{"id":21137,"date":"2013-11-14T14:13:04","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T13:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/?p=21137"},"modified":"2013-11-14T14:13:04","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T13:13:04","slug":"after-mailjet-mention-efounders-launches-a-new-startup-to-disrupt-the-enterprise-telephone-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/2013\/11\/after-mailjet-mention-efounders-launches-a-new-startup-to-disrupt-the-enterprise-telephone-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"After Mailjet &#038; Mention, eFounders launching two new SaaS startups: Aircall &#038; Front"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"app\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/assets\/app.png\" width=\"657\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You may not be familiar with <a href=\"http:\/\/efounders.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eFounders<\/a>, the self-described Startup Studio co-founded by Fotolia co-founder Thibaud Elziere &amp; Quentin Nickmans,\u00a0which focuses on building SaaS solutions for SMEs; however, you&#8217;ve definitely heard of at least a few of their solutions &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/mailjet.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mailjet<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/mention.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mention<\/a>, certainly the two most well-known, as well as Textmaster and PressKing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21144\" alt=\"logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/assets\/logo12.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/>The team has plans to launch two new startups, which we have learned are called <a href=\"http:\/\/aircall.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aircall<\/a> &amp; Front. eFounders moved into a new Paris office earlier this year, and, in addition to <a href=\"http:\/\/efounders.co\/jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hiring all four of their current startups<\/a>, we&#8217;ve uncovered a job offer on developer job board <a href=\"http:\/\/jobs.humancoders.com\/dev-front\/jobs\/436-developpeur-frontend-startup-h-f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HumanCoders<\/a>\u00a0looking for a front-end web developer for <a href=\"http:\/\/aircall.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aircall<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Enterprise telephone solutions haven&#8217;t changed since the invention of the land line&#8230;. Aircall wants to revolutionize the enterprise telephone solution by using the latest realtime web technologies (WebSockets, WebRTC) to create a solution 100% online..&#8221; &#8211; Aircall Job offer<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The startup has allegedly been working under the guidance of eFounders for the last six months, and are currently in a private beta. Although we don&#8217;t know much more about the startup than that &#8211; no Linkedin presence, nor a domain to be found &#8211; given <a title=\"Mention raises 600K\u20ac seed round from Alven Capital &amp; Point Nine Capital\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/2013\/03\/14\/mention-raises-600ke-seed-round-from-alven-capital-point-nine-capital\/\">Mention&#8217;s recent fundraising<\/a>\u00a0&amp; Mailjet&#8217;s fast-growing team, these startups are certainly going to be on the hotlist for many seed investors.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21142\" alt=\"2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/assets\/2013.jpg\" width=\"293\" height=\"220\" \/>The second startup can be found buried in the job offer, and goes by the name <a href=\"http:\/\/frontapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Front<\/a>. Front calls itself a collaborative email client for companies &#8211; essentially, allowing companies to receive general inquiry emails as a team, and track who responds to given emails &#8211; there&#8217;s certainly a pain point here, and I&#8217;ve already signed up to try it out for our ever-popular contact@rudebaguette.com email address.<\/p>\n<p>Front has been founded by CTO <a href=\"http:\/\/fr.linkedin.com\/pub\/laurent-perrin\/5\/950\/919\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laurent Perrin<\/a>, though their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecompanyinbox.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previous site<\/a>\u00a0would suggest that eFounders team member Mathieu Vaxelaire will be taking the role of CEO.\u00a0Front is also currently hiring &#8211; a <a href=\"http:\/\/jobs.humancoders.com\/javascript\/jobs\/397-developpeur-backend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">back-end developer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>eFounders&#8217; growing network among SMEs is shaping it into a Rocket Internet for SaaS, though the question will always remain: how many SaaS offers will startups and small businesses sign up for?<\/p>\n<p>For now, it&#8217;s clear that eFounders feels they&#8217;re not even close to the limit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may not be familiar with eFounders, the self-described Startup Studio co-founded by Fotolia co-founder Thibaud Elziere &amp; Quentin Nickmans,\u00a0which focuses on building SaaS solutions for SMEs; however, you&#8217;ve definitely heard of at least a few of their solutions &#8211; Mailjet &amp; Mention, certainly the two most well-known, as well as Textmaster and PressKing. 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