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How Reelevant’s Real-Time Personalization Redefines Martech with €6M Series A Led by Seventure Partners
Reelevant wants to revolutionize how brands engage customers by delivering hyper-personalized content at the perfect moment, adapting dynamically to user behavior.
French AI Research: April Synthesis
Topics: AI breakthroughs across medicine, law, and engineering—from outperforming neurologists in diagnosis to smart energy systems, legal term extraction, and translation—plus philosophical and cultural reflections on AI, media, fairness, and ethics.
🤖 La Machine #29: The France AI Radar 🤖
Also: With a fresh €36.36 million late-stage funding round and a bold new AI chip ready for market, VSORA is emerging as a flagship of Europe’s deep tech ecosystem, poised to challenge industry giants in performance and efficiency.
🤖 La Machine #28: Alan Goes All-In On AI 🤖
Six months after announcing a Series F funding round of €173 million at a €4 billion valuation, the French insurtech is accelerating its embrace of AI to transform its operations and products.
Alan Goes All-In on AI
Six months after announcing a Series F funding round of €173 million at a €4 billion valuation, the French insurtech is accelerating its embrace of AI to transform its operations and products.
How Reelevant’s Real-Time Personalization Redefines Martech with €6M Series A Led by Seventure Partners
Reelevant wants to revolutionize how brands engage customers by delivering hyper-personalized content at the perfect moment, adapting dynamically to user behavior.
Turning Therapy Into Play: Neurotech Poppins Combines Music And Data For Dyslexia Treatment
The startup has just raised €5 million to scale its science-backed app helping children with dyslexia through music and gaming. Already used by 4,000+ families in France, the startup has set its sights on the U.S. to bring accessible, playful therapy to more kids.
How France And Europe Are Mobilizing Defense Tech Startups
With geopolitical tensions rising and sovereignty now a buzzword, Defense Tech is breaking taboos in France. With war at Europe’s door, investment is soaring and mindsets are shifting. Speed is everything. But the question now is: can Europe move fast enough to secure its future ?
🔬Laser-Focused: mirSense Secures €7M For Industrial Safety And Defense Sovereignty
mirSense wants to redefine safety and defense with its quantum cascade laser tech. From blinding missiles with powerMir to sniffing out toxic gases with uniMir and mirChip, the dual-application startup believes it can change the game in defense and industrial monitoring.
Spotlight Interview: ChangeNOW CEO Santiago Lefebvre Wants You To Believe Again
ChangeNOW 2025, the "world expo of solutions for the planet," is in full swing this week. Ahead of the Paris opening, I spoke with Lefebvre about how a bold idea born at COP21 became a global gathering, and why, in a divided world, hope and action still matter.
Spotlight Interview: Keles' Laurent Van Lerberghe On Digital Health Investing
"The region between the UK, France, and Benelux is becoming something like a new Palo Alto. Everything is reachable within two and a half hours, creating a concentrated ecosystem of talent, capital, and market opportunities."
Spotlight Interview: Fly Ventures' Marie Brayer
"What's really exciting is seeing the emergence of academic entrepreneurship in France."
A Fight for Fairness: Maud Sarda on building a more ethical economy with Label Emmaüs
Sarda: "This isn’t just about the survival of a business; it’s about justice and survival as a whole. We’re fighting for a fairer world where second-hand goods are valued and everyone has access to high-quality, sustainable options."
🇫🇷 French Tech Wire: OpenAI Makes French Connection With Fidji Simo
The native of Sète has risen from this seaside fishing town to become one of the top players at tech's most influential company. As CEO of applications, she also now stands as one of the most prominent Frenchies in tech.
🇫🇷 French Tech Wire: Swile + Doctolib Pull Back The Financial Curtain
Poppins fresh €5m round to treat Dyslexia with a musical video game; Bpifrance CEO refuses to bend the regulatory knee.
🇫🇷 French Tech Wire: Defense Tech Answers A Call To Arms
This special edition takes a Deep Dive into France's Defense Tech sector, a small but emerging market that is gaining attention and momentum as a wary country -- and continent -- adjusts to a new global reality where traditional alliances may be splintering. Will French startups rally to the cause?
🇫🇷 French Tech Wire: Silicon Valley Extends Its Funding Domination
News reports reinforce the US lead in startup funding; Pennylane CEO explains how AI and new regulations will drive the next wave of growth; France's Digital Minister criticizes US tech dominance.