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| May 15, 2026 | UK AI Unicorn Ineffable Intelligence Secures Record $1.1 Billion Seed Round for Superintelligence Pursuit | Ineffable Intelligence, a UK-based AI powerhouse, just closed a record $1.1 billion seed round at a $5.1 billion valuation. This unprecedented funding fuels its mission for "first contact with superintelligence." Founded by DeepMi... |
| May 1, 2026 | Ineffable Intelligence launches with $1.1B, Nebius buys Eigen AI in $643M deal, and UK startups enter UK parliament | This week, we tracked more than 65 tech funding deals worth over €2.2 billion and over 5 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
If email is more your thing, you can always subscribe to our newsletter a... |
| Apr 25, 2025 | The Rise of AI in Europe: Balancing Innovation and Privacy | In the bustling world of technology, Europe is carving out its niche. The continent is not just a spectator; it’s a player. Recent funding rounds and partnerships highlight a growing trend: the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in... |
| Apr 25, 2025 | €80M for Xayn's privacy-first AI, Poland's first superconducting quantum computer, and Berlin's gender pay gap | This week we tracked more than 65 tech funding deals worth over €428 million, and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed the most i... |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 365 Finance secures £150M debt facility, Prosus' €4.1B acquisition of Just Eat Takeaway, and Web3 companies to watch | This week, we tracked more than 80 tech funding deals worth over €2 billion and over 5 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed the most impo... |
| Nov 25, 2024 | Last week recap: European tech companies raised over €2.5B, around 76% collected by 10 biggest deals | Last week, we tracked more than 95 tech funding deals worth over €2.5 billion, and over 15 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
The top three industries that raised the most were software (€667.6 mil... |
| Jun 28, 2024 | $250M for food delivery giant Getir, new fund for dual-use tech, and parental support for founders | This week we tracked more than 95 tech funding deals worth over €1.8 billion, and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed the most i... |
| Oct 11, 2021 | MyPRM : Booster ses partenaires revendeurs est indispensable à une stratégie commerciale efficace | Sites internet, réseaux sociaux, boutiques, influenceurs... comment une entreprise peut-elle adresser tous ces canaux de vente ? Opter pour une stratégie de vente hybride - directe et indirecte- est la meilleure solution. Toutefois, dévelop... |
| Jul 30, 2021 | Adthink : 2021 Half-year Revenue | Press release1
Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, France
July 30, 2021, 8:30am
For immediate release
1st semester revenue : €4.74M2
We have managed to almost maintain our level of activity and even make progress on key activities. I am very confdent in t... |
| May 26, 2021 | Paris-based customer experience SaaS Contentsquare raises $500 million in Series E round | Parisian customer experience platform Contentsquare has raised $500 million in a Series E round led by SoftBank Vision Fund. Existing investors Bpifrance, Canaan, BlackRock, Eurazeo, Highland Europe and KKR all participated in the round. As... |
| Mar 17, 2021 | Italian proptech leader Casavo announces its Series C Round, raising 200M€ | We love a good Seed-to-Expansion story ! A 360 Portfolio company since our first investment in 2018, Italian instant-buying leader Casavo just announced a new 200M€ funding round (equity and debt included).
The Series C equity round was le... |
| Dec 23, 2020 | How Sigfox hopes to rebound after becoming a cautionary IoT tale | Almost four years ago, France’s Sigfox was riding high as a newly anointed unicorn and seemed to signal the potential of the internet of things (IoT). These days, SigFox is a cautionary tale about how too much hype can lead to expectations ... |
| Dec 23, 2020 | How Sigfox hopes to rebound after becoming a cautionary IoT tale | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Almost four years ago, France’s Sigfox was riding high as a newly anointed unicorn and seemed to signal the potential of the internet o... |
| Nov 29, 2019 | Pixpay is a challenger bank for teens focused on pocket money | Meet Pixpay, a French startup that wants to replace cash when you’re handing out pocket money to your kids. Anybody who is older than 10 years old can create a Pixpay account, get a debit card and manage pocket money.
Challenger banks are n... |
| Apr 23, 2019 | The Cloud Act Is Not a Tool for Theft of Trade Secrets | After last year’s passage of the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (Cloud Act), officials and journalists in the European Union have ramped up criticism of the American desire for extraterritorial access to electronic evidence, wit... |
| Apr 1, 2019 | ManoMano raises $125 million for its home improvement e-commerce platform | French startup ManoMano is raising a new funding round of $125 million (€110 million). The company operates an e-commerce website and marketplace focused on home improvement and gardening.
ManoMano is part of the great unbundling of general... |
| Jun 12, 2018 | There are 173,000 ecommerce websites in France | At the end of last year, French ecommerce federation Fevad counted about 173,000 active retail websites in France. This is an increase of 10 percent compared to one year earlier, when there were 157,273 active merchant websites in France.
T... |
| Sep 4, 2017 | French ecommerce company Racetools acquired by Bricoprivé | Toulouse-based Bricoprivé, an ecommerce company that sells DIY, gardening, and home improvement products, has acquired another French ecommerce company, Racetools, which specialises in tools and hardware. The amount of the transaction was n... |
| Mar 14, 2017 | Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt: a new global hub for social impact startups | Refrigerators in the Moroccan desert; a bracelet to prevent heart attacks in Tunisia; a source funding system for charities in Egypt. Mission-driven startups are blossoming in these three North African countries, which are now at the forefr... |
| Feb 27, 2017 | French fashion site Showroomprivé acquires beauty site Beauté Privée | After announcing that its sales were up 22% in 2016, the fashion ecommerce website Showroomprivé announced its acquisition of the beauty ecommerce website Beauté Privée. The deal is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter. ... |
| Jan 26, 2017 | French job website Welcome to the Jungle raises €2 million | The French employment website Welcome to the Jungle raised €2 million euros from four anonymous business angels.
Welcome to the Jungle is a new kind of job site that aims to enhance the way it advertises employers in order to attract the be... |
| Dec 9, 2016 | Microsoft wraps up LinkedIn deal – What now? | By Shannon Williams
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Microsoft has today finalised the $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, marking what the company say... |
| Dec 9, 2016 | Belgian digital services firm Econocom takes out €150 million Schuldschein loan | Econocom, a Belgian digital services company, announced that it has closed on a €150 million. Schuldschein-type loan. It was signed at an average rate of 1.54% and with tranches maturing 5 and 7 years. The operation was handled by BNP Parib... |
| Dec 7, 2016 | Belgian crowdlending platform Look&Fin secures €3 million for growth | Belgian Look&Fin, a crowdlending platform dedicated to SME financing, has completed its first funding round of €3 million. The funding comes from private Belgian and French investors.
Founded in Belgium in 2012, the startup came to Fran... |
| Nov 30, 2016 | French boat rental platform Click & Boat raises €1 million | French boat rental platform Click & Boat has raised €1 million from the Olma Fund.
The company will use the new investment to accelerate its growth in Europe and launch new services.
Click & Boat was created in 2013 by Edouard Gorio... |
| Oct 7, 2016 | These were the 10 biggest European tech stories this week | Happy Friday! This week, Tech.eu tracked 17 technology M&A transactions, two IPOs and 79 funding deals (totalling €807 million) in Europe, Turkey and Israel.
Like every week, we listed every single one of them in our free weekly newslet... |
| Aug 30, 2016 | Ecommerce in France grew 12.95% in second quarter 2016 | Ecommerce in France has grown during the second quarter of this year. Online sales increased by 12.95 percent, compared to the same period last year. The number of online purchases has also increased during this period: it grew 18.12 percen... |
| May 27, 2016 | These were the 10 biggest European tech stories this week | (Tech.eu) – Happy Friday! Here’s an overview of the 10 biggest European tech news items for this week:
1) The European Commission proposed new rules to mandate video streaming services to have 20% EU content, and it wants to boost e-commerc... |
| May 27, 2016 | These were the 10 biggest European tech stories this week | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
(Tech.eu) – Happy Friday! Here’s an overview of t... |
| May 27, 2016 | These were the 10 biggest European tech stories this week | Happy Friday! This week, Tech.eu tracked 14 technology M&A transactions and 73 funding deals (totalling €501 million) in Europe, Turkey and Israel.
Like every week, we listed every single one of them in our free weekly newsletter, along... |
| May 13, 2016 | Amazon about to launch Amazon Prime Now in France | Amazon has reportedly taken over a warehouse in the 18th district of Paris, which led to rumors that the American ecommerce giant will be launching Amazon Fresh in France. However, according to sources around the French tech website Journal... |
| Apr 15, 2016 | These were the 10 biggest European tech stories this week | Happy Friday! This week, Tech.eu tracked 17 technology M&A transactions and 69 funding deals (totalling €286 million) in Europe and Israel.
Like every week, we listed every single one of them in our free weekly newsletter, along with in... |
| Apr 15, 2016 | The 10 biggest European tech stories this week | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
This week Tech.eu tracked 17 technology M&A t... |
| Apr 15, 2016 | The 10 biggest European tech stories this week | This week Tech.eu tracked 17 technology M&A transactions and 69 funding deals (totalling €286 million) in Europe and Israel.
Here’s an overview of the 10 biggest European tech news items for this week:
1) Chinese Internet juggernaut Ali... |
| Dec 3, 2015 | Amazon installs its Amazon lockers in France | Amazon has placed its Amazon Lockers in a French shopping mall. This is the first time Amazon installs its large metal cabinets on the European mainland. A total of 55 lockers with three different sizes are now located at shopping mall So O... |
| Oct 30, 2015 | GeoPost enters the food delivery market, acquires 80% stake in Paris-based Resto-in | GeoPost, a European network for parcel delivery owned by France's Le Groupe La Poste, has acquired a 80% majority stake in take-away food ordering and delivery startup Resto-in.
Established in 2006, Resto-in offers an integrated premium del... |
| Aug 25, 2015 | Carrefour wants to buy ecommerce player Rue du Commerce | Carrefour is in exclusive negotiations with the owner of ecommerce retailer Rue du Commerce to buy all of the French company. If the acquisition goes through, Carrefour can boost its non-food online retail business. It’s said Carrefour will... |
| Oct 23, 2014 | With room for 1,000 startups, France begins work on world's largest incubator | With one ceremonial push, work has begun in Paris on what French government leaders are calling the world’s largest startup incubator.
The $190-million project will renovate Paris’ Halle Freyssinet, a 323,000-square-foot railway building co... |
| Oct 23, 2014 | With room for 1,000 startups, France begins work on world's largest incubator | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
With one ceremonial push, work has begun in Paris... |
| May 1, 2014 | Amazon Takes A 25% Stake In Colis Prive To Ramp Up Its Delivery Network In France | E-commerce giant Amazon has reportedly made its first investment into the French market: it has acquired a 25% stake in Colis Privé, a delivery company that competes in France against the likes of state-owned La Poste, and global giants TNT... |
| Mar 18, 2014 | Fresh Funding helps Oxatis with growth strategy | Oxatis, the French provider of ecommerce software, got a capital injection worth 3.5 million euros from Omnes Capital and A Plus Finance. With the fresh funding, Oxatis is able to boost its research and development team, which is a part of ... |
| Mar 17, 2014 | Ecommerce event One to One focuses on ROI and innovation | The fourth edition of what has become the most important ecommerce ‘rendez-vous’ in France starts tomorrow in Monaco. More than 800 decision makers and big names from the ecommerce industry are heading today to the French Riviera for 1,500 ... |
| Feb 20, 2014 | Criteo Acquires Tedemis For $29 Million, Proving There Is A Nascent Exit Market In France | Ad-tech company Criteo just acquired French startup Tedemis for $29 million (€21 million). Originally from France, Criteo went public on the NASDAQ late last year. The company made around $250 million on the day of the IPO.
As a reminder, C... |
| Jan 7, 2014 | Breakdown in progress: Fab narrows its European business down to only selling custom-made furniture | Big changes appear to continue to be afoot at highly valued U.S. e-commerce company Fab, which has recently been in the news pretty much exclusively when something negative happens (executives and co-founders jumping ship, lay-offs, more pi... |
| Oct 28, 2013 | Fab Growing Again In Europe, Buys Assets From MyFab To Expand In France | It was only in July of this year that Fab.com laid off 150 people in Europe and parted ways with its “Chief European Officer,” but today comes news that the design commerce site is ramping up once again in the region with an acquisition. Fa... |
| Jul 12, 2013 | Following Amazon And Netflix, Rakuten Is Expanding Its Wuaki Video Service Across Europe; First Stop UK | E-commerce giant Rakuten, often called the Amazon of Japan, is taking another step in a bid to square up to is rival: today it is officially launching a beta of its Wuaki video streaming service in the UK, part of what Wuaki’s CEO tells us ... |
| Apr 18, 2013 | Apple Kills AppGratis’ Push Notifications In Second Hammer Blow To Its iOS App Discovery/Promotion Business | After booting out app discovery and promotion platform, AppGratis, from the App Store earlier this month for violating two clauses of its developer T&Cs, Apple has now followed up with a second blow to the business — by killing its abil... |
| Feb 22, 2013 | Orange Acquired Dailymotion For $168 Million By Buying Out Remaining 51% Stake [Update: Orange Confirms] | Back in January 2011, Orange acquired 49 percent of Dailymotion for $78 million (€59 million), and declared that they wanted to buy out the remaining 51 percent. But Dailymotion had to wait two years before further talks. By spending $80.6 ... |
| Feb 21, 2013 | Talk about Timing: Apple's iWatch Patent Arrives
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Search | Background on Wearable Accessories & the Slap Bracelet
Accessories for portable computing devices have become quite common. Today typical portable electronic device accessories are passive in nature, the majority of which simply functio... |
| Nov 28, 2011 | Viadeo acquires contact management, syncing service Soocial | French business media are reporting that Viadeo, the professional social network challenging LinkedIn in a number of countries, has acquired Soocial, a Dutch contact management, syncing and backup service provider (via Journal Du Net).
The ... |
| Apr 11, 2011 | Mediastay raises €15 million to take its game monetization solutions international | Mediastay is a French company that kind of stands out from the rest – and not just because it was founded by a group of teenagers back in 2000 (co-founder Eric Bennepthali started back when he was 16). Today, the 60-person company specializ... |
| Sep 23, 2010 | Commentcamarche acquires Benchmark Group, France is on a roll | Apparently today the French equivalent of Black Friday for the local hi-tech market – everyone’s out on a shopping spree. Ok, that’s perhaps a bit of an overstatement, but still. After Liligo’s acquisition by Voyages-SNCF.com for some 20-30... |
| Sep 2, 2010 | Never Mind the Valley: Here’s Paris | If you’re capable of seeing past the old stones of Paris and the picturesque rural villages, you’ll realize that France is every bit as technologically advanced as any other Western country – more so in some areas. Not only does the country... |
| Oct 29, 2009 | Exclusive: French tech firms which raised over €1 million in 2009 | [France] As my first post on Techcrunch Europe I thought it could be interesting to give you some insights on the French market, and especially the situation regarding fund raising. So here is a list of (almost all) French companies in the ... |
| Apr 20, 2009 | Popular video site Dailymotion gets new CEO, looks for cash | French video-sharing site Dailymotion, which has long fancied itself as a leading competitor to YouTube outside of the U.S. market, is reportedly seeking more cash even after raising $34 million two years ago. It is still losing money, acco... |
| Pour améliorer la logistique, les capteurs s’enrichissent de fonctionnalités (via journaldunet.com) | Les objets connectés ne se contentent plus de transmettre de l’information sur un paramètre. Tour d’horizons de différentes solutions existantes.
La surveillance du transport notamment représente un sujet important en logistique, qu’Ineo-S... |
| Paris-based customer experience SaaS Contentsquare raises $500 million in Series E round | Parisian customer experience platform Contentsquare has raised $500 million in a Series E round led by SoftBank Vision Fund. Existing investors Bpifrance, Canaan, BlackRock, Eurazeo, Highland Europe and KKR all participated in the round. As... |
