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A first series of tests is already organizedAnd suffer from having to fly over pointsWTO and examines the recent increase in U5 on average the day of their publicationThis is a discussion of ethics of sciencePlay the proximity cardThe call for tenders was launched Friday182 according to the ThomsonISI consultantIn fast food it has more than ever the windHowever the threat to anchor in an interaction1 million not counting stock options plans"Pity, by more Meetic talk me." Forty-six years, fortune and reputation, Marc Simoncini seems determined to turn the page of the "Web entrepreneur" features of the 2000s. Less than ten years after creating the famous on the Internet dating site in the wake of the iFrance portal (sold to Vivendi), this hyperactive, always fired four pins, decided to reinvent itself in "business angel": he created late 2009 its own Fund, Jaina Capital (from the name of a small Mexican Island likes this passion of maya culture), with the intention to invest this year in five or six projects high-tech or Internet. Marc Simoncini has already put the money in the past in a few start-up (Zilok, Regimedukan, Cashstore.fr, Prestigium...) and even managed a pretty tumbling with the list of marriage site Millemercis: "I have 25 of the capital when the case was worth 2 million, I went out after the entry in the stock market, which valued the company at 100 million. And today he thinks have unearthed a new nugget. L e first investment Jaina 2010 is called AppsFire: a start-up launched last summer by Ouriel Ohayon and Olivier Lechelle, which has developed "a trick of crazy for iPhone", dixit Marc Simoncini. "Their software allows two people to share their favorite via Twitter or Facebook applications in seconds," he explained, enthusiastic. Tell me what there is in your iPhone, I will tell you who you are... Behind the gadget, the founders of AppsFire have ideas marketing behind the head. For example, offer to developers and advertisers a targeted consumer iPhone data base. This "killer application" potential typed in the eye of Marc Simoncini... and a few old friends from the time of the "bubble": Xavier Niel (the founder of Free), Jacques - Antoine Granjon (sale-Privacy) and Jean - David White (Allo Ciné) have also invested in AppsFire. The amount to 6 or 7 zeros of this fundraising in the form of very closed club remains confidential. "It returns the beautiful files between friends, together we have a strength of 400 million" fun boss of Jaina Capital.
Financial Maverick
Because Marc Simoncini - who already invested millions with Patrick Bruel on Winamax poker site, betting on the evolution of law n ' is not a small player: "I have planned to invest 100 million euros in two years, but by looking at each folder to the Magnifier...". It's my money I risk. "" It is said that I nose ", half joking this follower of the spoken"cash", which has what"pay for", as told to poker... Already rich, Marc Simoncini could be even more if it sells a day Meetic (which weighs 472 million euros on the stock market and he always holds a 23). Scenario possible since the number one European meeting sites has partnered with American rival Match, owned by Tycoon Barry Diller... But this, Marc Simoncini did not want to talk about. Its Mediterranean banter, the reserve to its new financial Maverick activity: "my job is to take more risks than a fund classic investment." "I count well blow a few nice folders bankers", cabotine person. Venture capitalist Simoncini has eyes that glow in speaking of a "new concept of operator Telecom totally"disruptive". And it does not invest in "Mediapart, or another site of info, because the iPad opens great promise to the press online. Moreover, it also has a cheter of the Apple shares, "even if they are expensive, because one day the title will be $ 500...".
