Funded Startups in Aquitaine
Aquitaine's startup funding activity across these 48 rounds spans April 2020 through July 2025, with Bordeaux accounting for the large majority of deals.
Aquitaine's startup funding activity across these 48 rounds spans April 2020 through July 2025, with Bordeaux accounting for the large majority of deals. The region shows a pronounced concentration in biotechnology — TreeFrog Therapeutics closed a $34M round in May 2025, bYoRNA raised a $2M pre-seed in July 2025, and earlier rounds include inHEART's $11M Series A in 2024 and FineHeart's $15M Series C in 2022. Financial services (Neat's $33M Series A in September 2024, Wealthcome's $7M in March 2025) and AI companies such as GENIAL, Thinkeo, and CIBLER add further depth to the pipeline.
The largest disclosed amount in this listing is Shiro Games' $49M private equity raise in October 2022, followed by TEHTRIS ($43M Series B, also October 2022) and NewHeat ($33M in November 2023). Activity outside Bordeaux is limited but present: Febus Optics raised a $4M seed in Pau in April 2025, Lynxter closed a $4M Series A in Bayonne in 2023, and Harvy raised a pre-seed in Villeneuve-sur-Lot in 2024.
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Frequently asked
What are the five largest disclosed rounds in this Aquitaine listing?
Shiro Games leads with a $49M private equity raise in October 2022, followed by TEHTRIS at $43M Series B in the same month. TreeFrog Therapeutics ($34M, May 2025), Neat ($33M Series A, September 2024), and NewHeat ($33M, November 2023) round out the top five.
Which cities in Aquitaine account for most of the funding activity shown?
Bordeaux dominates by a wide margin, home to companies including Neat, TreeFrog Therapeutics, FineHeart, Synapse Medicine, and Shiro Games. A secondary cluster sits in Pessac — TEHTRIS, inHEART, and Emulseo are all based there — while Bayonne (Lynxter, Rediv), Pau (Febus Optics), and Biarritz (Ternoa) each contribute one or two rounds.
Which sectors appear most frequently among Aquitaine-funded companies here?
Biotechnology is the most represented sector, with rounds for TreeFrog Therapeutics, bYoRNA, inHEART, FineHeart, CarbonWorks, Emulseo, Implanet, and Lucine. AI (GENIAL, Thinkeo, CIBLER, ThinkDeep AI), financial services (Neat, Wealthcome, Ejara, Welyb), and agriculture (Harvy, ReGeneration, TOOPI Organics) each appear multiple times as well.
How much funding activity has closed in Aquitaine so far in 2025?
Five rounds appear from 2025: bYoRNA raised a $2M pre-seed in July, TreeFrog Therapeutics closed $34M in May, Febus Optics took a $4M seed in April, Wealthcome raised $7M in March, and GENIAL closed a $2M seed in February. All five are based in Bordeaux or Pau, spanning biotech, manufacturing, financial services, and AI.
Which companies reached Series B or later in this data?
TEHTRIS (Series B, $43M, October 2022), Synapse Medicine (Series B, $28M, March 2022), adopt' (Series B, $27M, May 2022), and FineHeart (Series C, $15M, October 2022) are the growth-stage rounds visible here. Shiro Games' $49M private equity raise in October 2022 also represents late-stage institutional capital.
What round sizes are typical for seed-stage companies in this group?
Seed rounds in this listing generally fall between $2M and $8M, with Stellar raising $8M in October 2024, Febus Optics $4M in April 2025, and Nimbl'bot, Emulseo, and Luos each closing $2M seeds. Pre-seed amounts run smaller — Harvy raised $1M, Thinkeo $1M, and bYoRNA $2M — while several early rounds, including CIBLER, Neo Earth, and ReGeneration, carry undisclosed amounts.
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