Recently Funded Series A Startups in France
Updated Aug 2026
Funded Series A startups in France number 304 in FundedIQ, tracked with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the Series A startup funding landscape in France, along with the 100 most recently funded Series A startups in France.
Series A startups in France closed 93 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 51 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $1.9B in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $15M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $10M and $25M. Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology and Financial Services hold the most companies by sector. Paris and Lyon hold the deepest concentrations of these companies.
Paris dominates this segment, creating a heavy geographic concentration. While Lyon and Toulouse offer additional pockets of activity, Artificial Intelligence and Biotechnology firms cluster primarily in the capital. This distribution means a strategy centered on Paris captures the vast majority of Series A activity, while regional efforts target a much smaller slice of the market.
Series A funded startup statistics in France
Most recent funding round on record: Jul 2026. Investors appearing most often across France funding rounds: Bpifrance, Crédit Agricole.
100 most recently funded Series A startups in France
100 of 304Ordered 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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Series A startup funding trends in France
Funding activity
Series A startups in France closed 93 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 51 of them in the last 12, adding up to $1.9B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $15M, with the middle half running from $10M to $25M. 92 of 93 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology and Financial Services hold the most companies, led by Artificial Intelligence at 37. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Industries with the most funded Series A startups in France
Sector counts across all 304 tracked companies in France. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Where are funded Series A startups located in France?
Where funded Series A startups in France are based, by the city on the company record.
About the FundedIQ Series A 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 304 funded Series A 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 (1 of 93 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded Series A startups in France is dated Jul 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 Series A startups are there in France?
FundedIQ tracks 304 funded Series A 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 Series A startups in France raised?
Series A startups in France tracked by FundedIQ have raised $1.9B in disclosed capital across 93 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 51 rounds in the last 12 months. 92 of those 93 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded Series A startups in France?
Artificial Intelligence has the most, with 37 companies, followed by Biotechnology (33), Financial Services (30) and Information Technology (25). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which cities have the most funded Series A startups in France?
Paris leads with 187 companies, then Lyon (11), Toulouse (6) and Marseille (5).
What is a typical funding round size for Series A startups in France?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $15M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $10M and $25M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
How often is the Series A 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 Series A startups in France is dated Jul 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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