Chris O'Brien
NUMA launches joint venture in Mexico to continue its ambitious international expansion
NUMA has taken the next big step toward realizing its global dreams by announcing a joint venture that brings the Paris-based accelerator to Mexico City. NUMA México will be its fifth location outside of Paris, and comes on the heels of an expansion to Barcelona. Arnaud Chaigneau of NUMA said in an interview that Mexico City offered tremendous potential […]
Partech Shaker wants to make its Paris campus a gateway to Europe for U.S. companies
In the latest effort to make Paris the heart of Europe’s startup scene, Partech Shaker announced a new program today designed to help U.S.-based startups navigate the complex rules and regulations as they seek to expand into the continent. Dubbed “Europe Made Easy,” the program will offer a network of contacts in human resources, legal, accounting and […]
Lydia announces first Slack payment service and European expansion plans
Paris-based Lydia said today that it has developed the first-ever payment app for Slack, the rapidly growing messaging and collaboration platform. The announcement came at the Money 20/20 conference in Copenhagen today. In an interview, Lydia CEO Cyril Chiche said it made sense for the company to plug into a service that is expanding rapidly […]
Vodkaster launches Kickstarter campaign to take its DVD-based movie streaming service global
Confident that their DVD-swapping service has fallen on the right side of copyright laws for movie streaming, the founders of Paris-based Vodkaster are now planning to make the service available around the world next year. The company announced the first phase of that expansion strategy recently when it launched a Kickstarter campaign last week for the […]
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 […]