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Notes from the Paris Fintech Forum

In FinTechTags FrancePublish DateFebruary 9, 2016

The Paris Fintech Forum, which bills itself as the largest digital finance event ever organized in France, took place on January 28th in the Pierre Mendes France conference center at the French Ministry of Economy and …

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InsPeer: The First French P2P Insurance Platform

In FinTech, Insurance, StartupsTags France, P2P insurancePublish DateJuly 15, 2015

InsPeer is an innovative web-based service enabling users to reduce their auto, motorcycle, and homeowners insurance premiums by raising their deductibles and laying off their increased risk on people they know. Generally, the higher the deductible, …

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Who is Marie Quantier?

In FinTech, Startups, Wealth ManagementTags France, high performance computingPublish DateFebruary 24, 2015

Few FinTech founders will name-drop Marx, Sartre, Keynes, Plato and Piketty in a single blog post. Mathieu Hamel, co-founder and CEO of Marie Quantier, is one of them. Hamel is on a mission to disrupt the …

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Q&A with coFounder of Amerigo Capital Analytics

In Institutional Asset Management, StartupsTags accelerators, France, startupsPublish DateJuly 21, 2014

Named for the famed Italian explorer who also lent his name to two continents, Amerigo Capital Analytics is a French start-up developing analytic tools and models to help institutional investors understand and evaluate US mortgage real-estate …

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YEi – The Best Kept Secret Among Startup Accelerators?

In StartupsTags accelerators, FrancePublish DateJune 26, 2014

The Young Entrepreneurs Initiative is an accelerator program for U.S. startups sponsored by the government of France. It is administered from the Consulate General of France in Boston by the Office for Science and Technology. I …

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When Should a Startup Think About Global Markets? (part deux)

In Startups, Venture CapitalTags Ad-Tech, France, going globalPublish DateJanuary 7, 2014

Does it make a difference if your home market is France or Germany, rather than the U.S.? To balance responses from U.S. investors and entrepreneurs posted in part one, I reached out to entrepreneurs and observers …

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