France startup ecosystem
France has rapidly risen in the European startup rankings, driven by bold government initiatives like La French Tech and the world's largest startup campus, Station F. Paris is a powerhouse for deep tech, AI, and cleantech, supported by a strong scientific research base and increasing private VC investment. A growing pool of serial entrepreneurs is helping the ecosystem mature. The directory currently lists 269 organisations across 30 cities.
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Eric Larchevêque
Co-founder and former CEO of Ledger, the crypto hardware-wallet maker he co-founded in 2014 and grew into a global security leader. A serial entrepreneur, he is also a well-known figure in French startup media.
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EthCC 9 (Ethereum Community Conference) 2026
Europe's largest annual Ethereum conference, organized by the non-profit Ethereum France team and rotating between Paris and Brussels. The 9th edition draws 6,000+ developers, protocol researchers, DeFi founders, and L2 engineers for four days of deep-technical talks, core-dev working groups, and a packed satellite-event calendar of side meetups and hackathons. EthCC is the default summer checkpoint for the European crypto ecosystem — if you're building on Ethereum, this is where the conversations happen. Tickets EUR 600-1,500.
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EthCC[10] (Ethereum Community Conference) 2027
EthCC, the largest and longest-running annual European Ethereum event, returns to the Palais des Festivals in Cannes for its 10th edition, 12-15 April 2027. Organised by Ethereum France, the four-day event covers topics from core protocol and Layer 2s to DeFi, applied cryptography and regulation. Past speakers have included Vitalik Buterin and Stani Kulechov.
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EuraTechnologies
Founded 2009. One of Europe's largest incubators, hosting 200+ startups annually with multi-stage programs from incubation to acceleration, plus labs and funding access. Ranked a top French startup hub; alumni include fintech scaleups and AI firms. Scope: Regional (Hauts-de-France) with international reach.
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Eurazeo
Eurazeo is a leading European investment group listed on Euronext Paris, managing over EUR 35B in diversified assets including a dedicated venture and growth portfolio. Founded in 2001, Eurazeo's tech investment arm operates from Paris, London, Berlin, and New York, investing EUR 10-50M at Series B through pre-IPO stages. The firm has backed major European scale-ups including 1KOMMA5, Contentsquare, Doctolib, Younited Credit, and Vestiaire Collective. Eurazeo combines patient capital with deep operational expertise in internationalization, M&A, and ESG integration across its portfolio.
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European Deeptech Week 2026
Week-long deep-tech programming across Paris with major sessions at Station F and Bpifrance-linked venues, designed to connect science-based founders with industrial buyers and patient capital. Includes deep-tech summit programming across SpaceTech, quantum, robotics, and advanced manufacturing.
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Exotec
Exotec is a Lille-based warehouse robotics company founded in 2015 by Romain Moulin and Renaud Heitz. Its flagship Skypod system uses fleets of autonomous robots that move in three dimensions across warehouse racking to pick, store, and prepare orders at high speed. Exotec became France's first industrial robotics unicorn after a $335 million Series D in 2022 at a $2 billion valuation. The company serves major global retailers including Decathlon, Gap, Uniqlo, and Carrefour across Europe, North America, and Asia. Exotec demonstrates that France can produce world-class hardware and robotics companies, not just software.
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Fanny Moizant
Co-founder and president of Vestiaire Collective, the global resale marketplace for pre-owned luxury fashion she co-founded in 2009, helping pioneer the circular luxury economy.
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Filigran
Paris-based cybersecurity company that builds OpenCTI, an open-source threat intelligence platform used by national CERTs, defence agencies, and Fortune 500 security teams. The platform ingests and correlates threat feeds to help analysts map adversary infrastructure and prioritise incident response. Raised a Series A to accelerate international expansion.
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Florian Douetteau
Co-founder and CEO of Dataiku, the enterprise AI and data-science platform he co-founded in 2013. He grew it into a global leader valued in the billions, backed by ICONIQ, Tiger and a16z.
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Flowdesk
Flowdesk is a Paris-based digital-asset trading and technology firm founded in 2020 that provides market-making, liquidity, and trading infrastructure for crypto tokens and exchanges. Its platform helps token issuers and trading venues manage liquidity across fragmented crypto markets. Founded by Guilhem Chaumont, Paul Bugnot, François Cluzeau, and Balthazar Giraux, the company has expanded internationally. After a $50M Series B led by Cathay Innovation in 2023, Flowdesk raised a $102M financing announced in 2025, led by HV Capital with debt provided by BlackRock-managed funds, to scale its market-making services.
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France Quantum 2026
The flagship summit of the French quantum ecosystem, held at Station F for its 5th edition. For deeptech founders and researchers it concentrates the country's quantum hardware and software players, corporates, and specialist investors into one day of conferences and demos.
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France Quantum 2027
France Quantum's 6th edition takes place at Station F in Paris on 15 June 2027. Running since 2020, the summit unites research labs, startups and industry leaders to showcase the French quantum ecosystem through conferences, a demo zone and networking with public and private sector players.
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Frédéric Mazzella
Founder and former CEO of BlaBlaCar, the long-distance carpooling platform he started in 2006 and grew into a global ride-sharing leader. A high-profile figure in French tech, he also co-founded the lobby group France Digitale.
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Frédéric Pascal
Frédéric Pascal is the Director of the DataIA Institute at Université Paris-Saclay and Vice-President for AI at Paris-Saclay University, one of France's leading research universities. DataIA is France's premier AI research and training institute, bringing together approximately 800 researchers across 47 laboratories and receiving official Cluster-IA certification from the French government in 2024. Pascal is a key figure in France's academic AI ecosystem and serves on the Advisory Board of Big Data & AI Paris 2026.
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French Tech 2030 / Next40 / FT120
French Tech Next40/120 is a French government program run by the Mission French Tech that identifies and supports the 120 highest-performing French scale-ups each year. The Next40 cohort (the top 40) is selected based on revenue growth above €100 million or the largest fundraising volumes, while the broader FT120 requires at least €20 million in revenue with 15% annual growth. Selected companies receive prioritized access to public services, international promotion, and regulatory support to help them compete globally.
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French Tech Next40/120
Government-backed program supporting France's most promising scale-ups and fast-growing tech companies with dedicated resources and visibility, part of the wider La French Tech initiative.
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French Tech Night 2026 (Bordeaux)
The flagship showcase of the Bordeaux and Nouvelle-Aquitaine tech ecosystem at Stade Atlantique, in its 5th edition with 50 startup stands and 700+ decision-makers. For regional founders it is the key local visibility and networking event with investors and corporate leaders.
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French Tech Tremplin
French Tech Tremplin is a national programme run by La French Tech, launched in 2019, that promotes equal opportunity in the French tech ecosystem by supporting entrepreneurs from underrepresented and less-privileged backgrounds. It combines grants, incubation and mentoring to help these founders launch and grow their startups across France.
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Gabriel Hubert
Co-founder and CEO of Dust, building AI agents for the enterprise. A repeat founder, he previously co-founded the product studio Alkemics and worked at Stripe before starting Dust.
