Place · Funding
Funding: France
Capital tracked€8,135,086,032
Rounds200
Startups359
Events tracked49
Stories18
€8.1B
Capital tracked
200
Disclosed rounds
€3B
Biggest round
359
Startups tracked
France, in numbers
200 rounds on record · 197 with a disclosed amount
Rounds by stage
Seed 33%
Series A 32%
Series B 12%
Growth 10%
Pre-seed 7%
Capital by year
Share of rounds
Source: Sesamers round tracker · full data desk →
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
18 stories on France
16Oct 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 13
Oct HyLight raises €13M Series A for hydrogen inspection airships Four autonomous hydrogen airships already patrol French power lines and gas pipelines for Enedis and Téréga.… News 09
Oct VoltR raises €22M to industrialise second life lithium batteries Angers-based VoltR has secured €22M from Bpifrance's SPI 2 fund, Decathlon PULSE and Première Usine grants… 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 7 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 7 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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Alven
Seed–Series A · AI
Led 4 of 5 rounds tracked in France. Alven is a Paris venture capital firm investing at early stage in…
Ticket undisclosed
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Next up
The France calendar · 49 tracked
17Oct SIAL Paris 2026 Tradeshow · Paris, France · 285000 5 days 20
Oct UNLEASH World 2026 Conference · Paris, France 3 days 29
Oct BDX I/O 2026 Conference · Bordeaux, France · 1000 2 days 16
Nov 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
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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