Quarterly funding report
Q3 2026 France Startup Funding Report
24 funded French startups raised a combined $8.0B in Q3 2026. The biggest rounds, most active investors, and where the money went.
Top 10 funded companies
| # | Company | Sector | Raised | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mistral | AI | $3.5B Series D | |
| 2 | Mistral AI | AI | $3.5B Series D | |
| 3 | The Exploration Company | Other | $450M Series C | |
| 4 | Skello | AI | $229M | |
| 5 | Gradium | AI | $100M Seed | |
| 6 | Kaiko | Crypto | $53M Series B | |
| 7 | Implicity | Healthtech | $38M Growth | |
| 8 | Syntetica | ClimateTech | $30M Series A | |
| 9 | Hackuity | Cybersecurity | $19M | |
| 10 | Brenus Pharma | Health | $12.6M Series A |
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Funding by sector
Most active investors
Notable rounds
“Mistral is a French AI startup that has raised a record 3 billion euros (approximately $3.5 billion) in its Series D funding round.”
“Mistral AI is a Paris-based generative AI startup that develops AI models for tasks like text generation, code writing, and document analysis.”
“The Exploration Company is a European space logistics startup developing the Nyx reusable space capsule for cargo and future crew transport to low Earth orbit,…”
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Data from Datapile’s funding database. Generated September 2026.