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How 2 French entrepreneurs raised $66 million in 5 days

How 2 French entrepreneurs raised $66 million in 5 days

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

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France on pace to shatter its previous VC fundraising records in 2017

France on pace to shatter its previous VC fundraising records in 2017

While fundraising by French startups cooled in the third quarter, the country remains on pace to surpass previous highs for number of deals and overall fundraising. According to the latest report from CB Insights [https://www.cbinsights.com/research/report/french-tech-q3-2017/?utm_source=venturebeat&utm_medium=referral] , French startups

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Today in French venture capital: Wynd, Alive Groupe, Agricool, FidZup

Today in French venture capital: Wynd, Alive Groupe, Agricool, FidZup

Four French startups have raised almost $45 million in recent days. That doesn’t include Sigfox’s mega-round of$160 million earlier this month. [http://venturebeat.com/2016/11/18/frances-sigfox-raises-160-million-to-expand-its-iot-network-to-60-countries/] Wynd:The Paris-basedWynd [http://www.wynd.eu/]led the pack today with a round of $31.7 million. The

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Today in French venture capital: Doctrine.fr, Splio, Displayce, Shapr, F-Reg, Skello, Marché Privé

Today in French venture capital: Doctrine.fr, Splio, Displayce, Shapr, F-Reg, Skello, Marché Privé

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

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Today in French Venture Capital: IbanFirst, Grisbee, ContentSquare, PopChef, Klaxoon, Orson.io

Today in French Venture Capital: IbanFirst, Grisbee, ContentSquare, PopChef, Klaxoon, Orson.io

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.

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Today in French venture capital: Donecle, Boxtal, Tribe

Today in French venture capital: Donecle, Boxtal, Tribe

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,

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