Place · Funding
Funding: France
Capital tracked€8,089,178,825
Rounds200
Startups411
Events tracked49
Stories22
Capital tracked
€8.1B
Disclosed rounds
200
Biggest round
€3B
Startups tracked
411
France, in numbers
200 rounds on record · 197 with a disclosed amount
Rounds by stage
Rounds by stage. Donut chart, 6 slices. Seed 47 (32%), Series A 45 (31%), Series B 17 (12%), Growth 14 (10%), Pre-seed 13 (9%), Other (4) 9 (6%).
- Seed4732%
- Series A4531%
- Series B1712%
- Growth1410%
- Pre-seed139%
- Other (4)96%
Source: Sesamers round tracker
Capital by year
Capital by year. Bar chart, 3 bars. Highest: 2026, €6.1B. Lowest: 2024, €191M. Values: 2024 €191M, 2025 €1.8B, 2026 €6.1B.
Source: Sesamers round tracker
Share of rounds
Share of rounds by stage. Bar chart, 9 rows. Seed 32%, Series A 31%, Series B 12%, Growth 9%, Pre-seed 9%, Series C 4%, Series D+ 1%, Debt Financing 1%, Series B extension 1%.
Source: Sesamers round tracker
n = 200 rounds
Largest rounds tracked
Disclosed rounds only · EUR-converted at desk rates
| Company | Round | Sector | Lead | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral AI France | Series D+ | AI | Samsung Electronics (lead); co-leads: Scaleup Europe Fund (managed by EQT), PSG Equity | €3B |
| Advanced Machine Intelligence France | Seed | AI | Cathay Innovation, Greycroft, Hiro Capital, HV Capital, Bezos Expeditions | €891.4M |
| HoloSolis France | Undisclosed | Climate | - | €220M |
| Harmattan AI France | Series B | Autonomous Systems | Dassault Aviation | €170.2M |
| Hynaero France | Series A | Aerospace | - | €117M |
| Quobly France | Series A | Deep tech | Bpifrance, STMicroelectronics, SEALSQ | €115M |
What we have written
22 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 16
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
Startups in France
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Who invests here
Funds with a verified round in this hub · most active first
Kima Ventures
Pre-seed–Seed · AI
Led 4 of 9 rounds tracked in France. Kima Ventures backs two startups a week from Paris, around 100 new…
EUR 150k–EUR 150k
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Founders Future
Pre-seed–Seed · AI
Led 4 of 6 rounds tracked in France. Founders Future invests from pre-seed through growth in AI, data, cybersecurity, energy,…
EUR 250k–EUR 7.5M
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Bpifrance
Pre-seed–Seed · AI
5 rounds tracked in France. Bpifrance is France's public investment bank, created in 2013 from the merger…
EUR 10M
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Next up
The France calendar · 49 tracked
16Nov European Cyber Week 2026 Conference · Rennes, France · 8500 4 days 16
Nov Forward Data Conference 2026 Conference · Paris, France · 500 1 day 18
Nov Data & AI Leaders Summit 2026 Tradeshow · Paris, France · 7900 2 days 30
Nov Tech For Retail 2026 Tradeshow · Paris, France · 15000 2 days 10
Dec BioFIT 2026 Conference · Marseille, France · 1150 2 days 10
Dec MedFIT 2026 Conference · Marseille, France · 900 2 days
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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