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  • Annonces du Bateau marketplace acquired by Boats Group USA

    Annonces du Bateau marketplace acquired by Boats Group USA

    Boats Group, the tech business behind the largest online marketplaces for boats and yachts in the world announced they have purchased Annonces du Bateau and all its assets.

    Annonces du Bateau is a leading boat sales marketplace in France and provides Boats Group with greater access to one of the largest boating marketplaces in the world.

    “France is an enormously important market in the global leisure marine industry, and the acquisition of Annonces du Bateau – a business with a long tradition of delivering digital excellence in France – will accelerate our growth in Europe,” said Sam Fulton, CEO, Boats Group.

    Boats Group will begin a substantial technical and marketing investment in Annonces du Bateau, starting with a new, feature-rich platform that will debut later this year.

    For the boating industry professionals who currently market their business offerings on Annonces du Bateau, this acquisition provides new access to the international marketplace.

    The Boats Group-owned-and-operated YachtWorld, Cosas De Barcos and iNautia portals drive boat sales throughout Europe, and Annonces du Bateau customers in France now have the option to add their inventory to any of the Boats Group marketplaces that best suit their needs.

    Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

  • Toucan Toco raises €12 million from Balderton Capital

    Toucan Toco raises €12 million from Balderton Capital

    Toucan Toco, a French data storytelling solution, created five years ago by Kilian Bazin, Charles Miglietti, Baptiste Jourdan and David Nowinsky, has completed its first-ever fundraise of 12 million euros. The new funding will enable Toucan Toco to enter a new phase of growth and conquer new markets.

    Toucan Toco offers a unique data storytelling solution which helps organisations provide actionable insights to non-technical business users, including CxOs, HR directors, financial managers and operational staff, such as those at Renault-Nissan, which uses the technology across its 5000 car dealerships.

    Toucan Toco’s platform provides simple-to-use and easily accessible mobile apps with a strong UX design, which helps large companies reach high end-user adoption rates of up to 90%. With a drag-and-drop interface and pre-formatted data visualization templates, which can be easily connected to multiple data sources, Toucan Toco can be implemented rapidly, and as it does not require learning a new language, the solution can be used by everyone, not just specialists.

    Accelerating Toucan Toco’s growth in Europe and the United States

    The Toucan Toco’s technology is being used by over 120 customers, including more than 50% of CAC 40 enterprises in France and household names such as l’Oréal, BNP Paribas and Sodexo. President Emmanuel Macron and his ministers also chose the solution to track the progress of his reforms.

    Already present in four European countries and the United States, Toucan Toco now plans to accelerate the distribution of its technology, particularly on the other side of the Atlantic. Over the next year, the company will aim to double its team in the United States.

    CEO Charles Miglietti will also relocate to Boston, while at the same time, a new country manager will be appointed in the Netherlands to create a structure similar to the Paris office.

  • Study: French nationality remains the best in the world

    Study: French nationality remains the best in the world

    French nationality has once again been ranked as the best in the world, while for citizens of the UK, the ramifications of a “hard” Brexit could well sink the quality of their nationality from 8th globally, to 56th (the current position of China).

    Money Buzz! Europa learned this data from the latest findings of the Kälin and Kochenov’s Quality of Nationality Index (QNI), which is the only ranking that objectively measures and ranks all the world’s nationalities as legal statuses.

    Holding the top spot for eight consecutive years, France earned a score of 83.5% out of a possible 100% — less than one percentage point ahead of Germany and the Netherlands, which sit in joint-2nd place with 82.8%. France’s comparative advantage lies in its greater settlement freedom (attributable mainly to the country’s former colonial empire).

    In the top 10 on this year’s index, Denmark finds itself in 3rd place with a score of 81.7%, while Norway and Sweden hold joint-4th spot with 81.5%. Positions 5-10 are held by Iceland, Finland, Italy, the UK, Ireland and Spain, in that order.

    The US occupies 25th place on the QNI with a score of 70.0% — the country’s relatively poor standing is primarily due to its low settlement freedom compared to EU member states. 

    China ranks 56th, a four-place improvement on last year, and the Russian Federation climbs up two positions to 62nd place. The UAE has attained its highest rank ever, securing 42nd place. The bottom three nationalities on this year’s QNI are South Sudan, Afghanistan and Somalia.