Recently Funded Series B Startups in France
Updated Aug 2026
FundedIQ holds 132 funded Series B startups in France and keeps their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details up to date. This page provides an overview of the Series B startup funding landscape in France, along with the 100 most recently funded Series B startups in France.
The median disclosed round is $29M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $17M and $43M. Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services hold the most companies by sector. Paris and Lyon hold the deepest concentrations of these companies. Series B startups in France closed 47 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 20 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $1.6B in disclosed capital.
Biotechnology and Artificial Intelligence lead this group, with Paris as the primary center. These companies possess established operational scale and a maturity that attracts enterprise clients. They are stable targets for high value contracts. Buyers find organizations here that have passed initial risk stages and now seek expansion across Lyon, Montpellier, Bordeaux, and Grenoble.
Series B funded startup statistics in France
Most recent funding round on record: Jul 2026.
100 most recently funded Series B startups in France
100 of 132Ordered 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 B startup funding trends in France
Funding activity
Series B startups in France closed 47 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 20 of them in the last 12, adding up to $1.6B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $29M, with the middle half running from $17M to $43M. 45 of 47 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services hold the most companies, led by Biotechnology at 18. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Industries with the most funded Series B startups in France
Sector counts across all 132 tracked companies in France. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Where are funded Series B startups located in France?
Where funded Series B startups in France are based, by the city on the company record.
About the FundedIQ Series B 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 132 funded Series B 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 (2 of 47 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 B 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 B startups are there in France?
FundedIQ tracks 132 funded Series B 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 B startups in France raised?
Series B startups in France tracked by FundedIQ have raised $1.6B in disclosed capital across 47 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 20 rounds in the last 12 months. 45 of those 47 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded Series B startups in France?
Biotechnology has the most, with 18 companies, followed by Artificial Intelligence (17), Financial Services (15) and Information Technology (9). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which cities have the most funded Series B startups in France?
Paris leads with 84 companies, then Lyon (4), Montpellier (3) and Bordeaux (2).
What is a typical funding round size for Series B startups in France?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $29M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $17M and $43M. 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 B 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 B startups in France is dated Jul 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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