The French startup raised $60M in Series C funding to expand its refurbished e-bike empire across Europe and the US. With sales doubling yearly and operations already profitable in multiple markets, Co-founder and COO Stéphane Ficaja explains how Upway is chasing its goal of 1M bikes by 2030.
The American Tech giant released a report emphasizing all the ways it's spending €4 billion on France's AI transformation. Plus: Nvidia eyes a $1B bet on Poolside, Schneider Electric rides the data center wave, and French publishers warn of AI abuse.
The tech giant is going all-in on France’s AI future, pledging to train a million citizens, back 2,500 startups, and spread innovation beyond Paris. In a report released this week, the company highlighted partnerships, from Mistral to Danone, to demonstrate its commitment to France's AI ambitions.
Paris Games Week wraps with industry hoping to reverse decline. Bpifrance wants more defense startups. Between Oct 27 and Oct 31, a total of 8 French Tech companies raised €79.1 million, including: Onepark, The Mobile-First Company, Altrove, Faktus, Primaa, DotBlocks, Kelkun, and Zero Industries.
As France’s AI founders eye the U.S., a new wave of startup soul-searching sweeps the nation. Also: How Interstellar Lab and Barbara Belvisi are reinventing the future of agriculture on Earth and in space; and World Fund makes a big green bet on France. Happy Halloween, y'all! Boo! 🙀🫣
Starting in finance, her career detoured through VC before its current destination: Building BioPods that look more like spacecraft than greenhouses. These AI-powered farming systems address Earth's sustainability challenges while serving as a dress rehearsal for humanity's multi-planetary future.
Scikit-learn’s creators aim to turn France’s AI research into global business with Probabl. Plus: Doctolib’s AI parenting assistant, Mistral’s new enterprise platform, France’s civil-service chatbot, OpenAI’s Paris expansion, and this week’s top AI funding rounds.
Scikit-learn, born at a French research institute, is one of the world’s most-used machine learning libraries. Probabl aims to turn it into a global business. Its journey reveals France’s AI potential and the structural hurdles of commercializing public research.
Between Oct 20 and Oct 24, a total of 15 French Tech companies raised €150.25 million, including: Lattice Medical, Dracula Technologies, Hublo, UPCITI, Lisaqua, Nutropy, Volta Software, Playse, Kotcha, Exeliom Biosciences, Seaber, Fleetiz, Certificall, MNGRS AI, and Tibeka Protections.
Also in this edition: ImCheck’s €1B biotech exit shakes up the scene, Lemlist snaps up Claap to boost AI sales, France’s startup job engine stalls, and OVHcloud’s founder returns to reclaim the cockpit.
Phagos uses AI-designed bacteriophages to fight bacterial infections; Claimy is building algorithms to chase lost musical royalties. Plus: Mistral AI gets a fancy new crib; Paris ranks #3 in global AI hubs; Probabl leads AI funding with €13M round.
Claimy, a Paris startup backed by €1.5 million in pre-seed funding, is building an AI-powered platform to locate and reclaim lost royalties, attacking a $15 billion global problem that’s eroded transparency and trust in the booming music economy.
Between Oct 13 and Oct 17 a total of 16 French Tech companies raised €225.28 million, including: Probabl, EVerZom, Cartan Trade, Isentroniq, Carb0n, Allergen Alert, BiznessMatch, Astriis, OneTake AI, Cellura, Unlimited Driving Corporation (UDC), Vaultys, and Komu.
A French Tech Mission report positions startups as nationwide job engines rather than elite subsidy hogs before the budget axe falls. Also: A new new new digital minister; a Nobel win for economist Aghion; RIVRS pivots to Asia + new publishing model; €105M biotech raise leads funding rounds.
RIVRS is evolving from a French UGC game studio into a full-fledged publishing platform with a major Asia push. Launching a $1M Creator Fund and new hubs in Vietnam and Hong Kong, it’s betting on speed, AI, and partnerships to professionalize Roblox game creation.
It's Cybermois, France's cybersecurity month. For Part II of our special Cybersecurity package, we look at MokN's platform that uses AI and "fake doors" to trick hackers into revealing stolen credentials. CEOs Stu Solomon (HUMAN) and Philippe Humeau (CrowdSec) discuss the AI future of security.
