https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed How do you stop French tech firms from moving to the US once they start eyeing the big time? Part of the solution is finding them access to funding at home in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190919/france-makes-major-investment-in-homegrown-start-ups Thu, 19 Sep 2019 11:02:52 +0200 france-makes-major-investment-in-homegrown-start-ups Paris takes a step closer on Thursday to fulfilling its ambition of becoming Europe's technology capital when President Emmanuel Macron inaugurates Station F, the world's largest start-up incubator on the banks of the Seine. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170629/silicon-on-seine-worlds-biggest-tech-incubator-opens-in-paris Thu, 29 Jun 2017 15:35:29 +0200 silicon-on-seine-worlds-biggest-tech-incubator-opens-in-paris US social media network Facebook has revealed plans to open a startup base in a new tech hub in Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170117/facebook-to-open-startup-base-in-paris-tech-hub Tue, 17 Jan 2017 13:00:51 +0100 facebook-to-open-startup-base-in-paris-tech-hub France and its Socialist government have been given a ringing endorsement from the boss of an American multinational, who believes the country is about to profoundly change. Air France executives might not agree, however. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151008/france-is-the-future-claims-boss-fo-us-tech-giant-cisco Thu, 08 Oct 2015 17:38:02 +0200 france-is-the-future-claims-boss-fo-us-tech-giant-cisco President François Hollande ended his state visit to the US by meeting some of France's successful exiles. He took the opportunity to announce measures to boost French start-ups including the idea of "talent passports" to attract foreigners. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140213/hollande-foreign-visas-start-ups-france Thu, 13 Feb 2014 09:49:00 +0100 hollande-foreign-visas-start-ups-france