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Deezer acquires top talk & entertainment app Stitcher
Deezer has announced that it is acquiring Stitcher, the leading provider of personalized internet talk radio and award-winning mobile products. Presumably this will help Deezerapidly step up their presence in the highly competitive US market, which is a new and top priority market for them. With this move they can now offer consumers access to 35k radio shows […]
Criteo ads reach nearly one billion users worldwide each month
A latest study by comScore has found that Criteo reaches nearly one billion Internet (precisely 994M) users each month with their customized ads, dynamically created in real-time. This finding underscores Criteo’s increasing dominance in the online ad space, with their global reach only second to Google’s Display Network. Criteo has sought to reach new internet users […]
Adikteev raises €1.1 million for their ‘moment advertising’ ad platform
Paris adtech startup Adikteev, recently closed a €1.1 million round with ISAI. Ventech and a series of angels, including Laurent Asscher (investor in Webedia, Mailjet, Orolia and others), Cyril Vermeulen (ex-auFeminin.com), Philippe Besnard (Quantum advertising and ex-Specific Media) and Bastien Duclaux (Twenga), also joined the round. Founded in 2012, Adikteev is a premium ad platform that centers around what […]
Skill assessment platform Praditus raises 1.3 million euros just four months after its founding
Launched by Yohan Ruso (ex-President of Ebay France), skill assessment platform Praditus has gone on to raise 1.3 million euros just four months after its founding. The round was led by Seventure Partners via their fund Quadrivium 1, with several entrepreneur and education-focused business angels participating. Praditus goal is helping users to manage their professional development, via […]
La Belle Assiette raises $1.7m seed round to further accelerate their rapid growth
La Belle Assiette launched just last year and has already secured its position as the #1 marketplace for private chefs in Europe. The past 6 months were particularly robust ones in terms of their growth as they expanded throughout France and launched in Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg and the UK and have validated over 350 Chefs on their […]
Orange puts plan to acquire Spanish telco Jazztel into motion
Orange is continuing to roll-out its strategy to expand its reach in the European telco market. After revealing in September its plans to acquire Jazztel in September with a 3.4 billion offer, Orange formalized its intent with an official request to the Spanish authority for financial markets (CNMV – Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores) that the […]
Feeligo raises 500k€ to take its sticker platform international
Feeligo has been growing leaps and bounds recently since shifting their focus to the fast-growing sticker market, which gives brands another route to connect with consumers. As Asia is clearly the epicenter for the sticker market, expanding beyond Europe has been at the core of their growth strategy. With 100k stickers downloaded each month, they’ve […]
Career guidance solution Talentoday announces $1.4 million seed round
On the back of their very successful launch earlier this year, psychometric and social career guidance solution Talentoday has just announced raising a $1.4 million seed round with multiple investors including Nicolas Draca, Head of Global Marketing Operations at LinkedIn; Herve Goguely, former Chairman and CEO of Netcentrex; as well as angels from HP, Visa, and Oracle. Cofounded by Pierre-François Verley and Martin […]
Honoring the best of the European Web, the 4th Annual Lovie Award Winners Announced
The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences (IADAS) have just announced the winners of the 4th annual Lovie Awards. While the winners hail from a wide range of sectors (i.e. TV, fashion, music, publishing, retail etc), several of tech’s startups of reference including Soundcloud, Shazam, and Swiftkey, had a strong showing this year. France also […]
Meet My Designer to introduce meltyFashion’s readers to talented, up-and-coming designers
Meet My Designer (MMD) is fast becoming a great site for discovering new up-and-coming designers. As a crowdfunding platform for fashion’s burgeoning talent, MMD is not only a place to help designers overcome the financial challenges of bringing their new collections to market, but also a way to build a following with fashion enthusiasts. meltyFashion, […]