France startup funding in Q2 2012

European tech funding raised by France startups during Q2 2012.

In Q2 2012, 27 startups in France closed 27 funding rounds and raised €82M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 11.0% versus Q2 2011. Marketing was the most active sector, and Partech Ventures was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€82M

-11.0% vs Q2 2011 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

-18.2% vs Q2 2011

Companies

Top sector

Marketing

Rank in Europe

7.6% of European funding

Top-10 round share

92.8%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Apr	€34M	9
May	€33M	8
Jun	€15M	10

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	France — top sectors by capital, Q2 2012
Media	€26M
Fashion	€18M
Marketing	€10M
E-commerce	€9.1M
Foodtech	€7.9M
Fintech	€7.0M
Healthtech	€3.3M
Consumer	€1.5M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	France — stage mix, Q2 2012
Other	€33M
Growth/Late	€24M
Early VC	€15M
Seed	€6.6M
Series B	€3.2M
Series A	€500k

Exits & M&A

4 Acquisition

4 exits · €365M disclosed.

LaFourchette	Acquisition	Jun 2012	€127M
Jeuxvideo	Acquisition	Jun 2012	€90M
Auto Escape Group	Acquisition	Apr 2012	€77M
eNovance	Acquisition	May 2012	€70M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in Q2 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Viadeo	Growth/Late	Apr 2012	€24M
Sensee	Other	May 2012	€18M
LaFourchette	Other	May 2012	€7.9M
E-Blink	Early VC	Apr 2012	€7.0M
MenInvest	Other	May 2012	€5.6M
Wedia	Early VC	Jun 2012	€5.0M
Alize Pharma	Seed	Jun 2012	€3.3M
ividence	Series B	Jun 2012	€3.2M
Yummypets	Early VC	May 2012	€1.5M
Dynadmic	Seed	Jun 2012	€1.2M
Yatedo	Seed	Apr 2012	€1.2M
TalentSoft	Early VC	Apr 2012	€1.0M
ITYZ	Other	Jun 2012	€800k
Celoxica	Early VC	May 2012	€791k
Zyken - NightCove	Other	Apr 2012	€540k

View all 27 France deals in Q2 2012 →

Top investors

most active in Q2 2012, by deal count

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