Seed Scout #18: 🛰 Skynopy Dreams Of Friendlier Satellite Skies 📡
Also inside: Wind Co-Founder Xavier Gury takes us inside the 25-year partnership that led to this new early-stage Deep Tech fund.
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🤖 La Machine: French AI News Recap For June
Welcome to the first edition of our French AI newsletter. Each month, we'll tell you what you need to know about an ecosystem that is emerging as a global AI hub.
French Tech News: Raising The Social Media Dead With Voodoo And BeReal
Also inside: the Great French Tech Election Freak out; and Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch is optimistic about France's AI ecosystem, but says the nation faces big disadvantages due to hiring rules and financing.
Seed Scout #17: Malibou Feels Your Payroll And HR Pain
Also inside: Super Capital Co-Founder Corentin Orsini explains how a deal newsletter grew into a network of 1,000 investors and a portfolio of 180 startups.
French Tech News: How LumApps Kicked Down The Exit Door
Also inside: XMOBILITY CEO Magali Alix-Toupé revs up the engine of her new Le Mans accelerator.
Seed Scout #16: Adaptive ML Promises To Fix Enterprise GenAI Fails
Also inside: Etienne Boutan breaks down the strategy behind Intuition, a €15 million early-stage fund focused on consumer and creator tech; and Hot Seed Deals.
French Tech News: VivaTech-A-Palooza
It's VivaTech time. We give you a rundown of the 21 French startups with unicorn potential; Plus a Q&A with one of the conference's founders.
Seed Scout #15: Avatar Medical Visualizes Healthcare's 3D Future
Also inside: Masawa Managing Partner Sabine Flechet discusses the new mental health early-stage fund; and Seed Deals.
French Tech News: SNCF Digital Plans Go Full Steam Ahead
Also inside: How Qubit Pharmaceuticals will use quantum computing to reinvent drug discovery; AI startups continue to make VCs swoon.
Seed Scout #14: Kolet's eSIM Plot To Reinvent Telecom Services
Also inside: Serena Partner Bertrand Diard breaks down the firm's new €100m Data and AI fund; and the latest Seed Deals.
French Tech News: AB Tasty's AI Gets Emotional
Also inside: Seventure Partners' Bruno Rivet talks Sportstech; and meet Speedinvest, the European fund making a play in France.
Seed Scout #13: Can France Win The Sustainable Aviation Future?
In this special edition, we take an in-depth look at France's emerging Sustainable Aviation ecosystem. ✈️ 💚 We also zoom in on Elixir Aircraft and Starburst Aerospace.
Sector Deep Dive: Sustainable Aviation
Given the historical and economic importance of aerospace to France, the government is putting big resources behind the effort to create cleaner forms of aviation technology in the hopes of remaining a leader in this critical market.
French Tech News: Sweetch Energy Makes Waves By Turning Water into Wattage
Also inside: Inside EDF Pulse Ventures; Verve Ventures is a Deep Tech European investor scouting startups in France; and Zama leads the latest funding rounds.
Seed Scout #12: Phospho Is Forging Picks And Shovels For The GenAI Gold Rush
Plus: Varsity co-founder Didier Valet discusses the journey from banking titan to his new pan-European Seed Fund.
French Tech News: Beyond Aero Flies The Cleaner Skies
Also inside: A French FoodTech fight; Techinnov tries to build bridges between corporates and startups; Earlybird Venture Capital expands in France; and GenAI takes over the country.