Archive for July 2014
![[Interview] WePopp CEO and Cofounder Julien Hobeika introduces their new ‘scheduling made easy’ app WeTime](https://www.rudebaguette.com/wp-content/uploads/thumbs/wetime-e1406626860385-380iwob5qsnt5uy464izgq.png)
[Interview] WePopp CEO and Cofounder Julien Hobeika introduces their new ‘scheduling made easy’ app WeTime
Throughout the July / August vacation period, the Rude Baguette will be running a series of interviews with some of France’s top and rising startups, where their founders give us more insight into their business, their future plans and what sets them apart from the rest. In this installment, we talk with Julien Hobeika, […]
![[Interview] Fitle Founder and CEO Charles Nouboue discusses their plans to redefine the online shopping experience](https://www.rudebaguette.com/wp-content/uploads/thumbs/Fitle-picture-for-RudeBaguettepng-380iwo23u04rxh87msi8lm.png)
[Interview] Fitle Founder and CEO Charles Nouboue discusses their plans to redefine the online shopping experience
Throughout the July / August vacation period, the Rude Baguette will be running a series of interviews with some of France’s top and rising startups, where their founders give us more insight into their business, their future plans and what sets them apart from the rest. In our first installment, we talk with Charles Nouboue, CEO and Founder […]
Enter the Lovie Awards by August 1st – Be the Best of the EU Web
If you’re creating great interactive and digital work that you just know deserves real recognition, you’re in luck: The 4th Annual Lovie Awards deadline has been extended to August 1st, giving you a bit more time to compete to be the best of the European Web. Now in its fourth year, The Lovie Awards, brought […]
Dassault Systèmes acquires Supply Chain optimization Startup Quintiq for €250M
Dassault Systèmes is adding Quintiq to the family today – the company and its 800 employees have been acquired for a reported €250M Million. The acquired company will fall under Dassault Système’s 3DEXPERIENCE Platform, extending their offer to global business operations planning. Based in The Netherlands, Quintiq counted already 250 customers using their product across more than 1,000 sites in […]
Paris Founders Event Summer Edition proves great French products are built during the summer
On Monday night, 275 international investors, co-founders and startup lovers gathered in Google’s offices to witness the launch of the 5 products Rude Baguette selected as the most awesome of the summer. Music, 3D, hardware, green energy, productivity tools, applications… the variety of products and markets addressed showed how dynamic and diverse the […]
Breach’s open source browser hopes to succeed where Firefox fell short
Modular, Open Source, Hackable – Breach is ticking all the boxes with the ambitious browser project they launched this month. The team, originally composed of TOTEMS (formerly Nitrogram) CTO Stanislas Polu, Socket.io (now Automattic)’s Guillermo Rauch, Alejandro Vizio & others, is now made up of around 80 developers collaborating on the project. Since its release last month, […]
Rude List launches into Public Beta – France’s Startup scene at your fingertips
Yesterday night in front of the sold out Paris Founders Event, I sat down following 5 Amazing Demo’s and announced that Rude List – France’s Startup Database – was launching into public beta. Starting today, users can sign up, create their own profile, suggest new companies and claim their company’s profile in order to manage the […]
Gutenberg Technology scoops up e-learning and e-health specialist, Digeetis
SaaS e-education and e-learning leader Gutenberg Technology announced the purchase of e-learning and e-health specialist Digeetis for an undisclosed sum. This acquisition comes on the heels of their closing a €5 million round late last year. Wilth ePUB3 becoming the global standard for digital books, Gutenberg Technology anticipates that the open-source technology Readium will become the global standard […]
Why French startups should consider Far East Asia
When I first arrived in France from Silicon Valley over ten years ago, I regularly received business plans from French startups that were limiting their sights to the French market. The few that spoke about international expansion would have a line in their financial projections for revenue in year 5 from Belgium or francophone Switzerland. […]
Sketchfab crosses 150K uploads, adds Genius-like 3D Annotations
Sketchfab now counts over 150,000 3D images uploaded to its site. Its popularity has grown since raising $2 Million last December, after which they announced integration with Adobe Photoshop (Sculpteo also recently announced similar integration), and have been quick at integrating with hardware as they get announced. Their Kickstarter integration has allowed campaigns to render a […]