French Tech Funding Wire July 18: Stellaria, Spiko, One Biosciences & More!
Between July 14 and July 18, a total of 6 companies raised €68.7 million, including: Dreampath Diagnostics, Dillico, and Retab.
🇫🇷 French Tech Wire: Rewriting Accounting Books With AI
Dougs is shaking up the quiet world of French accounting. Zenchef merges with Spain’s CoverManager. French VC drops 35%, while Eurazeo raises €650M. Bayrou slashes subsidies but eases red tape. Meta faces antitrust heat. Plus: Keenest, Verkor, WAT, Stellaria & more.
#38 Photon-Powered Chips And Desktop Droids
French-founded Arago and Hugging Face are reshaping AI hardware: Arago’s photonic chips promise radical energy savings for data centers, while Hugging Face’s $299 Reachy Mini brings modular, open-source robotics to the desktop.
Photonic Chip Startup Arago Wants to Cut AI's Massive Energy Appetite by 90%
A year-old French company claims its light-powered processors could slash data center power consumption while keeping warehouse robots running all day instead of just one hour.
Hugging Face’s $299 Reachy Mini Signals A New Era In Personal Robotics
The AI powerhouse wants to bring robotics to the masses with its modular, open-source, and AI-integrated approach. By democratizing robotics, the company aims to spark a new wave of accessible hardware innovation.
French Tech Funding Wire July 11: Million Victories, BrainEver, SiPearl & More!
Between July 7 and July 11, a total of 21 companies raised €188.31 million, including: Arago, Turbotech, HiQuTe Diamond, Solarock, Ciloa, Tandem, VizioSense, Relief, Optimistik, Seaturns, HEXANA, ex9, Solence, bYoRNA, Justclip, ANYFIELDS, LABEL4.AI, and KaraFun Group.
🇫🇷 French Tech Wire: Rethinking Sustainability For Resilient Cities
VivaTech spotlights climate-resilient cities, Superhuman's Rahul Vohra decodes product-market fit, SXSW bets big on European startups, and French gaming scores a $40M win. Plus: Meta’s billion-euro eyewear play, a medtech breakthrough down under, and turbulence at EuraTechnologies.
Superhuman Founder Rahul Vohra On Reverse Engineering Product Market Fit
Speaking at Viva Technology 2025, Vohra breaks down his Product Market Fit Engine, a data-driven framework that leverages the right user feedback to build products that users love.
#37 France's AI Crossroads: Accelerate, Regulate…or Stall?
France pushes AI adoption with “Osez l’IA” as usage lags behind Europe. Regulators call for tighter rules, VCs and founders push back on the EU AI Act, and OVHcloud unveils a sovereign AI stack. Meanwhile, Primelis acquires Omny AI, and French defense embraces agile tech.
French Tech Funding Wire July 4: Genesis AI, NeoFarm, Khimod & More!
Between June 30 and July 4, a total of 20 companies raised €221.5M, including: ATAWEY, Skynopy, Bonx, Kerys Software, Massive Dynamic, RainPath, Cosma, Webyn, MovaLife, E-Sensia, Optitus PV, Dream On Technology, Diago, Bluedigo, Olimpe Technology, Wallace Technologies, and The QA Company.
🇫🇷 French Tech Wire: French Startups Face Funding Famine
French startup funding is down sharply down YoY. But Omnes and Otium are making bigger VC bets. Ÿnsect scrambles to survive.
France And Europe Caught In H1 2025 Global VC Slump
French startups raised $3.5 billion in the first six months. That's on par with the last six months of 2024. But it's down sharply from $4.4 billion raised in the first half of 2024.
🤖 La Machine #36: Tilt Energy + Altertable Target Smarter Grids And Data Stacks With AI 🤖
Altertable emerges from stealth to build an AI-native data stack; Tilt Energy wants to use AI to bring 'flexibility' to the grid. Plus, Genesis Robotics raises $85M, Asterion backs deeptech AI, H Company COO exits, France targets AI in justice and music, and Google eyes a French data hub.
Altertable Wants to Reinvent the 'Broken' Data Stack With AI
Former Algolia and Sorare engineers raise €2.5M to build an AI-native platform that delivers insights before you even ask the questions
French Tech Funding Wire June 27: Zama, Orus, Melvan & More!
17 companies raised a total of €177.08 million last week. Other startups that raised a round between June 23 and June 27 include: Ever Dye, Policloud, Le Drive tout nu, Wilgo, Qomon, DejaBlue, GeodAlsics, Waypoint AI, Oria Bioscience, Altertable, Vipali, Hydroclimat, Stairling, and Winalist.
🇫🇷 French Tech Wire: Scaling, SaaS, and Spurs
Director Julie Huguet lays out La French Tech mission's mission in a VivaTech video interview, Skeepers bets on pragmatic SaaS growth with U.S. PE backing, Zama hits unicorn status with encrypted computing, Ledger partners with the Spurs, and new moves in HR tech, semiconductors, and search.