Geographies/France/2010/July

France startup funding in July 2010

European tech funding raised by France startups during July 2010.

In July 2010, 16 startups in France closed 16 funding rounds and raised €65M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 112.9% versus July 2009. Software was the most active sector, and CM-CIC Capital Prive was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€65M

+112.9% vs July 2009 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+128.6% vs July 2009

Companies

Top sector

Software

Rank in Europe

27.6% of European funding

Top-10 round share

91.9%

of disclosed capital

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	France — top sectors by capital, July 2010
Software	€22M
Marketing	€18M
Cleantech	€14M
Energy	€14M
Healthtech	€12M
Telecom	€9.5M
Semiconductors	€7.0M
Media	€1.6M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	France — stage mix, July 2010
Series B	€20M
Growth/Late	€14M
Early VC	€13M
Series D+	€7.0M
Other	€6.9M
Series A	€4.5M
Seed	€200k

Exits & M&A

5 Acquisition · 2 Buyout

7 exits · €1.1B disclosed.

SeLoger	Acquisition	Jul 2010	€634M
Leboncoin	Acquisition	Jul 2010	€400M
Webedia	Buyout	Jul 2010	€70M
CCM Benchmark	Buyout	Jul 2010	€27M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in July 2010

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Nexway	Series B	Jul 2010	€14M
McPhy	Growth/Late	Jul 2010	€14M
Sequans Communications	Series D+	Jul 2010	€7.0M
Global Imaging Online	Early VC	Jul 2010	€4.8M
AudiSoft Group	Series A	Jul 2010	€4.5M
SEMCO Engineering	Early VC	Jul 2010	€4.5M
Alyotech	Early VC	Jul 2010	€4.0M
Anaconda Pharma	Other	Jul 2010	€2.9M
Sisteer	Series B	Jul 2010	€2.5M
RunMyProcess	Other	Jul 2010	€2.0M
Greenext	Other	Jul 2010	€1.8M
Allegorithmic	Series B	Jul 2010	€1.6M
Lengow	Series B	Jul 2010	€1.5M
KelBillet	Seed	Jul 2010	€200k
Restopolitan	Other	Jul 2010	€193k

View all 16 France deals in July 2010 →

Top investors

most active in July 2010, by deal count

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