Video: French Digital Minister Cédric O Talks National AI Strategy
The French government will invest €2.2 billion over the next 5 years to boost the nation's efforts to become a global AI leader.
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Mapping France's AI Ecosystem
France has at least 502 startups specializing in artificial intelligence that have raised €1.5 billion in 2021 compared to € 708 million for all of 2020.
Sponsored: Scale-up Fair Will Connect Talent With France's Hottest Startups
Almost two-thirds of startups say that hiring the right talent is the biggest challenge. France Digitale is trying to address that problem.
Seed Of The Week: PaySika
What: Toulouse-based Fintech PaySika [https://paysika.co/] is developing a banking app for French-speaking African markets. PaySika's mobile banking service has an app but also uses a chatbot that works via Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Telegram. Customers can conduct transactions via any of those channels. Why: According to
Video: How Female Founders Build Climate Change Startups
At the F For Femme Conference at Station F, I hosted a conversation with Lubomila Jordanova, Co-founder and CEO of Plan A; Cindy Demichel, Founder and CEO of Celsius Energy; and Aude Guo, Co-founder and CEO of InnovaFeed.
15 Years Of BlaBlaCar: Nicolas Brusson Talks Global Ambition, Course Corrections, And The Road Ahead
BlaBlaCar has become an icon of the French Tech ecosystem. But the mobility company that wants to efficiently help people get from Point A to Point B has made plenty of unexpected detours on its own journey toward a possible IPO next year.
Funding News: Swile, Beem Energy, Rofim, Simundia, Sheeld Market, CleverConnect, MoonBikes, Jow
> HR startup @swile [https://twitter.com/swile?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] raised $200M in a round led by @SoftBank [https://twitter.com/SoftBank?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] for its employee benefit cards.@HeadlineVC [https://twitter.com/HeadlineVC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw], @IndexVentures [https://twitter.com/IndexVentures?ref_src=twsrc%
Seed Of The Week: Kipoya
This is a new feature. The idea is to highlight one pre-seed or seed funding of a company that future investors or potential employees will want to have on their radars. Send your nominations to me at: chris@frenchtechjournal.com Kicking things off: Kipoya [https://site.kipoya.com/] What: This
Kima Venture's Jean de La Rochebrochard On France's Early-Stage Funding Frenzy
Kima Ventures calls itself the world's most active business angel. The man behind the investment curtain explains how the game is changing in France.
Video: Fleur Pellerin of Korelya Capital at France Digitale Day
As Digital Minister, she created La French Tech Mission. Now she's trying to get European entrepreneurs to look east for opportunities.
How Homa Games Plans To Reinvent Mobile Games
The French video game platform raised $50 million this week, its second round in 2021. Homa's goal: Become a global gaming giant.
Europe And Israel Closing Cloud Gap With U.S.
While E.U. and Israel startups still lag, a new report by Accel shows the cloud companies growing at a faster rate than the U.S. France ranks third in top cloud startups behind the U.K. and Israel.
La French Tech Mission's Future🔮
The government's startup program has named Clara Chappaz its new director and unveiled even bigger ambitions for helping French entrepreneurs. That includes emphasizing "impact", taking the startup crown from the U.K., and making "massification" your favorite French word.
Funding News: Five Seasons Ventures, Witco, Kepler Interactive, Agronutris, Lhyfe
> PropTech startup @MonBuilding [https://twitter.com/MonBuilding?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] rebranded as @Witco_io [https://twitter.com/Witco_io?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] and raised 12M. Investors included @daphnivc [https://twitter.com/daphnivc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw], @eurazeo [https://twitter.com/eurazeo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw], @naxicap [https:
6 Questions With Sorare's Nicolas Julia
The NFT-based fantasy football platform raised $680M -- a new French Tech record. Sorare's CEO explains what's next, including a bigger push into the United States.
🧱 Sendinblue On Building Through Acquisitions 🧱
Armand Thiberge, CEO and co-founder, explains the strategy behind the startup's recent acquisition of Russia's Chatra, Bulgaria's Metrilo, and India's PushOwl.