

For companies who have been experimenting with Facebook advertising and have begun to identify the right times, demographics, and ad-formats to target their audience with, Nanigans‘ Facebook advertising platform might be the best way to scale. Founded in 2010, the Boston-based company has announced its European launch today, fresh off...

[Enterprise][Mobile]

Is SaaS heaven on earth for B2B Software startups? Startup development & the platform dilemma

Mar 28, 2013 by LiamBoogar

The following guest post is contributed by Thomas Oriol, who is the co-founder and CEO of online sales analysis and forecasting application Salesclic. You can follow him at @ThomasOriol as well as his company at @Salesclic. SaaS has considerably reduced B2B startup development costs. Think of the products and services...

[Developer][Games]

Pretty Simple Games now amongst top 10 game developers on Facebook

Mar 27, 2013 by Trista Bridges

Pretty Simple Games, which we wrote about recently here and here, continues its spectacular rise in a space that has been challenged as of late. In just a few months, their hit game Criminal Case has reached 4 million daily active users (as of yesterday), which has put them squarely in...

[Mobile][Music][Social][Uncategorized]

Deezer may be avoiding the US market, but Spotify is starving French users

Mar 20, 2013 by LiamBoogar

The war between Deezer and Spotify has begun, and it seems there’s no country that’s safe. Spotify announced earlier this week that they would be removing the five-play cap per song for free users in the UK; however, it was Numerama that figured out that, with Spain, Finland, Norway, The Netherlands...

[AdTech][Mobile][Social]

Tigerlily teams up with Insert to bring a truly SoLoMo experience to street-side advertising

Mar 12, 2013 by LiamBoogar

Tigerlily has always been at the forefront of digital marketing: they were one of the first certified Facebook marketing partners in France, their services provide analytics value on top of Facebook & Twitter advertising, and they also presented their vision of the SoLoMo experience just last October. Previously just a...

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Rude VC: The Valley of Heart's Delight

Feb 19, 2013 by Mark Bivens

Spot quiz: What region is formerly known as the Valley of Heart’s Delight ? Here’s a hint: it’s not Blackstone Valley in Massachusetts, nor is it Berlin, East London, and especially not Saclay, France. A swathe of apple orchards and orange groves spanning Santa Clara County in Northern California is...

[European StartUp Scene][Games][Mobile][Social]

3 French games studios in trouble – are Social & Mobile still keys to success for games studios?

Feb 15, 2013 by Serge Versille

Two social gaming studios publicly announced they were closing these past few weeks in France, Mandala and Qozmo. We often hear from companies having a hard time that the Facebook market has been becoming tougher in recent years, and if several companies in the same space fail in a short...

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

Is SaaS heaven on earth for B2B Software startups? Startup development & the platform dilemma

Pretty Simple Games now amongst top 10 game developers on Facebook

Rude VC: The Valley of Heart's Delight

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