07648.8566° N, 2.3522° E BY JOÃO MEDEIROSPARISDoctolib PayFitOffering management
software to a community
of more than 80,000
physicians and 1,700
hospitals in France
and Germany, Doctolib
was launched in 2013
and allows patients to
book appointments with
healthcare professionals,
and have remote medical
consultations via video.
In March 2019, Doctolib
raised €150m from
investors. doctolib.frIn 2015, Firmin Zocchetto
translated the complex
French Labour Code into
plain computer code.
Called JetLang, this
programming language
automates payroll and
HR management. PayFit
was launched in April
2016 by Zocchetto,
Ghislain de Fontenay and
Florian Fournier, and has
over 2,500 customers in
France, Germany, Spain
and the UK. payfit.comMeeroThomas Rebaud co-
founded Meero in 2016.
The digital platform
connects photographers
with clients, and assists
with services from
shoot pre-production to
AI-automated editing.
It has raised more than
$63m and works with
more 31,000 brands —
including Uber Eats and
Airbnb. meero.comQontoFounded in 2015 by
Alexandre Prot and Steve
Anavi, Qonto is a B2B
digital banking service
with more than 40,000
customers, including La
République En Marche!,
President Macron’s
political party. Qonto
raised a total of €32m
from Valar Ventures,
Alven and the European
Investment Fund. qonto.euAlanJean-Charles
Samuelian, the CEO
of Alan, wants to fix
the French healthcare
system. “Both my
parents are doctors,
so I’ve seen how the
system worked and I’ve
always been shocked by
its complexity,” he says.
The company offers a
digital health insurance
plan that includes
features such as a GP
map, telemedicine
and meditation. Since
launch in 2016, it has
raised more than €75
million, and last year
grew revenue by over
500 per cent. “Alan is
not only an insurance
against illness, it is a
subscription to better
living,” Samuelian says.
“People have been so
used to jumping through
hoops that sometimes
it was hard to believe
that it could be radically
different.” alan.euA series of high-profile speakers including
Alibaba’s Jack Ma were present at the Viva
Technology conference in Paris in May, where
Emmanuel Macron, the French president, once
again pitched France as a startup nation. France
is on track to reach a total of $5bn in investment
in startups by the end of 2019 – in the first quarter
alone there were more than five rounds of over
$100 million. “I believe there’s never been a better
time to be in the Paris tech scene,” says Antoine
Hubert, CEO of insect-farming startup Ynsect.
“This year, we’ve seen amazing startups set the
bar to a much higher level. Entrepreneurs now
want to build worldwide, massive companies
that are going to deeply transform industries.”WHERE TO WORK
La Montgolfière, 25 Rue Yves Toudic, 75010
This is the trendy new place to work for entrepreneurs,
according to Maud Camus, communications
manager at The Family. “It’s a social sports
club, and you’ll find all the Parisian entrepreneurs
over there.” lamontgolfiereclub.comPA R IS>
Alan co-founders Jean-
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