Monthly roundup · France · October 2026
Monthly roundup · France · October 2026Startup funding in France, October 2026: Pigment's $250M Series E leads 17 rounds
We read 17 equity rounds raised in France and announced in October 2026, raising $488M between them: 2% of the rounds we read worldwide that month and 1% of the money. The largest was Pigment's $250M Series E, led by EQT Ventures and Scaleup Europe Fund. The median seed round was $6.5M, against $5.5M over the last twelve months worldwide; at Series A it was $14M.
Equity rounds17raised in France, 16 with an amount
Raised$488Macross those rounds
Lead named88%of rounds say who led
Share of the world2%of rounds; 1% of the money
The biggest rounds
- 1
PigmentSeries E · led by EQT Ventures, Scaleup Europe Fund$250M - 2DDougsGrowth · led by Expedition Growth Capital$56M
- 3
WiremindGrowth · led by IronWave$39M - 4
VatesGrowth · led by Iris Capital$34M - 5VVoccaSeries A$20M
- 6
EpyrSeries A · led by SlateVC$17M - 7
HyLightSeries A · led by Rubio Impact Ventures$15M - 8
InboltSeries A · led by Shift4Good$13M - 9NNetsecSeries A · led by Partech Ventures$10M
- 10
CarbonFarmSeries A · led by Colam Impact$7.8M
Day by day
Equity rounds raised in France and announced each day of October. The busiest day was 5 October, with 3.
1 October31 October
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
- AI13
- Construction4
- Robotics4
- Software3
- Cybersecurity3
- Manufacturing2
- Developer Tools2
- Professional Services2
AI was the busiest sector in France.
Against the world
- Rounds, France17
- Rounds, worldwide733
- Raised, France$488M
- Raised, worldwide$59B
281 roundsUnited States→
74 roundsIndia→
56 roundsUnited Kingdom→
31 roundsChina→
25 roundsJapan→
24 roundsSouth Korea→
18 roundsCanada→