CES 2025: French Invasion Includes Connected Objects, AI, and Robots
The love affair between France and CES continues with the latest edition of the trade show in Vegas.
Deep Dives
French VC Outlook 2025: Big Bets on AI, Climate Tech, and a Dash of Optimism
After a rocky 2024, we take the pulse of France's VC community for 2025.
Resurrecting Qwant: New Owners Bet On GenAI To Provide Answers
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."
Trace for Good: Revolutionizing Traceability and ESG for a Sustainable Future
Co-founder Léa Gillet: “If you change what people see in terms of product information, you change how they buy."
Teaching Physics to AI: How Aqemia Wants To Revolutionize Drug Discovery
Aqemia's Novel Approach to Drug Discovery Attracts €30M in New Funding
Elicit Plant: Redefining Agricultural Resilience with Nature’s Molecules
Following its recent €45 million funding round, the company wants to become a global leader in helping farmers with climate adaptation.
Powering the Future: How triPica Turns Electric Cars into Mobile Power Plants
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."
How Display Pioneer Microoled Wants To Bring AR's Future Into Focus
"The challenge is really to bring a display technology which can be highly luminous at very low power consumption."
The Exploration Company Raises €150M To Get Europe Back In The Space Race
"We believe that Europe is very well positioned to play a more collaborative role in space."
How Iktos Wants To Revolutionize Drug Discovery With AI And Robotics
CEO Yann Gaston-Mathé believes his company represents "the way drug discovery will look like in the years to come."
🤖 La Machine Special Edition: LightOn IPO Tear Down 📈
Hyped as Europe's first GenAI public listing, the company is more Seed-stage startup than juggernaut. After starting as a hardware research project, the company pivoted to a SaaS platform. The journey has been financed by public subsidies, tax credits, debt, and equity from Huawei.
SpaceTech Latitude Prepares For Lift Off With New CEO
France fell behind in the space race. Latitude is among a new generation of Space startups that hope to close the gap. Founder and outgoing CEO Stanislas Maximin explains the vision.
AI Arms Race: France Wants To Be A Data Center Paradise
France lags in data center infrastructure. The government wants to change that to boost its AI ambitions.
Quantum Leap: C12 Bets On Carbon Nanotubes For Next Gen Computing
The Quantum startup wants to lead the next computing revolution. But can it build a business to sustain itself until Quantum Computing becomes reality?
Neoplants Wants To Bioengineer An Air Pollution Revolution
The release of its first commercial product is a pivotal moment for the Deep Tech startup which must now turn science into business.
🧟 Voodoo 👹 + ⚠️ BeReal ⚠️ : The Black Valuation Magic 🪄 Behind Their €500M Deal 💸
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.