Back Market is the leading marketplace dedicated to refurbished devices. On this live podcast on Clubhouse, Co-Founder Vianney Vaute and US Managing Director Serge Verdoux joined us to discuss their mission to make refurbished devices mainstream.
Back Market just raised €276m, for a total so far of €420m on its way to a €2.6bn valuation. While the company became a unicorn last year when it raised money in May, it's now one of the highest-flying French Tech companies.
We recently spoke with co-Founder Vianney Vaute and US Managing Director Serge Verdoux on Clubhouse about Back Market's success and where it's going next.
The love affair between France and CES continues with the latest edition of the trade show in Vegas.
The latest filings for new AI-related companies in France, plus AI startups selected for incubators and accelerators.
The latest filings for new AI-related companies in France, plus AI startups selected for incubators and accelerators.
In the race to unlock value from GenAI, CEO Soufiane Amar says the platform has the potential to revolutionize the costs and speed of writing code.
Scikit-learn’s creators aim to turn France’s AI research into global business with Probabl. Plus: Doctolib’s AI parenting assistant, Mistral’s new enterprise platform, France’s civil-service chatbot, OpenAI’s Paris expansion, and this week’s top AI funding rounds.
Scikit-learn, born at a French research institute, is one of the world’s most-used machine learning libraries. Probabl aims to turn it into a global business. Its journey reveals France’s AI potential and the structural hurdles of commercializing public research.
Between Oct 20 and Oct 24, a total of 15 French Tech companies raised €150.25 million, including: Lattice Medical, Dracula Technologies, Hublo, UPCITI, Lisaqua, Nutropy, Volta Software, Playse, Kotcha, Exeliom Biosciences, Seaber, Fleetiz, Certificall, MNGRS AI, and Tibeka Protections.
Also in this edition: ImCheck’s €1B biotech exit shakes up the scene, Lemlist snaps up Claap to boost AI sales, France’s startup job engine stalls, and OVHcloud’s founder returns to reclaim the cockpit.
