Viadeo taken over by the Figaro group – LeMondeInformatique

The Figaro group activities over the French Viadeo, in receivership since last November 29.

Placed in receivership by the Tribunal de commerce de Paris since 29 November last, the professional social network French Viadeo has just been taken over by Figaro Classifieds, a subsidiary of the Figaro group. The French operations of the company and its 78 employees will therefore supplement one of the actors of the job search on the Internet, which already manages Cadremploi, Keljob, or Chooseyourboss. The court has not yet decided the future activities of the american subsidiary of Viadeo.

let’s not forget that Viadeo has not been able to follow the pace imposed by its first competitor, the american Linkedin. The French had announced for 2015, a loss of 23.3 million euros, burdened by the closure of the subsidiary in china, a decision that due to the re-focusing its development in france. Viadeo claims 11 million users in France, then as Linkedin rises to 433 million in the world.