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March 31, 2021

France adds €700m to Europe’s deeptech arms race

Deeptech represents Europe's great hope for startup champions. France just upped the ante.


Chris O’Brien

5 min read

Paul-François Fournier, director of innovation at Bpifrance.

Deeptech has generated a frenzy across Europe — VCs and policymakers are betting billions of euros that new research-based technologies will shift the global balance of power in their favour, by unleashing a world-beating generation of startups.

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Chris O’Brien

Chris O’Brien is a writer for Sifted. He covers French tech, and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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