Here you will find all the articles with the tag: France.
France's antitrust authority confirmed that Alphabet subsidiary Google has pledged to settle a national copyright issue. According to the antitrust authority, Google decided not to fight a $528 million punishment paid last year. The ruling puts an end to the authority's probe into Google, which ... Read more
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The newly re-elected French President promises to quadruple the number of French unicorns by 2030. French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday he was hoping for a surge in the number of French tech unicorns by 2030. Unicorn is industry slang for a privately held startup valued north of $1 bi... Read more
2 years ago
Oracle opened a new cloud region in Paris. The cloud giant wants to host fourteen European regions by the end of 2022. Every major cloud provider operates local data centres. For some customers, it's illegal to process data across the border. Other customers value the speed of local hardware. M... Read more
2 years ago
Zozio, a Paris-based logistics platform, picked up a €4 million round to grow the business internationally. Zozio raised €4 million in funds. The round was supervised by Capricorn Partners and recognized the contribution of Industrya and The Faktory Fund. The funding serves to expand the Par... Read more
2 years ago
Multiple internet outages affected several regions across France. Officials suspect a coordinated attack. Following reports of coordinated vandalism, the Paris prosecutor's office told Reuters that it has opened a probe into the causes of a major internet outage which affected France's telecomm... Read more
2 years ago
In March the mergers and acquisitions in the European tech industry are worth 2.5 billion euros ($2.7 billion). In March 2022 alone, a series of technology industry mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals were announced, the total worth of which is approximately 2.5 billion euros. As per the... Read more
2 years ago
A French appeals court upholds the fine levied by that country's privacy watchdog. A French court of appeals upheld a 150 million euro fine levied against Alphabet's Google for abusing its power over the treatment of advertisers, according to a report in Reuters. France's antitrust watchdog,... Read more
2 years ago
Silvr, a France-based startup, raised $20.6 million in its Series A funding round. It also opened a debt line worth $128 million to fund its activities. Silvr plans to offer new credit opportunities for eCommerce and software-as-a-service companies. In summary, Silvr wants to expand the Pipe and... Read more
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US-based ecommerce platform, BigCommerce has started its global expansion. They have now launched in Spain, Mexico, and Germany. Texas-based ecommerce platform BigCommerce has officially launched in Spain, Germany, and Mexico. However, this is just the start of their global expansion. The compan... Read more
2 years ago
France announces its 25th privately owned startup valued over $1 billion reaching government set goals three years earlier. A unicorn is a privately held startup that has a value of over $1billion. The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, aimed for France to have 25 unicorn companies before 202... Read more
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