Liam Boogar
Snips raises €3 Million to make your day more artificially intelligent
While Snips was founded in January of 2013, their first product, Tranquilien – an app which optimizes your public transportation experience – was born out of an open data hackathon organized in June 2012. The 6,000€ prize money resulted in the product being launched one year later – SNCF has since come under fire around […]
Sierra Wireless acquire Mobiquithings to scale up their IoT Network
Sierra Wireless has acquired French IoT startup Mobiquithings, the two companies announced this week. The acquisition, which will accelerate growth for Sierra Wireless as an IoT network provider, is yet another exit for the French IoT space, after Alcatel-Lucent sold to Nokia earlier this year. Notably, Mobiquithings, which provides similar network services to that of […]
Does France need Axelle Lemaire?
This week, France learned that Axelle Lemaire, State Secretary in charge of the Digital Economy, was nearly given the boot by her superior, Emmanuel Macron, Minister of the Economy. Reported by Mediapart[fr], Macron was apparently blocked by Prime Minister Manuel Valls, stirring up questions about who is on whose side. I could care less about those […]
Introducing ILY – Slack for families
Are families ready for their own platform? Insensi thinks so. Founder Ilan Abehassera (previously founder of Producteev, which sold to Jive Software in 2012) revealed what Insensi has been so quietly working on for the past year: ILY. ILY is a device, but it’s also a platform for families. It’s part Path, part Skype, part […]
Augure acquires #ParisFounders alumnus Wisemetrics for their social media analytics software
Three months after raising €15 Million, Augure has acquired social analytics startup Wisemetrics, a #ParisFounders demo alumni who attended Warner’s media incubator in Los Angeles last year. Augure, most well known for its Influencer Engagement software, is in the process of pushing in the US market, and the reach and network, as well as the […]
Behind Botteri: Betting Big on French Unicorns
Any investor worth their salt will say that their job is to exist in the shadows, and that it is the entrepreneurs they have invested in who are the real heroes; however, when the same name keeps popping up behind ambitious investments (especially in startups I believe in), one can’t help but wonder how much […]
Jurismatic, TheFamily's latest concoction, provides open source legal documents for French startups
This month, TheFamily released yet another website. If you’re like me, you weren’t fazed by the forced mass-publication that came on Facebook & Twitter, and after the 100th time that they tell you that their latest oeuvre will change the startup ecosystem, you can’t help but scoff. However, with Jurismatic, TheFamily’s latest concoction, you might […]
With Felix Capital, Frederic Court brings Silicon Valley-style investment to Europe
Earlier this month, Felix Capital burst onto the London Venture Capital scene with a new $120 Million investment fund. Launched by Frederic Court, the fund wasted no time doing what Court does best – co-investing with US VC funds in startups that are outperforming their American counterparts. In this case, that means a co-investment with […]
Sketchfab raises $7 Million from FirstMark Capital to bring 3D & VR to you
3D Model visualization and upload service Sketchfab has announced a $7 Million fundraising led by FirstMark Capital’s Matt Turck, with participation by Sketchfab’s previous investors Balderton, Partech, Borealis & TechStars . Sketchfab already counts 300,000+ 3D Files uploaded to date (up from 150,000 as of July 2014), and has prided itself on being on the forefront of […]
IoT Specialist Actility raises $25 Million from Ginkgo Ventures, Foxconn & Orange
It’s seems to be a big week for IoT fundraising – Actlity, a network specialist building IoT solution on top of LoRaWan (Low Power Wide Area Network) has announced a $25 Million fundraising led by Ginkgo Ventures, with participation by FoxConn, Orange, KPN, and also its traditional investors BPIFrance, IDinvest & Truffle Capital. Actility has built a […]