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Project Europe: Shopify, Klarna and Mistral Unis against the exodus of talents to the United States
Faced with the flight of European talents to the United States, more than 120 founders of startups, including Tobias Lütke (Shopify), Sebastian Siemiatkowski (Klarna) and Arthur Mensch (Mistral), are associated to finance and accompany young entrepreneurs from 18 years old. Carried by the British VC Harry Stebbings, Project Europe Releases € 10 million, offering € 200,000 per start-up to strengthen local innovation. This program aims to break the “Doom Loop” which weakens European competitiveness, by focusing on an approach mixing capital, mentoring and infrastructure to structure the next generation of technological leaders.
Trapped by its own economic model, mention is put into receivership.
Long star of the Social Listening, mention was trapped by its own economic model. The outbreak of data access costs, coupled with untenable pricing, has transformed each new subscriber into a source of losses. Unable to reach the critical mass to absorb its fixed charges, the company sees its turnover fall and its deficit widen at 1.56 M € in 2025. Placed in receivership, it awaits its buyer.
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Financing the DeepTech: can the state eternally play the leading roles?
Six years after the launch of the Deeptech plan, France stands out as a key player in innovation, but at the cost of a massive dependence on public funding. In 2024, Bpifrance injected € 2.2 billion, covering nearly 70 % of the deeptech venture capital. Vital support, but which masks the absence of private investors ready to engage in these long and complex cycles. Without diversification of funding, the French Deeptech risks getting bogged down in an artificially sustained model, unable to ensure its autonomy in the face of American and Chinese giants.
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Meta in front of French justice for massive copyright violation
The French publishers and authors attack Meta in court, accusing the company of having used their works without authorization to train its generative AI. The National Edition Union (SNE), alongside SGDL and SNAC, filed a complaint this week before a specialized court in Paris, denouncing attacks on copyright.
Saudi offensive in gaming, Scopely offers Pokémon Go for $ 3.5 billion
Scopely, owned by the Saudi Fund Savvy Games Group, acquires Pokémon Go as well as various niantic games for $ 3.5 billion. This takeover is part of Saudi Arabia to become a major video game player, after allocating $ 40 billion in this sector. Niantic, which was valued $ 9 billion in 2021, is refocused on AI with Spatial niantica unit dedicated to intelligent geospatial cards.
Wonder buys Tastemade for $ 90 million and advances to its culinary “super app”
The delivery startup Wonder is getting its hands on Tastemade for around $ 90 million, according to sources close to the file. With this acquisition, Wonder strengthens its strategy aimed at creating a “super app” dedicated to the universe of the meal, mixing gastronomic content and delivery service.
+ Special edition we innovate 500
We Innovate 500: The 2025 prize list of the most dynamic startups of French tech.
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- N ° 1: Do you know Flex Ai? The startup that wants to revolutionize training AI on demand
- N ° 65: Do you know Catalog? The startup that wants to become the B2B shopify
- N ° 126: Do you know Underdog? The startup that wants to make the reconditioned a standard in household appliances
+ Undertake
The sinking of Irobot after the failure of its acquisition by Amazon
From growth to crash: how the Scale-Up model is exploding
+ Fundraising
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- Kleio raises 3 million euros to transform the customer experience thanks to the conversational AI
- Comet raises 10 million euros and appoints Laurent Potel to his head
Mimo raises 7.7 million euros to simplify the financial management of SMEs
The London Fintech Mimo secures € 7.7 million to strengthen its B2B payment solution and expand its workforce. The rounding is led by Project A, with the renewed support of Northzone and Seedcamp. Since its launch in 2023, the platform has seen its use multiplied by 10, consolidating its ambition to become a centralized hub of payments and cash management for companies and accountants.
Vento raises 75 million euros to take the Italian founders on the world scene
The Italian Vento fund announces a second vehicle of 75 million euros to invest in startups founded by Italians, whether based in Italy or abroad. Inspired by Kima Ventures in France, Vento wants to fill the delay in the Italian tech ecosystem by focusing on 375 investments over five years.
+ Experiences
How does fintech Noelse restore purchasing power to individuals and professionals?
- Virtual Selling: a methodology to excel in remote sales
+ Agenda
📅 April 8 and 9: Big SEO 6th edition, the event of SEO and content marketing
- Webinar – Pilot innovation: become the engine of your organization’s innovation.
🥐 previous edition of the Good Morning Frenchweb:
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- China is invited to Elon Musk / Virtuo Laché companies by an investor / Hexa Scale: the 3rd way for profitable startups
- Stability Ai allies with WPP / Publicis acquires LOTAME / LARRY PAGE FROM AI to transform the manufacturing industry
- Orange wants to become the AWS of telecoms / How does AI feed cybercrime? / Social networks, new American immigration filter
- Google work behind the scenes to avoid its dismantling / $ 14 billion in federal subsidies for Starlink? / 94 million euros for the French startup Flowdesk
🚀 To read on Frenchweb.fr:
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- Jean-Marc Jancovici: What place can artificial intelligence occupy in a world that will soon or later have to decarbonate?
- Command of the message: a methodology to align commercial and customer value speech
- ServiceNow offers Moveworks for $ 2.85 billion, its biggest acquisition to date
- AI manus: Chinese AI capable of doing everything on its own
- Virtuo in receivership: the car rental startup looking for a buyer
