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I’m pleased to have contributed to Arianee’s position paper, "From A Production-Based to A Service-Based Economy: The Role of Tokenization in Decoupling Growth." This insightful paper tackles a topic close to my heart. This paper outlines numerous practical strategies for companies to progress on tackling overproduction while creating new economic opportunities. Thank you Arianee, Pierre-Nicolas Hurstel and of course my friend Francois Souchet for the opportunity to collaborate. #circulareconomy #technology #circularbusinessmodels #sustainability

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The last part of this 6-part series on how to model a P&L, translated into French and published on Frenchweb. https://lnkd.in/eWHYamDD

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📣 Major Update for French Founders and VC Firms! 🚀 Versible eu We have built a full database of all the private funds investing in #Seed, #SeriesA, and #SeriesB across nearly every sector in the #French ecosystem. As part of our mission, we are developing the next generation of venture capital management software. Our goal is to streamline the fundraising process and enhance investor relations for founders and investors throughout Europe. Each of our initiatives aims to shine a spotlight on the hardworking individuals who are shaping the future of the world. Stay tuned for Monday 27th. #Venturecapital #Seed #Lafrenchtech #LegalTech #Agriculture #Mobility #Deeptech #FoodTech #InsurTech #BioTech #HealthTech #Realestate #Web3

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May 13 2024 - 10 Notable Articles To Read Article: French AI Startup Taking On Silicon Valley Is Set to Stuff Its War Chest Takeaway: Mistral AI is on the verge of securing $600M in funding, nearly 3x valuation to $6B, with investors such as General Catalyst and Lightspeed participating. Source: The Wall Street Journal Link: https://lnkd.in/dQRkCC63 Article: The Saks, Neiman Marcus Group Megadeal Is Getting Close, Sources Said Takeaway: Reports suggest that Reliance Retail and Zalando are part of a $3B deal aimed at consolidating Saks and Neiman Marcus under a single entity. Source: WWD Link: https://lnkd.in/dFmbsYaw Article: Bain Pursues Takeover of Education-Software Provider Takeaway: Bain Capital's acquisition might assess PowerSchool at approximately $6B, factoring debt. Source: The Wall Street Journal Link: https://lnkd.in/dd_k9gpM Article: Investcorp closes $570M fund for cybersecurity and fintech Takeaway: This fundraising effort builds on the achievements of their earlier $400M fund, while their total assets under management worldwide already stand at $52B. Source: Tech.eu Link: https://lnkd.in/dUHbeBTv Article: Alphabet Inc. Progressing in Talks to Buy HubSpot, Sources Say Takeaway: This prospective agreement could be one of the largest acquisitions of the year. Source: Bloomberg Link: https://lnkd.in/dBVZ7TX4 Article: The Fastest Growing Category of Venture Investment in 2024 Takeaway: The AI investing initiative is projected to reach $80B in 2024, marking a 2.6x increase from 2023, with $18.3B invested in the first four months of the year alone. Source: Tomasz Tunguz Link: https://lnkd.in/d4hUJ6TG Article: Todd Boehly’s investment house in advanced talks to buy private credit firm Takeaway: Eldridge Industries is pursuing the acquisition of Hayfin Capital Management LLP in a deal valued at over €1B. Source: Financial Times Link: https://lnkd.in/dkh66B3P Article: Mubadala’s $3B Fortress Investment Group deal clears crucial US regulatory hurdle Takeaway: The foreign investment committee has granted approval for the sale following concessions regarding data and day-to-day control, enabling the $300B assets under management fund to proceed with the agreement. Source: Financial Times Link: https://lnkd.in/drAi7cZH Article: UBS Mulls Bonus for Investment Bankers Who Lure Rich Clients Takeaway: UBS Group AG is contemplating implementing a reward program for investment bankers who direct clients to the company's wealth management division, mirroring an incentive scheme akin to what Credit Suisse provided to its dealmakers. Source: Bloomberg News Link: https://lnkd.in/dy3bt4zm Article: Bill Gates weighs in on new €1B German fund to back capital-intensive climate tech Takeaway: Europe’s first fund to focus primarily on solving the first-of-a-kind (FOAK) financing gap Source: Sifted Link: https://lnkd.in/ddKPYpWP #news #business #research

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Watching the Roland-Garros French Open over the weekend and saw this motto: Victory belongs to the most tenacious. The failure rate of startups is high. According to recent statistics, approximately 90% of startups fail, with around 10% to 20% achieving long-term success. Various sources attribute this high failure rate to multiple factors, including under capitalization, poor product-market fit, inadequate marketing strategies, and team issues. Different industries exhibit varying failure rates. The failure rate for technology startups is around 63% within the first five years , while the failure rate for e-commerce startups is about 80%. HealthTech startups also face a high failure rate of around 80%, largely due to challenges in determining value propositions and strategy. Despite the high risk, some startups do succeed, sometimes making up for the losses of the many failures, which is why investors continue to support them. As the early stage investment market stands currently, a founder should not expect an investment based on the relative merits of a company. In other words, you may be building a great company but there’s no guarantee of an investment. This predicament requires both defensive and offensive strategies to navigate. One that we are seeing increasingly is the move toward cash flow neutral/ cash flow positive operations.

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Excited news: Reforest'Action enters the blisce/technology’s portfolio with a €20m financing! 🌳🚀 Did you know that more than 50% of the world's GDP is heavily dependent on nature and the services it provides (PwC, World Economic Forum)? To contribute to the Paris Agreement's +2°C target, the world must mobilize $6,000 bn by 2050 to finance reforestation and agroforestry (UNEP-WCMC, 2022). Well, Stéphane Hallaire's company understood that long ago and has been investing in the development of a comprehensive impact monitoring tool to effectively measure and further maximize their impact. Today, the global leader in hashtag #reforestation and hashtag #agroforestry since 2010 is moving a step further in its efforts by partnering with blisce/ and Eiffel Investment Group. This aims to: 📲 Digitalize and enhance the comprehensive information and hashtag #data analysis system, as well as key performance indicators. 🌍 Accelerate the development of large-scale high-quality certified projects of natural ecosystem restoration. 🐒 Put the emphasis on their impact on the climate as well as biodiversity, soil-water systems, and communities. Together, we are committed to protecting Reforest'Action's truly inspiring mission and supporting innovative solutions that address pressing global environmental issues toward a more sustainable future. Welcome to the portfolio! 👏 More info 👉 https://bit.ly/3L1GVus cc Charles-Henri Prevost, Anne-Claire Colomb-Valadares, Arnaud Bret, Ludivine Buvat, Aurélie Grange

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Some conversations are best had in a space capsule. 🚀 (check the beginning of the video...) Neil Tan 🌐 I like your digs—and our chat. Fittingly, we covered the highs and lows of building rocketship companies, why tokenization enables the next generation market infrastructure for alternative assets, and the hard-earned lesson that the best startups operate like high-performance sports teams, not cozy families. #podcast #alternativeinvestments #assetmanagement #tokenization EVIDENT

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Tomorrow I’m lucky to be hosting a panel with three exceptional founders: - Gilles Gaillard - Co-founder of Animaj, raised 100m EUR (in equity and debt) in 2023 to build an AI-powered animation studio that counts 𝗮 stunning 15 billion (!) YouTube views per year. Animaj acquires animation and cartoon franchises to turn them into digital-first content and amplifies their distribution using AI. - Baptiste Jamin - Co-founder of Crisp IM, 42 alumni, also can be called the “King of Bootstrap”. He started building chatbots in 2015, 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗹. Crisp centralises all customer interactions through live chat, chatbots, and a shared inbox. Today Crisp serves over 600,000 companies without raising any funds. - Vincent SIMON - Co-founder of Relationchips and founder of Simundia. Vincent is a serial entrepreneur & investor who founded a coaching platform that raised over 15m EUR & is currently working on a no-code sales workflow platform. What do they have in common? They started their career as freelancers and worked their way up to become highly successful entrepreneurs. 👉 Join us at Le Wagon tomorrow at 7pm to hear their story. We’ll also host a networking session for you to meet people from our community who are working on projects that might interest you. 🔗Link to register in the comments.

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There a fewer and fewer public companies.  They were +8000 in the US in 1996 and are now only 4642.  That’s down 43%. How did this happened? You can explain this in many ways :  The regulation makes it increasingly difficult for a company to IPO VC & PE have be on the rise for the last decade Acquisitions are also on the rise. To give you a snapshot : 870 publics companies were acquired by one of the magnificient seven (google, apple, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Tesla and Nvidia) And what’s the consequence? More and more companies, facing difficulties by IPO are drawn to VC & PE were there are more and more investors. Even though the private market lack transparency and available data, VC and PE firms have been working on tools to obtain data in ordre to make better investment décision. It’s the case for Earlybird or EQT Ventures. And also a lot of start-ups that are now working to create tools to help VC in their decision making process. So now the question is : will private markets one day have a sufficient data level for investors to make as informed decision as they would in public markets ? On my side I truly believe that in the upcoming years, we'll see the first quants VC. If you want to read some more : https://lnkd.in/eKFZuyeE

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Most recently, we wrote on the French #elections, EU #realestate and economic #growth. Read ⬇️ 📢 Exciting news! Our latest quarterly report highlights positive changes in the global economic landscape. We have upgraded 15 countries and downgraded two, indicating a potential recovery in global economic growth to +2.8% for 2024-25. In terms of sectors, we have upgraded 15 and downgraded eight, reflecting a slight cyclical improvement. Notably, #transportation and #energy sectors show improved outlooks, while the household equipment sector faces challenges. 🏢 The risk of stranded #assets in European commercial real estate is a growing concern. The revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive has increased scrutiny on Europe's buildings sector. While progress has been made towards emission-reduction goals, further efforts are required to decarbonize energy supply and increase energy efficiency through renovation. Our estimates indicate that approximately EUR165bn is needed for the renovation of non-residential real estate in EZ-4 countries to achieve the 1.5°C compliance target set for 2024. Failure to renovate could expose European banks' portfolios to EUR400bn worth of commercial real estate assets at risk of becoming stranded in the next decade. 🗳️ The upcoming French elections have investors on high alert. The potential outcomes could have a significant impact on the #markets. In the event of a hung parliament, we anticipate investors seeking buying opportunities, leading to a decrease in the risk premium on French assets. However, the possibility of a far-right or far-left government coming to power introduces two alternative market outcomes. https://lnkd.in/eNz6dw35 #Ludonomics #allianztrade #allianz

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Investment Idea: A Perfect Storm For Bitcoin This product has been designed for investors that want to gain exposure to Bitcoin in a cautious way or lock previous gains while still participating in future potential upside. There seems to be a perfect storm brewing for Bitcoin in 2024 as various factors should support the price of the digital asset. These catalysts include the global liquidity cycle, presidential elections, anticipated rate cuts, the Bitcoin Halving event and the launch of spot ETFs. Bitcoin historically exhibit low correlation with other asset classes and research shows that holding a certain exposure tends to considerably increase the Sharpe Ratio of Portfolios. If you wish to gain access to the full presentation of the idea, do not hesitate to contact our team: Romain Duchenne: rd@aurora-investmentsolutions.com Hugo Poupinel: hp@aurora-investmentsolutions.com For more information on our company, please access the website below: https://lnkd.in/eFBWjTG4

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Thank you, Viraj! ❣ Such wonderful and well-thought questions :) The most important insight of the whole podcast I would say is: - WORK ON YOURSELF AS MUCH AS YOU WORK ON YOUR COMPANY. ⚡ - #podcast #startuplife

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Paris, the #AI hub to raise #funds in Europe - France is leading the way in generative AI funding within Europe, with French startups in this sector having raised a total of $2.29 billion to date¹. - High-profile French companies like Mistral AI and Hugging Face have secured significant amounts of funding, contributing to France's position as a top destination for AI investment². - Despite Paris not being the top city for the number of generative AI startups, the startups based there are attracting substantial investment, more than any other European country¹. - The report also highlights that most of the top-funded generative AI companies in Europe were founded by entrepreneurs with experience at U.S. technology giants³. This surge in funding reflects a growing interest and confidence in the potential of generative AI technologies across Europe. France's success in this area is particularly notable, as it underscores the country's efforts to become a leading hub for artificial intelligence innovation. Thanks Arnauld Leservot for sharing this #European #AIEcosystem map. Conversation with Copilot, 27/06/2024 (1) France leads the pack for generative AI funding in Europe. https://lnkd.in/eagR2Mw3. (2) Inside Europe's tech hubs: France's AI push puts it on the rise. https://lnkd.in/eMM8kytv. (3) The best-funded generative AI startups in Europe have something in common: Big Tech experience. https://lnkd.in/ePgpdSeq. (4) Europe tech hubs: France's AI push puts it on the rise - CNBC. https://lnkd.in/e3_rXAsW. (5) France Emerges as Leader in European Generative AI Funding. https://lnkd.in/eTh-YmpF. (6) Getty. https://lnkd.in/e-nBUSrq.

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📢 As we gear up for the European elections, it's important to remember that these elections not only impact national politics but also play a crucial role in shaping laws that have far-reaching implications for citizens and businesses alike. 📚🔍 Curious to learn more? Check out our report for valuable insights and analysis on the upcoming EU elections and their potential impact on the European landscape. We delve into the potential outcomes of the elections and shed light on the potential consequences of a more right-centered European Parliament. With polarization on the rise, uncertainties on priority topics may emerge, affecting various sectors. 🔗 Read the report here: https://lnkd.in/evZNKBKZ #EuropeanElections #EU #Politics #Business #Insights #Ludonomics #AllianzTrade #Allianz

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Industrial Startup Studio OSS Ventures Raises €8.5M #OSSVentures, a Paris-based industrial #startup studio, has successfully raised €8.5 million in its latest funding round. This funding was led by Tikehau Capital, France 2030’s French Tech Accélération 2 fund (Bpifrance), Etablissements Peugeot Frères, and business angels including Max Pog. With this new capital, OSS Ventures has now amassed a total of €11 million. Founded by Renan Devillieres, OSS Ventures partners with industrial companies to enhance productivity, improve product quality, and address the climate crisis. The studio works closely with industries, visiting sites weekly to identify challenges and develop co-created solutions. They recruit founders and co-build startups, investing €300K to €500K for a 25-30% equity stake, and provide comprehensive support through all growth stages. Since its inception in late 2019, OSS Ventures has launched 15 startups and invested in four additional projects. Their innovative solutions are currently used by over 40,000 operators monthly across nearly 2,000 industrial sites worldwide, with a significant presence in France, Europe, and the US. The 19 startups under OSS Ventures' umbrella generate a collective annual recurring revenue (ARR) of €25 million. With the new funding, OSS Ventures aims to establish five startups annually, focusing on expansion in Europe and the US, and targeting significant international clientele by 2027. This strategic move not only positions OSS Ventures as a key player in industrial innovation but also underscores the growing importance of tech-driven solutions in enhancing industrial operations and addressing global challenges. Want to stay up to date with the market? Here my newsletter: - Linkedin: https://lnkd.in/d4h8zqKA  - Substack: https://lnkd.in/dzfGJzmW

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𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 "Unlocking the Mysteries of Blockchain Technology 🌐💼: Our seventh lesson delves deep into the fundamentals of blockchain, offering a clear comparison between traditional fiat currency and the innovative world of cryptocurrency. Discover how decentralization is reshaping the financial landscape and what it means for the future of transactions and monetary policy. 🚀💡 Whether you're a seasoned professional in the finance sector or just curious about the digital economy, this lesson provides essential insights into #BlockchainBasics and the advantages of #DecentralizedFinance over conventional systems. Join us as we explore the transformative potential of blockchain and its impact on how we understand value, trust, and security in digital interactions. 📊🔐 #FiatVsCrypto Empower yourself with knowledge and be part of the financial revolution: https://lnkd.in/gqEXFxTP

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