AVATAR MEDICAL won the ReVolution #Startups International Award while DIVA, the technology powering AVATAR MEDICAL, was awarded the VR/AR Healthcare Award and the Grand Prix. Paris-based, AVATAR MEDICAL, a spin-off of the Institut Pasteur and Institut Curie, has developed a Medical Image VR platform that aims at facilitating the preparation of complex surgeries. Laval Virtual is the one of the world’s leading …
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OVHcloud Announces Acquisition of ForePaaS
OVHcloud, the European leader in cloud computing, announces that it has acquired ForePaaS, a unified platform specializing in data analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence projects for businesses. The 23 employees of the ForePaaS teams as well as its founders are joining the Group’s ranks as of today, to jointly build a set of solutions that will actively contribute to …
Announcing Our New Monthly Newsletter!
Ever since our inception, we have sent an insightful monthly newsletter highlighting the latest news from our champions along with tips on how to navigate through your startup journey to the US. During this time, we worked consistently to create valuable content that our entrepreneur readers would appreciate. Each newsletter included insightful information for startups in the form of blog …
With AVATAR MEDICAL and the LUMIERE Foundation, parents can discover their unborn child in virtual reality
In the past decades, mother and neonatal care during pregnancy have been centered on ultrasound exams. We are now entering a new era with AVATAR MEDICAL and the LUMIERE Foundation: parents can now discover their future baby in virtual reality, while practitioners can better understand the development of the fetus. The LUMIERE Foundation, under the aegis of the France Foundation, …
S4M celebrates ten year anniversary and rapid international expansion with worldwide rebrand and rename
We are happy to share this news with you! From these new perspectives of business model, S4M needed support to validate their U.S go-to-market strategy. We first assessed the readiness of the product, the way the platform would be used between HQ & stores manager, investigating the similarity of the pain point and challenges Head of Network and CMO were …
Bodyguard.ai raises funds and strengthens its teams to continue protecting the Metaverse
big bang factory is happy to share the great news! We have been lucky enough to work with Bodyguard.ai to validate product market fit in the game publishing and social network markets. After a first round of funding in 2019, Bodyguard.ai continues its growth by choosing Keen Venture Partners, Ring Capital and Starquest Capital, for a new round of funding of 9 million euros. …
DAMAE Medical raises €5M in Series A Financing
DAMAE Medical, a MedTech company developing optical imaging medical devices and AI software platform to help dermatologists manage their patients, announced today the closing of a €5 million Series A financing. Advised by Klever Invest, the round was led by BNP Paribas Développement and followed by the historical investors Kurma Partners and Paris Saclay Seed Fund. The closing of this …
Veranex Announces Acquisition of IMMR
big bang factory is happy to share the great news! We have been lucky enough to work with IMMR on their go-to-market strategy and help them find a cost-effective way to launch in the US. Veranex, the first concept-to-commercialization global service provider dedicated to the MedTech industry, today announced the acquisition of IMMR, a leading preclinical science organization that provides …
A European startup’s guide to raising funds in the US
The fundraising process is arduous and expensive, more than what founders expect and often many a times does not culminate into an investment. According to data compiled by Fundable, merely 0.05% percent receive funding from VCs. Unlike what most European entrepreneurs think, fundraising is not as easy as landing in Silicon Valley and going back in a month or two …
2021 Blog Rewind
What a year 2021 has been! In the midst of the world-wide healthcare crisis, like a phoenix rising from the ashes, we are adapting ourselves to the new normal. With the vaccines rolling out, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and finally the comeback of in-person events, this year has been nothing short of a rollercoaster! In a similar zestful manner, we …