SoundTribes opens its beta version today. The announcement was made iin Paris on June 19th, 2007 by Pascal Thomas who runs NeXt as a start-up within Orange and developped the service with its team. To make a long story short, Soundtribes is a european MySpace with an integrated revenue potential for self-produced artists: they can […]
Brash Entertainment LLC announced on June 4th 2007 that they raised $400 million from investors including ABRY Partners LLC, New York Life Capital Partners, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance and PPM America. Brash is in the videogame industry, competing against Electronic Arts Inc. Activision Inc and others. For many years, companies in the gaming industry developed […]
When you are a photographer or a videomaker, the key question you end up asking very early on in any conversation is “How can my images be protected from piracy?. Toronto based Idees Inc, founded by Leila Boujnane and Paul Bloore develops advanced image recognition and visual search software. Their clients include the world’s largest […]
Emmanuel Chain wanted the audience to meet the TV stars, anchor men and personalities. “The salon de la tele” will be about what’s behind the TV Set and about tomorrow’s television programs. His idea became the first consumer show about television. The show will welcome all TV channels and most media players in France. He […]
Have you heard of the taxi driver’s paradox according to Christian Jegourel, the founder of YouVox? “Everybody drives a car, but a few of us make it our job”. I don’t like to drive but i get the idea! YouVox regroups several collaborative online web magazines built by amateurs journalists. It is French for the […]
Digicompanion hosted a coktail to celebrate their recent first round of €1.7 million. Right on the heart of Paris, near Notre Dame. Thanks Jeremie and Jean-Marc : i had a great time! PS. The party’s cost was a rocketing 800€
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 to […]
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 […]
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 real! […]