France startup funding in Q1 2012

European tech funding raised by France startups during Q1 2012.

In Q1 2012, 30 startups in France closed 31 funding rounds and raised €100M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 55.3% versus Q1 2011. Software was the most active sector, and Kima Ventures was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€100M

+55.3% vs Q1 2011 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

-13.9% vs Q1 2011

Companies

Top sector

Software

Rank in Europe

13.8% of European funding

Top-10 round share

88.8%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€63M	10
Feb	€14M	7
Mar	€23M	14

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	France — top sectors by capital, Q1 2012
Marketing	€23M
Healthtech	€13M
Software	€11M
Transportation	€7.7M
Edtech	€6.2M
Media	€4.6M
Fintech	€4.1M
Agritech	€1.5M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	France — stage mix, Q1 2012
Series B	€42M
Growth/Late	€21M
Series A	€15M
Other	€11M
Early VC	€7.7M
Seed	€3.8M

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition · 1 Merger

2 exits · €32B disclosed.

SFR	Acquisition	Jan 2012	€17B
Numericable	Merger	Feb 2012	€15B

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in Q1 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Amplitude Technologies	Series B	Jan 2012	€30M
Neolane	Growth/Late	Jan 2012	€21M
Pharnext	Other	Feb 2012	€8.0M
BlaBlaCar	Series B	Jan 2012	€7.7M
Pearltrees	Early VC	Feb 2012	€5.0M
Enterome	Series A	Mar 2012	€5.0M
Leetchi	Series B	Mar 2012	€4.1M
Commerce Guys	Series A	Mar 2012	€3.7M
News Republic	Series A	Mar 2012	€2.2M
Mobiles Republic	Series A	Mar 2012	€2.2M
Marketshot	Other	Mar 2012	€2.0M
PeopleDoc	Seed	Mar 2012	€1.5M
La Ruche qui dit Oui!	Early VC	Jan 2012	€1.5M
OpenClassRooms	Early VC	Mar 2012	€1.2M
Kwaga	Series A	Jan 2012	€1.2M

View all 31 France deals in Q1 2012 →

Top investors

most active in Q1 2012, by deal count

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