Fast Fashion: Is France’s New E-Commerce Law Ineffective?
As France prepares for a Senate vote on June 10, concerns mount over a weakened “fast fashion” bill. Once hailed as a bold step toward sustainable textiles, recent amendments risk undermining its impact and allowing ultra-fast fashion giants to continue unchecked.
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Claimy Wants to Use AI to End Music’s Missing Money Problem
Claimy, a Paris startup backed by €1.5 million in pre-seed funding, is building an AI-powered platform to locate and reclaim lost royalties, attacking a $15 billion global problem that’s eroded transparency and trust in the booming music economy.
How Phagos Plans to Kill Superbugs with AI and Nature’s Own Viruses
Antibiotics are failing. French biotech Phagos thinks the answer lies in nature’s own bacteria-killers: 'phages.' With €25 million and an AI platform to match viruses with their prey, the startup could rewrite the rulebook on how we fight infection.
French Tech Funding Wire Oct 17: The Big $300M Deel Deal; Plus Adcytherix, Step Pharma, SCAP Hologram & More!
Between Oct 13 and Oct 17 a total of 16 French Tech companies raised €225.28 million, including: Probabl, EVerZom, Cartan Trade, Isentroniq, Carb0n, Allergen Alert, BiznessMatch, Astriis, OneTake AI, Cellura, Unlimited Driving Corporation (UDC), Vaultys, and Komu.
🇫🇷 French Tech Wire: Startup Nation Confronts Austerity Nation...Liberté, Égalité, Subventionné?
A French Tech Mission report positions startups as nationwide job engines rather than elite subsidy hogs before the budget axe falls. Also: A new new new digital minister; a Nobel win for economist Aghion; RIVRS pivots to Asia + new publishing model; €105M biotech raise leads funding rounds.