Olivier Le Bas

What do you need to be top quartile as a SaaS company in Europe? Sébastien Le Roy started to share the results of the Serena European SaaS benchmark during #Saastr Europa this week. Great way to quickly check whether you’re on track for a next VC round or simply what you have to improve. More results coming soon with the whole report.

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Welcome home ! We drastically changed our app structure to match our pivot (from a marketplace to a professional network) Now, when you log in as a freelancer, you: ✅ get an overview of your activity ✅ access tools (quote, invoices) and MegaSearch ✅ discover our latest resources to help you grow as a freelance Moving on, you can 1. Build and enhance your public profile 2. Connect with other freelancers and see your network 3. Interact with peers (mentors, friends, partners) and recruiters 4. Access to opportunities from the network (freelancers or recruiters) 5. Easily manage your activity, as a team or a solo (quotes, invoices, payments) There's still a long road ahead, but it's already a great achievement! Any comments / ideas / feedbacks?

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Official Naruto mobile apps are coming! This isn't just exciting news for fans – it's a massive opportunity for app developers! Here’s why: ➤𝐒𝐞𝐤𝐚𝐢, a French startup just secured the global license (excluding China and Japan) to develop official Naruto consumer apps. ➤Sekai is actively seeking partnerships with skilled developers to create innovative and engaging apps.For developers, this is your chance to be part of a pioneering project that will define how fans interact with their favorite anime. ➤The anime industry boasts over 600 million fans worldwide, and Sekai is paving the way for high-quality, officially licensed mobile experiences. ➤No more app store takedowns! With Sekai's official license, you can focus on crafting exceptional apps without copyright worries. ➤Sekai is tight-lipped about the exact format, but they're hinting at social features, immersive experiences, and the chance to truly feel like a ninja! ➤Sekai has ambitions to secure new anime IPs every year, creating a global platform for officially licensed anime mobile experiences. This could be the beginning of a whole new way for users to connect with their favorite characters and stories ---- P.S. Check on the comments for link of the full article #apps #mobile #startup #anime

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When Corentin and I launched PARZ, we had one burning question: How can we deliver 2x faster than other agencies with better quality? The answer: don’t start from scratch. Many agencies start from scratch when they have a new project.  They say: ”Every project is unique, so every stack has to be unique”. Fake. Each project has a common base. That's why, we’ve worked for 1 year on a boilerplate that allows us to initialize the entire foundation in 1 day: - Authentication (Login. 2FA. Forgot Password. and Register) - Create, Destroy, Delete, and Edit a User - Cache Connector - Headers Security - SQL Connector - Infrastructure - Mail Provider - Translations - File Storage - Dark mode - Cookies - Routing - Forms Result: We develop the main features quickly.  From day 0, we bring value to our entrepreneurs. And you, what do you think about having a boilerplate? 🎤 — We develop tech startups for entrepreneurs worldwide in 15 weeks. Book a discovery call by clicking the link above.

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Only 4% of EU VC's have previous startup experience... versus 60% in US  In CVC in EU it will even be worse... (educated guess)  There are some more interesting insights on the low level of support by VC's, the needs from startups, .... in the article below  This confirms also the need for more VC Platform roles in the EU #vcplatform (see my previous post on VC Platform roles)  #venturecapital 

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baby vc bootcamp applications are open! 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 Don't miss the chance to apply to our Iberia bootcamp and discover the VC industry with insights from insiders. If you're interested, please apply using the link in the comments or use our website to apply! 🗓 Please do it before September 25th! #babyvc #bootcamp #venturecapital

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Crunch Lab, a startup from our portfolio, has just raised $3.5M in a seed round led by Multicoin Capital ! Big big congrats to Jean & Arnaud and the whole team for the amazing work. I witnessed impressive dedication from the whole team to close this round and reach new heights. What does Crunch Lab la do? Crunch Lab makes it easier for big companies to unlock the value in their data by running machine learning competitions through their community, CrunchDAO, which has over 6,000 data scientists, quants, and ML engineers. These experts compete to build AI models that give companies actionable insights, mainly to the finance industry. With this funding, Crunch Lab will ramp up their operations and dive into new data-rich markets. Bravo! Link in the comments for the full article.

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An interesting overview of the AI landscape in France from ICONIQ Capital. We’ve made a conscious decision to keep our R&D teams based in Paris, and as a result, we’re fortunate enough to have access to an exceptional talent pool to help us build and innovate. AI and use cases remain nascent but there’s a lot to be optimistic about. https://lnkd.in/efZi34Af

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🎬 Did you miss Serena's Sébastien Le Roy hot insights on the current SaaS AI Race last week? Fear not! For we have a 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 for you 🤲 How's Europe doing in AI vs the US? What can you actually do to take your SaaS to the next level? What are VCs looking for in startups before investing? Answers to these questions - and many more - in the replay! https://lnkd.in/eTbdgRX4 Any question you would've asked Sébastien? #B2BRocks #SaaS #growth #ai Colin Heba Hitti

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You want to learn new things but you are struggling to memorize them ? Well, there is a very powerful tool for this, supported by scientific evidences : 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 🃏 And the other good news is that I made a template for this - now featured by Notion ❤️ In this new version, your flashcards will be automatically presented to you at a specific pace, depending on your performance memorizing them. This spaced repetition will optimize your memory retention and lower its decline. I am using flashcards for quite some time now, and I find it very useful and powerfull. You can memorize a lot of stuff in a short period and remember it for a long time. The key to success is to study on a regular basis, so try to practice every day - it is not magical, if you don't do it seriously it will not work. You can download my material for free here : https://lnkd.in/emcbwVfd I hope you'll find it useful. You can find all the details on how to use it in the "How it works" section. If you think continuous improvment and learning are important - as I do, ask yourself the following question : "What is the next thing I need to learn ? "

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💡 Voodoo’s BeReal Deal Is More Than Just Opportunistic Last week, French mobile publisher Voodoo announced its acquisition of the social networking app BeReal. in a deal valued at up to $500M. According to Sifted, one-third of the acquisition value ($166M) will be paid in cash, while the remaining $334M is tied to future performance metrics. For context, Voodoo’s last reported valuation was €1.7B in 2021, so this is a sizable deal that showcases Voodoo’s evolved thinking. BeReal is a unique blend of photo sharing and social networking: Every day, users take a picture using both the front and back cameras of their phone and share it with their friends. Despite achieving 125M lifetime downloads, BeReal has not yet introduced any monetization strategies and has been fully dependent on venture capital financing. In its latest valuation round in 2022, BeReal was valued at roughly $600M; the company has raised $90M total to date. What could this mean for Voodoo's future strategy? Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dXng7w7a Thank you for writing, Miikka Ahonen! And a special thanks to Lightspeed for making this digest issue possible. You can read more about them here: http://gaming.lsvp.com/ #Voodoo #BeReal #gamingnews #gamesindustry

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📣 Calling All European Deeptech Founders: The Deeptech Demo Day 2024 has launched! 🚀 Last month we've been recruiting deeptech VCs from all over the world and we have already over 60 signed up to support!! 💸 That's already beating the first edition from last year with 52. So yes, we, Frontier Deep Tech, and Silicon Roundabout Ventures (Francesco Perticarari) have been busy preparing a bolder, stronger, geekier, and useful 2nd edition. 💪🏼 Back in 2023 we made over 100 investor-founder intros from across the applicants, not just the finalists. 🤝 And that's not counting the improptu connections from angels, family offices, and even more VCs watching the Deeptech Demo Day finals (in total we had over 300 attendees at our virtual demo day finals) 📺 The 1st edition finals were judged by no less than a unicorn deeptech exited founder and angel, Phil O'Donovan, and 2 leading VC partners in the deeptech scene: Lise Rechsteiner, PhD from Vsquared Ventures and Jon Dishotsky from Giant Ventures (and both funds reconfirmed support for 2024!) 🦄 Startup applications are now OPEN for 1 month, before the VC-led scoring period, and the finals live on November 7th 🏁🏆 Founders GO HERE: https://lnkd.in/ezNMegqK We will be dripping out this year's new supporting VCs starting next week! As well as the new judges for this edition 🤩 Together, we aim to shine the spotlight onto the European deeptech scene. From the UK and the Nordics, to Central and Eastern Europe, and from the West to the South of a continent that is already home to superstar successes such as Northvolt, D-Orbit, and Quantum Systems to just name a few l🧑‍🔬👩🏽‍🔬🧑‍💻 Who are going to be the next multi-billion potential winners? Join us to find out! ❤️ A massive thank you to our sponsors Mishcon de Reya LLP and OVHcloud for making this possible! (drop me a DM if you would also like to support us) Ps: we are still accepting institutional investor applications to help with the scoring, so do check out the page if you are an VC investor in deeptech covering European countries.

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📣 I'm a "casual speaker". I'm into meetups since I started working as an engineer, 10 (!) years ago. I've been to a lot of them, and I did some talks at some of them. Sometime I'm even hosting them, here at Doctolib, or organizing them, recently with the "Design System Nantes" Meetup. What's cool about meetups? Free beers and pizzas! Or, more seriously, bringing your colleague and finding new ones! Some bigger events, like dotJS, are more about meeting engineering or research rock stars and grabbing cool merch (because convention are all about those branded socks, right ?). Whatever the size of the event, it's part of what makes our jobs a true learning journey. Last year Christophe Porteneuve asked me if I would be interested in joining the editorial board of dotJS 2024. I was thrilled to be part of it and quickly applied: I was eager to learn more about the backstage of such a big event. Over the course of 1 month, we basically had to review 300+ proposals from everywhere around the world. I met great people from various location and backgrounds. Some where JS/TS specialist, and some other were more "generalists" (like me!). The main challenges we faced were first to select the best content possible from short, few-sentences proposals, and then avoid (un)conscious biases and ensure proper distribution of topics and speakers. Ideally, you need a good mix of topics and expertise levels (all revolving around JS, of course). Some talks need to be energizers (like, the first talk of the day), some need to be more technical and in-depth presentations, and some are more about their story-telling potential. Eventually you also want to ensure your event is representative of the diversity of our industry. The dotJS team had it right in the first place by providing the board with scorecards. Kudos to Nessrine Berrama for the perfect organization! It really echoes to the biases we are trying to avoid when hiring people here. Did you know that most Senior Engineers at Doctolib are part of the interviewers pool? We need this to keep our current hiring pipeline healthy, with dozen of open roles and active candidates. Our Talents team is providing everything from education material to standardized scorecards and processes to ensure the smoothest and fairest experience for candidates and interviewers. Coming back to #dotJS, what about the result? Well, that would be worth an entire article, going into details of what made the event a generalist but very premium event. The talks were really enjoyable and, as always, we met former colleagues and made new connections. I'm sure internet is already full of coverage reports so I'll lazily leave you here instead of paraphrasing them :) 🙏 Thank you dotConferences! PS: are you into JS/TS as I am ? We're looking for talented engineers to join our Core Frontend team to enable 300+ engineers to craft the best apps for patients and health practitioner in Europe. Apply now! (link in the comments below)

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🚀 Launch of Holycode Labs : Your No-Code Solution for Rapid MVPs! 📣 I'm thrilled to announce the launch of Holycode Labs dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs. We can now boost the European innovation & startup scene like never before 🙌 What is Holycode Labs? 🔬 Our new no-code development team that gets your groundbreaking ideas into the market ASAP, so you can start testing right away. We’re all about launching your prototypes & MVPs faster and cheaper using the latest no-code tech like Bubble. What's in it for you? ▶ Speed: Launch your prototype or MVP in record time. ▶ Efficiency: Maximise your impact and minimise your spend. ▶ Testing: Validate your product with real user data. Whether you're a startup founder or testing a new product line, Holycode Labs is here to turn your vision into reality — fast and efficient. Do you know peers that can't wait to launch their startup?? 🚀 We are ready to discuss it, consult and deliver. Get in touch today! 🚀 Nenad, Laurent, Milana, Bojana, Theresa, Tobias, Lars #startup #MVP #nocode #HolycodeLabs #leanstartup

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𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗜, 𝗮 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽, 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 £𝟲𝟬𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗡𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲. This isn't just another funding round. It's a bold move in an arena dominated by the likes of ChatGPT creator OpenAI and other Silicon Valley behemoths. In a landscape where the big players have long established their dominance, Mistral AI's substantial backing signals a potential shift. Could this be the dawn of a new era in AI innovation? With such significant support, Mistral AI is poised not just to compete but to redefine what's possible in AI technology. This development underscores the vitality of diversity and competition in the tech ecosystem, fostering innovation that benefits us all. Let's watch this space. The future of AI just got even more interesting. Check this out: https://lnkd.in/d5mEtySK #ai #generativeai #aiexponent #business #management

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