3. INDEX
1. Started from the Minitel now we’re here.
2. Paris tech scene today.
3. Invest time & money in France. Seriously?
4. Who: the 7 families you should know.
5. Resources to get started!
6. Annex.
5. 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
WITH LARGE SCALE INNOVATION:
STARTING WITH THE MINITEL
1993 $1B
6M households
already connected in
France, while Mozaic
was just being
launched in the USA.
revenues per year
at its peak, shared
between France
Telecom & 25,000
content providers.
10 years before the Internet, it created the 1st generation
of wealthy & experienced tech entrepreneurs.
6. 15+ YEARS OF INTERNET
Silicon
Sentier
NOW
Still the biggest
concentration of Internet
startups in France
1998
Birth of Silicon Sentier
300 Internet startups in a 4 sq km area
- 1st area connected to high speed Internet in France
- Cheap & spacious real estate
- Central, great lifestyle for young creatives
7. SYMBOL OF THIS JOURNEY
ILIAD
XAVIER NIEL
$14B Valuation.
From the minitel
to a telco & Internet empire.
9. Entrepreneurs
sleep 35h a week ;)
Young & innovative compagnies
get significant tax rebates.
*JEI & CIR Schemes
Trial periods of 6 months
allow you to test before hiring.
THEY
WORK
35H/WEEK?
THEY
PAY
HIGH TAXES?
THEY
CAN’T
HIRE & FIRE FAST?
CLICHÉS
10. A VIBRANT EARLY-STAGE
INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT
40-50%
30%
Soft &
Internet
Concentrated in Paris
$1.4M
Average ticket invested
$1B
Invested per year
in 700+ companies
On-par with the UK where $1.3B was invested in 2013.
11. THERE IS LOCAL MONEY
AT THE EARLY STAGE
$1.5B
raised by 9 top
early-stage funds
in the past 3 years.
$363M
$157M
$145M
$121M
$121M
$72M
$61M
$54M
$424M
12. THE TOP 3 EUROPEAN FUNDS
ARE ACTIVE ON THE GROUND
FRED
DESTIN
PHILIPPE
BOTTERI
DOMINIQUE
VIDAL
MARTIN
MIGNOT
BERNARD
LIAUTAUD
NICOLAS
DEBOCK
SOFIA HMICH
14. $70M $90M(est.)
ACQ. BY
RED HAT
$1,7Bn
VALUATION
$600M
$275M
$140M $90M
ACQ. BY
ADOBE
ND
ACQ. BY
ACQ. BY MICROSOFT
ETSY
ACQ. BY
FILMALAC GROUP
ACQ. BY
TRIPADVISOR
ACQ. BY
AU FÉMININ
OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS
20. ENGINEERING
EXCELLENCE
ABUNDANT
60K ENGINEERS/YEAR
& MOST OF THEM ARE IN PARIS
TALENTED
WORLD CLASS SCIENCE
13 FIELD MEDALS
9 PHYSICS NOBELS
8 CHEMISTRY NOBELS
12 MEDICINE NOBELS
#2 PATENTS FILING I
AFFORDABLE
$50-80K for mid-level dev
NOBEL
PRIZE
WINNER
21. WORD CLASS
INFRASTRUCTURE
1ST CYCLE HIRE SCHEME
You can rent bikes
easily with Velib!
TRAVEL ANYWHERE
168 destinations
in 93 countries
SUBWAY IS PERFECT
Go anywhere
within 40 min max
RELIABLE HIGH
SPEED INTERNET
Free & fast WiFi
available to everyone.
INTENSE MINI-CAB
ACTIVITY
5 min to find a car ;)
1H BRUSSELS
2H LONDON
LUXEMBOURG
3H GENEVA
4H
FRANKFURT
AMSTERDAM
ZURICH
22. BUSINESS IS GOOD GOODGOOD
Highest number of companies in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 ranking
of any European country.
71 companies 86 companies 52 companies
France is #1 European country in company creations, 550,000 in 2012.
24. FRANCE
FOREIGN
INNOVATION
90% market share on
search
1st non German
speaking market
2nd market after the
US with 15,000 listings
in Paris
1st launch, 1st Uber ‘Pool’ &
‘POP’ outside of the US.
500k+ users in Paris
27. THE KING
XAVIER NIEL
ONE-MAN-SILICON-VALLEY
Software
Is Eating the World
Net Worth: $8B
Free: 15M subscribers, $5 B revenue
Kima ventures: most active investor in the
world (350+ investments)
Ecole42: Free school,1000 CS students/year
Halle Freyssinet: incubator, 1000 startups
28. THE
BUSINESSMEN
MARC SIMONCINI
MEETIC, SENSEE,
JAÏNA CAPITAL
Moving
Consumers
JACQUES-ANTOINE
GRANJON
Online VENTE-PRIVEE
29. THE
MARKET MAKERS
PIERRE KOSCIUSKO-MORIZET
PRICEMINISTER, ISAI
OLIVIER MATHIOT
PRICEMINISTER
JEAN-DAVID CHAMBOREDON
ISAI
Marketplaces
Everywhere
FREDERIC MAZZELLA
BLABLACAR
30. THE
ALGORITHMERS
JEAN-BAPTISTE RUDELLE
CRITEO
Granjon + Simoncini,
The Businessmen
PIERRE CHAPPAZ
TEADS
DOMINIQUE VIDAL
INDEX VENTURES
PASCAL GAUTHIER
CRITEO
Be
Smarter
Than
Google
31. THE
DATA MASTERS
Granjon + Simoncini,
The Businessmen
Granjon + Simoncini,
The Businessmen
NICOLAS STEEGMAN
STUPEFLIX
FLORIAN DOUETTEAU
DATAÎKU
JULIEN LEMOINE
ALGOLIA
The Bigger
The Data,
The Better
32. THE
HARDWARE MAKERS
HENRI SEYDOUX
PARROT, LOUBOUTIN
Granjon + Simoncini,
The Businessmen
Granjon + Simoncini,
The Businessmen
ERIC CAREEL
WITHINGS, SCULPTEO
FREDERIC POTTER
NETATMO
When
Software
Meets
Hardware
33. THE
EXPATRIATES
FREDERIC MONTAGNON
TEADS
FABRICE GRINDA
OLX
JEFF CLAVIER
SOFTTECH
LOIC LE MEUR
LE WEB
If You Can
Make it Here
You Can make it
Anywhere
& many other high profile French founders
43. TECH MEETUPS
RUBY PARIS
Let’s get news methods & business
opportunities.
GROWTH HACKING
Learn how to sell products & gain traction.
TECH TALKS
Inspired by NY Tech Meetup, useful for
network and education.
APERO ENTREPRENEUR
Exchange tips, recommendations &
contacts. Every 1st Thursday of the month.
https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T024YS106-F034T5FJK/growth.png
LE WAGON
Every Wednesday GET THE SWAG ON ,demystify coding!
Inviting the best UX/UI designers to talk
about their vision and achievements.
INTERNET OF THINGS
All about usage, design, business
& new tendencies.
STUDENT ENTREPRENEURS
Bridging the gap between tech & business
students willing to build a startup.
PARIS FOUNDERS EVENT
Founders only networking night
by Rude Baguette.
PITCH DON’T KILL MY VIBE
Come test your pitch on stage and get
constructive feedback.
START IN PARIS
Monthly demo pitch contest for startups.
44. PLACES TO HANGOUT
BREAKFAST EDGAR COFFEE DELAVILLE WORK ANTICAFE
LUNCH TEMPS DES CERISES DRINKS CAFE NOIR COCKTAILS LOCKWOOD
45. YOU’RE WELCOME IN PARIS.
THANK YOU
ATTRIBUTION-SHAREALIKE CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE.
CREATED BY:
46. RESOURCES
HISTORY
Aurelien Belanger, La Theorie de l’Information http://www.amazon.fr/La-th
%C3%A9orie-linformation-Aur%C3%A9lien-Bellanger/dp/2070138097
“6m households minitel”:
By 1993, Minitel was used in 20 percent of households and 80 percent of
businesses in France. http://www.openlearningworld.com/books/Information
%20Technology/Chapter%208%20NETWORK%20&%20COMMUNICATIONS
%20IN%20I%20T/A%20NATIONAL%20NETWORK%20INFRASTRUCTURE.html
In 1995, there were 25,000 different services offered through Minitel. In
1996, Minitel terminals were accessed for 87 million hoursof connection. The
profit yielded by France Telecom was six billion French Francs, about $1.2
billion.
http://knowledge.e.southern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?
article=1096&context=senior_research
“1999 Minitel penetration > Internet”:
http://www.internetlivestats.com/internet-users/united-states/ US internet
penetration 43% in 2000 - France minitel penetration 40%
300 startups in Silicon Sentier:
Processus mimétiques et identité collective : gloire et déclin du « Silicon Sentier
» http://www.cairn.info/zen.php?ID_ARTICLE=RFS_472_0293
1 EUR : 1.23 USD as of 6th Dec 2014
Iliad market cap: EUR 11.3 B as of 6th Dec 2014 = $13.9B
Xavier Niel’s net worth: $8.2 B as of June 2014
http://www.forbes.com/profile/xavier-niel/
INVESTMENT
http://www.idinvest.com/en/Venture-Capital-in-France-and-Europe-publications_
8.pdf
http://www.evca.eu/media/142790/2013-European-Private-Equity-Activity.pdf
http://www.chaussonfinance.com/indicateur/indicateur.htm
$1B invested per year: Chausson Finance indicateurs.
EUR 416+ 490 = EUR 906M = $1.1B
in 700 companies: Chausson Finance indicateur: 367+412 = 779
30% software and ecommerce:
Chausson Finance indicateur 17%+12% in H2 2013 and 25%+12% in H1 2013
40-50% in Paris: Chausson Finance indicateur 40% in H1 13 and 43% in H2 13
vs. UK: in 2013 GBP 841m invested in tech = $1.3B
http://www.bvca.co.uk/Portals/0/library/documents/RIA%20Guides/IAR
%20Autumn14-fin.pdf
FUNDRAISING
http://www.rudebaguette.com/2013/10/08/partech-raises-a-7th-fund-of-e160-million-eyes-
on-europe-early-stage/
Blablacar: https://www.pehub.com/2014/07/blablacar-secures-100-mln-series-c-led-by-index-
ventures/ $100m
Sarenza: http://www.e-commercefacts.com/news/2014/06/sarenza-conquers-europe/
index.xml EUR 74m = $91m
Talend: http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/11/talend-raises-40m-to-more-aggressively-extend-
into-big-data-market-sets-sights-on-ipo/ $40m
Withings: file:///home/chronos/u-ef45abcbfeaae4199d318ef568d5ec40724c2673/
Downloads/Withings%20PR%20-%20Fundraising%20July%2017th%202013.pdf $30m
Talentsoft: http://www.finsmes.com/2013/09/talentsoft-raises-e15m.html EUR 15m:
$18m
Novapost: http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/15/peopledoc-nee-novapost-raises-17-5-
million-to-digitalize-hr/ $17.5m
Sigfox: http://www.crunchbase.com/funding-round/
c6a97abe01ab87da048c81a9f9af7ee5 EUR 15m: $18m
Dashlane: http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/19/dashlane-raises-record-22m-for-its-cloud-based-
password-manager-after-clocking-2m-users/ $22m
Synthesio: http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/14/social-analytics-platform-synthesio-secures-
20m-series-b-from-idinvest-partners/ $20m
Menlook: http://www.rudebaguette.com/2014/11/04/menlook-raised-e23-million-idinvest-
conquer-male-fashion-online/ EUR 23m : $27.6 m
Vestiaire Collective: http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/02/vestiaire-collective-raises-20-
million-from-conde-nast-and-others-to-fuel-international-growth/ $20m
Intersec: https://www.pehub.com/2014/11/intersec-attracts-20-mln-series-b/?
utm_source=PE+Hub&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+pehub
%2Fnews%2Fvc+%28PE+HUB+News+%28VC+Deals%29%29 $20m
Finexcap: http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/18/finexkap-offering-working-capital-to-smbs-in-
france-raises-22-5m/ $22.5m
47. EXITS
Criteo valuation: https://www.google.com/finance?cid=281026445686504
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/29/criteo-ipo-idUSL3N0IJ62D20131029
$2.2B today, $1.7B at IPO - 29 Oct 2013
Neolane: https://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/
201306/062713AdobetoAcquireNeolane.html
$600m - 27 June 2013
LaFourchette: http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/07/lafourchette-gobbled-up-by-tripadvisor/
$140m - 7 May 2014
ALittleMarket: http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/23/etsy-buys-french-startup-a-little-
market-in-its-largest-acquisition-so-far/ http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/
2014/06/23/etsy-acquires-french-market-in-biggest-deal-yet/
undisclosed but thought to be c. $90m - 23 June 2014
MyLittleParis: http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/22/aufeminin-acquires-subscription-
service-and-city-guide-my-little-paris-for-90-million/
$90m - 22 Nov 2013
Jeuxvideo.com: http://www.himediagroup.com/en/blog/2014/06/05/webedia-acquires-
jeuxvideo-com-for-90-euro-million/
EUR 90m = $109m - 6 May 2014
Allocine: http://lentreprise.lexpress.fr/high-tech-innovation/rachat-d-allocine-pourquoi-
fimalac-fait-une-bonne-affaire_1523020.html EUR67m = $81m - 18 Jul
2013
Webedia: http://www.clipperton.net/transactions/webedia/
EUR 70m = $85m - 12 Sept 2013
eNovance: http://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-acquire-enovance-
leader-openstack-integration-services
EUR 70m = $85m - 18 Jun 2014
Capptain: http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/05/28/announcing-the-acquisition-
of-capptain/
undisclosed - 28 May 2014
FUND CLOSING
http://www.rudebaguette.com/2013/10/08/partech-raises-a-7th-fund-of-e160-
million-eyes-on-europe-early-stage/
Idinvest: http://www.idinvest.com/en/Idinvest-Partners-announces-the-initial-
close-of-its-Idinvest-Digital-Fund-II-communiques_52.pdf EUR100m =
$120m - 24 Oct 2013
360: http://www.rudebaguette.com/2012/10/31/360-capital-new-fund/
EUR60m = $72.1m - 31 Oct 2012
Iris: http://www.iriscapital.com/sites/default/files/Press%20Release_Iris
%20Innovation%20Day.pdf EUR300m = $363m - 12 Mar 2012
Alven: http://www.rudebaguette.com/2013/03/08/alven-capital-iv/ EUR
120m = $145m - March 2013
Isai: http://www.rudebaguette.com/2013/09/02/isai-closes-its-e50-million-expansion-
fund-for-acquisitions-buy-outs-growth/ EUR 50m = $61m - 2 Sept
2013
Elaia: http://www.rudebaguette.com/2012/10/29/elaia-partners-alpha-fund-seed-
stage/ EUR 45m = $54m - 29 Oct 2012
Ventech: http://www.rudebaguette.com/2012/09/17/ventech-breathes-new-air-
with-a-new-e75-million-fund/ EUR100m = $121m - 17 Sept 2012
Serena: http://www.rudebaguette.com/2013/09/16/serena-capital-100-
million-fund/ EUR100m = $121m - 16 Sept 2013
Partech: http://www.unquote.com/unquote/official-record/2299266/partech-closes-
venture-and-seed-funds EUR120 = $145m - 8 OCt 2013
TOTAL = $1.2B
48. INFRASTRUCTURE
60k engineers: http://www.vdi.de/uploads/media/
2010-04_IW_European_Engineering_Report_02.pdf
EUR40-60k salaries: https://angel.co/jobs#find/f!%7B%22types%22%3A%5B
%22full-time%22%5D%2C%22locations%22%3A%5B%22Paris%22%5D%2C
%22roles%22%3A%5B%22Software%20Engineer%22%5D%7D
Internet speed "Speed test results for 2013 showed an average of 8.39 Mbps
download and 3.83 Mbps upload speeds"
http://www.bandwidthplace.com/location/france/
Wifi hotspots: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/wifi-is-the-future-
of-mobile-data-global-survey-shows-one-internet-hotspot-for-every-150-
people-9835319.html
500k uber: https://action.uber.org/uberPOP_France/
Air France destinations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_destinations
Trains : https://www.capitainetrain.com/search/paris/luxembourg
Bruxelles : 1:22, Luxembourg: 2:08, Londres: 2:26, Geneva: 3:05
Amsterdam: 3:45, Frankfurt: 3:48, Zurich: 4:03
INTERNATIONAL
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy-1/economic-diplomacy/
facts-about-france/one-figure-one-fact/article/france-is-top-in-the-
ranking-of
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-16/france-a-tax-haven-yes-for-companies-
from-microsoft-to-huawei.html
Google market share: 91% http://www.atinternet.com/en/documents/
search-engine-barometer-july-2013/
Zalando: http://www.slideshare.net/strotmannjoerg/zalando-overview-
2014
Paris AirBb: http://blog.airbnb.com/airbnb-growth-europe/
Paris Uber: experience .. screenshots
Xavier Niel Investments: 350 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Niel
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-24/tech-billionaire-made-in-france-
seeds-paris-entrepreneurs.html
Nest: http://www.rudebaguette.com/2014/01/21/nests-european-investor-frances-
super-angel-xavier-niel/
Square: http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2012/03/09/french-revolutionary-
is-ex-con-xavier-niel-europes-steve-jobs/5/
MEDALS & NOBELS
3 fields medals: http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/coming-to-france/facts-about-france/
one-figure-one-fact/article/13-the-number-of-french-fields
2nd in number of patents filed: http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy-
1/economic-diplomacy-foreign-trade/facts-about-france/one-figure-one-fact/
article/france-ranks-2nd-in-europe-for-the
Nobel Prizes
9 physics
8 chemistery
12 medicine
3 economie
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/country-birth-map/
map.phpfromyear=1901&toyear=2014&cat=phy®ion=country
49. ATTRIBUTIONS
ICONS
PICTURE
Vintage Paris, Montmartre
1970s Patrice Molinard
ILLUSTRATIONS
CC TheFamily
Bag by Parmelyn
from The Noun Project
