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- 🇫🇷 French Tech Updates — July 15, 2025. €300m in new funding for French companies.
🇫🇷 French Tech Updates — July 15, 2025. €300m in new funding for French companies.
What you need to know this week in France: 👨⚖️ new Meta antitrust case, 🚪 promising battery startup Verkor is losing another cofounder, 💶 22 fundraising announcements.

Welcome to French Tech Updates! Your weekly source of startup, VC, and tech news and insights. I’m James, a startup-obsessed American living in Paris.
What’s new this week in 🇫🇷
👨⚖️ Meta Faces New Antitrust Case: the French antitrust regulator has accused the social media giant of of unfairly limiting access to ad verification tools—the latest in a series of lawsuits brought against the company.
🚪 Two Verkor founders depart the company: Sylvain Paineau’s departure has been confirmed while Gilles Moreau’s exit remains a rumor…for now. The French “Northvolt” as raised over €2 billion to fund the development of their Dunkirk production facility, which is expected to begin production this summer.
🫀 CorWave reaches an important milestone: the Clichy-HQ’d startup successfully implanted its cardiac assist pump in a patient for the first time in a major safety trial milestone.
🌍 Headlines from around the world
⛓️💥 OpenAI’s $3 billion deal to acquire Windsurf has collapsed (TechCrunch)
🇺🇸 UK startups consider US IPOs (CNBC)
🤑 Amazon explores additional multi-billion investment in Anthropic (FT)
🪫 America's largest power grid is struggling to meet demand from AI (Reuters)
📈 Nvidia (briefly) became the first company to reach a $4 trillion market cap (CNBC)
💻 Perplexity launches Comet, an AI-first web browser (TechCrunch), and OpenAI is hot on their heels (Reuters)
❌ X CEO Linda Yaccarino steps down (TechCrunch)
🤖 Denmark aims to clamp down on deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features (The Guardian)
New Funding 💶
22 companies announced €300.61M in new funding last week including €1M by Label4.AI (🤖 AI), €1M by Diago (🤖 AI), and €1.36M by Justclip (🔨 DIY)

Anyfields | €1M | 🚀 Space Tech
Anyfields, raised €1 million from CNES and ESA to expand its electromagnetic measurement tools for antenna testing. Its solutions simplify how engineers and companies measure antennas, serving both universities and New Space players. The funds will support R&D, product rollout, and international growth.
ByoRNA | €1.5M | 🧬 BioTech
Byorna, a biotech startup based in Bordeaux, has raised €1.5 million in pre-seed funding from Polytechnique Ventures, IRDI Capital Investissement, and angel investors. The company is developing a low-cost, yeast-based method to produce long and stable messenger RNA, aiming to improve treatments for rare diseases, infections, and cancer.
Solence | €1.6M | 👩⚕️ HealthTech
The Paris-based femtech startup raised €1.6 million from Impact Shakers Ventures, Bpifrance, and angels to improve care for women with PCOS through a personalized digital health app. The app provides daily guidance across nutrition, exercise, stress, and sleep, aiming to improve hormonal balance and quality of life. Funds will enhance the product and grow the team.
ex9 | €2M | 🚛 Logistics Tech
Paris-based ex9 raised €2 million from investors including Femmes Business Angels and Impulse4Women to automate trailer movement on loading docks using electric autonomous tractors. The startup offers a Robots-as-a-Service model and is already piloting with DHL. The funds will support system industrialization and expansion across Europe and North America.
HEXANA | €2M | ☢️ Nuclear Energy
Hexana secured €2 million from Groupe M, following €25 million raised earlier this year via fundraising and Bpifrance grants. Hexana, a spinoff from the French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA), is developing modular gen IV nucelar reactors.
Seaturns | €2.45M | 🌊 Clean Energy
Bordeaux-based Seaturns raised €2.45 million to industrialize its wave energy technology, with support from Team For The Planet, Keenest, and others. The funds will go toward launching a full-scale demonstrator, scaling manufacturing, and expanding internationally. The company aims to offer resilient, clean electricity from ocean waves.
Relief | €2.6M | ⚙️ Industrial AI
Paris-based Relief raised €2.6 million from OSS Ventures, Kima Ventures, Galion.exe, and angels to automate the quoting process for manufacturers. Its AI platform turns complex technical specs into optimized quotes to reduce errors and improve margins. The funding will support team growth and customer acquisition, aiming for 100 clients by 2026.
VizioSense | €2.7M | 🌆 Urban Analytics
VizioSense raised €2.7 million from Alacrité, Wesley Clover International, BeAngels, and Yung Kim. The startup uses AI and sensor data to analyze urban traffic flows and crowd dynamics, with the funding allocated to expand deployments and refine its analytics platform.
Tandem | €3.2M | 🤖 AI Assistants
Tandem, part of Hexa’s HX24 cohort, raised €3.2 million ($3.8 million) in seed funding led by Tribe Capital. Based in France and expanding to San Francisco, Tandem builds in-app AI agents that complete tasks for users inside tools like Qonto and Aircall. The funding will support U.S. growth and new integrations to improve user activation and reduce support costs.
Ciloa | €6.5M | 🧬 BioTech
Montpellier-based Ciloa raised €6.5 million in public funding from France 2030 via Bpifrance to advance clinical development of its exosome-based treatment for type 2 diabetes and obesity. The biotech startup, a CNRS and University of Montpellier spinout, combines adiponectin with engineered extracellular vesicles to boost insulin sensitivity and reduce fat storage, with human trials expected to start in 2027.
Solarock | €7M | 🌞 SolarTech
Solarock raised €7 million to develop its franchise network that connects homeowners with installers for solar panels. The startup simplifies solar adoption by matching customers with vetted local contractors and will use the funds to expand its network and operations.
Dillico | €7.5M | 🧬 BioTech
Dillico, a biotech startup based in Meylan, France, raised €7.5 million from investors including Angelor, Bpifrance (via France 2030), and UI Investissement to launch commercial sales of its mRNA production technology. The company develops a flexible, digitized platform for manufacturing mRNA vaccines and therapies, aimed at making personalized medicine more scalable and affordable.
HiQuTe Diamond | €7.5M | 🧑🔬 Deeptech
Paris-based HiQuTe Diamond raised €7.5 million to scale the production of ultra-high-quality diamond wafers used in quantum computing, power electronics, and advanced sensors. Investors include Bpifrance (via French Tech Seed), the Île-de-France Reindustrialization Fund, and iXcore. The funds will launch the company’s first pilot line, expanding production capacity sixfold.
Arago | €22.1M | 🧠 AI Hardware
Paris-based Arago secured €22.1 million ($26 million) in a seed round led by Earlybird, C4 Ventures, and Visionaries Tomorrow, with backing from several equity firms and angels. The startup is developing photonic AI accelerators for faster, more efficient AI computing and will use the investment to finalize chip prototypes.
NeoFarm | €30M | 🚜 Agritech
Sustainable farming startup NeoFarm has raised over €30 million from Eurazeo, ADEME Investissement, and other private investors. The company builds high-tech farms that use robotics to grow organic vegetables locally, aiming to improve working conditions and reduce environmental impact.
SiPearl | €32M (part of €130M Series A) | 💻 Semiconductors
Maisons‑Laffitte–based SiPearl closed a €32 million final tranche led by Cathay Venture, completing their €130 million Series A with support from the EIC Fund and France 2030. The startup builds high-performance microprocessors for Europe’s exascale supercomputers and AI systems, with this funding supporting its Rhea1 chip tape-out and production scaling.
BrainEver | €33M | 🧬 BioTech
Paris-based BrainEver raised €33 million in Series B funding from Critical Path Ventures, the European Innovation Council, iBionext, and Relyens. The company is developing a treatment for ALS and will use the funds to begin clinical trials of its lead drug candidate, Engrailed-1, by the end of 2025 at Utrecht University.
Million Victories | €34.2M | 🎮 Video Games
Million Victories, the Paris-based gaming studio behind immersive narrative experiences, raised €34.2 million ($40 million) in funding led by Haveli Capital. The firm will use the capital to develop new interactive franchises and grow its team across Europe and North America.
Didomi | €61M | 🔒 Data Privacy
Paris-based Didomi secured €61 million in a Series C round led by Marlin Equity Partners. The company provides consent management and data privacy solutions to help businesses comply with regulations like GDPR, using the investment to expand its product suite and global reach. Along with the fundraising, Didomi also announced the acquisition of NYC-based privacy platform Sourcepoint.
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