INTRO TO THEPARIS STARTUPSCENELiam BoogarEditor,
Rude Baguette

AGENDA 2PARIS STARTUP SCENE 101‣
Background: Who the F*CK am I?‣ History: 100 years of French innovation in 1 slide‣ French tax laws – tough on revenue, but loves R&D‣ French Engineers – underpaid & overqualified‣ The Startup Scene – Who/What you need to know‣ The French Market – penetrate it.

INTRODUCTION 3WHO AM I?‣ Born
in the Silicon Valley‣ Moved to France in 2010‣ Rude Baguette – France’s Startup Blog ‣ Launched in November, 2011 ‣ 30K UV/month today ‣ 47% readers in France ‣ Referenced by TechCrunch, Pandodaily, GigaOm & TechMeme in last 60 days

Intro to the Paris Startup
Scene100 YEARS OFFRENCHINNOVATION INONE SLIDE

100 YEARS OF FRENCH INNOVATION
IN 1 SLIDE 5 THEN TODAY 7,500 in 2011 Well-developed (2nd in Europe, Top Schools in France Technical 4th in World) Are for Engineers Infrastructure

Intro to the Paris Startup
SceneFRENCH TAXES.TOUGH ONREVENUE.GOOD FOR R&D.

FRENCH TAX LAWS – FAVORING
R&D OVER REVENUE 7CIR: Subsidized R&D up to €100M JEI Status: Subsidized employment of designers & developers1st year: 40%2nd year: 35% 20% tax on top of salaryEvery yearonwards: 35% € 40K salary = you pay €48KAll R&D beyond instead of €60K€100M subsidizedat 5% OSEO: €650M SMB Grants for innovation, expansion, and R&D

FRENCH ENGINEERS – OVERQUALIFIED /
UNDERPAID 8 Facts Traditionally underpaid in 1000s of new engineers coming out startups (35-40K€/year) of France’s top engineering schools Myths 35 Hour Work Week Impossible/Expensive to Fire

Intro to the Paris Startup
SceneTHE PARISSTARTUP SCENE: WHO WHAT WHERE

THE PARIS STARTUP SCENE: WHO/WHAT/WHERE
10 Who you should know… ENTREPRENEURS STARTUPS Xavier Niel Iliad (Free/Free Mobile) – made his money in Minitel Marc Simoncini Meetic – Founding Partner, Jaina Capital JB Rudelle K-Mobile Kiwee, Criteo Tariq Krim Netvibes, JoliCloud Jacques-Antoine Granjon (JAG) Vente-Privée VC FIRM NOTES / INVESTMENTS (1- 5M €) ISAI Invests 1/quarter: BlaBlaCar, Shopmium, Commerce Guys (~1M €) Jaina Capital Takes Majority Stakes: Appsfire, Plyce (Seed +Series A) Elaia Partners Allmyapps, Criteo, Sigfox, Scoop.it, Ykone (300K €) IMA Ventures Sparrow, Rapportive, Paper.li, FreshPlanetPartech, Ventech, 360 Capital, Omnes Capital, Xange “Most Active Angel Investors in the World” -BI

THE PARIS STARTUP SCENE: WHAT?
11WHAT WE DO WELL. eCommerce Internet of Things Beautiful Apps Marketplaces

THE PARIS STARTUP SCENE: WHERE?
12SILICON SENTIER

Intro to the Paris Startup
SceneTHE FRENCHMARKET.PENETRATE IT.

THE FRENCH MARKET. PENETRATE IT.
14 A FEW FIGURES 65 Million #2 city in Inhabitants Europe #2 in VC in Europe 50 Million Internet Users #2 city in Europe

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SCENE 15Q&A

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SCENE 16THANK YOU.@LIAMBOOGARLIAM@RUDEBAGUETTE.COM