France startup funding in November 2014
European tech funding raised by France startups during November 2014.
In November 2014, 19 startups in France closed 20 funding rounds and raised €114M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 37.0% versus November 2013. Debt rounds added €12M. Software was the most active sector, and Bpifrance was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.
Equity funding
€114M
+37.0% vs November 2013 · excl. debt & grants · +€12M debt
Funding rounds
20
-9.1% vs November 2013
Companies
19
Top sector
Software
Rank in Europe
#2
15.9% of European funding
Debt financing
€12M
9.5% of total
Top-10 round share
90.9%
of disclosed capital
Top sectors
by € raisedFrance — top sectors by capital, November 2014 — interactive chart.
Data table
| France — top sectors by capital, November 2014 | |
|---|---|
| Fashion | €32M |
| Fintech | €29M |
| Cybersecurity | €25M |
| Software | €21M |
| Telecom | €18M |
| Healthtech | €13M |
| Consumer | €9.0M |
| E-commerce | €5.0M |
Stage mix
by € raisedFrance — stage mix, November 2014 — interactive chart.
Data table
| France — stage mix, November 2014 | |
|---|---|
| Growth/Late | €25M |
| Series D+ | €23M |
| Series A | €19M |
| Series B | €18M |
| Debt | €12M |
| Seed | €11M |
| Other | €9.1M |
| Early VC | €8.5M |
Top deals
largest disclosed rounds in November 2014| Company | Stage | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finsecur | Growth/Late | Nov 2014 | €25M |
| Menlook | Series D+ | Nov 2014 | €23M |
| Intersec | Series B | Nov 2014 | €18M |
| Finexkap | Debt | Nov 2014 | €12M |
| Melijoe.com | Other | Nov 2014 | €9.0M |
| Lendix | Seed | Nov 2014 | €7.0M |
| Alpha Mos | Early VC | Nov 2014 | €6.7M |
| Finexkap | Series A | Nov 2014 | €6.0M |
| Doctolib | Series A | Nov 2014 | €4.0M |
| Lydia | Series A | Nov 2014 | €3.6M |
| Coorpacademy | Series A | Nov 2014 | €3.2M |
| Agorize | Series A | Nov 2014 | €2.0M |
| Valbiotis | Early VC | Nov 2014 | €1.8M |
| Wynd | Seed | Nov 2014 | €1.6M |
| CityLity | Seed | Nov 2014 | €800k |
Top investors
most active in November 2014, by deal count- Bpifrance3 deals
- Partech Ventures2 deals
- 123Venture2 deals
- Francis Nappez1 deals
- Frédéric Mazzella1 deals
- GIMV1 deals
- Highland Europe1 deals
- IDInvest Partners1 deals
- Iris Capital1 deals
- ISAI1 deals