France startup funding in H2 2015

European tech funding raised by France startups during H2 2015.

In H2 2015, 127 startups in France raised a combined €857M across 127 funding rounds, up 153.7% versus H2 2014. Software was the most active sector, and Bpifrance was the most active investor. Data as of 23 Aug 2026.

Total funding

€857M

+153.7% vs H2 2014

Funding rounds

127

+47.7% vs H2 2014

Companies

127

Top sector

Software

Rank in Europe

10.4% of European funding

Top-10 round share

54.4%

of disclosed capital

Rounds ≥ €100M

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Top sectors

by € raised

Stage mix

by € raised

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H2 2015

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
BlaBlaCar	Series D+	Sep 2015	€178M
Scality	Series D+	Aug 2015	€41M
Parrot	Growth/Late	Nov 2015	€33M
Vestiaire Collective	Series D+

View all 127 France deals in H2 2015 →

Top investors

most active in H2 2015, by deal count

Bpifrance21 deals
Alven Capital13 deals
Partech Ventures8 deals
Iris Capital6 deals
Kima Ventures5 deals
IDInvest Partners5 deals
ISAI4 deals
Elaia Partners3 deals
Oleg Tscheltzoff3 deals
Accel3 deals

← All 2015 France funding

Alcatel-Lucent	Acquisition	Aug 2015	€16B
Saft	Acquisition	Nov 2015	€0.9B
showroomprive.com	IPO	Jul 2015	€660M
Altice Media Group France	Acquisition	Oct 2015	€241M
WiThings	Acquisition	Dec 2015	€170M
Capitaine Train / Captain Train	Acquisition	Jul 2015	€165M