Geographies/France/2014/October

France startup funding in October 2014

European tech funding raised by France startups during October 2014.

In October 2014, 16 startups in France closed 16 funding rounds and raised €64M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 65.0% versus October 2013. Software was the most active sector, and Bpifrance was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€64M

+65.0% vs October 2013 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+14.3% vs October 2013

Companies

Top sector

Software

Rank in Europe

10.3% of European funding

Top-10 round share

96.3%

of disclosed capital

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	France — top sectors by capital, October 2014
Cleantech	€43M
Energy	€42M
Software	€11M
Marketing	€8.1M
Cloud	€4.0M
Fintech	€3.5M
Consumer	€1.8M
Foodtech	€1.5M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	France — stage mix, October 2014
Series C	€42M
Series B	€6.5M
Seed	€5.8M
Early VC	€5.8M
Other	€3.1M
Series A	€1.1M

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition

1 exit · €60M disclosed.

Allopneus

Acquisition

Oct 2014

€60M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in October 2014

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Neoen	Series C	Oct 2014	€42M
Tag Commander	Series B	Oct 2014	€6.5M
InterCloud	Early VC	Oct 2014	€4.0M
Front App	Seed	Oct 2014	€2.5M
Anaxago	Other	Oct 2014	€2.0M
La Belle Assiette	Seed	Oct 2014	€1.5M
Kartable	Early VC	Oct 2014	€1.2M
Adikteev	Series A	Oct 2014	€1.1M
Green Creative	Seed	Oct 2014	€600k
Smile & Pay	Early VC	Oct 2014	€600k
Clustree	Other	Oct 2014	€600k
Nous	Other	Oct 2014	€545k
Feeligo	Seed	Oct 2014	€500k
Swabbl	Seed	Oct 2014	€400k
Particeep	Seed	Oct 2014	€350k

View all 16 France deals in October 2014 →

Top investors

most active in October 2014, by deal count

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