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Cyborg Plants & Fabric Sensors – here are the 7 Startup #ConnectedContest winners!
After 4 weeks of submissions, we’ve selected our winners for the #ConnectedContest – 7 amazing products (and the videos they submitted) which cover many of the themes we’ll be covering this year. We’ve got refrigerator magnets, plant cyborgs, sensors made from fabric, and a connected bike. We were very excited by the projects we received, and I’d […]
Hamon, Ham-off. How the Loi Hamon hurts startups
If you believe (like many Canadians I know) that everything is better with bacon, the Loi Hamon will disappoint you. Despite its shared namesake with the Filipino word for ham, France’s Hamon law feels more like eggs benedict without the bacon… and with rotten eggs for that matter. I finally had my first direct brush […]
Why it's important for French startups to have one foot in the US at all times
The following is a guest post by Emmanuel Schalit, CEO of password management tool Dashlane. You can follow him online at @eschalit. When you start a company, it is common knowledge to try to get product market fit on your home market and move abroad afterwards. It’s already difficult to start a new business, why […]
BI startup BiBOARD raises €2 million to grow user base to 5 million in 3 yrs
Grenoble based, Business Intelligence (BI) startup BiBOARD has raised €2 million from 4 principal investors, Entrepreneurs Factory, Rhône-Alpes Création, Expansinvest, and Sigma Gestion, with the support of the BPI. The cloud BI space is one that’s gotten a lot of attention in recent years with the shift, particularly among enterprises, to the cloud. And according to BiBOARD, […]
#ConnectedContest We're bringing 10 Startups to Connected Conference for free!
Connected Conference is only 6 weeks away and we’ve already announced dozens of great speakers, and 3-day program that will blow you away, and, oh yeah, a giant Connected Home in the middle of the venue. Inside our Exhibition Hall, in addition to a giant home, a giant 3D Experience powered by our Official Sponsor Autodesk, […]
Connected objects startup Sevenhugs raises €1.5 million seed round
Just a year after their launch, Sevenhugs have just announced closing a €1.5 million seed round with several investors, including CapDecisif Management with the FRCI, NovX Capital (investment arm of the Noveo group), Kima Ventures, and business angels networks BADGE (Business Angels des Grandes Ecoles), Femmes Business Angels (FBA), and Investessor. Sevenhugs is yet another example of […]
TV's top startup competition MIPLAB announces finalists
Each year, the television industry’s top conference, MIPTV, holds a top competition called MIPLAB (previously known as MIPCube LAB) which puts the spotlight on the best and brightest startups in the sector. Winners will pitch at MIPTV’s tech and innovation track called MIP Digital Fronts in front of a jury of key industry players from Yahoo, […]
1500 candidates & 70 Recruiters, Paris Startup Job Fair returns March 28th!
The Paris Startup Job Fair returns for its 4th edition on Saturday March 28th, bringing together 1500 developers, designers, data scientists, marketers, salespeople & more. The 1500 passionate people will be meeting up to 70 recruiters, startups of all shapes, sizes, sectors & goals. In this 4th edition, we’re excited to welcome, in addition to amazing startups (all […]
The secret Fast-track VISA program for French Startups hiring US Millennials
Hiring is a pain. Always. It’s even harder when the person you want to hire was born on the other side of an arbitrary line that some people we’ve never met set up in a time period before we were born. Yep – VISA’s. They suck, or so I’ve heard. My dual nationality (Irish/Californian) makes […]
MWC Highlights Day 3: The 5G Debate and 4YFN's IoT startup competition
There was a lot of news coming out of day 3 at Mobile World Congress. Here are a some interesting highlights: The 5G Debate One big area of discussion was 5G, which continues to be a hotly debated topic. Not surprisingly, the Asian telco sector is clearly bullish on the transition to 5G, while other regions are more […]