Angel Funded Startups in France
Angel rounds in France captured across these 17 companies span from August 2022 (Trezy, Paris, $1M) through January 2025 (KAI, Versailles, $610K), with the…
Angel rounds in France captured across these 17 companies span from August 2022 (Trezy, Paris, $1M) through January 2025 (KAI, Versailles, $610K), with the most active window falling in the second half of 2023. Paris and Ile-de-France dominate the geographic picture, accounting for 10 of the 17 companies — Naaia, youzd, Waro, Mister IA, OKS, Mikuna, Candix, Trezy, Animoscope, and KAI all based in the region. Outside the capital, rounds are spread across Bretagne, Aquitaine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Pays de la Loire, Rhone-Alpes, and Midi-Pyrenees, indicating that angel activity is not exclusively a Paris story.
Round sizes range from $160K (REEV, Toulouse) to $3M (youzd, Paris), with six companies closing at exactly $1M. Sector distribution is broad: food and beverage, agriculture, financial services, AI, administrative services, commerce, and environmental services each claim entries, suggesting French angel capital at this stage is not concentrated in any single vertical.
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What are the largest angel rounds in this dataset?
youzd (Paris, November 2023) leads at $3M, followed by PimpUp (Montpellier, November 2024) and OKS (Paris, December 2023) at $2M each. Six companies — Naaia, Mikuna, Waro, Mister IA, Animoscope, and Trezy — each closed at exactly $1M.
Which cities and regions are most represented among angel-funded French startups here?
Paris and the broader Ile-de-France region account for 10 of the 17 companies, including Naaia, youzd, Waro, Mister IA, and Trezy in Paris proper, plus KAI in Versailles and Animoscope in Perthes-en-gâtinais. Bretagne is the next most active region, with HouseBase in Rennes and JABI in Cesson-sévigné.
Which sectors are drawing angel investment in France based on these deals?
Food and Beverage and Agriculture and Farming each appear three times — PimpUp, GoStan, and Mikuna in F&B; SynDev, Treesition, and Animoscope in agri-tech. Artificial Intelligence has two entries (Naaia and Mister IA), Financial Services two (HouseBase and Trezy), and Administrative Services two (KAI and Candix).
What does a typical deal size look like for angel rounds in this French startup set?
The range runs from $160K (REEV, Toulouse, December 2022) to $3M (youzd, Paris, November 2023). Six of the 17 rounds closed at exactly $1M, making that the most common threshold; rounds below $500K tend to appear in administrative services and hardware rather than software or AI.
How recent is the angel funding activity shown for France?
The most recent close on record is KAI in Versailles on January 13, 2025, at $610K. The dataset's highest-volume window was September through December 2023, when five rounds closed in quick succession including OKS ($2M), Naaia ($1M), youzd ($3M), Mikuna ($1M), and Waro ($1M). Activity has been lighter in 2024, with PimpUp's $2M raise in November 2024 as the standout.
Are there AI-focused startups among the angel-funded companies in France?
Two AI-labeled companies appear in the data: Naaia (Paris, December 2023, $1M) and Mister IA (Paris, September 2023, $1M). Both are Paris-based and raised identical round sizes within three months of each other, reflecting concentrated early angel interest in French AI during late 2023.
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