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Re:Why Is Europe Failing to Create More $1B Startups? by SilasX on Tuesday September 15, 2015 @09:42PM (#10224218)
Wait, what? The Wikipedia page says it's private. Even the French version makes no reference to SNCF. The closest I could find was SNCF being one of many investor-owners. [1]

Even if it were so owned, its entire history looks like a startup (lots of financing rounds, building out the product, about having to raise capital), so even if there was a buyout, it overcame whatever regulatory hurdles should have prevented this kind of thing in France.

Where are you getting this information?

[1] http://bfmbusiness.bfmtv.com/entreprise/la-sncf-investit-28-...

Re:Why Is Europe Failing to Create More $1B Startups? by tim333 on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @04:35AM (#10225371)
Turns out SNCF set up a Bla Bla competitor / rip off which it owns - idvroom.