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French VC fundraising rebounds, albeit concentrated

July 22, 2026

A single $1.2B biopharma close accounts for over 40% of capital raised in the first half of this year.

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France

Investors in France find a safe haven in real assets in Q1

May 21, 2026

Fundraising for the infrastructure-heavy investment class accounted for two-thirds of all private capital raised in the country.

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France

France PE hits lowest activity since 2021 as caution rises

April 29, 2026

Investors turn to add-on deals for risk management.

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AI

Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs secures $1B+ in bet on world models

March 10, 2026

The round is Europe’s largest seed deal to date and values the startup at $3.5B.

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Europe

Who is gaining share as US investors pile into Europe?

February 13, 2026

American participation took up almost 20% of the continent’s total deal count last year.

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France

Political uncertainty and elevated debt slow down French PE activity

January 27, 2026

Although inflation eased, corporate stress intensified last year, with business bankruptcies hitting record levels amid higher interest rates.

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Defense Tech

French defense tech startup Harmattan AI hits unicorn status with $200M Series B

January 12, 2026

VC interest in the sector is expected to accelerate this year as historic government spending increases drive return potential.

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Europe

Hot or not: Where European VC funding grew in 2025

December 24, 2025

While dealmaking has picked up overall, activity has slowed down in some of the continent’s biggest economies.

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France

Private market investors still see long-term opportunity in French instability

November 12, 2025

Short-term political turbulence is failing to deter interest in the country.

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Direct Lending

Cautious optimism at IPEM Paris as Europe’s lenders bemoan evasive M&A

October 3, 2025

Market participants at the Paris event agreed that while the valuation gap between buyers and sellers has narrowed, it has still not closed sufficiently to deliver an M&A revival.

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Distressed & Defaults

Green shoots emerge in troubled European care-home sector

September 24, 2025

Staffing levels and occupancy rates in the European retirement and nursing home sector are normalizing, allowing some operators to start deleveraging.

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France

France suffers worst quarter for VC dealmaking in 5 years

April 30, 2025

Only €1.4 billion was invested in French startups in the first three months of 2025—a 36.4% drop from the same period last year.

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Top Investor

Meet the 10 busiest dealmakers for Europe’s early-stage startups

March 12, 2024

These are the 10 most active investors in European early-stage startups, according to PitchBook data.

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AI

Microsoft backs OpenAI rival Mistral AI

February 26, 2024

Microsoft is partnering with Mistral AI, a French rival to OpenAI.

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France

Mapping France’s muted VC ecosystem

January 7, 2024

France’s 2023 VC dealmaking closed significantly below 2022’s levels, but the country still fared better than many of its peers.

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France

France’s Verkor bags €850M as VCs charge into battery startups

September 13, 2023

Battery developer Verkor has secured an €850 million Series C as France seeks to compete with China on the production of cleaner batteries.

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Infrastructure

Foreign investment in European PE stalls

June 19, 2023

Non-European investment in Europe has declined this year, particularly in total value, due to a mix of global and localized issues

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France

5 charts: French private equity thrives despite Europe’s stall

June 7, 2023

Even as the rest of the European PE market has experienced a slow start to 2023, Frances deal flow and exit activity has demonstrated resilience.

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