This special edition takes a Deep Dive into France's Defense Tech sector, a small but emerging market that is gaining attention and momentum as a wary country -- and continent -- adjusts to a new global reality where traditional alliances may be splintering. Will French startups rally to the cause?
With geopolitical tensions rising and sovereignty now a buzzword, Defense Tech is breaking taboos in France. With war at Europe’s door, investment is soaring and mindsets are shifting. Speed is everything. But the question now is: can Europe move fast enough to secure its future ?
mirSense wants to redefine safety and defense with its quantum cascade laser tech. From blinding missiles with powerMir to sniffing out toxic gases with uniMir and mirChip, the dual-application startup believes it can change the game in defense and industrial monitoring.
ChangeNOW 2025, the "world expo of solutions for the planet," is in full swing this week. Ahead of the Paris opening, I spoke with Lefebvre about how a bold idea born at COP21 became a global gathering, and why, in a divided world, hope and action still matter.
Also inside: How Delos is building an AI operating system for business; France can haz all your scientists.
CEO Pierre de la Grand'rive: "Our ambition is to offer generative AI that is truly useful to employees."
Startups that raised from April 14 to April 18 also include: Febus Optics, Brink Therapeutics, Circular, CustomsBridge, Celest Science, Klaimy, Ecklo, H’ability, Clikodoc, and BARY.
News reports reinforce the US lead in startup funding; Pennylane CEO explains how AI and new regulations will drive the next wave of growth; France's Digital Minister criticizes US tech dominance.
Riding a new round of funding at a €2bn valuation, the 5-year-old fintech has already seen rapid growth. CEO Arthur Waller explains how new invoicing regulations and AI could catalyze the company's ambitions.
Startups lead the country’s AI adoption, while corporates lag behind; Germany and France remain divided over taxing US Big Tech but united behind the Eurostack initiative to build sovereign EU tech infrastructure; SeqOne acquired Paris-based Life-Soft to expand its genomic medicine platform.
CEO Geoffroy Martin: "We are in the middle of two revolutions, one which is purely within ad tech, which is that shift of privacy first and loss of signal on the open internet, which is going to be further accelerated and compounded by the very, very fast rise of AI."
Startups that raised from April 7 to April 4 also include: Okeiro, Klara, qevlar ai, Pyannote, Faume, Nowos, Diagnoly, Sim&Cure, Connektica, Goliaths.io, Poppins, Qperfect, Klaro, Ed AI, Monde Singulier, Lyzi, smartTrade Technologies, La Première Brique, and Ekoscan Integrity.
Fairmat Founder and CEO Ben Saada breaks down the Deep Tech company's strategy; France 2030 will still spend billions on innovation; Ÿnsect gets a stay of execution; funds are still closing -- and so are startups.
The Nantes-based Deep Tech startup just raised €51.5M in new financing. Founder and CEO Ben Saada explains the company's blueprint for scaling its industrial recycling solution.
Nvidia tells Britain to be more like France, Mistral Bags €100M Deal
Startups that raised from March 31 to April 4 also include: Ecoat, Fairly Made, Aquassay, Willow, Ma boîte à Moustique, Feedae, Spareka, Parallel, Tremau, Grace, Underdog, MaaT Pharma, Fairly Made, Ecoat, and WeeFin.
