Data Visualisation Startup Qunb Wins LeWeb Paris 2012 Startup Competition

Data visualisation startup Qunb just won the LeWeb Paris 2012 Startup Competition. Second placed was data-over-2G mobile startup Be-Bound, and third place went to mobile app Recommend. The judges were skeptical about Recommend’s business model, while they thought Be-Bound has “huge global potential” — if indeed they can make a business of what they do. Of the three, though, Qunb’s data visualisation technology and potential market stood out as the most promising. That said, the judges conceded they did not understand all of Qunb’s technology — and noted that they were not involved in the competition’s shortlisting process. The competition started with a list of sixteen finalists that pitched their products in front of a group of venture capitalists, journalists and successful startup founders. The top three companies from these sixteen finalists then got a chance to present their companies on the main LeWeb stage this afternoon. All three finalists are French startups. Here ...

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