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.
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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.
Seed Scout #11: Pimento Building GenAI To Boost Brainstorming
Plus: Agrilife Studio co-founders explain how they want to help entrepreneurs build AgTech Startups.
French Tech News: Turning AI Hype Into Business
Launchmetrics CEO shares lessons from building an AI success. France Digitale offers the optimistic case for French startups in 2024. And the courtship between startups and corporations gets a boost.
Seed Scout #10: Augment Wants To Build A Better MBA
Plus: Upscalers is building a new European angel investment club of experienced operators. And France's EV charging sector is zooming ahead.
French Tech News: Building A French VC Giant
If 2023 brought a harsh dose of reality for the French tech ecosystem, there were still some reasons for optimism heading into 2024.
French Tech News: Lessons On Industrial Startups From Grenoble
France wants to rebuild its manufacturing sector by turning lab innovations into industrial giants.
Seed Scout #9: Tourism And Travel Tech Set Course For Destination Disruption
The government pushes for greater innovation in a critical economic sector. Plus: 50 Partners reinvents the accelerator model.
French Tech News: Xavier Niel's GenAI Gamble
Can the French billionaire turn France into a global leader in this emerging technology?
Seed Scout #8: Quobly And Quantonation Chart Quantum Computing's Future
Part II of our Quantum Computing series looks at the early stage push behind this emerging technology.
French Tech News: Quantumania Grips France ⚛️
The €1.8 billion National Quantum Strategy has created a frenzy around this emerging technology. This special quantum-themed edition will guide you through the major players in the French Quantumverse.
Seed Scout #7: Escape Bets On AI To Fix Fatal API Security Flaws
In this edition: Roundtable is democratizing early-stage investing. And impact startups scored big with Seed investors.
French Tech News: How Swan Beat The Fintech Fundraising Odds
As Swan soars, Hi Inov closed the first chunk of a new fund as the Franco-German VC works to forge ties between its corporate LPs and startups.
The French Tech Journal Is Expanding
We’re excited to announce that Helen O’Reilly-Durand, Franco-British Communications & PR expert, is joining the French Tech Journal as Co-Founder and Deputy Editor to help scale up coverage of France’s dynamic startup ecosystem. O’Reilly-Durand brings a wealth of experience with founders and investors that includes advising
Seed Scout #6: CO2 AI Joins The Carbon Tracking Fray
In this edition: The battle against climate change takes center stage with the spinout of CO2 AI from BCG, a Sector Deep Dive into Carbon Tracking and Offset, and several notable clean tech Seed deals.