I’ve hit my limit on people, both French & otherwise, denigrating the French startup ecosystem. It took me about 10 minutes to put together an alphabetical list, including almost every letter and filtering town to tweet-sized bites (too many M’s, A’s, C’s, and D’s to mention), filtering once again for Startups that have international clients/users/presence, and are, in my opinion, either leaders in their sector or in a position to become the leader in the next 7 years.
Without further Ado, my Alphabet of French Startups
French has lost confidence in its ability to product international sector-leading technology companies. This is BS (1/10)
— Liam Boogar-Azoulay (@LiamBoogar) October 17, 2014
The following Alphabet of companies are:
1) French
2) Have an International presence
3) Leaders (or on their way) in their Sector (2/10)— Liam Boogar-Azoulay (@LiamBoogar) October 17, 2014
A | @ABTasty @AdYouLike @Algolia @Appsfire @Azendoo
B | @BIMEAnalytics @Blablacar @Bonitasoft
C | @Criteo @CapitaineTrain @cDiscount (3/10)— Liam Boogar-Azoulay (@LiamBoogar) October 17, 2014
. @Dailymotion @Deezer @Devialet @Djump
E | @eDJing #Exalead @Ezakus
F | @Feeligo @Festicket @Front @Fotolia (4/10)— Liam Boogar-Azoulay (@LiamBoogar) October 17, 2014
G | @Gemalto @Giroptic @Glowbl_Official
H | @hexopluslive @himedia @holi_motion
I | @ifeelgoodsinc #Iliad @Infinit @InstantLuxe (5/10)— Liam Boogar-Azoulay (@LiamBoogar) October 17, 2014
J | @Jolicloud @Jellynote
K | @Keecker @getKimd @kontestapp @kubity
L | @meetLima @Lucibel
M | @melty_fr @Menlook @Mention @Mailjet (6/10)— Liam Boogar-Azoulay (@LiamBoogar) October 17, 2014
N | @Novapost / @PeopleDoc_Inc O | @Ornikar @Ouicar
P | @Paymium @Pressking @Pretdunion
Q | @QapaNews
R | @Replay_App @RudeBaguette! (7/10)— Liam Boogar-Azoulay (@LiamBoogar) October 17, 2014
S | @Scoopit @Sketchfab @Sigfox
T | @TagCommander @TeadsFR
U | @Ubifrance?
V | @Vidcoin @Videdressing (@Viadeo or @venteprivee_fr?) (8/10)— Liam Boogar-Azoulay (@LiamBoogar) October 17, 2014
W | @wheretoget @Whyd @Wisembly @Witai @Withings
Y | @Ykone @YouBoox
Nothing for U X or Z but @1001menus @1001pharma @360learning (9/10)— Liam Boogar-Azoulay (@LiamBoogar) October 17, 2014
France is an Underdog, Under-represented in the press, Under-appreciated, not well Understood – but it is not to be underestimated (10/10)
— Liam Boogar-Azoulay (@LiamBoogar) October 17, 2014