Ecosystem
France
€13.7BCapital tracked
362Disclosed rounds
100Funds deploying
365Startups tracked
France, in numbers
Sesamers round tracker · disclosed rounds only · EUR-converted
Capital by sector
AI36%
Fintech10%
EV Charging8%
Battery Tech6%
Other41%
Capital by quarter (€M)
Rounds by stage
Source: Sesamers round tracker · full data desk →
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 15 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 7 of 14 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
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Oct Wavo raises €10M to free the cash SMEs bury in stock Wavo buys its clients' stock and sells it back as they sell, no debt and no… News 14
Oct Epyr raises €15M Series A to electrify industrial heat SlateVC leads a €15M Series A for Epyr, whose firebrick heat batteries already cover a quarter… News 13
Oct CarbonFarm raises €7M Series A to cut methane from rice An oversubscribed €7M Series A led by Colam Impact takes CarbonFarm's satellite MRV for low-methane rice… News