Recently Funded Series A Startups in France
Updated Oct 2026
Funded Series A startups in France number 308 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 88 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 49 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $1.8B in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $16M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $10M and $26M. 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: Oct 2026. Investors appearing most often across France funding rounds: Bpifrance, Crédit Agricole, EQT Ventures, Kima Ventures, Speedinvest.
100 most recently funded Series A startups in France
100 of 308Ordered 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 88 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 49 of them in the last 12, adding up to $1.8B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $16M, with the middle half running from $10M to $26M. 87 of 88 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology and Financial Services hold the most companies, led by Artificial Intelligence at 39. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Investors
Bpifrance, Crédit Agricole and EQT Ventures appear most often across funded Series A startups in France on record.
Industries with the most funded Series A startups in France
Sector counts across all 308 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.
Top investors in Series A startups in France
The investors named most often across funded Series A 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 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 308 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 88 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 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 Series A startups are there in France?
FundedIQ tracks 308 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 $1.8B in disclosed capital across 88 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 49 rounds in the last 12 months. 87 of those 88 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 39 companies, followed by Biotechnology (34), Financial Services (31) 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 191 companies, then Lyon (11), Toulouse (6) and Marseille (5).
Which investors back the most Series A startups in France?
Bpifrance, Crédit Agricole, EQT Ventures, Kima Ventures and Speedinvest appear most often across funded Series A 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 Series A startups in France?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $16M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $10M and $26M. 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 Oct 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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