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.”
