Recently Funded Startups in Rhone-Alpes
Updated Sep 2026
There are 147 funded startups in Rhone-Alpes in the FundedIQ database, each with its funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the startup funding landscape in Rhone-Alpes, along with the 100 most recently funded startups there.
Startups in Rhone-Alpes closed 58 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 18 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $875M in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $5.6M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $2.3M and $19M. Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence and Energy hold the most companies by sector. Lyon and Grenoble hold the deepest concentrations of funded startups in Rhone-Alpes.
Biotechnology and Artificial Intelligence dominate the regional mix. Energy and Health Care follow, while Consumer Electronics rounds out the primary interests. Concentration in Lyon and Grenoble creates a geographic cluster. Filtering by headcount reveals a preference for mid-sized teams over early seeds or large enterprises. This composition favors those targeting deep tech and life sciences over general software.
Rhone-Alpes funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Jun 2026.
100 most recently funded startups in Rhone-Alpes
100 of 147Ordered 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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Rhone-Alpes startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in Rhone-Alpes closed 58 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 18 of them in the last 12, adding up to $875M in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $5.6M, with the middle half running from $2.3M to $19M. 52 of 58 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence and Energy hold the most companies, led by Biotechnology at 25. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Industries with the most funded startups in Rhone-Alpes
Sector counts across all 147 tracked companies in Rhone-Alpes. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Where are funded startups located in Rhone-Alpes?
Where funded startups in Rhone-Alpes are based, by the city on the company record.
Funding stages in Rhone-Alpes
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded startups in Rhone-Alpes break down by stage.
A further 25 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ Rhone-Alpes 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 147 funded startups in Rhone-Alpes currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (6 of 58 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 Rhone-Alpes is dated Jun 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 Rhone-Alpes?
FundedIQ tracks 147 funded startups in Rhone-Alpes. 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 Rhone-Alpes raised?
Startups in Rhone-Alpes tracked by FundedIQ have raised $875M in disclosed capital across 58 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 18 rounds in the last 12 months. 52 of those 58 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in Rhone-Alpes?
Biotechnology has the most, with 25 companies, followed by Artificial Intelligence (11), Energy (11) and Health Care (11). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which cities have the most funded startups in Rhone-Alpes?
Lyon leads with 74 companies, then Grenoble (23), Villeurbanne (6) and Annecy (4).
What is a typical funding round size for startups in Rhone-Alpes?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $5.6M, 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 Rhone-Alpes?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 19 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Series A (6) and Series B (4). A further 25 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the Rhone-Alpes 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 Rhone-Alpes is dated Jun 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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