# Startup 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... Source: https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/france (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Equity rounds **17** raised in France, 16 with an amount Raised **$488M** across those rounds Lead named **88%** of rounds say who led Share of the world **2%** of rounds; 1% of the money ## The biggest rounds - [1 **Pigment** Series E · led by EQT Ventures, Scaleup Europe Fund **$250M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/pigment) - [2 D **Dougs** Growth · led by Expedition Growth Capital **$56M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/dougs) - [3 **Wiremind** Growth · led by IronWave **$39M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/wiremind) - [4 **Vates** Growth · led by Iris Capital **$34M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/vates) - [5 V **Vocca** Series A **$20M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/vocca) - [6 **Epyr** Series A · led by SlateVC **$17M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/epyr) - [7 **HyLight** Series A · led by Rubio Impact Ventures **$15M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/hylight) - [8 **Inbolt** Series A · led by Shift4Good **$13M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/inbolt) - [9 N **Netsec** Series A · led by Partech Ventures **$10M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/netsec) - [10 **CarbonFarm** Series A · led by Colam Impact **$7.8M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbonfarm) ## Day by day Equity rounds raised in France and announced each day of October. The busiest day was 5 October, with 3. 1 October 31 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. [Pre-seed](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/pre-seed) *5* **$3.7M** this month **$2.0M** 12 months, worldwide [Seed](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/seed) *2* **$6.5M** this month **$5.5M** 12 months, worldwide [Series A](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-a) *6* **$14M** this month **$20M** 12 months, worldwide [Growth](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/growth) *3* **$39M** this month **$113M** 12 months, worldwide ## In what - [AI](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/ai) **13** - [Construction](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/construction) **4** - [Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/robotics) **4** - [Software](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/software) **3** - [Cybersecurity](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/cybersecurity) **3** - [Manufacturing](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/manufacturing) **2** - [Developer Tools](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/developer-tools) **2** - [Professional Services](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/consulting) **2** AI was the busiest sector in France. ## Against the world - Rounds, France **17** - Rounds, worldwide **733** - Raised, France **$488M** - Raised, worldwide **$59B** [The whole of October 2026](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10) ## Other countries in October [281 rounds **United States** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/united-states)[74 rounds **India** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/india)[56 rounds **United Kingdom** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/united-kingdom)[31 rounds **China** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/china)[25 rounds **Japan** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/japan)[24 rounds **South Korea** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/south-korea)[18 rounds **Canada** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/canada) **How this roundup is made** It is written from the rounds we read that month in named articles and filings, counted by the country the company raised in. Only equity rounds with a stage count; debt, grants and public companies' raises do not. Each month the eight countries with the most equity rounds get their own roundup. We read more sources every month, so compare medians, not totals. [How we read rounds](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a mistake](https://millionrounds.com/corrections)