Geographies/France/2014/April

France startup funding in April 2014

European tech funding raised by France startups during April 2014.

In April 2014, 15 startups in France closed 16 funding rounds and raised €62M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 30.4% versus April 2013. Transportation was the most active sector, and IDInvest Partners was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€62M

-30.4% vs April 2013 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+33.3% vs April 2013

Companies

Top sector

Transportation

Rank in Europe

5.7% of European funding

Top-10 round share

97.2%

of disclosed capital

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	France — top sectors by capital, April 2014
Cleantech	€27M
Marketing	€25M
Healthtech	€22M
Energy	€6.7M
Semiconductors	€4.4M
Transportation	€2.6M
Consumer	€2.3M
Fintech	€1.0M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	France — stage mix, April 2014
Growth/Late	€27M
Series D+	€21M
Seed	€4.4M
Early VC	€4.4M
Series B	€4.4M
Crowdfunding	€600k
Other	€350k

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in April 2014

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Voluntis	Series D+	Apr 2014	€21M
Leosphere	Growth/Late	Apr 2014	€20M
Sunpartner Technologies	Growth/Late	Apr 2014	€6.7M
Senseg	Series B	Apr 2014	€4.4M
creads	Early VC	Apr 2014	€3.0M
e-loue	Early VC	Apr 2014	€1.4M
Augment	Seed	Apr 2014	€1.4M
Smartangels	Seed	Apr 2014	€1.0M
e-loue	Crowdfunding	Apr 2014	€600k
Mathym	Seed	Apr 2014	€600k
Mobypark	Seed	Apr 2014	€596k
Hopwork	Seed	Apr 2014	€550k
Artsper	Other	Apr 2014	€300k
Click & Boat	Seed	Apr 2014	€200k
Linkurious	Other	Apr 2014	€50k

View all 16 France deals in April 2014 →

Top investors

most active in April 2014, by deal count

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