Geographies/France/2013/September

France startup funding in September 2013

European tech funding raised by France startups during September 2013.

In September 2013, 17 startups in France closed 18 funding rounds and raised €53M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 6.1% versus September 2012. Media was the most active sector, and EntrePREneur Venture was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€53M

-6.1% vs September 2012 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+63.6% vs September 2012

Companies

Top sector

Media

Rank in Europe

13.8% of European funding

Top-10 round share

92.8%

of disclosed capital

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	France — top sectors by capital, September 2013
Software	€22M
Fashion	€17M
HRtech	€15M
Media	€12M
Marketing	€3.4M
Healthtech	€3.1M
Edtech	€1.2M
Agritech	€1.0M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	France — stage mix, September 2013
Series B	€18M
Series C	€15M
Seed	€9.5M
Other	€3.8M
Series A	€3.1M
Early VC	€2.9M

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition

1 exit.

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in September 2013

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Vestiaire Collective	Series C	Sep 2013	€15M
TalentSoft	Series B	Sep 2013	€15M
Linkfluence	Series B	Sep 2013	€3.4M
GamaMabs Pharma	Series A	Sep 2013	€3.1M
Newzulu	Seed	Sep 2013	€2.9M
Nuxeo	Early VC	Sep 2013	€2.9M
eDJing	Other	Sep 2013	€2.3M
DJiT	Seed	Sep 2013	€1.9M
Envie de Fraises	Seed	Sep 2013	€1.3M
360education	Seed	Sep 2013	€1.2M
Youboox	Seed	Sep 2013	€1.1M
prodealcenter	Other	Sep 2013	€1.0M
Lydia	Seed	Sep 2013	€600k
Pricing Assistant	Seed	Sep 2013	€500k
Zensoon	Other	Sep 2013	€325k

View all 18 France deals in September 2013 →

Top investors

most active in September 2013, by deal count

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