Tellmewhere revamps iPhone app, prepares for US expansion
12:13 pm PDT • March 17, 2010
[France] Social location-based search service Tellmewhere or Dismoioù has released a new version of its iPhone app as part of its quest to conquer local markets. The Paris-based startup is…
Owlient uses virtual goods for the greater good
12:25 pm PDT • March 15, 2010
[France] French virtual games company, Owlient, has teamed up with UNESCO and Gut Aiderbichl to allow users to support real causes with virtual goods. The Paris-based games publisher currently has…
Got €100? Local products marketplace Regioneo leverages participative investment
12:22 pm PST • March 10, 2010
[France] French start-up Regioneo launched a participative investment program yesterday to help the company raise the €200,000 it needs for development. The company has already raised more than €20,000 by…
MyERP joins the Google Apps Marketplace
12:14 pm PST • March 10, 2010
[France] France’s MyERP has just announced a partnership deal with Google, in which the company’s platform will be one of the first available in Google’s new Apps Marketplace. MyERP, which…
eXo raises €4 million for US expansion
12:06 pm PST • March 10, 2010
[France] France-based eXo has just raised a €4 million series A round with Auriga Partners and XAnge Capital to expand their business in the US. The company, a provider of…
Private travel club VoyagePrive.com launches in US
12:10 pm PST • March 2, 2010
[France/US] The #3 online travel boutique in France, VoyagePrivé, has just announced its launch in the US. The company has been expanding internationally for the last year, with offices in…
Founder Institute adds 5 more mentors, extends deadline for Paris program
11:39 am PST • March 2, 2010
The Founder Institute has just added 5 additional mentors and extended the deadline for their Paris program, which we covered in a previous post. While the Founder Institute claims to…
Shoe retail site Spartoo acquires Sacby.com
4:52 pm PST • February 23, 2010
Is Spartoo beginning to look more and more like Zappos? The France-based company has just announced that they have acquired Sacby.com for €1 million – in order to further develop…
Group gift service Leetchi scores funding from Kima Ventures and 360 Capital Partners
1:53 pm PST • February 22, 2010
[France] Only 3 months after its official launch and Leetchi has already scored funds from Kima Ventures and 360 Capital Partners. The announcement is one of the first investments of…
OpenERP gets €3 million for US expansion
12:36 pm PST • February 17, 2010
[Belgium] Belgium’s OpenERP has just received a €3 million investment from Sofinnova Partners, as well as Iliad co-founder and manager Xavier Niel and board member Olivier Rosenfeld. The funding will…
France's new Kima Ventures to invest in 100 companies
1:16 pm PST • February 16, 2010
[France] The birth of a new seed fund has been announced in France, spearheaded by Jeremie Berrebi and Xavier Niel. The new fund, Kima Ventures, plans to invest in 100…
Mobiletag's Universal Reader app turns your mobile into a barcode reader
12:59 pm PST • February 16, 2010
[France] One week after launch, Mobiletag has seen its new barcode-reading application, called Universal Reader, hit number 1 in the free Productivity category of the iPhone App Store in France.…
France's Stupeflix launches digital alternative to the paper Valentine
6:49 pm PST • February 12, 2010
Nice timing guys. France’s Stupeflix has just released a romantic-theme on their video production platform as a digital alternative to the paper Valentine. The company’s platform – similar to that…
France's MyFab launches in US, led by former Macys.com exec
6:29 pm PST • February 12, 2010
After an incredibly successful 2009 and the opening of their German office in October, France’s MyFab officially announced its US launch this week. The company that offers premium products at…
Founder Institute launches its Paris program
10:53 am PST • February 6, 2010
[France] As entrepreneurs and entrepreneur hopefuls flooded the Salon des Entrepreneurs in Paris during this last week, the Founder Institute released the details of its Paris program for Spring 2010.…
France's Creads opens in Japan, prepares for US launch
12:12 pm PST • February 4, 2010
[France] The founding of Paris-based Creads sounds no different from the success stories of Silicon Valley: in 2008, 23-year-old co-founders Julien Michen and Ronan Pelloux founded their company with no…
E-cuisine site Resto'in wins €2 million to expand
9:28 am PST • February 2, 2010
France’s Resto’in just scored €2 million investment from NextStage Capital to develop their online platform for high-quality food delivery. Founded in 2006, the young founders, Clément Benoît and Pilar Granell,…
Post bloodletting, Deezer appoints a new CEO
5:51 pm PST • January 28, 2010
[France] Following controversial moves in which its CEO went missing from a major conference and initially appeared to have been ousted, the streaming music startup Deezer, has finally clarified the…