Last week, Goojet won the start-up competition that was organized for the conference Le Web 3 in Paris. It was a real surprise for us and thanks to winning the competition Goojet has gained a lot of audience, contacts etc…

But let’s go back to the competition. To win, we had to succeed in two steps:

• First selection: almost 120 start-ups had sent an application to the organization. 30 were selected to have the right to present their solution. To be one of the chosen few, we had to fill in a dossier that was to be examined by the selection committee. Cathy presented an overview of the selection process in the Le Web 3 conference blog.
• Second selection: The pitch. The rules were simple but terrifying: You had 7 minutes (and not a second more) to present the solution in front of a panel of experts and web professionals. It was actually more a case of presenting the idea and concept than just the company or the solution. This presentation was performed in the start-up dock, in front of something close to a hundred spectators and the jury consisting of five experts. There were about 30 jury members in total, but they were split into groups that each judged around five to six candidates, based upon the same criteria.

We won this ordeal thanks to the Goojet solution, but also thanks to respecting the rules imposed by the selection process and the great pitch by Marc (Marc Rougier, our CEO).

We would like to send a huge congratulations to all the other projects that presented during the competition. There were plenty of interesting solutions that also could have deserved the title.

This award has been a shot of energy for the team that has been working (very) hard on creating a solution that truly aims at fulfilling the end user needs. Upcoming posts will focus more on our team, since one should never forget that the quality of the solution is directly dependant upon the quality of the team!

Thomas, the Goojet Team

Posté dans News | Tuesday, December 18th, 2007 |

This announcement has been published monday by the press agency and although the news might not interest our end users, it is an important step in the life of a startup and we therefore want to share it with you.

On Monday Goojet announced the closure of a seed round of 2,3 million Euros from the investors Partech International, Elaia Partners, and IRDI. This seed round (announced Monday but we’ve obviously known it for a while…), allows us to build a first version of Goojet in the way we’ve been hoping for. Thanks to the seed round, we’ll be able to grow the Goojet team which currently counts around 15 team members.

It’s important to state that this seed round doesn’t only provide us with an extended budget, but also means that can enjoy the experience and the added credibility this strong set of partners provide.

Marc Rougier, the Goojet CEO, will soon post to this blog and will provide more details on the seed round.

For those who are interested, you can find the press release here:

• Press Release (English)
  
• Press Release (French)
  

Posté dans News | Saturday, December 15th, 2007 |

Since December 11th, in the occasion of the Le Web 3 conference held in Paris, Goojet has reached a new phase: the private beta.

You’ve probably all seen and understood what Goojet is, but as a reminder:

Goojet is a web/mobile convergence platform, which allows you to configure your own mobile space, a space filled with services that you have selected, configured or even created on the web desktop. This space is available on the mobile as well as on the web, and furthermore it is available to others. Goojet especially shows its potential when services are shared, used by many…

Why launch in private beta? The answer is quite simple (and no, its not a marketing gimmick). We want to test the concept and see what the first users think of the solution and how they’ll use it. It’s in these early stages that we can best adapt the solution based on the feedback we receive, so we had to launch the solution rather early, although it doesn’t entirely represent what we are preparing.

So if you are ready to test a service that is still under construction and if you are ready to provide us with plenty of feedback…If you want our solution to correspond to all your expectations in regards to mobile/web convergence, then please don’t hesitate, sign-up for the private beta!
We’ll be back shortly with more news!

The Goojet Team

Posté dans News | Saturday, December 15th, 2007 |

Welcome,

It’s finally time to start this blog and explain what’s happening in Toulouse, in the South of France, in the area of web/mobile convergence. Goojet has existed for almost a year now and the activities have been in top gear lately (especially since September).

The lack of communication hasn’t been due to us wanting to simply start the buzz (ok maybe slightly), but we’ve been really focused on the implementation of the solution, event preparations, etc…

So what kind of information will you find on this blog?

• News on Goojet (the start-up)
• News on the team
• News on the Goojet platform
• Goojet use cases
• The little duck in action…
• And lots of other stuff…

Enough introduction, let’s now get started with the subjects in a new post…coming shortly.

The Goojet Team

Posté dans News | Saturday, December 15th, 2007 |