Fast Growth Advisors press releases
This page gathers the press releases of Fast Growth Advisors, the Message-Market Fit firm for post-funding B2B startups and scale-ups. They cover the Best B2B Message-Market Fit Consultancy 2026 award (Europe) and the Message-Market Fit Observatory publications. For press enquiries: Hervé Dhélin, herve@fast-growth.fr.
What are the latest Fast Growth Advisors press releases?
Four releases since June 2026, three of them built on measurement.
Partnership · october 1, 2026
Paris Business Angels and Fast Growth Advisors, the Message-Market Fit specialist firm, join forces to strengthen the commercial impact of the startups backed by the network
Paris Business Angels and Fast Growth Advisors are joining forces. Existing portfolio companies get a detailed messaging audit against fifteen criteria, and a messaging score becomes part of entry due diligence for new deals.
Award · september 29, 2026
Fast Growth Advisors named “Best B2B Message-Market Fit Consultancy 2026” for Europe
The British magazine Acquisition International recognises Fast Growth Advisors in its LeadGen & Sales Performance Awards 2026, in the “Best B2B Message-Market Fit Consultancy 2026, Europe” category. This award rewards measurement first: the Message-Market Fit Observatory and its 369 measured startups.
Observatory · july 20, 2026
The “AI slop effect”: French startups’ message clarity declines for the first time
The Fast Growth Advisors Message-Market Fit Observatory measures a 0.52-point drop in Q1 2026, precisely as AI-generated content floods B2B websites. And the Q2 rebound does not close the gap.
Observatory · june 29, 2026
France gets its first Message-Market Fit Observatory for startups
A first in France. Fast Growth Advisors put the message of 369 post-funding startups under the microscope: across 83 detailed audits, three out of four remain hard to read for their own buyers.
In the media
What does the press say about Fast Growth Advisors’ work?
Two gatekeepers filter B2B short-lists in 2026. In his 30 July 2026 column for Journal du Net, Hervé Dhélin, founder of Fast Growth Advisors, shows that the analyst answering an inquiry and the chatbot answering a buyer recommend on identical criteria: a stated differentiator, quantified benefits, a named target.
His earlier columns, in Journal du Net and ITsocial, dealt with how readable B2B companies are to answer engines.
Message-Market Fit Observatory data also informed the Les Échos article by Thomas Pontiroli, published on 20 July 2026, about AI-written press releases and LinkedIn posts. All four pieces are in French.
Analysts and AI apply the same filter to your solutions and services, and most companies fail it
Column by Hervé Dhélin (in French). The analyst inquiry and the chatbot recommend on identical criteria, and no one tells the vendors that were left out.
AI-written LinkedIn posts and press releases: a false good idea for startups?
Article by Thomas Pontiroli, drawing on Observatory data. In French, subscribers only.
75.9% of French post-funding startups fall below the critical clarity threshold
Column by Hervé Dhélin (in French).
When AI becomes your company’s first reader
Op-ed by Hervé Dhélin (in French).
Which Observatory figures should an article quote?
Figures from the Message-Market Fit Observatory, published by Fast Growth Advisors, have a reference wording: the one on the Observatory page.
Our measurements, in short: an average score of 5.33 out of 10 for the 369 French post-funding startups, and 75.9% of the 83 detailed audits below the critical threshold of 37.5 out of 75. Most articles need nothing more than those two figures.
Watch for the shortcut.
The 75.9% applies to the 83 detailed audits, not to the 369 startups, and the critical threshold reads on 75 points, not on 10. Two separate instruments exist: the diagnosis, which scores 8 dimensions out of 10, and the detailed audit, which scores 15 criteria out of 75. Full methodology: see the Observatory 2026 report, freely available.
Other findings often come up in articles: 18% average readiness for visibility in AI answer engines (GEO, generative engine optimization), and an R² of 0.036 between the amount raised and message clarity. Both the Observatory page and the AI visibility page put them in context.
As for message-market fit itself, it has its own definition page on the site, and the messaging diagnostic shows how a company gets scored.
FAQ
Can Observatory data be reused in an article?
Yes, with attribution to Fast Growth Advisors.
Message-Market Fit Observatory figures may be reused provided Fast Growth Advisors is credited as the source. Freely available on fast-growth.fr, methodology included, the 2026 report lets journalists check every figure before publication.
Is Hervé Dhélin available for interviews?
Yes, by email or by phone.
Founder of Fast Growth Advisors and author of the Message-Market Fit Observatory, Hervé Dhélin answers journalists at herve@fast-growth.fr or on +33 6 37 22 28 50. He writes columns for Journal du Net and op-eds for ITsocial, in French.
How should an article define message-market fit?
As the match between what a company says about itself and what its market understands.
A telling example: the B2B startup that convinces its investors, then struggles to make itself understood by its buyers. Fast Growth Advisors, which calls itself “the Message-Market Fit firm”, measures that gap and then fixes it for post-funding B2B startups and scale-ups across Europe.
Which award did Fast Growth Advisors receive in 2026?
The “Best B2B Message-Market Fit Consultancy 2026, Europe” award.
British magazine Acquisition International, the B2B publication of the AI Global Media group, gave this category of its LeadGen & Sales Performance Awards 2026 to Fast Growth Advisors. Published on September 29, 2026, the press release details the award and links to the official list of winners.
How does the Observatory score a message?
From public data only, the way a prospect would.
Website, LinkedIn, press and funding announcements: Fast Growth Advisors reads what a buyer would read before a first meeting. Nothing the company says about itself in private enters the calculation, and each startup receives a score out of 10.
Are the press releases available in French?
Yes, each release has a French version.
Fast Growth Advisors publishes every release in French and English, with the same figures and the same quotes. The French versions sit on the French press page, which also lists the columns Hervé Dhélin wrote for French media.