IT総合 Retro, an actually good photo-sharing app for BFFs, launches collaborative journals
As big social apps are optimizing for maximum engagement using algorithmic feeds and personalized content recommendation...
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IT総合 IT総合 Business planning startup Pigment raises $145M in rare French tech megaround
Paris-based startup Pigment has raised a $145 million funding round just five years after its inception. The enterprise ...
IT総合 Business planning startup Pigment raises $145M in rare French tech megaround
Paris-based startup Pigment has raised a $145 million funding round just five years after its inception. The enterprise ...
IT総合 After reaching profitability, carpooling platform BlaBlaCar secures $108 million debt line
BlaBlaCar is an iconic name in the French startup ecosystem. The carpooling and bus ticketing company has been around fo...
IT総合 DOJ claims green bubbles are an issue in iPhone monopoly suit
The United States Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple earlier today. The suit touches on seve...
IT総合 Silence is an early stage climate tech VC fund with $35 million
Silence wants to shake things up when it comes to climate tech investment. This new angel-style VC firm has already rais...
IT総合 Pelikan Mobility is building a software-enabled commercial EV leasing solution
Chances are you may have noticed that many commercial vehicles are now electric vehicles — think about delivery van...
IT総合 Cowboy launches all-road electric bike to attract riders beyond European city centers
Cowboy is better known for its sleek electric bikes that you can see in many major cities across Europe. And if you look...
IT総合 Spotify adds music videos in some countries
Spotify is adding music videos to its mobile and desktop apps in some markets. They are tightly integrated with the comp...
IT総合 Kolet makes travel eSIM cards easier to navigate
Kolet is a new French startup created by four experienced co-founders in the French tech ecosystem that wants to make it...
IT総合 Flush with cash, French fintech unicorn Qonto acquires Regate
While many entrepreneurs are currently facing the harsh reality of a VC funding crunch, Qonto isn’t one of them. The Par...
IT総合 Monzo, the UK challenger bank with 9 million customers, raises $430 million
London-based fintech company Monzo raised a late stage funding round of $430 million (£340 million), confirming a report...
IT総合 Vibe helps small companies buy video ads on streaming services
As streaming apps and services are gradually showing more ads to viewers, adtech startup Vibe plans to help small busine...
IT総合 Microsoft made a $16 million investment in Mistral AI
Yesterday, Mistral AI, a Paris-based AI startup working on foundational models, announced a new large language model tha...
IT総合 Mistral AI releases new model to rival GPT-4 and its own chat assistant
Paris-based AI startup Mistral AI is gradually building an alternative to OpenAI and Anthropic as its latest announcemen...
IT総合 Consolidation continues in micromobility as Cooltra snaps up Cityscoot
Paris’ commercial court has accepted Cooltra’s offer to acquire Cityscoot. These two companies provide shared electric m...
IT総合 Bioptimus raises $35 million seed round to develop AI foundational model focused on biology
There’s a new generative AI startup based in Paris. But what makes Bioptimus interesting is that it plans to apply every...
IT総合 Planity raises $48 million because even hair salons need their own SaaS product
If you’ve ever traveled in rural areas in France, you may have realized a French peculiarity. Even in the seemingly less...
IT総合 Google’s new AI hub in Paris proves that Google feels insecure about AI
This morning, Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai inaugurated a new hub in Paris dedicated to artificial intelligence. This hub i...
IT総合 How a French health insurance unicorn plans to leverage AI to reach profitability
Alan’s meteoric rise in the French tech ecosystem has been both figurative and literal. A few years ago, the startup’s o...
IT総合 Memorizer is a movie and book tracking app that also helps you find inspiration
There are quite a few apps that let you log the movies, TV shows and books that you have watched and read. Some of them ...
IT総合 Accounting software startup Pennylane becomes France’s latest unicorn
Just like clockwork, Pennylane is raising another €40 million ($43 million at today’s exchange rate). This new funding r...
IT総合 Accounting software startup Pennylane becomes France’s latest unicorn
Just like clockwork, Pennylane is raising another €40 million ($43 million at today’s exchange rate). This new funding r...
IT総合 Varsity is a new early stage VC fund based in Paris
It’s not every day that a new VC firm comes out of stealth. This time, Varsity is announcing its first fund. Founded by ...
IT総合 Todoist adds team workspaces to its task manager
Given that Todoist now has more than 30 million users, chances are there are quite a few people in your friends, family ...
IT総合 Guided Energy helps EV fleet managers optimize battery charging
Imagine you work for a car rental agency or a package delivery company and you’re in charge of a fleet of vehicles. If y...
IT総合 Naboo provides an Aibnb-like experience for company seminars
Naboo, a French company that was created just a couple of years ago, is trying to create a modern online experience for ...
IT総合 Probabl is a new AI company built around popular library scikit-learn
Probabl isn’t your average AI startup as this new French company is an Inria spin-off company that revolves around an op...
IT総合 Twin Labs automates repetitive tasks by letting AI take over your mouse cursor
Meet Twin Labs, a Paris-based startup that wants to build an automation product for repetitive tasks, such as onboarding...
IT総合 BlueLayer is building the operating system for carbon project developers
Meet BlueLayer, a new European startup that is building a software platform specifically designed for carbon project dev...