Ecosystem
France
€13.9BCapital tracked
386Disclosed rounds
100Funds deploying
411Startups tracked
France, in numbers
Sesamers round tracker · disclosed rounds only · EUR-converted
Capital by sector
Capital by sector, share of capital tracked. Donut chart, 5 slices. €13.9B Tracked. Other 42% (42%), AI 35% (35%), Fintech 10% (10%), EV Charging 7% (7%), Battery Tech 6% (6%).
- Other42%
- AI35%
- Fintech10%
- EV Charging7%
- Battery Tech6%
Source: Sesamers round tracker
Capital by quarter
Capital by quarter. Bar chart, 4 bars. Highest: Q3 26, €3.5B. Lowest: Q4 26, €343.9M. Highlighted: Q4 26. Values: Q1 26 €1.5B, Q2 26 €536.8M, Q3 26 €3.5B, Q4 26 €343.9M.
Source: Sesamers round tracker
Rounds by stage
Share of rounds by stage. Bar chart, 7 rows. Pre-seed 8%, Seed 33%, Series A 31%, Series B 13%, Series C 6%, Series D+ 1%, Growth 8%.
Source: Sesamers round tracker
n = 289 rounds
Startups in France
From the directory
Who invests here
Funds with a verified round in this hub · most active first
Kima Ventures
Pre-seed–Seed · AI
Led 4 of 17 rounds tracked in France. Kima Ventures backs two startups a week from Paris, around 100 new…
EUR 150k–EUR 150k
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Serena
Pre-seed–Seed · AI
Led 8 of 15 rounds tracked in France. Serena is a Paris venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Marc…
EUR 100k–EUR 15M
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Eurazeo
Growth–Seed · Climate
Led 8 of 9 rounds tracked in France. Eurazeo is a European investment group managing about €40 billion across three…
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Programs in France
Open calls first
JEC Composites Startup Booster 2026
Competition
EUR 5,000 grand winner; EUR 2,500 runner-up; EUR 2,500 sustainability prize; booth at JEC World 2027 · None
Dates not announced
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MI
MaMA Invent 2026
Startup zone
MaMA's innovation area at the Trianon in Paris: startup village, workshops and demo pitches.
Dates not announced
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tech&fest – tech&pitch 2027
Competition
A three-minute pitch on stage before a jury of experts, investors and the festival audience, plus exclusive mentoring hours with jury experts, a dedicated article in DL Entreprises and on ledauphine.com, and promotion on the tech&fest social channels · None
Upcoming
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What we have written
4 stories on France
07Nov Granit raises €5M to take billing work off French clinicians Seedcamp led €3.5M of the Paris company's €5M first round, with Bpifrance adding €1.5M non-dilutive, to… News 04
Nov Gallium Defense raises €7.1M seed for a cheaper drone-detection radar Paris-based Gallium Defense raised a €7.1M seed led by Keen Venture Partners and 360 Capital to… News 02
Nov Bleu Robotics raises €5M pre-seed to teach humanoids factory tasks Paris-based Bleu Robotics, an Inria spin-off, closed a €5M pre-seed to teach industrial humanoid robots new… News 18
Oct Goodweek raises $12M to become the AI manager for SMBs Eight funds and Bpifrance back Strasbourg-born Goodweek with $12 million to give SMBs one governed place… News