Analysis

May 8, 2023

France looks to the UK for lessons on boosting business angels

Britain’s SEIS investment scheme has been widely praised across Europe. France wants to import a version as part of a plan to boost annual early-stage investment by €3bn


Chris O’Brien

6 min read

Paul Midy (right) speaks with French Tech Director Clara Chappaz (center) and La French Tech team at Station F.

As part of a relentless effort to turbocharge its startup ecosystem, the French government wants to triple the number of business angels backing early-stage startups. To pull this off, policymakers are looking for lessons from an unlikely source: the UK.

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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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