Archive for April 2016
There’s no such thing as AdTech
Last month, we organized the first edition of AUDIENCE, a high-level conference dedicated to digital media professionals. We brought together a couple hundred media professionals – brands, advertisers, agencies, publishers, content creators, and platforms – to take a look at a subject that gets a lot of attention – AdTech- from a different angle. A few […]
Molotov announces July 11 launch of Internet TV service for French cord cutters
France may soon be the frontline of the battle for the future of television. The latest salvo was fired today when Paris-based Molotov announced that its Internet TV service would finally launch to the public on July 11 after months of beta testing. The startup says the initial version of the […]
On the back of LaFourchette exit, Otium Capital ramps up seed investments in France
Otium Venture, an early stage VC fund focused on marketplaces, SaaS and innovation media models, announced two seed round investments this week: Stratumn(€0.6M), a Blockchain development product; and Shippeo (€2.0M), a haulage management platform. Otium Venture has €50m to deploy and was created by Pierre Edouard Stérin following the sale of LaFourchette to Tripadvisor. Their […]
Sleep tight with Dreem
The days of the sun-based sleep cycle are long gone. We’re no longer syncing ourselves with the cycle of natural light, but rather with the artificial glow from our phones and computers. In the beginning, we didn’t bother thinking about the physical side effects of overexposure to florescent glows and “Sleep when your dead” became the mantra of the […]
Weekend fun: Buy, Sell, or Hold. Silicon Valley edition.
On a recent homecoming visit to Silicon Valley I played a little Buy, Sell, or Hold? with a bunch of smart people out there. Here are the results: (For those not familiar with the game: Buy, Sell, or Hold? is quite simple. If <X> were a stock, would you buy, sell, or hold ?) . […]
Idinvest makes global strides with 2 new Series B investments
Frichti, a French food delivery startup, raised 12€ million and Planday, a Danish workforce management SaaS platform, scored 14€ million this week, both from IdInvest, underscoring the growing trend of European startups raising growth-stage funding in 2016. Following Tech.eu’s market report finding that French venture capital is weak both in Series B and international funding, […]
Europe’s loveliest startup offices and coworking spaces
While we’re not all working out of Mom’s garage, many of us can relate to startup life in less-than-optimal conditions. When you’re starting out, running water, electricity and (obviously) wifi are about the primary benchmarks for somewhere you can set up operations – heck, it’s part of the charm. More than once, we’ve had someone […]