Sources: Ledger is working with banks on a US IPO that could value the French cryptocurrency company at more than $4B; it was valued at $1.5B in 2023
Sources: Ledger is working with banks on a US IPO that could value the French cryptocurrency company at more than $4B; it was valued at $1.5B in 2023
French group enjoys record year as more investors seek protection from hacking — Ledger has tapped bankers for an initial public offering …
Paris-based accounting software startup Pennylane raised €175M led by TCV, a source says at a ~$4.25B valuation; Blackstone, Sequoia, and others also invested
Pennylane, a French startup that sells accounting software, has raised €175 million ($204 million) in a funding round led by growth equity investor TCV.
French online carpooling marketplace BlaBlaCar says India now accounts for ~33% of its carpool passengers and expects to reach ~150M passengers globally in 2025
Every few weekends, 21-year-old student Lavanya Jain opens the BlaBlaCar app to find a lift from Noida on the outskirts … X: @techcrunch . LinkedIn: Nicolas Brusson X: @techcrunch : BlaBlaCar is seein...
Paris-based Filigran, which develops open-source threat intelligence tools, raised a $58M Series C led by French VC Eurazeo and reports 6K+ users
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ASML's €1.3B investment in Mistral gives the French startup capital and credibility, but it must prove it can survive in a US- and China-dominated AI industry
Bloomberg :
Mistral raised a €1.7B Series C at an €11.7B valuation; ASML led the round with €1.3B to become its biggest shareholder, joined by a16z, DST, Nvidia, and others
Dutch chip equipment maker backs French artificial intelligence champion as US-China tensions rock tech industry
French payments group Worldline's stock drops 20%+ after articles by European journalism network EIC alleged that the company covered up its customers' fraud
Worldline SA shares fell by more than a fifth on Wednesday, wiping out around €300 million ($350 million) …
Paris-based Veesion, which offers AI-powered video surveillance software for spotting suspicious behavior in stores, raised a €38M Series B led by White Star
Veesion, a French startup building AI tools to detect suspicious behaviour in physical stores, has announced …
Sources: Telegram told investors ahead of a ~$1.5B bond offering that revenue reached $1.4B in 2024, up from $343M in 2023, and net profit reached $540M in 2024
Messaging app's finances are booming even as chief Pavel Durov fights French case over alleged content failings X: @ft X: @ft : According to people familiar with the matter, the bumper earnings were s...