Geographies/France/2013/July

France startup funding in July 2013

European tech funding raised by France startups during July 2013.

In July 2013, 18 startups in France closed 18 funding rounds and raised €93M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 1465.2% versus July 2012. Debt rounds added €6.0M. Software was the most active sector, and IDInvest Partners was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€93M

+1465.2% vs July 2012 · excl. debt & grants · +€6.0M debt

Funding rounds

+63.6% vs July 2012

Companies

Top sector

Software

Rank in Europe

24.6% of European funding

Debt financing

€6.0M

6.0% of total

Top-10 round share

97.6%

of disclosed capital

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	France — top sectors by capital, July 2013
Semiconductors	€34M
Healthtech	€30M
Software	€25M
Media	€4.0M
Travel	€4.0M
Consumer	€3.9M
Fashion	€3.9M
Fintech	€1.5M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	France — stage mix, July 2013
Series D+	€34M
Series B	€23M
Series C	€17M
Other	€11M
Debt	€6.0M
Seed	€4.2M
Series A	€4.0M

Exits & M&A

2 Acquisition

2 exits · €727M disclosed.

Fotolia

Acquisition

Jul 2013

€727M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in July 2013

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Crocus Technology	Series D+	Jul 2013	€34M
WiThings	Series B	Jul 2013	€23M
Scality	Series C	Jul 2013	€17M
eNovance	Debt	Jul 2013	€6.0M
PathoQuest	Other	Jul 2013	€4.5M
fotopedia	Series A	Jul 2013	€4.0M
Deepclass	Other	Jul 2013	€3.9M
Nanobiotix	Other	Jul 2013	€2.8M
Finexkap	Seed	Jul 2013	€1.0M
Lima	Seed	Jul 2013	€917k
Clic and Walk	Seed	Jul 2013	€800k
Afrimarket	Seed	Jul 2013	€500k
Oscadi	Seed	Jul 2013	€500k
Luckyloc	Seed	Jul 2013	€300k
Coorpacademy	Seed	Jul 2013	€200k

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Top investors

most active in July 2013, by deal count

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