According to Dealroom, France's EV startups have raised a total of €1.4bn, with €1.2bn of that since 2021. As investors continue to ramp up their support for climate startups, the EV sector has emerged as one of the hotter categories.
AI and automation continue to be hot sectors, but the circular economy and health tech attracted early-stage investors.
Augment raised a €6m Seed Round to develop its online business education platform. Co-founder Ariel Renous takes us inside the company that wants to reinvent business education and make it more accessible.
The early-stage angel investment club takes a community-led approach to backing startups by recruiting experienced operators to be angel investors.
If 2023 brought a harsh dose of reality for the French tech ecosystem, there were still some reasons for optimism heading into 2024.
Electra lights a fuse on the new year with a €304m round to build out its EV charting stations.
The non-profit has become an influential player in the movement to bring greater inclusion to a French tech ecosystem lacking diversity.
The influential early-stage VC is embarking on a new partnership with global financial giant Lazard. The deal could transform both -- and be another step toward closing Europe's late-stage funding gap.
France wants to rebuild its manufacturing sector by turning lab innovations into industrial giants.
A mega GenAI funding ends the year with a bang; plus biotech, IoT, and industrial startups make some noise.
France is pouring billions of euros into programs that take innovations out of the labs and turn them into innovations that spawn new manufacturing. Grenoble, in the foothills of the Alps, is ground zero for these initiatives.
"If we can tackle 15 of the most pressing challenges that the world is currently facing and build champions capable of solving these issues on a global level within the next 4-6 years then that will be my ultimate dream come true."
The government pushes for greater innovation in a critical economic sector. Plus: 50 Partners reinvents the accelerator model.
The French government wants startups in this sector to go faster and further to transform a critical piece of the nation's economy.
Health, sports, and AI were the focus of December's first batch of early-stage deals.
The Paris-based Travel Tech startup has created a logistics platform for checking-in bags outside of airports. That's the first step in a larger e-commerce vision for travel needs.
