French Tech News with Chris O'Brien and Ethan Pierse

Chris and Ethan had a chance to catch up with Alexandre Prot, Co-Founder and CEO of Qonto, on their amazing growth and what's ahead.  ----- The French Tech News is a newsletter, podcast, and video media highlighting important stories, in English, in the world of France’s startups, its entrepreneurs, investors, and ecosystem leaders. Hosted by Chris O'Brien and Ethan Pierse. Sign up for the newsletter: https://frenchtechjournal.com/signup/

Join us for a passionate discussion with Pascal Cagni, Founding Partner at C4 Ventures and Chairman at Business France, previously GM & VP, Apple EMEIA, and GM Europe, Packard Bell. Intro and background 0:28 Pascal's journey at Apple 4:50 C4 Ventures' focus and interests 7:12 C4's investment themes and thesis 12:35 France is back and French Tech's growth 15:02 From French Tech startups to European scaleups 22:36 Government's role in driving tech growth and addressing new verticals 28:49 ----- The French Tech News is a newsletter, podcast, and video media highlighting important stories, in English, in the world of France’s startups, its entrepreneurs, investors, and ecosystem leaders. Hosted by Chris O'Brien and Ethan Pierse. Sign up for the newsletter: https://frenchtechjournal.com/signup/

The French Tech News visited Ynsect's mealworm farm in Dole, France, and spent some time with CEO Antoine Hubert learning more about Ynsect's journey, their mission, their science, and where they go from here.  1. Intro and acquisition of US mealworm factory, Jord Producers: 00:48  2. Vertical insect farm factory description: 1:57 3. Behind the Engineering, Data, and Biology of farming insects (mealworm beetles, Tenebrio molitor) 3:37 4. Inventing the intellectual property of insect farming 5:20 5. What's next and the the challenges ahead: regulation for US and EU animal and human consumption of insect protein, human and financial capital 7:33 Video version available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCxLH7t51lw ----- The French Tech News is a newsletter, podcast, and video media highlighting important stories, in English, in the world of France’s startups, its entrepreneurs, investors, and ecosystem leaders. Hosted by Chris O'Brien and Ethan Pierse.  Sign up for the newsletter: https://frenchtechjournal.com/signup/

Discussing reducing carbon emissions in your business and value chain with CEO and Co-Founder of Sweep, Rachel Delacour. Description and history of Sweep: 1:49 Climate change startup investment landscape 3:52 Doing good can also be good business 5:14 Sweep's $5m seed fundraising 6:47 Optimism and the COP26 Experience 7:14 Will technology save the planet? 11:47 Founding BIME Analytics and the Zendesk acquisition 16:04 Build your passion 20:55 On to angel investing 23:15 Heading to space? 24:47 ----- The French Tech News is a newsletter, podcast, and video media highlighting important stories, in English, in the world of France’s startups, its entrepreneurs, investors, and ecosystem leaders. Hosted by Chris O'Brien and Ethan Pierse. Sign up for the newsletter: https://frenchtechjournal.com/signup/

Founder & Managing Director of eFounders, Quentin Nickmans, takes us back to the beginning of their startup studio to share the journey of building a portfolio of 29 companies and raising more than $400 million. 1:15 Intro to eFounders 4:25 Spinning out one SaaS startup after another 9:11 Solve the problems you have yourself. Build the solutions you need. 11:53 Discovering founders and matching them to ideas 16:38 $400M in fundraising and 2 unicorns 20:33 Being a studio founder and resisting building each project yourself. Watching your kids grow up. 25:11 Logic Founders fintech startup studio 28:44 Web3 and other vertical startup studios 31:15 Building a successful founding team Be sure to subscribe to and share the podcast on your preferred podcast platform and check out the video version on our YouTube channel. --- The French Tech News is a newsletter, podcast, and video media highlighting important stories, in English, in the world of France’s startups, its entrepreneurs, investors, and ecosystem leaders. Hosted by Chris O'Brien and Ethan Pierse. Be sure to sign up for the French Tech Journal newsletter for more stories and announcements.

Barbara Belvisi, Founder and CEO of Interstellar Lab, shares their mission to create sustainable plant cultivation both in space and here on Earth. Be sure to subscribe to and share the podcast on your preferred podcast platform and check out the video version on our YouTube channel. --- The French Tech News is a newsletter, podcast, and video media highlighting important stories, in English, in the world of France’s startups, its entrepreneurs, investors, and ecosystem leaders. Hosted by Chris O'Brien and Ethan Pierse. Be sure to sign up for the French Tech Journal newsletter for more stories and announcements.

Stephen Leguillon, CEO of Seyna, shares their journey on creating a regulatory-compliant, all-in-one platform enabling insurance brokers to build and operate digitally native insurance programs. 0:48 The journey from Appetise to La Belle Assiette to ezCater to Seyna 2:50 Becoming an Insurtech entrepreneur 5:31 Joining an existing team to build the next insurance scaleup 9:27 Innovating the technology and processes of insurance  15:12 The complexities of the insurtech business 21:10 Most insurance companies or insurtech startups can be partners or clients of Seyna 26:25 Raising a $33M Series A and structuring for hypergrowth Be sure to subscribe to and share the podcast on your preferred podcast platform and check out the video version on our YouTube channel. --- The French Tech News is a newsletter, podcast, and video media highlighting important stories, in English, in the world of France’s startups, its entrepreneurs, investors, and ecosystem leaders. Hosted by Chris O'Brien and Ethan Pierse. Be sure to sign up for the French Tech Journal newsletter for more stories and announcements.

Join Chris and Ethan for a fascinating discussion with CEO Jeronimo Folgueira on Deezer's continuing mission as an independent music streaming platform: 1:01 Intro to Deezer and Jeronimo's background 2:55 Deezer's place in the music industry 4:30 Deezer's unique value proposition as a music streaming service 10:24 The Home of Podcasting or Music? 12:13 and speaking of Spotify, let's talk about Joe Rogan 17:13 Music Exclusives... Ed Sheeran, James Blunt, Alicia Keys original sessions 18:25 European data/privacy sovereignty vs US platforms 21:25 Web3: Music NFTs, social tokens, and digital collectibles  24:39 The Future of Deezer Be sure to subscribe to and share the podcast on your preferred podcast platform and check out the video version on our YouTube channel. --- The French Tech News is a newsletter, podcast, and video media highlighting important stories, in English, in the world of France’s startups, its entrepreneurs, investors, and ecosystem leaders. Hosted by Chris O'Brien and Ethan Pierse. Be sure to sign up for the French Tech Journal newsletter for more stories and announcements.

Chris and Ethan had the pleasure to sit down and discuss Front's mission to build an authentic, relationship-based customer communication hub with Co-Founder and CEO, Mathilde Collin. 1:20 Intro to Front 2:50 eFounders and the origin story of Front 8:07 Onward to Y Combinator 11:03 Raising a $66M Series B in 2018 14:22 More fundraising and pandemic-powered growth 18:00 Building in San Francisco for French entrepreneurs 23:34 The Entrepreneur/Operator model of angel investing 26:36 Hyperscale growth coming in 2022 Be sure to subscribe to and share the podcast on your preferred podcast platform and check out the video version on our YouTube channel. --- The French Tech News is a newsletter, podcast, and video media highlighting important stories, in English, in the world of France’s startups, its entrepreneurs, investors, and ecosystem leaders. Hosted by Chris O'Brien and Ethan Pierse. Be sure to sign up for the French Tech Journal newsletter for more stories and announcements.

A fascinating chat with Franck Lebouchard, CEO of Devialet, on their mission to elevate sound to its rightful place in our lives through an exacting attention to engineering and design: 1:28 A short history of Devialet 4:07 Being different about sound and design 8:50 People want better sound as streaming and video quality massively improve 11:46 3D and immersive audio are coming 13:53 Devialet's explosive growth and continuing demand 16:10 Phantom speaker for consumers and bringing great sound to cars, televisions, laptops, and more 19:43 B2C vs B2B revenue 20:30 ArianeGroup, materials science engineering, and rocket audio 23:43 2022 ambitions: what's next after amplifiers, connected speakers, and true wireless 27:26 Autonomous driving: your car will become an extension of your living room and the need for low energy consumption audio Be sure to subscribe to and share the podcast on Apple, Spotify, or your preferred podcast platform, and check out the video version on our YouTube channel. --- The French Tech News is a newsletter, podcast, and video media highlighting important stories, in English, in the world of France’s startups, its entrepreneurs, investors, and ecosystem leaders. Hosted by Chris O'Brien and Ethan Pierse. Be sure to sign up for the French Tech Journal newsletter for more stories and announcements.