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Also inside: Materup, Hero, Ramify, Zeliq, Onafis, and Mercateam.
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While BeReal's fall from grace is now complete, the deal represents another milestone in the turnaround of Voodoo. The gaming company defied predictions of its demise and is now rumored to be on a path to an IPO. Resurrecting BeReal might be its biggest challenge yet.
Spotlight Interview: Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch
The co-founder recently testified at the French Senate where he addressed concerns over the nation's competitiveness in AI, problems with fundraising and recruiting in France, and what drives him personally.
Seed Scout #17: Malibou Feels Your Payroll And HR Pain
Also inside: Super Capital Co-Founder Corentin Orsini explains how a deal newsletter grew into a network of 1,000 investors and a portfolio of 180 startups.
🔥Hot Seed Deals: Kelvin, Biophta, Dealt & More!
Also inside: Descartes & Mauss, Deema, Vortex-io, Nanomade, Finovox, and Veeton.
Seed Of The Week: Malibou
The Y Combinator alum raised a €3 million Seed Round to build out its HR and payroll platform for French SMBs. The big challenge: Proving a product that targets France can scale into a giant.
Investor Spotlight: Super Capital Co-Founder Corentin Orsini
Sparked by a newsletter from a former tech journalist, Super Capital has grown into a network of 1,000 investors with 180 companies in its portfolio.
French Tech News: How LumApps Kicked Down The Exit Door
Also inside: XMOBILITY CEO Magali Alix-Toupé revs up the engine of her new Le Mans accelerator.
Exit Lessons From Bridgepoint's $650M Buyout of LumApps
Buyouts by PE firms may be the best hope for the exits that the French ecosystem craves. LumApps CEO Sébastien Ricard and Bridgepoint partner David Nicault break down the metrics that made this deal work.
Spotlight Interview: XMOBILITY CEO Magali Alix-Toupé
On the new Le Mans accelerator: “Long term, we will have succeeded when we have found and helped launch the pioneers who will drive the decarbonization of transport."
The Big Deals 💣: Imagino, Gireve, Supervizor & More!
Vizcab and Continuity also raised as SaaS, Data, and AI remained money magnets.
Seed Scout #16: Adaptive ML Promises To Fix Enterprise GenAI Fails
Also inside: Etienne Boutan breaks down the strategy behind Intuition, a €15 million early-stage fund focused on consumer and creator tech; and Hot Seed Deals.
Investor Spotlight: Intuition Partner Etienne Boutan
On starting a €15m consumer tech fund: “If you're a consumer investor and you're backing early-stage deals, there's no competition."
Seed Of The Week: Adaptive ML
The startup has raised $20 million to develop a tool that helps enterprises rapidly optimize their deployment of GenAI-powered services.
French Tech News: VivaTech-A-Palooza
It's VivaTech time. We give you a rundown of the 21 French startups with unicorn potential; Plus a Q&A with one of the conference's founders.