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25 French unicorns, 25 French unicorns, do I hear 100?

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. “And because startups have a role to play in the ecological transition, let’s set another goal: 25 green unicorns by 2030!” He famously already did so in 2019 , when he wished for the country to count “25 unicorns by 2025.” Sure, France has a population of only 67.39 million, compared to more than 1.38

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Holey Grail Donuts bites into $9M for Los Angeles retail expansion

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Four years and hundreds of long lines later, the truck is still there, but the company is taking on what co-founder Nile Dreiling calls “a stale $40 billion donut industry ” by expanding its presence into brick-and-mortar locations in Los Angeles after raising $9 million in financing.

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Nana nabs $6M for an online academy and marketplace dedicated to appliance repair

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Founder and CEO David Zamir is not actually an Uber alum, but one of his first employees, VP of Engineering Oliver Nicholas, is an early Uber engineer, and the company has also found a lot of traction of Uber drivers this year, after many found themselves out of work after the chilling effect that the pandemic had on ridesharing.