France startup funding in September 2014
European tech funding raised by France startups during September 2014.
In September 2014, 23 startups in France closed 23 funding rounds and raised €36M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 32.4% versus September 2013. Software was the most active sector, and Kima Ventures was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.
Equity funding
€36M
-32.4% vs September 2013 · excl. debt & grants
Funding rounds
23
+27.8% vs September 2013
Companies
23
Top sector
Software
Rank in Europe
#6
3.4% of European funding
Top-10 round share
73.4%
of disclosed capital
Top sectors
by € raisedFrance — top sectors by capital, September 2014 — interactive chart.
Data table
| France — top sectors by capital, September 2014 | |
|---|---|
| Marketing | €5.9M |
| Healthtech | €5.2M |
| Software | €5.1M |
| Consumer | €4.0M |
| E-commerce | €3.7M |
| Telecom | €3.4M |
| Hardware | €3.0M |
| Transportation | €2.6M |
Stage mix
by € raisedFrance — stage mix, September 2014 — interactive chart.
Data table
| France — stage mix, September 2014 | |
|---|---|
| Series A | €14M |
| Other | €12M |
| Seed | €5.0M |
| Early VC | €4.5M |
Top deals
largest disclosed rounds in September 2014| Company | Stage | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alize Pharma | Series A | Sep 2014 | €5.0M |
| Be-Bound | Series A | Sep 2014 | €3.4M |
| Primo1D | Early VC | Sep 2014 | €3.0M |
| Koolicar | Other | Sep 2014 | €2.6M |
| Dynadmic | Series A | Sep 2014 | €2.3M |
| Celoxica | Other | Sep 2014 | €2.1M |
| ManoMano | Series A | Sep 2014 | €2.0M |
| Nightswapping | Seed | Sep 2014 | €2.0M |
| monEchelle | Other | Sep 2014 | €2.0M |
| Akeneo | Other | Sep 2014 | €1.8M |
| Wizbii | Series A | Sep 2014 | €1.6M |
| Genymobile | Seed | Sep 2014 | €1.5M |
| Plyce | Early VC | Sep 2014 | €1.5M |
| AB Tasty | Seed | Sep 2014 | €1.1M |
| Glowbl | Other | Sep 2014 | €1.1M |
Top investors
most active in September 2014, by deal count- Kima Ventures4 deals
- Bpifrance3 deals
- XAnge2 deals
- Beringea1 deals
- CapHorn Invest1 deals
- CM-CIC Capital Prive1 deals
- Alven Capital1 deals
- Expansinvest - Alpes Capital Innovation1 deals
- NUMA1 deals
- Sofimac Partners1 deals