FrancePlatform
Europe · Pop. 68.5M · #9 startup ecosystem by EV · WithinWorldBTCA MembersEMEAEurope incl IsraelFrance & BeneluxFrance incl. overseasG20G7High Income Countries (UN definition)NATO member countriesOECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development)EuropeESA Member StatesEU27European UnionEuropean Union + UKWestern EuropeFrance
1 Startup funnel
France's startup funnel
Companies headquartered in France at each stage today, by total VC raised. Hover or tap a bar for the split.
Source: Dealroom.co
2 Latest quarter
France's latest quarter in venture capital
Venture capital raised by France-headquartered companies each quarter since 2020, split by round size, with detail on the latest complete quarter.
Latest complete quarter
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3 Enterprise value
How much France’s VC-backed companies are worth
Combined enterprise value of VC-backed companies headquartered in France, founded since 1990 and still operating, at the end of each year. Companies stay in the total after they list or are acquired.
4 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into France
VC investment into France-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
5 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in France
A live treemap of $100M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in France, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in France - 2024–2026
6 Startup hubs
Inside France: 12 startup hubs, 1,067 universities
Hubs are sized by combined enterprise value; universities and research institutes by the startup founders they produced. Hover any point for its numbers; the lists rank hubs by EV and universities by founders.
7 Founder origins
Where France's unicorn founders build
234 founders born in France are behind 119 unicorns; 41% of those were built in the US. Origins are resolved from biography and education history, not current address. Compare with the other origin countries in Europe, ranked by founders or per 1M inhabitants.
8 Location comparison
Unicorns, decacorns and centicorns — France in a global comparison
Companies count where they were founded or are headquartered. Values are per 1M people or totals, as a share of the US (US = 100%) or absolute; bars scale to the largest value in each column. Hover any value for the per-1M rate and absolute count.
9 Patent intelligence
France startup IP portfolio: 176.3K patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in France. Aggregated across the country's hub-level filings — Bay Area, Boston, etc. roll up under the United States row, the same way Tokyo and Osaka roll up under Japan.
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