Looking into the Challenges of the Driverless Car Industry
Buckle up! Elon Musk is announcing he will roll out 1 million robot-taxis by next year. He has also claimed Tesla owners will be able to profit on average $30k a year just by lending their car to the robot-taxi fleet. Tech companies such as Apple and Google are heavily involved in developing driverless cars, as […]
The Impact of Brexit on London Startups
For the past three years, one word has been on everyone’s minds in the UK: Brexit. The sudden decision to leave the European Union has been endlessly scrutinised, discussed and delayed, but the end result seems to be an indelible cloud of uncertainty floating over the whole of Britain (and Ireland). While British politicians seem to […]
From farming to phones: five French startups making a difference
Many startups claim that they’re trying to make the world a better place—though there’s often confusion between startups which make our individual lives better and startups which genuinely give back as part of their business model. As an example, Deliveroo may make your life better by allowing you to satisfy that sushi craving at any […]
SGH Capital: a holding company with some flair
Thanks to some smart choices, the holding company founded by Alexandre Azoulay a little over 4 years ago has seen enormous success last year, after posting stellar Q4 results. SGH Capital, the holding company overseen by Alexandre Azoulay and his three partners, has gone from strength to strength. Once affiliated with Wijet – an air […]
French Tech Friday : Kokoroe’s amazing success story
Many startups have great ideas, many hold fantastic hopes. Some want to change the world. However, many don’t get to that point. It makes it all the more pleasant when a startup has a real success story to share. And Kokoroe has one of those stories. A fresh approach to online courses Kokoroe […]
10 Misconceptions about French support for startups
There are several schemes to help startups in the complicated launching phase. The Research tax credits (CIR) scheme celebrates its 35th anniversary this year and has proved to be one of the main drivers for innovation in France: over 20,000 companies presently benefit from it. However, many misconceptions still persist about this support facility, as […]
#FrenchTechFriday : Archive Valley joins 9 other startups at the Berlinale
Back in August 2018, we had introduced Archive Valley: a French startup dedicated to providing archive footage to filmmakers. It’s only been a few months but they have been very busy indeed. And they are starting year 2019 with an invitation at the Berlinale. Getting the numbers up at Archive Valley Archive Valley […]
French startup Ledger wins Cyber Security Award at the CES 2019
When it comes to crypto-currencies, getting them is only half the battle. The other half is storing them and keeping them safe. There are many stories of unfortunate crypto-currency holders who misplaced fortunes. Several options exist to safeguard your crypto-currency and the most successful one just got a cool update. Ledger: one of […]
#FrenchTechFriday : go to warp speed with Starnode
Today’s French Tech Friday startup does a very simple thing: it can run your asynchronous javascript functions in parallel. Ok, I might have hit you a bit hard there… How about we start at the beginning and discover all about StarNode. What on earth is Node.Js? Our story starts with Node.Js and […]
10 Promising SaaS Startups to look out for in 2019
Building a startup from the ground up is a challenging feat. In fact, it’s a well-known fact that 90% of new startups fail. However, this hasn’t discouraged thousands of ambitious entrepreneurs to try to bring their ideas to life year after year. 2018 has brought us some awesome startups that are here to stay – […]