jerome archambeaud

Letter From France:Vive Zlio, Vive La Vente!

By Jeremy Archambeaud Jul. 17, 2007, 1:51pm PT 16 Comments

Zlio, the 10-month-old “social e-commerce” startup founded by serial entrepreneur Jeremie Berrebi just raised $4 million in from Luxembourg-based Mangrove Capital Partners. This is the same VC firm that funded Skype. Zlio is revolutionary, too. It lets users create and personalize a virtual “storefront” on… Read More »

And now the French Web 2.0 Wave

By Jeremy Archambeaud Jul. 1, 2007, 12:00pm PT 29 Comments

France leads Europe in its enthusiasm for Web 2.0 startups, an industry that has doubled in size across the continent since 2005. According to Dow Jones/Venture One data French start-ups raised close to $40 million in venture capital in 2006, accounting for 40% of the total… Read More »