Almost 4.5 years after the launch of La French Tech, the program to accelerate France’s startup ecosystem is getting its biggest overhaul yet with a new director and a long list of new intiatives aimed at tearing down obstacles still weighing on the country’s entrepreneurs. French Digital
If the French Tech ecosystem is looking for an anthem, it should probably consider The Clash’s “Should I Stay Or Should I Go?” It’s the question never far from the mind of any Paris-based entrepreneur as they gaze across the waters to Silicon Valley. In the case of
Female entrepreneurs continued to make some progress in France last year, but still lag far behind their male counterparts when it comes to fundraising. And even if the gap is closing, data froma new report by StartHer [http://starther.org/starther-devoile-le-barometre-starther-kpmg-2018-de-lentrepreneuriat-tech-au-feminin/] and KPMG shows that women face far greater skepticism
While France’s national health care system may be the envy of others, the outdated paperwork procedures it still uses are not. Lifen [https://www.lifen.fr/]is the latest startup that wants to drag the administrative systems used by health care providers out of the Middle Ages. Today, the
One of the most controversial events in the rise of the French Tech scene was a move by the previous government toblock the sale of streaming site Dailymotion [https://www.francetvinfo.fr/politique/arnaud-montebourg/polemique-montebourg/dailymotion-le-patron-de-france-telecom-tacle-arnaud-montebourg_315659.html] to Yahoo. In 2013, then Economic Minsiter Arnaud Montebourg, declared: “I am
Growing up in France, Mathilde Collin had a very clear idea of what her future self would be doing one day. “I was a very happy kid,” she said. “I wanted to start a company. I thought that starting a company where people were happy coming work everyday would be
It depends on how and what you count. Last week the quarterly tech funding numbers landed arrived in my inbox, delivering two very different pictures of how French startups and funding. According to Dow Jones VentureSource, French companies in the third quarter ending Sept. 30 raised $304.4 million in
Meet the seven French startups that together just raised $20 million. Doctrine.fr [https://www.doctrine.fr/]: Calling itself the “Google of rights,” this Paris-based startupannounced it has raised $2.2 million [http://doctrine-presse.presskithero.com/]to expand its legal search engine. The company says it uses artificial intelligence to
These six French startups raised a combined $45 million. IbanFirst [https://www.ibanfirst.com/?gclid=CIek8biS4s8CFQxmGwodlcEJow]: The French startup (which just changed its name from “FX4Biz”) offers “banking as a service” for fintech companies that want to serve small and medium business across borders. Today,it announced [https://www.dropbox.
Boxtal: Located in Paris, this company (formerly ‘Envoimoincher’) was founded seven years ago to help small businesses make deliveries so they can compete in e-commerce. The company changed its name in September as it seeks to take a more international approach. Boxtal said it raised $7.7 millionfrom Idinvest Partners,
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/
