Menu

▼

Monday, January 17, 2022

g-f(2)826 The New World (1/17/2022), Bloomberg, France Gets its 25th Tech Unicorn, Reaching Macron’s Goal Early


VIRAL KNOWLEDGE: The “genioux facts” knowledge news


The New World NEWS

If you only have some seconds




ULTRA-condensed knowledge


"g-f" fishing of golden knowledge (GK) of the fabulous treasure of the digital age, The New World, Tech Unicorns (1/17/2022)  g-f(2)426 


Lessons learned, Bloomberg  

Macron set a new target of creating 10 European tech giants


  • Warehouse robotics specialist Exotec raised funds at a $2 billion valuation, making it the 25th French startup to be valued at more than $1 billion.
  • The Croix, France-based startup’s announcement Monday means President Emmanuel Macron has met a goal he set in September 2019 of producing 25 unicorns three years early. 
  • In a Twitter video on the nation’s unicorns Macron set a new target of creating 10 European tech giants -- companies valued at more than 100 billion euros ($114 billion) -- by 2030. He said measures to achieve this would be announced in the coming weeks. 


Genioux knowledge fact condensed as an image



References


France Gets its 25th Tech Unicorn, Reaching Macron’s Goal Early, Benoit Berthelot, January 17, 2022, Bloomberg.


ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Benoit Berthelot


Reporter (@BenoitBerthelot) at Bloomberg covering tech, media, telecoms from Paris. Tips : DM or bberthelot@bloomberg.net. Book : 'Le monde selon Amazon'. 


Extra-condensed knowledge



Lessons learned, Bloomberg


French Fintech Qonto Raises New Funds at $5 Billion Valuation


  • French fintech Qonto has raised 486 million euros in a funding round that valued the company at 4.4 billion euros ($5 billion).
  • Qonto offers financial services such as banking and expense management to SMEs and freelancers. The new money will be used to invest in its products, customer service and acquiring new talent, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Alexandre Prot said in the statement. The company will also boost its presence in Germany, Italy and Spain by investing 100 million euros in each of these over the next two years.
  • Prot said the company has just a fraction of the 25 million potential SME customers in its addressable market.



Condensed knowledge




Lessons learned, Bloomberg


When $1 Billion Tech Unicorns Start to Look Like Ponies


  • In a world where every startup gallops, counting horns starts to look futile. France needs new metrics for a clearer innovation picture.
  • Like a lot of politicians, France’s Emmanuel Macron idolizes tech startups. They are seen to provide jobs, opportunity and entrepreneurship in a country needing all three, and they’re a benign counterweight to the establishment titans on the blue-chip CAC 40 stock index. 
  • Hence the online celebrations from Macron’s government this week as France added a 24th “unicorn” to its list of home-grown billion-dollar startups: Fintech firm Qonto was valued at $5.5 billion after raising funds. There’s been debate over whether France has 23, 24 or 25 unicorns; either way it’s highly likely that Macron will soon announce he’s hit his 2025 target of 25 unicorns about three years ahead of schedule.
  • For a supposedly mythical creature, startup unicorns are starting to look as common as everyday ponies. After all, what may be exciting for a country that had only four unicorns in 2018 barely registers at the global level: The U.S. boasts 644 unicorns, the U.K. 51 and Germany 33, according to data from analytics firm dealroom.co, which sees France as having 25. Whatever tide is lifting French boats is doing the same globally. There was a rapid 69% rise in startup valuations around the world last year, according to CBInsights, birthing 517 new unicorns for a total of 959.




ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Lionel Laurent


Lionel Laurent (@LionelRALaurent) is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering the European Union and France. He worked previously at Reuters and Forbes.


Some relevant characteristics of this "genioux fact"

  • Category 2: The Big Picture of the Digital Age
  • [genioux fact deduced or extracted from Bloomberg]
  • This is a “genioux fact fast solution.”
  • Tag Opportunities those travelling at high speed on GKPath
  • Type of essential knowledge of this “genioux fact”: Essential Analyzed Knowledge (EAK).
  • Type of validity of the "genioux fact". 

    • Inherited from sources + Supported by the knowledge of one or more experts.


References


“genioux facts”: The online programme on MASTERING “THE BIG PICTURE OF THE DIGITAL AGE”, g-f(2)826, Fernando Machuca, January 17, 2022, blog.geniouxfacts.com, geniouxfacts.com, Genioux.com Corporation.


ABOUT THE AUTHORS


PhD with awarded honors in computer science in France

Fernando is the director of "genioux facts". He is the entrepreneur, researcher and professor who has a disruptive proposal in The Digital Age to improve the world and reduce poverty + ignorance + violence. A critical piece of the solution puzzle is "genioux facts". The Innovation Value of "genioux facts" is exceptional for individuals, companies and any kind of organization.




Key “genioux facts”


  • Some relevant and recent "genioux facts" from the g-f golden knowledge pyramid to master the big picture of the digital age. 
    1. g-f(2)825 The New World (1/17/2022), Forbes, 14 Ways To Leverage AI To Better Connect With Customers
    2. g-f(2)824 The New World (1/17/2022), Venture Beat, How AI will drive the hybrid work environment
    3. g-f(2)823 The New World (1/17/2022), Forbes, How To Close More Deals With Artificial Intelligence
    4. g-f(2)822 THE BIG PICTURE OF THE DIGITAL AGE (1/16/2022), geniouxfacts, The 10 most read "genioux facts" of the month
    5. g-f(2)821 THE BIG PICTURE OF THE DIGITAL AGE (1/16/2022), geniouxfacts, The 10 most read "genioux facts" of the week
    6. g-f(2)820 The New World (1/15/2022), Venture Beat, How AI and language intelligence are helping employees learn
    7. g-f(2)819 The New World (1/15/2022), MIT SMR, Toxic Culture Is Driving the Great Resignation
    8. g-f(2)818 The New World (1/14/2022), Thomas M. Siebel, Digital Transformation: Survive and Thrive in an Era of Mass Extinction
    9. g-f(2)817 The New World (1/14/2022), HBR Analytical Services, Keys to Successful Innovation through Artificial Intelligence
    10. g-f(2)816 The New World (1/14/2022), HBR Analytic Services, AWS, AWS perspective: AI have the potential to transform nearly every industry
    11. g-f(2)815 The New World (1/14/2022), WEF, Artificial intelligence: What the C-suite needs to know
    12. g-f(2)814 The New World (1/14/2022), Analytics Insight, 10 WAYS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WILL CHANGE THE WORLD IN 2022
    13. g-f(2)813 The New World News (1/13/2022), WSJ, These TikTok Stars Made More Money Than Many of America’s Top CEOs
    14. g-f(2)812 The New World (1/13/2022), Brookings, How countries are leveraging computing power to achieve their national artificial intelligence strategies
    15. g-f(2)811 The New World (1/13/2022), Bloomberg, TSMC to Spend at Least $40 Billion to Address Chip Shortages
    16. g-f(2)810 THE BIG PICTURE OF THE DIGITAL AGE (1/12/2022), Talks at Google, Bruce Hood | How Minds are Constructed
    17. g-f(2)809 THE NEW WORLD (1/12/2022), geniouxfacts, 10 juices of ultra-condensed GK to keep pace
    18. g-f(2)808 THE BIG PICTURE OF THE DIGITAL AGE (1/12/2022), MIT SMR + BCG, AI in the Supply Chain: Cold Chain Technologies’ Ranjeet Banerjee
    19. g-f(2)807 THE NEW WORLD (1/11/2022), HBR, Finding Success Starts with Finding Your Purpose
    20. g-f(2)806 The New World (1/11/2022), HBR, HBR’s Most-Read Research Articles of 2021
    21. g-f(2)805 The New World (1/11/2022), msn money, The National, Artificial intelligence to influence top tech trends in major way in next five years
    22. g-f(2)804 The New World (1/11/2022), MIT SMR, Six Ways Leaders Can Adapt to the Workplace of 2022
    23. g-f(2)803 The New World (1/10/2022), Bloomberg, Uniting Grand Theft Auto and FarmVille Is a Game Changer
    24. g-f(2)802 THE NEW WORLD (1/10/2022), WSJ, Microsoft Hit by Defections as Tech Giants Battle for Talent to Build the Metaverse
    25. g-f(2)801 The New World (1/10/2022), Multiple GK Containers, The Great Resignation
    26. g-f(2)800 THE BIG PICTURE OF THE DIGITAL AGE (1/9/2022), geniouxfacts, The 10 most read "genioux facts" of the month
    27. g-f(2)799 THE BIG PICTURE OF THE DIGITAL AGE (1/9/2022), geniouxfacts, The 10 most read "genioux facts" of the week
    28. g-f(2)798 THE BIG PICTURE OF THE DIGITAL AGE (1/8/2022), yahoo!news, AFP, Metaverse gets touch of reality at CES
    29. g-f(2)797 THE BIG PICTURE OF THE DIGITAL AGE (1/8/2022), MIT SMR, Management Articles for Starting the New Year
    30. g-f(2)796 The New World (1/8/2022), CNBC, How A.I. is set to evolve in 2022