France startup funding in H2 2013

European tech funding raised by France startups during H2 2013.

In H2 2013, 81 startups in France closed 86 funding rounds and raised €329M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 25.3% versus H2 2012. Debt rounds added €6.0M. Software was the most active sector, and Bpifrance was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€329M

+25.3% vs H2 2012 · excl. debt & grants · +€6.0M debt

Funding rounds

+50.9% vs H2 2012

Companies

Top sector

Software

Rank in Europe

12.9% of European funding

Debt financing

€6.0M

1.8% of total

Top-10 round share

56.8%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jul	€99M	18
Aug	€4.7M	3
Sep	€53M	18
Oct	€39M	14
Nov	€83M	22
Dec	€56M	11

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	France — top sectors by capital, H2 2013
Healthtech	€80M
Software	€54M
Semiconductors	€53M
Marketing	€48M
Media	€33M
Fashion	€29M
Telecom	€19M
Transportation	€19M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	France — stage mix, H2 2013
Other	€102M
Series B	€63M
Series C	€57M
Series D+	€34M
Series A	€22M
Seed	€22M
Growth/Late	€19M
Early VC	€9.5M
Debt	€6.0M

Exits & M&A

4 Acquisition

4 exits · €727M disclosed.

Fotolia

Acquisition

Jul 2013

€727M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H2 2013

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Crocus Technology	Series D+	Jul 2013	€34M
MetaPack	Other	Nov 2013	€28M
WiThings	Series B	Jul 2013	€23M
Sequans Communications	Growth/Late	Dec 2013	€19M
Scality	Series C	Jul 2013	€17M
Vestiaire Collective	Series C	Sep 2013	€15M
TalentSoft	Series B	Sep 2013	€15M
Pixium Vision	Other	Nov 2013	€15M
THERAVECTYS	Other	Oct 2013	€15M
Mister-Auto	Series C	Dec 2013	€10M
PREt d‚ÄôUnion	Series C	Nov 2013	€10M
Gecko Biomedical	Other	Dec 2013	€9.9M
SensioLabs	Other	Dec 2013	€6.2M
eNovance	Debt	Jul 2013	€6.0M
Egr Renovation	Other	Dec 2013	€5.0M

View all 86 France deals in H2 2013 →

Top investors

most active in H2 2013, by deal count

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