INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
European startup studio eFounders recently reached a portfolio valuation of $1 billion across 23 companies
And the company doesn’t want to stop there, as it is currently launching three new companies and products.While software-as-a-service
companies are trendy, eFounders has been exploring this space for a few years now
The company regularly comes up with ideas for new companies that improve the way we work.In exchange for financial and human resources,
eFounders keeps a significant stake in its startups
Ideally, startups raise a seed round and take off on their own after a year or two.And here’s what eFounders has been working
on.CycleCycle is a product management platform
And if you think about product management, it encompasses many things under one title, such as writing specs, planning a roadmap, assigning
tasks and defining cycles or sprints.Many startups use multiple tools for all those tasks
And sometimes, the tools they were using don’t scale well
Cycle will integrate with GitHub, Figma and Zendesk so that you can handle bugs, improvements and features more efficiently.Finally, Cycle
lets you generate product updates for your customers, create public roadmaps and collaborate with other people in your organization.It has
an Airtable vibe as you can create your own views and workflows depending on your needs
You can display data as a timeline, a to-do list, a kanban view, a normal list, etc.FolkTalking about Airtable, Folk is easy to describe
What if Salesforce and Airtable had a baby? It would look more or less like Folk.Folk lets you manage your contacts more efficiently and
collaborate with teammates
You can import your address book from iCloud, Gmail, Outlook, Excel and CSV files
You can then sort your contacts into groups, and add notes, reminders and tasks.You also can create many views to go through your contacts
There’s a spreadsheet-like view, a kanban view, a calendar view and even a space view so you can create table layouts for an event.It’s
worth noting that eFounders CEO Thibaud Elziere is also going to be the CEO of Folk.OnceOnce is a new take on visual presentations
It lets you create stories using a drag-and-drop interface and generate a link to send your stories to your customers
Once supports everything you’d expect from an Instagram story, such as images, text, polls and sliders.You also can embed tweets, YouTube
videos or Google Maps addresses in your stories
The best part is that users don’t need to download an app or follow a brand on Instagram
It works in your mobile browser.
