24.11.2021

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2021

Plug In Digital raises $75 million for indie games publishing

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2012

  • Series B
  • Sector: Video Games

Investment Raised: USD 75M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bridgepoint (https://www.bridgepoint.eu/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en)

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23.11.2021

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2021

French InsurTech startup Leocare raises big funding round

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2017

  • Series B
  • Sector: Financial Services

Investment Raised: USD 116M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Ventech (https://www.ventechvc.com/) Felix Capital (https://www.felixcap.com/) Eight Roads Ventures (https://eightroads.com/en/) Daphni (https://daphni.com/)

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16.11.2021

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2021

French gaming startup Million Victories raises USD 3M from american investment Fund Griffin Gaming Partners

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2017

  • Series A
  • Sector: Software

Investment Raised: USD 3M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Griffin Gaming Partners (https://griffingp.com/)

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15.11.2021

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2021

Lifen raises USD 58M to digitize the healthcare industry

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2015

  • Series C
  • Sector: Healthcare

Investment Raised: USD 58M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Serena (https://www.serena.vc/) Partech (https://partechpartners.com/) MACSF (https://www.macsf.fr/) Lauxera Capital Partners (https://lauxera.com/) Creadev (https://www.creadev.com/)

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14.11.2021

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2021

Business planning platform startup Pigment raises USD 73M

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2019

  • Series B
  • Sector: SaaS

Investment Raised: USD 73M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Greenoaks (https://www.greenoaks.com/) FirstMark (https://firstmarkservices.com/) Blossom Capital (https://www.blossomcap.com/)

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02.11.2021

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2021

iFollow raises EUR 7.5M for its autonomous robots for logistics

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2017

  • Series A
  • Sector: Logistics

Investment Raised: EUR 7.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: WaterStart Capital (https://www.n-ci.com/start-up/waterstart-capital/) Supernova Invest (https://supernovainvest.com/) Socadif (https://www.socadif.fr/) Bpifrance (https://www.bpifrance.com/) Axeleo Capital (https://www.axeleo.com/)

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26.10.2021

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2021

DNA Script Raises USD 165M in Oversubscribed Series C Financing to Accelerate Commercialization of Enzymatic DNA Printing Platform

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2014

  • Series C
  • Sector: BioTech

Investment Raised: USD 165M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: M Ventures (https://www.m-ventures.com/) Moore Strategic Ventures (https://www.moore-ventures.com/) Life Sciences Partners (https://www.lspvc.com/) Kurma Partners (https://www.kurmapartners.com/en) Illumina Ventures (https://www.illuminaventures.com/) Fidelity Management and Research Company (https://www.fidelity.com/about-fidelity/our-company) Farallon Capital Management (https://www.faralloncapital.com/) Danaher Life Science (https://www.danaher.com/our-businesses) Columbia Threadneedle Investments (https://www.columbiathreadneedle.com/en/) Coatue (https://www.coatue.com/) Catalio Capital Management (https://www.cataliocapital.com/) Casdin Capital (https://casdincapital.com/) Bpifrance (https://www.bpifrance.com/) ArrowMark Partners (https://arrowmarkpartners.com/) Alexandria Venture Investments (https://www.are.com/venture-investments.html) Agilent Technology (https://www.agilent.com/)

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25.10.2021

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2021

Tallano raises EUR 17M to fight against fine particles

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2019

  • Series B
  • Sector: Industrial Engineering

Investment Raised: EUR 17M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Mirova (https://www.mirova.com/en) Bpifrance (https://www.bpifrance.com/)

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19.10.2021

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2021

Wakeo Raises USD 11M in Series A Funding

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2016

  • Series A
  • Sector: SaaS

Investment Raised: USD 11M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Promus Ventures (http://www.promusventures.com/) 360 Capital (https://www.360cap.vc/)

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18.10.2021

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2021

Recruitment: French CleverConnect raises EUR 30M for entry to Europe

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2010

  • Series B
  • Sector: Human Rescources

Investment Raised: EUR 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Sofiouest (https://sofiouest.com/) Digital+ Partners Citizen Capital (http://www.citizencapital.fr/)

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18.10.2021

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2021

BeemEnergy announces EUR 7M Series A to enable consumers to take control of their home energy

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2018

  • Series A
  • Sector: Electronics

Investment Raised: EUR 7M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: David Sloo Bpifrance (https://www.bpifrance.com/) BNP Paribas Developpement (https://www.bnpparibasdeveloppement.com/) Alter Equity 3P (https://www.alter-equity.com/) 360 Capital (https://www.360cap.vc/)

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12.10.2021

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2021

Institutional investor crypto trading platform SheeldMarket raises USD 10M

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2019

  • Series A
  • Sector: FinTech

Investment Raised: USD 10M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Semantic Ventures (https://www.semantic.vc/) Pascal Gauthier Draper Dragon (http://draperdragon.com/home-en) Axeleo Capital (https://www.axeleo.com/) Atomico (https://atomico.com/) Alexis Bonillo

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11.10.2021

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2021

Swile raises USD 200M and reaches unicorn status

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2018

  • Series D
  • Sector: Software

Investment Raised: USD 200M €

USD 800M

Valuation

Investors: Softbank (https://www.softbank.jp/en/corp/) Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/) Headline (https://headline.com/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) Bpifrance (https://www.bpifrance.com/)

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10.10.2021

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2021

Mobile gaming startup Homa Games raises USD 50M

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2018

  • Series A
  • Sector: Gaming

Investment Raised: USD 50M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Singular (https://singular.vc/) OneRagtime (https://www.oneragtime.com/) Northzone (https://northzone.com/) King (https://www.king.com/de) Headline (https://headline.com/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) Daniel Ek (https://www.forbes.com/profile/daniel-ek/?sh=41545eb846ab)

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06.10.2021

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2021

AI-powered document processing platform Mindee lands $14M

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2018

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 14M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Serena (https://www.serena.vc/) GGV Capital Bpifrance (https://www.bpifrance.com/) Alven (https://alven.co/)

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28.09.2021

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2021

Banking-as-a-Service platform Swan raises EUR 16M in Accel led round

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2019

  • Series A
  • Sector: FinTech

Investment Raised: EUR 16M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Bpifrance (https://www.bpifrance.com/) Creandum (https://www.creandum.com/)

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28.09.2021

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2021

French proptech Witco launches in the UK with USD 14M in new funding

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2016

  • Series A
  • Sector: Software

Investment Raised: USD 14M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: UL Invest (https://www.ul.com/about/ventures) Naxicap Partners (https://www.naxicap.fr/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) Daphni (https://daphni.com/)

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22.09.2021

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2021

SoftBank jumps into Secondhand Market with Vestiaire Collective Investment

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2009

  • Series Unknown
  • Sector: e-commerce

Investment Raised: EUR 178M €

EUR 1.5B

Valuation

Investors: SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/) Korelya Capital Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) Condé Nast (https://www.condenast.de/de) BPI France (https://www.bpifrance.com/)

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22.09.2021

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2021

Sunday raises USD 100M for its fast restaurant checkout flow

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2021

  • Series A
  • Sector: Finance

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: DST Global (https://dst-global.com/) Coatue (https://www.coatue.com/)

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22.09.2021

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2021

Game changing microcapsule maker Calyxia raises EUR 15M

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2015

  • Series A
  • Sector: Agriculture

Investment Raised: EUR 15M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Astanor Ventures (https://astanor.com/)

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21.09.2021

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2021

Marketplace platform Mirakl raises USD 555M at $3.5 billion valuation

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2011

  • Series E
  • Sector: e-commerce

Investment Raised: USD 555M €

USD 3.5B

Valuation

Investors: Silver Lake (https://www.silverlake.com/?v=2) Permira (https://www.permira.com/) Felix Capital (https://www.felixcap.com/) Elaia (https://www.elaia.com/) 83 North (https://www.83north.com/)

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20.09.2021

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2021

Eurazeo copmpletes its investment in Novair Medical

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 1977

  • Series Unknown
  • Sector: Health Care

Investment Raised: EUR 26M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en)

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20.09.2021

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2021

Fantasy football platform Sorare raisesUSD 680M

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2018

  • Series B
  • Sector: Fantasy Sports

Investment Raised: USD 680M €

USD 4.3B

Valuation

Investors: SoftBank (https://group.softbank/en) LionTree (https://www.liontree.com/) IVP (https://www.ivp.com/) Headline (https://headline.com/) H14 (http://www.h14.it/) Futury Capital (https://www.futurycapital.vc/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) D1 Capital Partner (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/d1-capital-partners)

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16.09.2021

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2021

Amolyt Pharma Announces USD 80M Series B Financing led by Sectoral Asset Management and Andera Partners

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2007

  • Series B
  • Sector: BioTech

Investment Raised: USD 80M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Sectoral Asset Management (https://www.sectoral.com/) Andera Partners (https://www.anderapartners.com/en/)

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16.09.2021

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2021

Paris-based HRtech startup Skello raises EUR 40M to expand across Europe

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2016

  • Series B
  • Sector: BUsiness Information System

Investment Raised: EUR 40M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: XAnge (https://www.xange.vc/) Partech (https://partechpartners.com/) Aglaé Ventures (https://aglaeventures.com/)

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13.09.2021

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2021

TreeFrog Therapeutics raises USD 75M In Series B Financing

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2018

  • Series B
  • Sector: BioPharma

Investment Raised: USD 75M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: XAnge (https://www.xange.vc/) Leonard Green & Partners (https://www.leonardgreen.com/) Bristol Meyers Squibb (https://www.bms.com/at) Bpi France (https://www.bpifrance.com/) BNP Paribas Développement (https://www.bnpparibasdeveloppement.com/) AQUITI Gestion (https://www.aquiti.fr/)

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13.09.2021

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2021

Healthcare staff management platform Hublo raises EUR 22M

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2016

  • Series A
  • Sector: Health Care

Investment Raised: EUR 22M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Revaia (https://revaia.com/) Acton Capital (https://actoncapital.com/)

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13.09.2021

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2021

Fantasy football platform Sorare raises $680 million

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2018

  • Series B
  • Sector: Fantasy Sports

Investment Raised: USD 680M €

USD 4.3B

Valuation

Investors: SoftBank (https://group.softbank/en) LionTree (https://www.liontree.com/) IVP (https://www.ivp.com/) Headline (https://headline.com/) H14 (http://www.h14.it/) Futury Capital (https://www.futurycapital.vc/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) D1 Capital Partner (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/d1-capital-partners)

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02.09.2021

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2021

Cajoo raises USD 40M for its instant grocery delivery service

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2021

  • Series A
  • Sector: Delivery

Investment Raised: USD 40M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Xange (https://www.xange.vc/) Headline (https://headline.com/) Frst (https://www.frst.vc/) Carrefour (https://www.carrefour.com/en/actuality/newscat22021)

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27.07.2021

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2021

Planity, the “Doctolib of beauty” raises €30 million and targets Germany

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2016

  • Series B
  • Sector: Fashion

Investment Raised: EUR 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Alven (https://alven.co/) Bpifrance (https://www.bpifrance.com/) Crédit Mutuel Innovation (https://www.creditmutuel-equity.eu/fr/index.html) Eiffel Investment Group (https://www.eiffel-ig.com/) Gaia Capital Partners (https://tracxn.com/d/private-equity/gaia-capital-partners/__K2RyuHUG_EYCze9WcESLA1DTkB8Vr6EQShUVh-ldzvQ)

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