Opinion

September 29, 2021

It's been a record year for French Tech; what's next?

It's been a record year of fundraising for French tech startups. But French entrepreneurs can't allow themselves to become complacent.


Nicolas Colin

5 min read

Sorare cofounders Nicolas Julia and Adrien Montfort

The French startup world was on fire last week. Newly-minted unicorns Sorare (who raised €580M led by SoftBank), Mirakl (€473M led by Silver Lake), and Sunday (€100M led by Coatue) raised a record €1bn+ altogether.

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Nicolas Colin

Nicolas Colin is cofounder of VC firm The Family. He writes a regular column for Sifted

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