While fundraising by French startups cooled in the third quarter, the country remains on pace to surpass previous highs for number of deals and overall fundraising. According to the latest report from CB Insights [https://www.cbinsights.com/research/report/french-tech-q3-2017/?utm_source=venturebeat&utm_medium=referral] , French startups
Four French startups have raised almost $45 million in recent days. That doesn’t include Sigfox’s mega-round of$160 million earlier this month. [http://venturebeat.com/2016/11/18/frances-sigfox-raises-160-million-to-expand-its-iot-network-to-60-countries/] Wynd:The Paris-basedWynd [http://www.wynd.eu/]led the pack today with a round of $31.7 million. The
Venture capital investment in tech startups has fallen by a third signalling growing caution at levels not seen since the dotcom bubble. Where is this leading us?
It depends on how and what you count. Last week the quarterly tech funding numbers landed arrived in my inbox, delivering two very different pictures of how French startups and funding. According to Dow Jones VentureSource, French companies in the third quarter ending Sept. 30 raised $304.4 million in
Meet the seven French startups that together just raised $20 million. Doctrine.fr [https://www.doctrine.fr/]: Calling itself the “Google of rights,” this Paris-based startupannounced it has raised $2.2 million [http://doctrine-presse.presskithero.com/]to expand its legal search engine. The company says it uses artificial intelligence to
These six French startups raised a combined $45 million. IbanFirst [https://www.ibanfirst.com/?gclid=CIek8biS4s8CFQxmGwodlcEJow]: The French startup (which just changed its name from “FX4Biz”) offers “banking as a service” for fintech companies that want to serve small and medium business across borders. Today,it announced [https://www.dropbox.
Closing the broadband gap between cities and rural areas could test its commitment to “egalité.” In the latest report onEuropean broadband rates from the European Commission [https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/broadband-coverage-europe-2015] , released this week, France comes out looking just fine at first glance. The annual report measures
Boxtal: Located in Paris, this company (formerly ‘Envoimoincher’) was founded seven years ago to help small businesses make deliveries so they can compete in e-commerce. The company changed its name in September as it seeks to take a more international approach. Boxtal said it raised $7.7 millionfrom Idinvest Partners,
Coorpacademy [https://www.coorpacademy.com/]: The Paris-based corporate edtech platform raised $11 million from a round of investors to expand its training service to more countries. Founded by a couple of former Google execs, the company was launched in 2013. (See more on VentureBeat. [http://venturebeat.com/2016/10/11/
“Technology is opening up more ways of using the smartphone,” Khris said. “We want to break up a lot of the established thinking about what your smartphone can do.”
