Recently Funded Startups in France
Updated Sep 2026
FundedIQ tracks 1,705 funded startups in France, with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the startup funding landscape in France, along with the 100 most recently funded startups in the country.
Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology and Financial Services hold the most companies by sector. Paris and Lyon hold the deepest concentrations of funded startups in the country. Startups in France closed 671 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 311 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $16B in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $6.7M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $2.3M and $19M.
Artificial Intelligence and Biotechnology dominate the sector, while Financial Services and Information Technology provide steady breadth. Bpifrance and Kima Ventures anchor the funding activity. Because small teams prevail, filters should prioritize agility over scale. Focus on these technical sub-sectors to find the core value, as Commerce and Shopping represent a smaller portion of the total activity.
France funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Aug 2026. Investors appearing most often across France funding rounds: Bpifrance, Kima Ventures, 100IN, Crédit Agricole, Isai.
100 most recently funded startups in France
100 of 1,705Ordered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed amount.
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France startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in France closed 671 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 311 of them in the last 12, adding up to $16B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $6.7M, with the middle half running from $2.3M to $19M. 592 of 671 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology and Financial Services hold the most companies, led by Artificial Intelligence at 194. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Investors
Bpifrance, Kima Ventures and 100IN appear most often across funded startups in France on record.
Industries with the most funded startups in France
Sector counts across all 1,705 tracked companies in France. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Where are funded startups located in France?
Where funded startups in France are based, by the city on the company record.
Top investors in France startups
The investors named most often across funded startups in France.
Counts companies in this segment that name the firm as a backer. Investor names entered the pipeline in July 2026, so they cover the companies funded since.
Funding stages in France
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded startups in France break down by stage.
A further 263 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ France startup funding data
FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round reported twice on different dates is recorded once.
Figures on this page cover the 1,705 funded startups in France currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (79 of 671 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded startups in France is dated Aug 2026.
The table above shows the 100 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories, investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.
Frequently asked questions
How many funded startups are there in France?
FundedIQ tracks 1,705 funded startups in France. This page lists the 100 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.
How much funding have startups in France raised?
Startups in France tracked by FundedIQ have raised $16B in disclosed capital across 671 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 311 rounds in the last 12 months. 592 of those 671 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in France?
Artificial Intelligence has the most, with 194 companies, followed by Biotechnology (161), Financial Services (151) and Information Technology (104). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which cities have the most funded startups in France?
Paris leads with 957 companies, then Lyon (75), Toulouse (33) and Bordeaux (32).
Which investors back the most startups in France?
Bpifrance, Kima Ventures, 100IN, Crédit Agricole and Isai appear most often across funded startups in France in the FundedIQ dataset. The count is the number of tracked companies naming each firm as a backer, so it reflects the companies on record rather than every deal a firm has ever done.
What is a typical funding round size for startups in France?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $6.7M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $2.3M and $19M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
What is the most common funding stage for startups in France?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 185 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Series A (93) and Pre-Seed (59). A further 263 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the France startup funding data updated?
The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded startups in France is dated Aug 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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