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Chris O'Brien is an American journalist based in Paris. Since moving to France in 2014, he has covered Europe's startup ecosystem as a correspondent for VentureBeat. Previously, he spent 15 years writing about Silicon Valley as a journalist at the San Jose Mercury news and The Los Angeles Times.

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Deliverect CEO Zhong Xu: ‘You can build a great company anywhere’

Chris O'Brien - May 4, 2023

Deliverect experienced a meteoric rise to unicorn status thanks to the confluence of two major trends. Based in Brussels, the startup was founded in...

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Ventech’s Jean Bourcereau: ‘The volatility is as high as you can imagine.’

Chris O'Brien - April 19, 2023

As a venture capital investor, Jean Bourcereau, has been through plenty of bad economic cycles. But he also knows that for a younger generation of European entrepreneurs, the current chill spreading across the investment landscape is the first slowdown they’ve experienced.

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Startup Wise Guys Targets Europe’s Overlooked Ecosystems

Chris O'Brien - February 16, 2023

Estonia's Startup Wise Guys has raised the first €25 million of a new round to fuel the expansion of its accelerators and investment activities...

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Ourspace raises $2.5m to improve workplace flexibility

Chris O'Brien - October 25, 2022

Ourspace has raised a $2.5 million Seed round to develop a workplace platform that helps companies efficiently organize their teams around projects. The service...

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Northzone closes €1bn fund to back ‘most ambitious entrepreneurs’ at all stages

Chris O'Brien - September 19, 2022

While venture capital investments in startups are slowing, venture firms are still building war chests for the future. The latest example: Northzone Partners announced...

French Tech News

Video: Touring Ÿnsect Vertical Insect Farm With CEO Antoine Hubert

Chris O'Brien - September 19, 2022

Ÿnsect is fast becoming one of the biggest names in the emerging market for insect-based protein. While first targeting animal feed and fertilizer, the company...

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Q2 2022: Europe created more new unicorns than Asia for first time

Chris O'Brien - September 19, 2022

The global unicorn boom is crashing hard in 2022, but so far it's not impacting all startup regions in the same way. According to...

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TechChill Milano’s Startup Pitch Battle announces finalists

Chris O'Brien - September 19, 2022

The popular Latvian startup conference, TechChill, is spreading its wings beyond its Riga base with a new edition in Milano, Italy on September 28...

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