Category Archives: France Newsletter

Skello raises $47.3 million for its employee scheduling tool

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French startup Skello has raised a $47.3 million funding round (€40 million). The company has been working on a software-as-a-service tool that lets you manage the work schedule of your company. What makes it special is that Skello automatically takes into account local labor laws and collective agreements. Partech is leading today’s funding round. Existing […] Continue reading Skello raises $47.3 million for its employee scheduling tool→

Mirakl raises $300 million for its marketplace platform

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French startup Mirakl has raised a $300 million funding round at a $1.5 billion valuation — the company is now a unicorn. Mirakl helps you launch and manage a marketplace on your e-commerce website. Many customers also rely on Mirakl-powered marketplaces for B2B transactions. Permira Advisers is leading the round, with existing investors 83North, Bain […] Continue reading Mirakl raises $300 million for its marketplace platform→

Algolia gets a new CEO as founder steps down

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Search-as-a-service startup Algolia is announcing some changes at the helm of the startup. Co-founder and CEO Nicolas Dessaigne is transitioning to a non-operational role at the company. He’ll still be a board member, but Bernadette Nixon is joining the company to take on the CEO position. Algolia is building a search engine API. The company […] Continue reading Algolia gets a new CEO as founder steps down→

Stonly grabs $3.5 million to make customer support more interactive

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Stonly is building a service for customer support teams so that they can share step-by-step guides to solve the most common issues. The startup just raised a $3.5 million funding round led by Accel with business angels also participating, such as Eventbrite CTO Renaud Visage and PeopleDoc founders Jonathan Benhamou and Clément Buyse. The startup […] Continue reading Stonly grabs $3.5 million to make customer support more interactive→

Harvestr gathers user feedback in one place

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Meet Harvestr, a software-as-a-service startup that wants to help product managers centralize customer feedback from various places. Product managers can then prioritize outstanding issues and feature requests. Finally, the platform helps you get back to your customers once changes have been implemented. The company just raised a $650,000 funding round led by Bpifrance with various […] Continue reading Harvestr gathers user feedback in one place→

Spendesk raises $38.4 million for its corporate card and expense service

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French startup Spendesk has raised another $38.4 million Series B round with existing investor Index Ventures leading the round. The company has raised $49.4 million (€45 million) over the years. Spendesk is an all-in-one corporate expense and spend management service. It lets you track expenses across your company, empower your employees with a clear approval […] Continue reading Spendesk raises $38.4 million for its corporate card and expense service→

Stonly lets you create interactive step-by-step guides to improve support

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French startup Stonly wants to empower users so that they can solve their issues by themselves. Instead of relying on customer support agents, Stonly wants to surface relevant content so that you can understand and solve issues. “I’m trying to take the opposite stance of chatbots,” founder and CEO Alexis Fogel told me. “The issue […] Continue reading Stonly lets you create interactive step-by-step guides to improve support→

eFounders backs Yousign to build a European eSignature company

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French startup Yousign is partnering with startup studio eFounders. While eFounders usually builds software-as-a-service startups from scratch, the company is trying something new with this partnership. eFounders wants to create all the tools you need to make your work more efficient. The startup studio is behind many respectable SaaS successes, such as Front, Aircall or […] Continue reading eFounders backs Yousign to build a European eSignature company→

Dataiku raises $101 million for its collaborative data science platform

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Dataiku wants to turn buzzwords into an actual service. The company has been focused on data tools for many years, before everybody started talking about big data, data science and machine learning. And the company just raised $101 million in a round led by Iconiq Capital with Alven Capital, Battery Ventures, Dawn Capital and FirstMark […] Continue reading Dataiku raises $101 million for its collaborative data science platform→

Upflow turbocharges your invoices

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Meet Upflow a French startup that wants to help you deal with your outstanding invoices — the company first started at eFounders. If you’re running a small business, chances are you’re either wasting a ton of time or a ton of money on accounts receivable. Most companies currently manage invoices using Excel spreadsheets, outdated banking […] Continue reading Upflow turbocharges your invoices→