Monthly roundup · France · September 2026
Monthly roundup · France · September 2026Startup funding in France, September 2026: Mistral AI's $3.5B Series D leads 9 rounds
We read 9 equity rounds raised in France and announced in September 2026, raising $3.6B between them: 3% of the rounds we read worldwide that month and 9% of the money. The largest was Mistral AI's $3.5B Series D, led by Samsung Electronics. The median seed round was $4.6M, against $5.5M over the last twelve months worldwide; at Series A it was $11M.
Equity rounds9raised in France, 9 with an amount
Raised$3.6Bacross those rounds
Lead named78%of rounds say who led
Share of the world3%of rounds; 9% of the money
The biggest rounds
- 1
Mistral AISeries D · led by Samsung Electronics$3.5B - 2
HackuitySeries B · led by ForgePoint Capital$19M - 3
WealthcomeSeries B · led by Breega$17M - 4RRayonSeries A · led by Partech Ventures$11M
- 5AActionableSeed · led by Axeleo Capital, Hi Inov - Dentressangle$10M
- 6PPrimoSeed · led by Global Founders Capital, Headline$7.9M
- 7
OpioSeed · led by Frst$4.6M - 8
AbTxSeed$1.9M - 9CCombiné KidsSeed$1.1M
Day by day
Equity rounds raised in France and announced each day of September. The busiest day was 16 September, with 2.
1 September30 September
By stage, against the year
Each stage's median this month beside its twelve-month median: France's own where we hold enough rounds for a benchmark, otherwise the worldwide one.
In what
- AI7
- SaaS4
- Fintech2
- Hardware & Electronics2
- Biotech1
- Cloud1
- Consumer Services1
- Cybersecurity1
AI was the busiest sector in France.
Against the world
- Rounds, France9
- Rounds, worldwide357
- Raised, France$3.6B
- Raised, worldwide$39B
116 roundsUnited States→
46 roundsUnited Kingdom→
25 roundsIndia→
21 roundsCanada→
13 roundsGermany→
11 roundsAustralia→
9 roundsChina→