With Ÿnsect rolling toward bankruptcy and Agronutris seeking court protection, France's ambitions for the insect-based food market may have been squashed. But Innovafeed is still in the game thanks to a very different strategy.
CEO Arthur Mensch: "Our goal is to be a global market leader." France's Great LLM Hope announced a flood of business deals in the face of mounting skepticism that it can compete against rivals such as OpenAI and DeepSeek.
CEO Cécile Villette: “We’re helping the industry become future-proof.”
The company has developed a delivery service offering groceries in reusable glass containers designed to be cleaned and reused dozens of times. But with high infrastructure costs, can the company scale to achieve its impact goals?
Alexandra André: “AI is reshaping industries worldwide, and Paris has all the ingredients to lead this revolution."
The deal with the global PE firm provided a welcome boost for a French startup. But it also highlighted the hurdles companies face in raising capital for international scaling.
The love affair between France and CES continues with the latest edition of the trade show in Vegas.
After a rocky 2024, we take the pulse of France's VC community for 2025.
Qwant CEO Olivier Abecassis: "We believed – and we still believe – that with GenAI some opportunities would appear if can find the right combination of technology and experience. [Now] we have a shareholder who is willing to fund that work."
Co-founder Léa Gillet: “If you change what people see in terms of product information, you change how they buy."
Aqemia's Novel Approach to Drug Discovery Attracts €30M in New Funding
Following its recent €45 million funding round, the company wants to become a global leader in helping farmers with climate adaptation.
CEO Mathieu Horn: "The energy sector was a very stable place for a very long time. And now there are all these innovations starting...That's why it's a fantastic time for us."
"The challenge is really to bring a display technology which can be highly luminous at very low power consumption."
"We believe that Europe is very well positioned to play a more collaborative role in space."
