Recently Funded Seed Startups in France
Updated Oct 2026
FundedIQ tracks 531 funded Seed startups in France, with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the Seed startup funding landscape in France, along with the 100 most recently funded Seed startups in France.
Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services and Information Technology hold the most companies by sector. Paris and Lyon hold the deepest concentrations of these companies. Seed startups in France closed 180 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 80 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $963M in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $3.5M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $2.0M and $6.5M.
Kima Ventures dominates the seed stage in France, bringing a high volume of early backing to companies centered in Paris. This concentration of a single lead investor creates a predictable pattern for those targeting early stage ventures. Capital is concentrated in larger teams based in major cities, which implies a preference for established operational structures over solo founders.
Seed funded startup statistics in France
Most recent funding round on record: Oct 2026. Investors appearing most often across France funding rounds: Bpifrance, Kima Ventures, Arthur Waller, Bpifrance Digital Venture, Frst.
100 most recently funded Seed startups in France
100 of 531Ordered 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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Seed startup funding trends in France
Funding activity
Seed startups in France closed 180 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 80 of them in the last 12, adding up to $963M in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $3.5M, with the middle half running from $2.0M to $6.5M. 166 of 180 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services and Information Technology hold the most companies, led by Artificial Intelligence at 78. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Investors
Bpifrance, Kima Ventures and Arthur Waller appear most often across funded Seed startups in France on record.
Industries with the most funded Seed startups in France
Sector counts across all 531 tracked companies in France. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Where are funded Seed startups located in France?
Where funded Seed startups in France are based, by the city on the company record.
Top investors in Seed startups in France
The investors named most often across funded Seed 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.
About the FundedIQ Seed startup funding data in France
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 531 funded Seed 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 (14 of 180 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded Seed startups in France is dated Oct 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 Seed startups are there in France?
FundedIQ tracks 531 funded Seed 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 Seed startups in France raised?
Seed startups in France tracked by FundedIQ have raised $963M in disclosed capital across 180 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 80 rounds in the last 12 months. 166 of those 180 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded Seed startups in France?
Artificial Intelligence has the most, with 78 companies, followed by Financial Services (50), Information Technology (42) and Apps (30). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which cities have the most funded Seed startups in France?
Paris leads with 322 companies, then Lyon (22), Toulouse (12) and Bordeaux (9).
Which investors back the most Seed startups in France?
Bpifrance, Kima Ventures, Arthur Waller, Bpifrance Digital Venture and Frst appear most often across funded Seed 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 Seed startups in France?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $3.5M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $2.0M and $6.5M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
How often is the Seed startup funding data in France 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 Seed startups in France is dated Oct 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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