Dear French Web 2.0 fellows, my apologies ! In my recent post ' What We Do (Not) ', I forgot one freaking cool startup : vPod.tv ! I thought the WebTV actor was a new infant from the Kingdom of Spain. I should have known better : the son of a very close friend of mine is working at vPod. Mathieu, aka " Mat ", joined the startup last year, as software developer. I spoke with Mat on Friday. An top-developer, Mat is also a very good salesman : he convinced me that vPod.tv is a french startup with a brillant future worldwide.
To start with, I think they've got it all : a smart business model, a whole-solution offer for both end-users and clients (vPod.tv provides a full-range of B2B services for companies looking for a webTV portal - see below), and a Apple-like user-experience, thanks to the combination of superb user interfaces, ease of use, and flexibility. Hey, they even provide an API for set-top-box, allowing users to watch the WebTV on their own TVs !
Of course, I am going to use vPod.tv as my preferred tool for sharing and embedding my own videos.
Shall every France-based Web 2.0 startup provide such a high-level of both quality and capabilities, I would change my mind regarding the Silicon Valley. Nevertheless, I am afraid vPod is kind of unique here.
vPod.tv on the show here :
- my.vpod.tv
- portal.vpod.tv
