Congratulations, raising money in France is harsh. This is in part due to the fact that start-ups in France have a much harder time getting off the ground than in the rest of Europe because of various government regulations, and in part because the 'home market' does not make for an easy jump abroad. The latter also somewhat affects German start-ups but they have Austria and Switzerland as relatively low hanging fruit after the home market.

Out of all the deals I've looked at (and I consider Europe my working territory) only a very tiny minority were in France.

One sentence from the article jumped out at me:

> When you want to control all the information that filters out of the company during such an intense and important moment as a fundraising that’s definitely not a good idea: never let your team alone with investors.

I've yet to see any company where the CEO wasn't comfortable with having the team talk with investors unsupervised, and trying to control the message to this extent might look like you have something to hide which could cause investors to drop you. Keep in mind that as the party that is emitting shares you have a fiduciary duty to disclose and anything that you hold back (or that you tell your employees to hold back) but that you do know about can come to bite you later on.

Another note: disclosing what went on between yourself and VCs that invested in your company or gave you terms sheets is pretty bad form and I would advise against it. Any communications you've had in the process of your fundraising are between you and the VCs and should not be disclosed, even in blog posts about fundraising.