Meet Metronaut, an app for smartphones and tablets that could change the way you play classical music. The startup behind the app, Antescofo, raised a $4.5 million funding round (€4 million) and has attracted 160,000 downloads. Daphni and OneRagTime are leading the round, with Nobuyuki Idei, Yann LeCun, Sophie Gasperment and Thibault Viort also participating. […]
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Alan raises another $45 million for its health insurance product
Paris-based startup Alan has raised a Series B round of funding of $45 million (€40 million). Index Ventures is once again leading the round, with partners of DST Global also participating. The company had raised a $28 million funding round only ten months ago. Alan is a software-as-a-service startup tackling a very specific industry — […]
View More Alan raises another $45 million for its health insurance productMalt raises $28.6 million for its freelancer platform
French startup Malt is raising a $28.6 million funding round (€25 million) with Idinvest Partners leading the round and existing investors ISAI and Serena also participating. Overall, the company has raised $36.6 million since its creation (€32 million). Malt has created a marketplace for engineers working as freelancers and companies. There are currently 100,000 freelancers […]
View More Malt raises $28.6 million for its freelancer platformDevialet’s Phantom Reactor turns music into an emotional experience
French startup Devialet has done it again. The new Phantom Reactor is a smaller, more effective speaker that packs everything that made Devialet speakers good in the first place. Devialet’s first speaker, the Phantom, attracted rave reviews a few years ago. The egg-shaped speaker promised no background noise, no saturation and no distortion in a […]
View More Devialet’s Phantom Reactor turns music into an emotional experienceDeepomatic raises $6.2 million for its industrial computer vision technology
French startup Deepomatic just raised a new funding round of $5.1 million in equity funding and $1.1 million in debt. Hi Inov is leading the round, with Alven Capital and Bertrand Diard also participating. Deepomatic lets you build your own computer vision applications for your industrial needs. The company gives you all the tools to […]
View More Deepomatic raises $6.2 million for its industrial computer vision technologyUber competitor Chauffeur-Privé rebrands to Kapten
French company Chauffeur-Privé is going to expand aggressively over the next couple of years. That’s why the company is changing its name to Kapten — a name that sounds less French. “We wanted to share with you a very important piece of news,” Kapten co-founder and CEO Yan Hascoet said in a press conference. “We […]
View More Uber competitor Chauffeur-Privé rebrands to KaptenWorkwell wants to be the companion app for your office building
French startup Workwell has released a major update to its platform. The company now provides an app to manage as many things related to your office building as possible from your phone. The company started with a sort of intranet replacement. You could book meeting rooms, get a map of the office, contact your coworkers […]
View More Workwell wants to be the companion app for your office buildingApple pays millions in backdated taxes to French authorities
Apple has agreed to pay back a large sum in backdated taxes. The company has confirmed the information to the AFP and Reuters. According to L’Express, Apple could have paid as much as €500 million ($572 million) — the AFP also confirmed that sum. “The French tax administration recently concluded a multi-year audit on the company’s […]
View More Apple pays millions in backdated taxes to French authoritiesLunchr grabs $34 million for its corporate lunch card
French startup Lunchr is raising a $34 million funding round (€30 million) from Index Ventures, with existing investors Daphni, Idinvest and Kima Ventures also participating. The company had already raised $13 million 7 months ago (€11 million). In France, companies of a certain size have to support employees in one way or another when it […]
View More Lunchr grabs $34 million for its corporate lunch cardSencrop is a data platform to help farmers manage their lands
Meet Sencrop a French startup that wants to empower farmers using sensors, a data platform and a service marketplace. The company recently raised a $10 million funding round. The Series A round was led by Bpifrance with NCI Waterstart, Nord Capital and The Yield Lab also participating. Existing investors Demeter and Breega Capital also reinvested. […]
View More Sencrop is a data platform to help farmers manage their landsAltice to acquire majority stake in OTT startup Molotov
Telecom company Altice is about to close a significant investment in French startup Molotov — the two companies have entered into exclusive negotiations. While terms of the deal are undisclosed, Altice should end up with a majority stake in Molotov for hundreds of millions of euros. This is an interesting move as it greatly increases […]
View More Altice to acquire majority stake in OTT startup MolotovLydia launches shared accounts for its mobile payment app
French startup Lydia now lets you share your Lydia sub-accounts with other people. The company wants to make it easier to manage money when you’re traveling with friends, sharing an apartment with someone and more. When Lydia introduced its premium offering back in March 2018, the company completely rethought the way Lydia accounts worked. Users […]
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