For Digicompanion, Gilles Babinet, Jean Marc Holder and Jeremie Wainstain secured a first round financing of € 1.7 million ($2.2 million) led by Alven Capital and Ile-de-France Developpement. The valuation and the ownership were not disclosed. However, the Fonds Regional d’Ile de France usually invests between €300 000 and €400 000, which would bring [...]
21 mai 2007 | Lire la suite
The Alarm Clock Euro, specializing in the business of technology startups, published on May 16 the list of the 10 most 2.0 promising start-ups in France. This selection was conducted in partnership with Techcrunch France and Ouriel Ohayon.
Some of the criteria for their choices
1) Privately held 2) great founders 3) consistent execution on business plans [...]
21 mai 2007 | Lire la suite
I like this video clip from XERAK : the electronic music, the drawings and the movement. And you?
He says he gets his inspiration in the japanese and american comics, in pop art and in older scifi movies. He hides behing chraracters which he names entities.
He produced a number a records including in 2005 “SEXFLOOR [...]
20 mai 2007 | Lire la suite
Louis van Proosdij is an insider in the internet and the digital environment. But he did not have the right insights for this OpenCoffee last Thursday which was a holiday.
He thought that the restaurant was open - It was closed
He thought we would be 3 or 4 - We were about 15
He thought we [...]
19 mai 2007 | Lire la suite
Collette Ballou Lamotte and her partner Lucie-Anne Radimsky founded Ballou PR firm and specialize on high-technology and life sciences. Their expertise thrives in B2B market situations. These american women in Paris combine the best of both worlds : disciplined performance and creative intuitions. With their team, they work with start-ups, taking the best out of [...]
18 mai 2007 | Lire la suite
Canon and Eyeka launch an exceptional contest to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the world-famous EOS cameras.
I have known and worked with Canon, an international leader in photography and world-renowned camera maker, for several years when i was in charge of the account with CLM/BBDO or later when i was managing Corbis, the picture agency. [...]
17 mai 2007 | Lire la suite
Jean François Caillard - director SFR Developpement
SFR’s SpeedStartingUp day is on June 27th and you can still sbmit your project.
SFR, Vodafone’s French Network Operator, has an investment branch which takes equity in start-ups: SFR Developpement. They launched it a few months ago and have already invested in 5 start-ups. It is for [...]
16 mai 2007 | Lire la suite
Mediaset, of Silvio Berlusconi, joined by former Endemol’s founder John de Mol, one of the top 500 richest man in the world, and Goldman Sachs Group bought Endemol from Telefonica for a deal valued at €3.4 billion. Telefonica’s 75% shares amount to €2.63 billion. Endemol produced more than 300 shows in 2006, [...]
15 mai 2007 | Lire la suite
Here is a smart way to spend the upcoming thursday. Open Coffee club is an informal gathering of entrepreneurs and VCs from 10am to 12am. It’s right down town in Paris : restaurant Urbi et Orbi, register below or drop by. It’s likely to be a small group of active people since May 17th is [...]
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Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet the co-founder and CEO of Priceminister. com has a lot of celebrate. He just turned 30, completed his second acquisition last week and already has a success story behind him. Price Minister has 52 million products on line which makes it the largest marketplace in Europe in terms of products available, 10 times [...]
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