Between Dec 1 and Dec 5, French Tech startups raising money included Gradium, Axoltis Pharma, Spark Cleantech, Bitstack, Innerskin, Ray studios, 2501.ai, ECAIR, Veragrow, Basalt, ReSoil, Kimialys, Minitap, ROB’OCC, Arrago, Annette, Néosylva, BiPER Therapeutics, and Vulgaroo.
Brevo’s €500M PE-led liquidity deal crowns it a unicorn and resets the French-tech cap table, arming the company for U.S. expansion, M&A, and AI acceleration. Plus: a new TechBio map spots 40 French startups fusing biology and deeptech.
A comprehensive mapping by France Biotech and France Deeptech identifies 40 companies operating at the intersection of biology and breakthrough technology, and argues that France could become a global leader in this emerging field.
Brevo’s €1bn valuation was driven by a PE-led growth buyout: General Atlantic and Oakley take 50%, Partech exits, and the cap table resets. It’s a landmark French-tech liquidity moment that gives Brevo powerful partners for U.S. expansion, bigger M&A, and AI-powered growth.
Mistral AI unloads Mistral 3. Gradium spins out of Kyutai to ride the Voice AI wave. UMA Robotics emerges out of stealth with a humanoid robotics "supergroup." HyprView Co-founder Victor Outters explains how the company is using photonics and AI to turn tumor light signatures into readable biology.
Between Nov 24 and Nov 28, French Tech startups raising VC included Zadient Technologies, AFYREN, Lexip (formerly Pixminds), Water Horizon, Damae Medical, VESTO, Alkion BioInnovations, Ventuno Biotech, Sim&Cure, AURA AERO, Komia, AberActives, Drive Innov, VoilaChef, AlgenScribe, and IvySpec.
Members of the Doctolib mafia have a new startup, La Fraise, that dentists and their patients can't refuse. We're looking over a new Future of Work fund called Clover. Revaia takes the ESG pulse. And Jolt is raising a €1B fund to make startup rhinoceroses a thing.
Adopt AI turned the Grand Palais into a deep-freeze cathedral of lusty futuristic dreamers with 25,000 builders, CEOs, and policymakers chasing the next wave of AI use cases. Beyond the buzzwords: Macron’s sovereignty push, mega-funding shivers, and Europe’s push to compete. Brrrrr! #SnowMiser
Between Nov 17 and Nov 21 a total of 17 French Tech companies raised €147.27M, including: NcodiN, Hummink, Leanspace, MaaT Pharma, Aive, AI-Stroke, Rift, Revolt.eco, LaFraise, MuchBetter.ai, Rutile.bike, Exwayz, Aphasix, and Elefantia.
Europe is doomed. Or booming. Or both. Atomico and Pitchbook reports offer different outlooks in the latest data nerd fight. Meanwhile, French VCs head to the West Coast. Drone startup Rift wants to be Europe's eyes in the sky. Yann LeCun updates his Facebook status.
Rift raised €4.6M for its on-demand aerial surveillance network of autonomous long-endurance drones that provide governments and operators instant, low-cost “intelligence as a service” as Europe seeks faster, safer ways to monitor and protect critical territory.
The Franco-German digital summit delivers a sovereignty-themed AI rom-com. Voice AI surges as GetVocal lands $26M for human-agentic voice agents. Volta raises €11M to drag B2B into the digital era.
GetVocal raised a $26M Series A to fuel a new era of human-guided, agentic voice AI. Its system blends ancient communication instincts with cutting-edge tech to deliver trusted, enterprise-ready automation.
XAnge announced €200M towards its 5th fund. Between Nov 10 and Nov 14 a total of 13 French Tech companies raised €72.35 million, including: Filiz, Dialog, OWLO, K-Words, Paage, Zaiffer, KLODIOS, Karbikes, fluiidd, and Mariloo.
President Macron calls space a new battlefield and courts defense and space startups with €4.3B; Doctolib’s antitrust fine sparks debate on dominance; Sylvie N’hansana’s rise reshapes telehealth; WebSummit buzz meets downpour.
Macron warns that space is no longer a sanctuary, announcing major new space defense investments and says he wants 'New Space' French startups to help counter rising orbital threats from Russia and other hostile powers.
