European tech funding profile
4,165 startups in France have raised a combined €83B across 5,687 funding rounds and recorded 563 exits. Software is the most active sector, and Bpifrance is the most active investor. Data as of 23 Sept 2026.
#3 in Europe by capital raised — 11.6% of all European startup funding.
France raised €4.39B in the recent 90-day window versus €2.24B in the prior period, a rise of 96%, while deal count fell from 67 to 39.
French AI company Mistral AI closed a €3B Series D+ round dated 8 September 2026, the largest deal in the 30-day window and the main driver behind France's €3.28B total over that period across 7 deals…
| Software | €14B | |
| Fintech | €10B | |
| AI | €9.3B | |
| Transportation | €8.4B | |
| Healthtech | €8.0B | |
| Energy | €6.1B |
| Company | Stage | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automotive Cells Company (ACC) | Debt | Feb 2024 | €4.4B |
| Mistral AI | Series D+ | Sep 2026 | €3.0B |
| Verkor | Series C | Sep 2023 | €2.0B |
| Mistral AI | Other | Sep 2025 | €1.7B |
| Bpifrance | 591 |
| Kima Ventures | 281 |
| Partech Ventures | 141 |
| Alven Capital | 132 |
| Elaia Partners | 118 |
| IDInvest Partners | 106 |
| XAnge | 101 |
| Eurazeo | 83 |
| ISAI | 80 |
| Serena Capital | 73 |
| Ubisoft | Other | Mar 2025 | €1.2B |
| 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 |
| Paris | €60B | 3,309 | |
| Grenoble | €3.5B | 91 | |
| Montreuil | €1.4B | 20 | |
| Lyon | €1.1B | 135 | |
| Toulouse | €852M | 63 | |
| Levallois-Perret | €777M | 32 | |
| Nantes | €711M | 67 | |
| Evry | €535M | 8 |
