down the avenue: Start-Up Competition in Paris

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December 14, 2010

Start-Up Competition in Paris

At this year's LeWeb in Paris, they held a start-up competition where companies submitted their pitches to a panel of judges which included some of the top VCs and investors in France and Europe. August Capital's David Hornik moderated the session.

None of the winners were from the states btw, and each one presented on-stage following the announcement after which the judges drilled them with tough questions. The winners included Super Marmite from FRANCE (food/cooking), Waze.com (traffic/location) from ISRAEL and Paper.li (publishing) from SWITZERLAND.

Their presentations are below in a two-part video I shot from the front row.