France startup funding in Q1 2010

European tech funding raised by France startups during Q1 2010.

In Q1 2010, 25 startups in France closed 25 funding rounds and raised €39M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 37.7% versus Q1 2009. Software was the most active sector, and Kima Ventures was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€39M

-37.7% vs Q1 2009 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+4.2% vs Q1 2009

Companies

Top sector

Software

Rank in Europe

9.0% of European funding

Top-10 round share

85.8%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€26M	13
Feb	€8.8M	6
Mar	€5.1M	6

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	France — top sectors by capital, Q1 2010
Fashion	€12M
Marketing	€7.7M
Software	€7.7M
Fintech	€4.1M
Telecom	€3.9M
Gaming	€3.9M
Cybersecurity	€2.5M
E-commerce	€1.8M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	France — stage mix, Q1 2010
Series B	€13M
Early VC	€11M
Other	€7.1M
Seed	€5.0M
Growth/Late	€3.0M
Series A	€1.2M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in Q1 2010

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Spartoo	Series B	Jan 2010	€12M
DarkWorks	Early VC	Feb 2010	€3.9M
Cat Amania	Early VC	Feb 2010	€3.5M
eYeka	Growth/Late	Jan 2010	€3.0M
Vedicis	Other	Jan 2010	€2.5M
Smartdate	Other	Mar 2010	€2.5M
ActivNetworks	Early VC	Jan 2010	€2.4M
Sciences-U	Other	Jan 2010	€1.5M
Sipartech	Seed	Jan 2010	€1.5M
ALLGOOB	Series A	Mar 2010	€1.0M
Hypios	Seed	Jan 2010	€800k
Scality	Early VC	Jan 2010	€694k
PREstaShop	Seed	Mar 2010	€663k
Alsyon Technologies	Series B	Mar 2010	€632k
Appsfire	Seed	Feb 2010	€627k

View all 25 France deals in Q1 2010 →

Top investors

most active in Q1 2010, by deal count

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