Twid, an Indian startup that operates a rewards-based payment platform, has raised $12 million to expand its network of merchants and issuers and expand its solution to the South Asian market. Rakuten Capital led the startup’s Series A, which also saw participation from Google and existing investors including Sequoia Surge and Beenext. Twid allows customers … Read more
Heura ends the first half of 2022 with a turnover of 14.7 million euros, an increase of 93% compared to 2021. Driven by the ambition to accelerate the plant-based transition and gradually eliminate animals from the global food equation, Spanish plant-based meat start-up Heura announced a doubling of its revenue from the year before the … Read more
In the first half of 2022, French startups raised €8.4 billion (EY barometer published July 17). This is significantly better than the first six months of 2021 (+63%). Despite the increasingly unfavorable context (lack of liquidity, need to concentrate on certain market segments and more demanding venture capital funds in terms of profitability, etc.), the … Read more
Life after career is an important step for any professional football player. Former French international Mathieu Flamini took the time to reflect on what he could do after hanging up his boots. The former Milan and Arsenal player is now one of the richest players in the world thanks to his investment. A successful career … Read more
A new era begins, the Moon and Mars will be suitable places for human life on the 21stand century. Survive, live, inhabit, the 3 objectives of the Artemis mission, which will mark the return of Man to the Moon in 2025, are clear: it is about ensuring a permanent human presence on our natural star. … Read more
(AOF) – Credit Suisse raised its price target from 72 euros to 74 euros and confirmed its Outperformance opinion on BNP Paribas following the announcement of quarterly results. The research office highlights that net income beat consensus by 18% thanks to solid revenues across all divisions, with the main gains achieved in retail banking, leasing, … Read more
Start-ups have been in high demand since the announcement of the France 2030 plan. In this sense, the French Tech movement announces a sectoral program dedicated this time to deeptech. Called DeepNum20, its objective will be to support the development of business and sovereign solutions. In the wake of Brussels, French Tech is launching, under … Read more
Many women experience “significant pain” when inserting or removing the IUD. © Keystone / Christian Beutler Inserting an IUD can be very painful, which prevents many women from using this method of contraception. A Swiss start-up has developed a new instrument for this procedure that represents new hope. This content was posted on August 04, … Read more
Using cutting-edge technology, Omi allows brands to 3D model their products and create ultra-realistic visuals in minutes. A competitive and time-saving solution, which is already being emulated. If content is the sinew of the war for brands, it is clear that few players have managed to disrupt the sector. Indeed, as Hugo Borensztein, CEO and … Read more
There are different solutions for online voting. While vote secrecy can be achieved through encryption, system transparency and large-scale deployment remain problematic. Bordeaux start-up V8te faces these two challenges thanks to blockchain and responding to CNIL security recommendations. Explanations with Guillaume Odriosolo, co-founder and director of V8te. Blockchain keeps no secrets for Guillaume Odriosolo. Before … Read more