France startup funding in Q2 2014

European tech funding raised by France startups during Q2 2014.

In Q2 2014, 49 startups in France closed 50 funding rounds and raised €215M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 36.3% versus Q2 2013. Debt rounds added €1.5M. Software was the most active sector, and Alven Capital was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€215M

+36.3% vs Q2 2013 · excl. debt & grants · +€1.5M debt

Funding rounds

+8.7% vs Q2 2013

Companies

Top sector

Software

Rank in Europe

9.7% of European funding

Debt financing

€1.5M

0.7% of total

Top-10 round share

76.7%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Apr	€62M	16
May	€51M	15
Jun	€103M	19

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	France — top sectors by capital, Q2 2014
Fashion	€76M
Marketing	€42M
Healthtech	€33M
Cleantech	€27M
Software	€17M
E-commerce	€10M
Transportation	€9.8M
Semiconductors	€9.7M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	France — stage mix, Q2 2014
Growth/Late	€106M
Other	€26M
Series B	€22M
Series D+	€21M
Seed	€14M
Series A	€14M
Early VC	€6.9M
Series C	€5.3M
Debt	€1.5M
Crowdfunding	€600k

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in Q2 2014

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Sarenza	Growth/Late	Jun 2014	€74M
Voluntis	Series D+	Apr 2014	€21M
Leosphere	Growth/Late	Apr 2014	€20M
PeopleDoc	Series B	May 2014	€13M
Enterome	Other	May 2014	€10M
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
Viadeo	Growth/Late	Jun 2014	€5.0M
Senseg	Series B	Apr 2014	€4.4M
TVTY	Series A	May 2014	€3.2M
FamiHero City	Other	May 2014	€3.0M
creads	Early VC	Apr 2014	€3.0M

View all 50 France deals in Q2 2014 →

Top investors

most active in Q2 2014, by deal count

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