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Hottest tech startups in France

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Re: Hottest tech startups in France

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Post by smcl »

jobigoud wrote: post #17

TIL Withings is french and realize the name comes from Wi-Fi and Things… And I still don't know if it should be pronounced Wee-things (Because, you know, we call it Wee-Fee here), or Why-things…

To me "Withings" sounded like an English surname featuring "wi" as in "with" and a voiced dental fricative "th" (like in "though"). Like "Witherspoon" or similar. It didn't even cross my mind it could by "wy-things" or "wee-things".

Re: Hottest tech startups in France

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Post by phacks »

Such a shame that Capitaine Train is not present in this list. They have an excellent product (with an amazing UX), solving a real problem (ordering train tickets online used to be a pain in the arse) and with a vision (unifying the European railway).

Re: Hottest tech startups in France

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Post by Monkeyget »

S4M wrote: post #23

> If you've ever organised a gift for someone in the office, you know how tricky it is to get everyone to pay up. Leetchi solves that problem by allowing users to create a money pot. Friends and coworkers can use Leetchi to contribute to the pot through an app on their smartphones. Wow, and they raised $7.9 millions for that! WTF?

They run Mangopay, a payment processor.

Re: Hottest tech startups in France

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Post by BenderV »

pcrh wrote: post #14
BenderV wrote: post #5

I would have included Drivy, which has recently raise $8.6m and acquired Buzzcar (a concurrent). [Peer to peer car sharing] Other than that I would be curious to know how that list compare to other country/state. Edit : and also capitainetrain, which have raise $6.3m. [Buy train ticket]

Concurrent --> competitor

Thanks.
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