France startup funding in H1 2014

European tech funding raised by France startups during H1 2014.

In H1 2014, 92 startups in France closed 93 funding rounds and raised €346M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 58.2% versus H1 2013. Debt rounds added €3.3M. Software was the most active sector, and Alven Capital was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€346M

+58.2% vs H1 2013 · excl. debt & grants · +€3.3M debt

Funding rounds

+17.7% vs H1 2013

Companies

Top sector

Software

Rank in Europe

8.4% of European funding

Debt financing

€3.3M

0.9% of total

Top-10 round share

62.6%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€84M	21
Feb	€9.3M	7
Mar	€40M	15
Apr	€62M	16
May	€51M	15
Jun	€103M	19

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	France — top sectors by capital, H1 2014
Fashion	€76M
Marketing	€73M
Healthtech	€66M
Software	€56M
Cleantech	€30M
E-commerce	€26M
Telecom	€20M
Media	€20M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	France — stage mix, H1 2014
Growth/Late	€106M
Other	€64M
Series D+	€52M
Series B	€36M
Seed	€26M
Series A	€25M
Series C	€19M
Early VC	€16M
Debt	€3.3M
Crowdfunding	€600k

Exits & M&A

9 Acquisition

9 exits · €46M disclosed.

Appsfire	Acquisition	Jan 2014	€27M
Social Moov	Acquisition	Feb 2014	€19M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H1 2014

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Sarenza	Growth/Late	Jun 2014	€74M
uTest_Vamsi	Series D+	Jan 2014	€31M
VocalCom	Other	Jan 2014	€23M
Voluntis	Series D+	Apr 2014	€21M
Leosphere	Growth/Late	Apr 2014	€20M
SIGFOX	Series C	Mar 2014	€14M
PeopleDoc	Series B	May 2014	€13M
Enterome	Other	May 2014	€10M
PREstaShop	Series B	Mar 2014	€6.7M
Sunpartner Technologies	Growth/Late	Apr 2014	€6.7M
Drivy	Series A	May 2014	€6.0M
Commerce Guys	Series B	Jun 2014	€5.4M
DelfMEMS	Series C	May 2014	€5.3M
Qwant	Other	Jun 2014	€5.0M
Ymagis	Other	Jan 2014	€5.0M

View all 93 France deals in H1 2014 →

Top investors

most active in H1 2014, by deal count

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