Geographies/France/2014/March

France startup funding in March 2014

European tech funding raised by France startups during March 2014.

In March 2014, 15 startups in France closed 15 funding rounds and raised €38M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 131.7% versus March 2013. Debt rounds added €1.8M. Software was the most active sector, and Kima Ventures was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€38M

+131.7% vs March 2013 · excl. debt & grants · +€1.8M debt

Funding rounds

+114.3% vs March 2013

Companies

Top sector

Software

Rank in Europe

5.0% of European funding

Debt financing

€1.8M

4.5% of total

Top-10 round share

97.1%

of disclosed capital

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	France — top sectors by capital, March 2014
Hardware	€14M
Telecom	€14M
E-commerce	€12M
Software	€5.7M
Media	€5.5M
Foodtech	€5.5M
Marketing	€5.2M
Consumer	€2.6M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	France — stage mix, March 2014
Series C	€14M
Series B	€9.8M
Series A	€5.7M
Other	€4.7M
Early VC	€3.1M
Debt	€1.8M
Seed	€926k

Exits & M&A

4 Acquisition

4 exits.

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in March 2014

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
SIGFOX	Series C	Mar 2014	€14M
PREstaShop	Series B	Mar 2014	€6.7M
Shoptimise	Series A	Mar 2014	€3.5M
Linkfluence	Series B	Mar 2014	€3.0M
Yellow Korner	Other	Mar 2014	€2.5M
mailjet	Series A	Mar 2014	€2.2M
Monsieurdrive.com	Other	Mar 2014	€2.0M
EcoVadis	Debt	Mar 2014	€1.8M
Tapvalue	Early VC	Mar 2014	€1.6M
VeryLastRoom	Early VC	Mar 2014	€1.5M
Kontest	Seed	Mar 2014	€600k
SimpliField	Seed	Mar 2014	€326k
CardioLogs	Other	Mar 2014	€180k
Wooop	Other	Mar 2014	€54k

View all 15 France deals in March 2014 →

Top investors

most active in March 2014, by deal count

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