La French Tech Director Kat Borlongan Tells All 🇫🇷
The director of La French Tech Mission wants to be a bridge between government and startups. The goal: Create a service-oriented culture that makes France a more welcoming place to launch a company.
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Fixing Startup And VC Diversity With Sista
Sista co-founder Tatiana Jama, Costanza Carissimo who works on Sista's investor outreach team, and Sista CEO Déborah Loye explain how they are using data to drive diversity.
🔬France's Deep Tech Ambitions🧪
Speaking with Elaia's Xavier Lazarus, French Tech's Kat Borlongan, and i-Virtual's Gaël Constancin about research-based startups.
Apple Vs France's App Developers
France Digitale CEO Nicolas Brien and Korelya Capital's Paul Christophle discuss the frustration among entrepreneurs with Apple's App Store.
Partech closes third seed fund at $100 million to target post-COVID innovations
Partech has closed its third seed fund as the venture capital firm seeks to expand investments across a range of sectors it believes will be even more critical in the wake of the coronavirus. The fund, Partech Entrepreneur III, will back companies in areas such as health, work, commerce, finance,
Doctolib reports 2.5 million video consultations during coronavirus lockdown
Doctolib is seeing explosive growth of its video consultation service as patients and doctors have rushed to embrace it as a critical alternative during the coronavirus quarantine. The French startup [https://www.doctolib.fr/] had attained unicorn status on the back of a medical appointment booking service the operates only
StationF to startups: Focus on sustainable growth, not unicorn status
With the coronavirus continuing to upend France’s startup economy, StationF plans to rethink its own approach with the goal of encouraging its startups to focus more on sustainability and less on valuations. In a letter to StationF’s startup community [https://stationf.co/news/letter-to-the-station-f-community/?fbclid=IwAR1wYQ3HShjQsaYO-SbDtJsJRhf8ftVPZyxvLAPSjJwMGVfvFIw5MAfAMGA] , Director Roxanne
Today in French venture capital: Navya, Payfit, Coorpacademy, Hungry Up
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/