🇫🇷 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.
Helen O'Reilly-Durand
Franco-British Communications expert who has worked extensively with founders and investors. She previously advised startups at a prominent European VC and SMEs at France’s Economy Ministry.
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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.
🤖 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.
🇫🇷 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?
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.
🤖 La Machine #27: Hugging Face Embraces Pollen Robotics 🤖
Also inside: How Delos is building an AI operating system for business; France can haz all your scientists.
🇫🇷 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.
🤖 La Machine #26: How Ogury Is Navigating The AI AdTech Revolution 🤖
Startups lead the country’s AI adoption, while corporates lag behind; Germany and France remain divided over taxing US Big Tech but united behind the Eurostack initiative to build sovereign EU tech infrastructure; SeqOne acquired Paris-based Life-Soft to expand its genomic medicine platform.
🇫🇷 French Tech Wire: Fairmat's Blueprint For Green Tech
Fairmat Founder and CEO Ben Saada breaks down the Deep Tech company's strategy; France 2030 will still spend billions on innovation; Ÿnsect gets a stay of execution; funds are still closing -- and so are startups.
🇫🇷 How Fairmat Wants To Redefine Composite Recycling And Conquer The U.S.
The Nantes-based Deep Tech startup just raised €51.5M in new financing. Founder and CEO Ben Saada explains the company's blueprint for scaling its industrial recycling solution.
🤖 La Machine #25: France’s Nuclear Mojo Powers AI Edge Over The UK 🤖
Nvidia tells Britain to be more like France, Mistral Bags €100M Deal
🇫🇷 French Tech Wire: Remain Calm...Or Time To Panic?
VCs talk funding famine; US is doing better, but not by much; exits are dead; Revaia closes its €250 fund; and what's the Deel with Rippling?
French Tech Funding Collapse: Time To Panic?
In Q1 2025, startup funding hit a 7-year low. We talk to 2 prominent VCs to unpack the trend.
New French AI Company Radar: March 2025
Exclusively for Paid Subscribers: The latest filings for new AI-related companies in France, plus AI startups selected for incubators and accelerators.