{"id":26634,"date":"2014-09-09T15:04:53","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T13:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/?p=26634"},"modified":"2014-09-09T15:04:53","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T13:04:53","slug":"french-startup-fundraising-review-glowbl-vigiglobe-cogniteev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/2014\/09\/french-startup-fundraising-review-glowbl-vigiglobe-cogniteev\/","title":{"rendered":"French startup Fundraising Review &#8211; Glowbl, Vigiglobe, Koolicar &#038; Cogniteev"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>It&#8217;s been a busy day for\u00a0VCs &amp; startups on <a href=\"http:\/\/rudelist.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rude List<\/a> &#8211; France&#8217;s Startup Database &#8211; the Summer break is over and the fundraising announcements are pouring in.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Vigiglobe<\/h4>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/assets\/Screenshot-2014-09-09-14.30.46-e1410265868880.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-09-09 14.30.46\" width=\"800\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Algorithm-driven social media tool\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/vigiglobe.com\/v2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vigiglobe<\/a> announced its second round of funding today, bringing in \u20ac1.1 Million from Kima Ventures, Starquest Capital &amp; others. The startup had already raised a seed round from Kima Ventures last year, and has built out three main features: a Social Media analytics tool, a Data Mining Tool, and a Social TV tool. Most notably, the startup was <a href=\"http:\/\/vigiglobe.com\/v2\/twitter-media-identifies-vigiglobe-as-part-of-its-technology-partners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">identified by Twitter as a Technology Partner<\/a>\u00a0last year.<\/p>\n<h4>Glowbl<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26639 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/assets\/Screenshot-2014-09-09-14.46.32-e1410266818524.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-09-09 14.46.32\" width=\"801\" height=\"403\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lyon-based <a href=\"http:\/\/rudelist.com\/glowbl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glowbl<\/a>\u00a0raised a \u20ac2 Million round of funding from historical investors for their social-infused video conferencing solution.\u00a0The company reports over 60,000 users who have created 5,000 &#8220;livestages&#8221; (their term for livestreamed screens), and they will be using the money to open an office in the Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n<h4>Koolicar<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/assets\/visuel4-e1410267000168.jpg\" alt=\"visuel4\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Backed by insurance company MAIF, Koolicar has raised another \u20ac2.6 Million for their car-sharing platform. While players like <a href=\"http:\/\/rudelist.com\/drivy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drivy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/rudelist.com\/ouicar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ouicar<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/rudelist.com\/buzzcar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buzzcar<\/a>\u00a0are already fighting it out for\u00a0cars and users, Koolicar&#8217;s insurance backing represents an interesting play. Simultaneously, traditional insurance players are expanding their\u00a0traditional business into digital, and Koolicar is thus able to offer better rates than competitors, as it undboubtedly has a better insurance deal than its competitors, lowering overhead &amp; risk.<\/p>\n<h4>Cogniteev<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26645\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/assets\/Cogniteev-seeds-e1410267839995.jpg\" alt=\"Cogniteev-seeds\" width=\"800\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Big Data management platform <a href=\"http:\/\/rudelist.com\/cogniteev\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cogniteev<\/a> has raked in another $650,000, to help companies deal with the increasing amounts of data in the world. Their technology combines semantic analysis, Artificial Intelligence (hadoop) &amp; web crawlers to provide a SaaS service for data-intensive industries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a busy day for\u00a0VCs &amp; startups on Rude List &#8211; France&#8217;s Startup Database &#8211; the Summer break is over and the fundraising announcements are pouring in.\u00a0 Vigiglobe Algorithm-driven social media tool\u00a0Vigiglobe announced its second round of funding today, bringing in \u20ac1.1 Million from Kima Ventures, Starquest Capital &amp; others. 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