These kinds of companies and their successes give us the confidence that France is much more open for business than people might think.
Investor Ready
Venture funding has always been a two-way street: We make capital available, but only if a company, or in this case a region, is ready.
Traditionally, U.S. buyers worried about integration concerns when investing in or acquiring a European company, including culture, time zone, and compliance issues.
That’s changing radically. Today the integration is easier, the returns are good, and, absent the intense competition of other markets such as the U.S., the valuations remain reasonable.
As an investor, you can’t ask for much more.
Marcos Battisti is the Managing Director for Intel Capital in Western Europe and Israel. He leads the investment activity of Intel Capital in his region and is one of the voting members of Intel Capital’s investment committee.
