Place

Lille: startups, funding and events

Capital tracked€132,300,000

Rounds4

Startups4

Events tracked2

€132.3M

Capital tracked

Disclosed rounds

€106M

Biggest round

Startups tracked

Lille, in numbers

4 rounds on record · 4 with a disclosed amount

Rounds by stage

Seed 33%

Series B 33%

Series A 33%

Capital by year

€3,300,000

2016

€15,000,000

2018

€114,000,000

2026

Share of rounds

Seed

33%

Series B

33%

Series A

33%

Source: Sesamers round tracker · full data desk →

Largest rounds tracked

Disclosed rounds only · EUR-converted at desk rates

Company	Round	Sector	Lead	Amount
Exotec France	Series B	Industrial Robotics	Iris Capital	€15M
Lifebloom France	Seed	Deep tech	-	€8M
Exotec France	Series A	Industrial Robotics	360 Capital Partners	€3.3M

Startups in Lille

From the directory

Positive Martech

Positive, formerly known as Sarbacane, is a Lille-based martech company building email marketing and marketing automation software. The…

€106,000,000 view →

Exotec Industrial Robotics · Series B

Warehouse robotics company building mobile robots for order fulfilment

Series B · €15,000,000 view →

MC2 Technologies Counter-UAS · Growth

Electromagnetic jamming and directed-energy anti-drone defence systems

No round on record view →

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Who invests here

Funds with a verified round in this hub · most active first

Iris Capital Growth–Seed · AI

Led 1 of 1 round tracked in Lille. Iris Capital, which now trades under the shortened brand IRIS at iris.vc,…

EUR 1M–EUR 8M view →

Breega Pre-seed–Seed · AI

1 round tracked in Lille. Breega is a European venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Francois…

Ticket undisclosed view →

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Next up

The Lille calendar · 2 tracked

09
Mar Forum InCyber Europe 2027 Conference · Lille, France · 18200 3 days

Programs in Lille

Open calls first

Forum InCyber Europe – Prix de la Startup 2026 Competition

The jury awards up to five prizes: the Grand Prix des startups INCYBER, the Prix de la Croissance, the Prix de l'Impact Operationnel, the Prix de la Recherche and the Prix Coup de Coeur for companies under two years old. The grand prize winner receives a partnership package for Forum INCYBER 2027; the other winners each receive a pod in the innovation village plus promotional visibility. Up to 12 finalists are auditioned by a jury of around 20 end-user clients, government ministries and investment funds. · None

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