Last week, Zlio’s Jérémie Berrebi and Iliad’s Xavier Niel announced the launch of their new seed fund, Kima Ventures, which I wrote about in TechCrunch Europe. Kima’s aim is to invest between €5,000 and €150,000 in 100 start-ups within the next 2 years. Uh, that’s a lot of seed. There’s been a lot of whispering about whether [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Le Seed: FCombinator and the TechEtoiles
Posted in Business, France, Funding, Venture Capital, tagged Business, Founder Institute, France, Funding, Iliad, Innovation, Jaina Capital, Jérémie Berrebi, Kima Ventures, Marc Simoncini, Meetic, OSEO, seed funding, Seedcamp, silicon valley, start-up, tech, TechCrunch Europe, TechStars, Xavier Niel, YCombinator, Zlio on February 27, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Liberté, égalité, sororité: women in the French tech space
Posted in France, Business, Entrepreneurs, tagged tech, France, start-up, Business, Internet, Alven Capital, leetchi, Céline Lazorthes, Jérémie Berrebi, Xavier Niel, Kima Ventures, Monshowroom, Séverine Grégoire, Chloé Ramade, Crédit Agricole Private Equity, E-citizen.com, Alix Poulet, WWF, PlaNet Finance, Handicap International, WiFilles, ParisGeekGirlDinners, Girls in Tech, GIT, women, equality on February 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I naturally get excited when I come across a young entrepreneur. But, in the male-dominated tech environment, I get even more excited when that young entrepreneur is female. Here is a look at 3 French start-ups founded by 20-something-year-old ladies. Leetchi (@Leetchiweb) The company is founded by 27-year-old Céline Lazorthes (@celinelazorthes) and is a platform that [...]
Dear US Entrepreneurs, You Have it Easy.
Posted in Business, Fiscal Laws, France, Innovation, Labor Laws, silicon valley, Technolgy, tagged Business, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, France, Innovation, LeWeb, Michael Schneider, Mobile World Congress, MobileRoadie, silicon valley, start-up, stereotype, Strike, tech, Twitter on February 20, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Everytime I meet a new entrepreneur - French, American or otherwise - the topic comes up: What are the differences between being an entrepreneur in the US and in France? In my former job, I was constantly confronted with the opinion from the other side of the Atlantic vis-à-vis doing business in France: “The French are always [...]
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