A Visa for founders, engineers and investors willing to join France

Re:A Visa for founders, engineers and investors willing to j... by dannylandau on Monday January 16, 2017 @04:04PM (#13413015)

Is there a list of the top French start-ups? I'm assuming the Withings would be one near the top.

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Re:A Visa for founders, engineers and investors willing to j... by catwell on Monday January 16, 2017 @06:13PM (#13413892)

Off the top of my head, large-ish French tech software companies (I would not call them startups at this point) include: Criteo, Dailymotion, Leboncoin, Withings, Parrot, BlaBlaCar, Sigfox... You could also include older companies like Murex or Ubisoft, as well as OVH. You may also want to look at other fields where France is recognized for its expertise (energy, pharmaceuticals...).

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Re:A Visa for founders, engineers and investors willing to j... by user5994461 on Monday January 16, 2017 @04:08PM (#13413048)

1) criteo (which is big nowadays, that's an ad company somewhat competing with Google)

Everything else is second tiers.

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Re:A Visa for founders, engineers and investors willing to j... by julio83 on Monday January 16, 2017 @06:19PM (#13413925)

Sigfox etc.

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Re:A Visa for founders, engineers and investors willing to j... by user5994461 on Monday January 16, 2017 @06:53PM (#13414115)

Yes. I hesitated to put Sigfox.

The thing is, it's in Toulouse (a major French city). That might be the only good place[1] in a 100 miles radius.

I find it incredibly risky to play all hopes on a single company with zero backup plan. (I've worked in France, I've seen how bad it gets when you loose your job).

[1] I have higher standards than the average Frenchie, just like anyone who's worked at top web and financial companies.

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