Riot
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Cybersecurity awareness for fast growing companies
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Top Startups in France
This list has 91 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 17 of them are hiring right now. Largest teams: Riot, Photoroom, and Finary.com. Latest round: CarbonFarm raised €7M (Oct 13, 2026).
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Unleash the potential of genomic medicine using AI
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€23.2M · Series B · Oct 2026
HyLight
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Unmanned airships for inspecting our critical assets
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€13M · Oct 2026
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Power commerce photography with generative AI
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The new wealth manager for Europe
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First electric business aircraft designed for hydrogen propulsion
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HQ: Toulouse, France
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Spiko, a tokenised cash fund platform with headquarters in Paris and London, has raised €80.03 million ($90 million) in a Series B funding round. The round follows an €18.9 million Series A in July 2025, bringing its…
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HQ: London, France
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€80M · Series B · Oct 2026
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Wiremind, a Paris-based AI software company serving the transport, air cargo, and events industries, has closed a €35 million funding round, its first since being founded over a decade ago. The round brings three new…
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HQ: France
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€35M · Oct 2026
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VoltR, a French manufacturer of eco-designed lithium batteries, has secured €22 million to accelerate its industrialisation. This financing combines a €16 million equity investment and €6 million in grants secured…
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HQ: France
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€22M · Oct 2026
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French FoodTech startup Edonia, a B2B ingredient supplier specialised in ready-to-eat-protein ingredients, has raised €15 million to expand the commercial use of its microalgae-based ingredients. The round was led by…
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HQ: France
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€15M · Oct 2026
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Inbolt, a Paris-based robot intelligence company that enables robots to see, think, and adapt in real time, has raised €11 million to fund US and APAC expansion and entry into data centres and electronics…
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€11M · Sep 2026
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CarbonFarm, a Paris-based ClimateTech startup specialising in rice decarbonisation, has closed an oversubscribed €7 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Colam Impact, the impact investment arm of…
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€7M · Series A · Oct 2026
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Fleuret AI, a Paris-based cybersecurity startup automating penetration testing with agentic AI, has closed a €4 million pre-Seed round to hire AI, software engineering, and offensive security talent and accelerate…
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HQ: France
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€4M · Pre-seed · Oct 2026
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AI Document Understanding API
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Cash collection technology for B2B businesses
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Formance
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Open Source Infrastructure for the Financial Internet
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The Finance Control Centre for African Businesses
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Escape
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Offensive security for the teams that are 100x outnumbered
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A talent acquisition software built for data-driven recruiting teams.
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Decarbonizing the fashion industry
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Lucis
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Function Health for Europe
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PaletteHQ
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Manage sales commissions and sales performance
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Decarbonized heat and power cheaper than fossil fuels
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All things money, with better money
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Twenty
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Open Source CRM
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Neobank for African migrants in Europe
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AI agents for healthcare admin
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Building AI employees for car dealers
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Request is a payment request technology & an ecosystem of apps
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WeWeb is the AI app builder your IT team will approve.
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Windmill
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Open-source platform to turn scripts into internal apps & workflows
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All-in-one AI platform for outbound sales
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The Forecasting Company
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Foundation models for time series
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Gojiberry AI
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AI Go-To-Market agents for B2B teams
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Tech nonprofit building the future of public services.
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Crew
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Next Gen ATS/CRM for Modern Recruitment Agencies
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Questions and answers
How many startups are on this list?
There are 91 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 15, 2026.
Which of them are hiring?
17 of them are hiring right now, including Riot, HyLight, and Formance.
Which of them have the largest teams?
By team size: Riot (160 employees), Photoroom (100 employees), and Finary.com (80 employees).
Which of them raised money recently?
Latest rounds: CarbonFarm — €7M Series A (Oct 2026), HyLight — €13M (Oct 2026), and Wiremind — €35M (Oct 2026).