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# Today in French venture capital: Donecle, Boxtal, Tribe
- URL: https://www.frenchtechjournal.com/today-in-french-venture-capital-donecle-boxtal-tribe/
- Published: 2016-10-13T22:03:52.000Z
- Updated: 2023-10-21T10:22:00.000Z
- Author: Chris O'Brien
- Tags: Startups, Venture Capital

[**Boxtal**](http://www.envoimoinscher.com/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com)**:** Located in Paris, this company (formerly ‘Envoimoincher’) was founded seven years ago to help small businesses make deliveries so they can compete in e-commerce. The company changed its name in September as it seeks to take a more international approach. Boxtal said [it raised $7.7 million](http://blog.envoimoinscher.com/vous-feriez-quoi-7-millions-deuros/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com)from Idinvest Partners, Ecomobility Ventures and CapHorn Invest.  
([Read more at Frenchweb](http://www.frenchweb.fr/boxtal-7-millions-deuros-pour-livrer-les-colis-des-e-commercants-en-europe/260937?ref=frenchtechjournal.com#cZqXbSIFwKW79edK.99))

[**Donecle**](http://donecle.fr/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com)**:** This Toulouse-based drone startup [announced it has raised $1.1 million](http://www.deltadrone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/20161011%5Fcp%5Fdonecle2.pdf?ref=frenchtechjournal.com) from DDrone Invest. Donecle, founded by four former Airbus and Thales executives, is located in the region’s IOT Valley. The company uses drones to automate aircraft inspections.

[**Tribe**](https://tribe.pm/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com): One can debate whether this San Francisco-based video messaging startup is French or not. Its founders and dev team are French, but the company has been i[n Silicon Valley from the start](http://www.rudebaguette.com/2016/03/25/from-paris-to-san-francisco-tribes-experiential-messaging-app-hits-200k-users/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com). Whatever you call them, the company has the eye of investors who just wrote them a $3 million check. This seed round was led by Sequoia Capital and included Ludlow Ventures, Partech Ventures, and Kima Ventures. ([Read more on VentureBeat here](http://venturebeat.com/2016/10/12/tribe-raises-3-million-to-bring-conversational-commerce-to-video-chat/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com)) The announcement coincided with the [launch of Tribe 2.0](https://www.producthunt.com/tech/tribe-2-0?ref=frenchtechjournal.com), which offers augmented reality messaging.

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