Archive for December 2013
Orange finally joins effort to bring 3G and 4G to Paris metro
After holding out due to its concerns over RATP’s high fees, Orange have finally signed on to bring its 3G and 4G services to Paris’ metro system. Bouygues and SFR accepted to join the effort last year, so with Orange finally coming on board, the vast majority (roughly 75%) of metro commuters will be covered […]
Symfony creator SensioLabs raises $7 Million to make PHP more professional
SensioLabs, the creator of PHP framework Symfony, has closed a $7 Million Series A in order to finance international growth, the startup announced today. Founded in 2005 by Fabien Potencier and Gregory Pascal, the company has come a long way since its founders first created the Symfony framework in 2005. Today, like most startups based on […]
The Paris Startup Scene: A photo essay
The following photos were taken by Dan Taylor (cofounder, Heisenberg Media) in December 2013, in an effort to visualize the Paris Tech Ecosystem. Captions by Liam Boogar. Rue du Sentier has come a long way since its textile roots. The namesake for the Sentier District in Paris, this street has come to be the epicenter of the Paris startup […]
Why are Apple ads in France advising against the iPhone 5C?
I’ve spent the week in Paris for LeWeb. One of the highlights of the trip has been riding in the Paris Metro, a highly visible symbol of what the French do best: combining world-class engineering with artistic beauty. Adverting is omnipresent in the Paris Metro (it’s no surprise that adtech is a growing part of […]
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[LeWeb] Infogr.am announces video infographics service
Latvian startup Infogr.am is at LeWeb and has just announced their new video infographics service. The company has been very successful with their free infogram service that allows users to create stunning infographics in a couple of minutes. As of today Infogr.am’s 1 million users have created more than 1,5 million infographics that have reached […]
Big data integration startup Talend closes $40 million round
One of the rising stars in the rapidly growing area of big data integration, Talend, has just closed on a big $40 million round, bringing the total amount of funds they’ve raised thus far to ~ $100 million. Having raised several previous rounds from various investors (including, Silver Lake Sumeru, IDInvest, Galileo, Balderton, etc), Bpifrance, […]
The Netflix French love affair: company executives fight against VOD monopolies
The love affair between Netflix and France has been fiddled with mistrust and a few bumps on the road. Fortunately – for consumers – the overly popular American video streaming service might be arriving to France very soon. Being present in 41 countries worldwide, it sounds strange that Netflix is not available in the French market. […]
Deolan takes off with 2,5M€ from CapHorn Invest
French company Deolan has just announced a new capital raise of 2,5M€ with CapHorn Invest. Operating in the complex business of aviation, Deolan has developed a platform to interconnect all the parties involved with air transportation. Airlines, passengers, airport operators, crew and other actors of the aviation value chain make up a tough problem to […]
Will WebRTC Defeat Skype? Technology does not a product make
In a time when the average lifespan of a tweet can be calculated in seconds and the fight for eyeballs is constant between publishers, it is becoming increasingly common to read outrageous statements to capture one’s attention and wrongly put the spotlight on otherwise promising technologies. HTML5 has got its share of over-the-top statements lately […]
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[LeWeb] Why Are Cliché Sports Analogies Being Used to Explain Entrepreneurship?
The propensity for comparing rich people sports to entrepreneurship has hit an all time high. We now have kite surfing in Maui, skiing in Switzerland, golf on Pebble Beach and bungee jumping in Thailand. At LeWeb 2013, Loic brought in Jesse Richman, a world champion kiteboarder to drop some knowledge on the crowd of hopeful […]