France startup ecosystem
France has rapidly risen in the European startup rankings, driven by bold government initiatives like La French Tech and the world's largest startup campus, Station F. Paris is a powerhouse for deep tech, AI, and cleantech, supported by a strong scientific research base and increasing private VC investment. A growing pool of serial entrepreneurs is helping the ecosystem mature. The directory currently lists 269 organisations across 30 cities.
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Swile
Swile is a Paris-based employee benefits and fintech platform founded in 2018 by Loic Soubeyrand. The company digitizes meal vouchers, gift cards, mobility credits, and other employee perks into a single smart card and mobile app, replacing the paper-based benefits systems that remain common across France and Southern Europe. Swile raised over EUR 200 million from investors including SoftBank Vision Fund and has been valued at over EUR 1 billion. In 2022 it merged with Brazilian benefits platform Bswift to expand into Latin America. Swile is a leading force in modernizing employee experience across Europe.
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Tech For Industry Show 2026
First edition of an Industry 4.0 trade show at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, with 100+ exhibitors, 4,000+ visitors and 40+ conferences on industrial software, IT/OT convergence, AI, connected robotics and supply chain 4.0.
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Tech For Industry Show 2027
Tech For Industry Show 2027 runs 19-20 May at Paris Expo, Hall 7.1, dedicated to Industry 4.0 innovation. The show combines 100+ exhibitors, 4,000+ visitors and 60+ conference sessions with one-to-one business meetings, covering industrial software, IoT, robotics and industrial AI for manufacturers such as Renault, Sanofi and Airbus Atlantic.
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Tech Show Paris 2026
An enterprise-tech mega-event at Porte de Versailles bundling five co-located shows covering cloud and AI infrastructure, DevOps, cloud and cyber security, data and AI leadership, and data centres. For infrastructure, devtools, and security startups it is a single badge to reach enterprise IT buyers across the whole stack.
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Techinnov
Organizer of Techinnov, France's leading structured B2B matchmaking event for industrial innovation, held near Paris since 2011. The annual conference connects over 3,000 participants including startups, SMEs, and large corporates through pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings, fostering partnerships across advanced manufacturing, energy, and deeptech.
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Techinnov 2026
France's flagship B2B innovation matchmaking day at Parc Floral de Paris, organized around pre-scheduled 20-minute meetings between startups and industrial buyers. Designed for high meeting density and fast enterprise business development in Industry 4.0 and industrial transformation.
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Thibaud Hug de Larauze
Co-founder and CEO of Back Market, the refurbished-electronics marketplace he co-founded in 2014 to make second-hand devices mainstream. He scaled it into one of Europe's largest circular-economy platforms, valued at over $5bn.
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Thomas Rebaud
Founder and CEO of Meero, the AI photography and image-processing company he started in 2016, raising large rounds from Alven, Eurazeo and Prime Ventures to automate visual content at scale.
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Toulouse Space Summit 2026
An international space-industry summit in Toulouse, Europe's space capital, organised by Novaspace with the Occitanie region. For spacetech and deeptech founders it is a focused venue to meet space agencies, primes, and investors shaping the resilient-space agenda.
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Unleash World 2026
The world's leading HR and workforce technology conference and expo, organized by UNLEASH Group at the Paris Convention Center on 20-22 October 2026. Three days across seven conference stages, summits, an exhibition and startup showcases covering AI, skills, workforce strategy, reward, people analytics and the future of work, drawing thousands of senior HR leaders and HR-tech buyers.
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uviago
Mobile app (Android and iOS) that rewards everyday drivers by automatically accumulating points in the background as they drive, with no manual interaction. Points are redeemable for discounts at partner merchants, and geo-discovery surfaces nearby offers along a driver's usual routes. Early-stage and recruiting its first national merchant partners.
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Vekia
Vekia is a Lille-based supply chain AI company whose platform forecasts demand, inventory, and logistics operations, generating AI-driven purchase and replenishment proposals prioritized to simplify day-to-day decisions. Its shortage management features give retailers and distributors a global view of stock levels with proactive stockout alerts, and the platform integrates with existing ERP systems to feed optimized order proposals directly into them. Legally a societe par actions simplifiees, Vekia is led by president Manuel Davy.
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Verkor
Verkor is the industrial champion of the French "Battery Valley" and one of Europe's most important energy manufacturing plays. While many battery startups emphasize chemistry R&D, Verkor's differentiator is execution at scale. Its gigafactory in Dunkirk, which began commissioning in late 2025, is designed to reach 16 GWh of annual capacity—enough to power roughly 300,000 electric vehicles. The facility is among the most advanced battery plants in Europe, built to supply automotive OEMs with locally produced, low-carbon cells. The year 2026 is Verkor's start-of-production milestone. Its cells are the core of the new Alpine A390 and other Renault Group EV programs, giving the company a high-profile anchor customer and a direct path to volume demand. Verkor positions itself around "low-carbon performance" by combining France's low-emission nuclear grid with a highly digitized Industry 4.0 production system that reduces scrap rates and energy intensity. The company argues that its batteries carry a materially smaller carbon footprint than cells manufactured in coal-heavy regions, which is increasingly important as automakers track embedded emissions across supply chains. Beyond production, Verkor is investing in future chemistry and process innovation. The Verkor Innovation Centre (VIC) in Grenoble is expanding its work on next-generation chemistries, including sodium-ion cells that reduce reliance on lithium and cobalt. This R&D focus strengthens supply-chain resilience and creates optionality for lower-cost, lower-risk storage solutions as electric mobility scales. Verkor's roadmap also includes tighter integration between materials sourcing, cell design, and recycling, positioning it to meet Europe's stringent regulatory requirements on battery sustainability and traceability. Verkor is backed by a mix of strategic and infrastructure capital. Macquarie Asset Management and Meridiam provide long-term project finance muscle, Renault Group anchors demand and industrial validation, EQT Ventures provides growth capital, and Sibanye-Stillwater supports raw material security. It was co-founded and supported early by EIT InnoEnergy and has strong operational ties to Schneider Electric, which helped design its digital factory systems. With support from the Macron administration and the European Investment Bank, Verkor has become a poster child for European industrial sovereignty. In 2026, it stands as proof that Europe can manufacture critical clean-tech hardware at global scale—and do it with a lower-carbon footprint.
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Vestiaire Collective
Luxury fashion resale platform with strong operations and authentication teams in Spain. Vestiaire Collective is a startup based in Paris, France at the growth stage. The company operates in the Marketplace, Fashion, Circular Economy space. Learn more at their website.
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Vianney Vaute
Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Back Market, shaping the brand and product behind the refurbished-electronics marketplace he started with Thibaud Hug de Larauze and Quentin Le Brouster.
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Victor Decrion
Victor Decrion is Managing Partner at Lauxera Capital Partners, a European venture capital firm specializing in cardiovascular disease therapeutics and cardiometabolic drug development. He is a notable life science investor active in the European and Nordic biotech partnering ecosystem. Lauxera Capital is recognized for its focused thesis in cardiovascular innovation, an underserved area in European life science VC.
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Vincent Huguet
Co-founder and CEO of Malt, the freelance marketplace connecting companies with independent professionals across Europe. He scaled it into the continent's leading freelancing platform.
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Viva Technology
Organizer of VivaTech, Paris's flagship innovation and startup conference connecting founders, corporates, and investors since 2016. One of Europe's largest tech events, VivaTech attracts over 150,000 attendees and 13,000 startups annually, featuring startup challenges, corporate open innovation programs, and high-profile keynotes.
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Viva Technology (VivaTech) 2026
Europe's largest startup and technology event at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, marking its 10th anniversary in 2026. Core value for founders is open-innovation deal flow with corporates and investors. Startup Challenge applications typically run on rolling tracks and often close in late March to early April 2026 depending on partner challenge.
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VivaTech Startup Challenges 2026
Challenge-based corporate innovation tracks connected to VivaTech 2026. Deadlines are rolling and usually close between late March and early April 2026 depending on partner challenge. Selected startups can receive exhibition visibility, pilot opportunities, and enterprise integration support.
