The winners of the Blue Ocean Awards are in the news!
La Banque Postale buys microDON [Blue Ocean Award Baby 2019], 16st July 2020
“Our subsidiary KissKissBankBank & Co, a crowdfunding specialist, acquires the start-up microDON. Approved as a solidarity company of social utility, microDON has been popularizing “embedded” generosity for more than 10 years in France, notably with L’ARRONDI solidaire, allowing everyone to support associations of general interest on a daily basis. »
Toopi Organics raises more than €1 million to transform human urine into organic fertilizer [Blue Ocean Award Baby 2019], April 14, 2020
“The Gironde startup Toopi Organics, which transforms human urine into the most effective organic agricultural fertilizer, has just raised more than a million euros in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. By the end of the year, it will have built its first human urine enrichment unit in South Gironde. A low-tech and inexpensive process for a product whose high effectiveness has been measured. »
Okahina wants to make her artificial wave break at Futuroscope [Blue Ocean Award Mentor 2016], April 2, 2019
“The next Futuroscope surf spot? The Vienne department has just signed a letter of intent with the company Waveriding Solution which has developed a very innovative artificial wave concept called Okahina Wave. »
Predictice raises 5 million euros [Blue Ocean Award Baby 2017], 26th November 2019
“Legaltech Predictice is raising 5 million euros to ensure the development of its predictive justice solution. »
Nickel account: 1,2 million customers, and many more to come! [Blue Ocean Award Mentor 2015], 9th May 2019
“The BNP Paribas group reveals some figures on its Nickel service: 1,2 million customers, and 4 partner tobacconists make it possible to create an ecosystem conducive to the development of this alternative current account. »
Agorize raises 13 million to stimulate Open Innovation internationally [Blue Ocean Award Mentor 2017], April 1, 2019
“The start-up is developing a platform on which online innovation challenges are organized. It is raising 13 million euros to gain international market share. »
Crowdfunding: how Glowee raised more than 1,3 million euros [Blue Ocean Award Baby 2017], September 3, 2019
“Sandra Rey, founder of Glowee, an ecological light source based on bioluminescence, gives her advice for a successful crowdfunding campaign. It has already completed two and is leading a third in the form of equity. »
Virtuo raises 20 million euros to shake up vehicle rental [Blue Ocean Award Mentor 2018], February 12, 2019
“Present in France, the United Kingdom and Belgium, this new generation car rental company intends to develop its offer in new markets in Spain and Germany. Its credo: an autonomous rental process from a mobile application. »
Finalcad raises $40 million to accelerate the digital transformation of the construction sector [Blue Ocean Award Mentor 2017], 13th December 2018
“French society Finalcad, specializing in the digital transformation of the construction sector, has completed a $40 million funding round. Besides the investors historical, Serena Capital, Aster Capital and CapHorn Invest, Draper Esprit, Cathay Innovation as well as Salesforce Ventures, the investment vehicle of the world leader in CRM, also participated in the operation. This comes two years later a fundraising of 20 million dollars »
Advitam raises 1,8 million euros to simplify the organization of funerals [Blue Ocean Award Mentor 2017], October 15th 2018
“The French start-up Advitam, which is developing an online funeral service, has completed a funding round of 1,8 million euros. For this operation, the company, which joined the Ile-de-France accelerator Wilco in 2017 for three years, surrounded itself with Newfund, the investment fund of François Véron and Patrick Malka with 200 million euros, Bpifrance and of business angels. »
Two years after its acquisition, Nokia resells Withings to its founder [Blue Ocean Award Mentor 2014], 31th May 2018
“It’s now official, Nokia Health becomes Withings again! Far from its brilliant form of a few years ago, the former tricolor flagship of connected objects, transformed into the health division of Nokia which designs health and well-being products, will return to square one. Indeed, the Finnish group has formalized the sale of Nokia Health to Eric Carreel, who is none other than one of the founders of Withings. The amount of the transaction has not been revealed, but would not exceed 30 million euros, far from the 170 million euros put on the table by Nokia in 2016 to afford Withings, a pioneering connected health company co-founded in 2008 with Cédric Hutchings. »
AI: startup QuantCube raises $5 million from Moody’s and Five Capital [Blue Ocean Award Mentor 2017], 30th May 2018
“The Parisian start-up, which has designed macro-economic and financial forecasting algorithms, is carrying out its first round of funding. It has the ambition to become “a world leader in big data analysis for the financial sector”
Startups: French cloud specialist Scality raises $60 million [Blue Ocean Award Mentor 2016], April 20, 2018
“This fundraising brings to $152 million the amounts raised by this French cloud hosting nugget since its creation in 2009. A future unicorn? »
Mobibam, 1 million euros to create tailor-made furniture [Finalist Blue Ocean Awards 2017], April 6, 2018
“The French start-up Mobibam, specializing in the design of custom furniture, has completed a funding round of 1 million euros. For this operation, the company benefited from the contribution of business angels and subsidies. The investors have not been communicated. »
Predictice won the 2018 WILCO Digital Grand Prix [Blue Ocean Award Baby 2017], April 3, 2018
“Louis Larret-Chahine, co-founder of Predicts, won the WILCO Prize Digital. Predictice calculates, in one click, the probabilities of resolving a dispute based on the most influential elements in previous decisions rendered. Louis was supported by Philippe EYMERIE, Bouygues Télécom, and was presented with the trophy by Myriam Beque, BNP PARIBAS.”
VeraCash is heading towards an ICO fundraising of €10 million [Blue Ocean Award Mentor 2017], March 13, 2018
“CEO of AuCoffre.com and its subsidiary VeraCash, Bordeaux resident Jean-François Faure is preparing an ICO, a fundraising method based on the issuance of digital assets, tokens, which could allow him to collect at least 10 millions of euros. A project at the crossroads of the worlds of gold, cryptocurrencies and blockchain. »
Epopia is on 20 p.m. on TF1 [Blue Ocean Award Baby 2017], March 6, 2018
“The young SME Epopia has developed an original initiative to get children reading, writing and dreaming. »
Scality receives $60M in Funding[Blue Ocean Award Mentor 2015], April 18, 2018
“Scality, a San Francisco, CA–based provider of software for distributed file and object storage and multi-cloud data control, closed an additional $60m round of funding. The round, which brings total funding to date to $152m, was arranged by Silverpeak, a Europe-based technology-focused independent investment bank, and included participation from all existing investors, Scality staff, and a new investor, Harbert European Growth Capital. The company will use the new funds to accelerate its investment in engineering for technology innovation. »
Monbanquet.fr raises 2,5 million euros [Blue Ocean Award Mentor 2017], March 15, 2018
“The French start-up Monbanquet.fr, specializing in the delivery of buffets designed by artisans, has completed a funding round of 2,5 million euros led by ISAI. In June 2016, the ISAI Seed Club, composed in particular of Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet and Olivier Mathiot (PriceMinister), Éric La Bonnardière and Yvan Wibaux (Evaneos), and even Thibault Viort (CityVox), had already injected 500 000 euros in the society. »
MIP robotics raises 500 euros for its collaborative robot [Blue Ocean Award Baby 2017], 24th January 2018
“Established in the Paris region, MIP robotics has announced that it has concluded a new fundraising of 500 euros, in order to industrialize the production of its industrial robots and to develop new functionalities,” says the French start-up, in a press release. MIP robotics has developed a technology (patented) which makes it possible to “offer a collaborative robot allowing a wide field of application, programmable very easily by non-specialists. »
Mérieux NutriSciences acquires majority stake in traQ'food [Blue Ocean Award Baby 2016], 10th January 2018
Mérieux NutriSciences announces today the acquisition of a majority shareholding in traQ'food, a French start-up commercializing a digital application for restaurants and food service to manage their hygiene and sanitary control plan. traQ'food strategically complements Mérieux NutriSciences' already existing Digital Solutions portfolio.
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