European tech funding profile
4,148 startups in France have raised a combined €80B across 5,660 funding rounds and recorded 559 exits. Software is the most active sector, and Bpifrance is the most active investor. Data as of 7 Aug 2026.
#3 in Europe by capital raised — 11.3% of all European startup funding.
France-based companies raised €1.9B in the recent 90-day window, down from €3.8B in the prior period, a 50% decline in capital. Deal count moved in the opposite direction, rising from 59 to 65.
France recorded €2.1B in the recent 90-day window, down from €3.9B in the prior period — a 47.5% decline. Deal count rose from 57 to 68 over the same interval.
| Software | €14B | |
| Fintech | €10B | |
| Transportation | €8.4B | |
| Healthtech | €7.8B | |
| AI | €6.3B | |
| Energy | €6.1B |
| Company | Stage | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automotive Cells Company (ACC) | Debt | Feb 2024 | €4.4B |
| Verkor | Series C | Sep 2023 | €2.0B |
| Mistral AI | Other | Sep 2025 | €1.7B |
| Ubisoft | Other | Mar 2025 | €1.2B |
| Bpifrance | 585 |
| Kima Ventures | 281 |
| Partech Ventures | 140 |
| Alven Capital | 132 |
| Elaia Partners | 116 |
| IDInvest Partners | 106 |
| XAnge | 101 |
| Eurazeo | 82 |
| ISAI | 78 |
| Serena Capital | 73 |
| Eutelsat | Debt | Feb 2026 | €1.0B |
| Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI) | Seed | Mar 2026 | €885M |
| Mistral AI | Debt | Mar 2026 | €723M |
| Mistral AI | Debt | Jun 2024 | €600M |
| Sorare | Series B | Sep 2021 | €579M |
| Doctolib | Debt | Mar 2022 | €500M |
| Paris | €57B | 3,287 | |
| Grenoble | €3.5B | 91 | |
| Montreuil | €1.4B | 20 | |
| Lyon | €1.1B | 134 | |
| Toulouse | €852M | 63 | |
| Levallois-Perret | €777M | 32 | |
| Nantes | €711M | 67 | |
| Evry | €535M | 8 |
