Geographies/France/2010/September

France startup funding in September 2010

European tech funding raised by France startups during September 2010.

In September 2010, 18 startups in France closed 18 funding rounds and raised €58M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 123.7% versus September 2009. Fashion was the most active sector, and Seventure Partners was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€58M

+123.7% vs September 2009 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+125.0% vs September 2009

Companies

Top sector

Fashion

Rank in Europe

29.0% of European funding

Top-10 round share

85.8%

of disclosed capital

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	France — top sectors by capital, September 2010
Fashion	€21M
Healthtech	€13M
Software	€11M
Media	€6.9M
Marketing	€5.9M
Cybersecurity	€5.6M
E-commerce	€4.9M
Proptech	€4.2M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	France — stage mix, September 2010
Series A	€20M
Early VC	€13M
Series C	€10M
Series B	€5.8M
Other	€4.9M
Growth/Late	€3.1M
Seed	€900k

Exits & M&A

3 Acquisition

3 exits.

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in September 2010

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
EspaceMax	Series A	Sep 2010	€13M
uTest_Vamsi	Series C	Sep 2010	€10M
Private Outlet	Early VC	Sep 2010	€4.9M
Bee Ware	Series B	Sep 2010	€4.3M
EffiCity	Early VC	Sep 2010	€4.2M
Bestofmedia Group	Growth/Late	Sep 2010	€3.1M
WiThings	Series A	Sep 2010	€3.0M
Unowhy	Other	Sep 2010	€2.8M
Quadrille Ing√É¬©nierie	Other	Sep 2010	€2.1M
ConfortVisuel	Early VC	Sep 2010	€2.0M
Webdyn	Series B	Sep 2010	€1.5M
DelfMEMS	Early VC	Sep 2010	€1.5M
Leetchi	Series A	Sep 2010	€1.3M
AriadNEXT	Series A	Sep 2010	€1.3M
Allmyapps	Series A	Sep 2010	€1.0M

View all 18 France deals in September 2010 →

Top investors

most active in September 2010, by deal count

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