Cyril Paglino Explained
Cyril Paglino |
Nationality: | French |
Occupation: | Entrepreneur, Investor, Dancer |
Cyril Paglino (born 1986) is a French breakdancer, reality TV personality and IT entrepreneur who has founded and invested in several startup companies.[1] [2] [3]
Business career
Paglino founded the digital communication agency, Wizee in 2011.[4] [5] [6] [7] Later in 2013, he sold it to Change Group. He also co-founded Pleek, a picture messaging application that allows its users to communicate via images.[8]
Paglino has invested in 30 technology startups to date. In 2015, he founded Tribe, a video messaging app, backed by investments from Sequoia Capital and KPCB.[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]
Entertainment career
Paglino worked in the breakdance band Legiteam Obstruxion and was crowned champion of France in 2006, 2007 and 2008. He won the world title in 2007.[18] [19] He is a former vice-world champion of breakdancing.
Paglino was a cast member on reality TV show Secret Story 2, playing alongside Alexandra.
References
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- News: [Mouvement] Cyril Paglino, self-made (Buzz)man]. Harmant. Olivier. 2013-12-20. FrenchWeb.fr. 2018-03-19. fr-FR.
- News: VIDEO- Cyril Paglino : d'ex candidat de Secret Story à chef d'entreprise aux Etats-Unis! - Gala. Média. Prisma. Gala.fr. 2018-03-19. fr.
- Web site: Ces futures stars françaises du Web - Les Echos. www.lesechos.fr. 20 June 2011 . fr. 2018-03-19.
- News: Entretien exclusif: Cyril Paglino vend l'agence de célébrités 2.0 Wizee à .... Moreau. Marion. 2013-05-13. FrenchWeb.fr. 2018-03-19. fr-FR.
- Web site: L'agence Web Wizee rachetée - Les Echos. www.lesechos.fr. fr. 2018-03-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20180319151738/https://www.lesechos.fr/13/05/2013/LesEchos/21434-103-ECH_l-agence-web-wizee-rachetee.htm. 2018-03-19. dead.
- Web site: Tribe augments video chat with speech recognition subtitles and suggested links – TechCrunch. techcrunch.com. 12 October 2016 . en-US. 2018-03-19.
- Web site: Sean Diddy Combs Allegedly Poised To Invest In Picture Messaging App Pleek, Built For Generation Selfie – TechCrunch. techcrunch.com. 26 March 2015 . en-US. 2018-03-19.
- News: Tribe, la messagerie vidéo instantanée qui cartonne aux Etats-Unis. LCI. 2018-03-19. fr-FR.
- Web site: Tribe, l'appli de messagerie vidéo qui a séduit Sequoia Capital - Les Echos. business.lesechos.fr. 13 October 2016 . fr. 2018-03-19.
- News: L'appli de messagerie vidéo Tribe lève 3 millions de dollars. La Tribune. 2018-03-19. fr-FR.
- News: From Paris to San Francisco: Tribe the experiential messaging app hits 200K users. 2016-03-25. Rude Baguette. 2018-03-19. en-US.
- News: Tribe Reinvents Video Chat With One-Handed App. Su. Jean Baptiste. Forbes. 2018-03-19. en.
- News: Messaging is eating the app store: New Tribe app growing 80% weekly. 2016-02-15. VentureBeat. 2018-03-19. en-US.
- News: Tribe raises $3 million to bring conversational commerce to video chat. 2016-10-12. VentureBeat. 2018-03-19. en-US.
- News: Tribe wants to make video messaging way more useful. Flynn. Kerry. Mashable. 2018-03-19. en.
- News: Cyril Paglino, de champion de breakdance à entrepreneur dans la Silicon Valley. LCI. 2018-03-21. fr-FR.
- News: Appels vidéo : Tribe va-t-il ringardiser Skype et Facetime ?. La Tribune. 2018-03-19. fr-FR.
- News: Secret Story 2 : Alexandra et Cyril parlent de leur site de rencontre. 2009-02-23. melty. 2018-03-19. fr-FR.