Paris is home to some of the most hyped startups in Europe and boasts a dynamic tech ecosystem. Startups such as Doctorlib, Alan and Agricool are just some of those at the forefront of the continent’s new economy.

But the coronavirus has radically altered the business model of many young tech companies. No list of top startups today would be complete without asking: which are most likely to thrive in the post-Corona world?

This here is a living list of the city’s top startups with a twist, which will be regularly updated in the coming months. Keep reading to stay informed about Europe’s changing new economy.

P.S The data is from our partners at Dealroom.co. If there is anyone missing from this list, or anything is wrong, please let us know by email at [email protected]

Potential Winners

Startups benefiting from trends like the rise of digital doctors, working from home and online learning

Doctolib

health

http://doctolib.fr

Paris, France

Overview Medical Booking and video consultation platform

Sifted Take Doctolib is an online platform where customers can book medical appointments with healthcare professionals, who pay a monthly subscription fee to be hosted on the site. With 50m visitors each month, €150m in funding raised a year ago and a boost from the Covid-19, the startup is ready to accelerate. It’s planning to hire 3,000 more people in the coming four years — adding to its current payroll of 1,400 employees currently split between Paris, Nantes, a few other places in France and Berlin in Germany.
The company is the continent’s best-funded healthcare booking app, having raised a total of €237m, including a €150m round in 2019 which took the company to ‘unicorn’ status with a valuation of more than €1bn.
In 2018 Doctolib made clear its big ambitions when it bought French rival MonDocteur, with the Doctorlib chief executive Stanislas Niox-Chateau saying they were looking across Europe.
The company is at some point set to run into its biggest rival Docplanner, the Polish medical booking platform, which raised €80m in a series-E funding round in 2019 as well. That, and the company could be looking to take out some more smaller players with its war chest.

Founded 2013

Latest Round MAR 2019

Stage LATE VC

Valuation €1 B

Le Wagon

education

https://www.lewagon.com/

Paris, France

Overview Coding school teaching Web Development and Data Science through immersive bootcamps

Sifted Take At Le Wagon, professionals go through intensive nine-week coding bootcamps to specialise as web developers or data scientists in one of 38 cities, from Paris to Buenos Aires or Bali. Launched in Paris in 2014, Le Wagon now has 7,500 alumni, making it one of Europe’s biggest coding bootcamps. It raised €17m from investors including Cathay Capital in January to accelerate its global expansion and launch new formats for individuals and corporate customers, the likes of bank Société Générale and energy provider Engie.

Founded 2013

Latest Round MAR 2020

Stage EARLY VC

Valuation €69-104M

Molotov TV

media

http://www.molotov.tv

Paris, France

Overview Reinvents how people watch tv

Sifted Take Built by serial entrepreneur Jean-David Blanc, streaming app Molotov has built an app that looks vaguely similar to Netflix but is built for streaming and recording live television. To differentiate from the streaming catalogues of Netflix and the other big guys in its space, the startup offers content others don’t: content with broadcast rights owned by TV stations. After Disney launched its streaming app in Europe, topping downloads rankings in countries including France, Molotov launched its own product for kids and students — the content is picked to fit school curriculums for all ages, spanning from educational videos to documentaries and films. Like other European startups of streaming, coronavirus has meant Molotov has gained more users in a month than it usually does in almost a full year.

Founded 2015

Latest Round DEC 2016

Stage SERIES B

Valuation €33-49M

360Learning

education

http://360learning.com

Paris, France

Overview E-learning strategy provider

Founded 2010

Latest Round APR 2019

Stage LATE VC

Valuation €149-224 M

Cityscoot

energy; transportation

http://www.cityscoot.eu/

Paris, France

Overview Electric scooters rental

Founded 2014

Latest Round FEB 2020

Stage SERIES B

Valuation €160-240 M

comet

jobs recruitment

https://www.comet.co

Paris, France

Overview Marketplace for freelancer

Founded 2016

Latest Round MAY 2018

Stage SERIES A

Valuation €44-66 M

easyQuorum

legal

http://www.easyquorum.com

Paris, France

Overview Management software for general meetings and board of directors

Founded 2016

Latest Round FEB 2020

Stage SEED

Valuation €2-3M

Epicery

food;home living

https://www.epicery.com/

Paris, France

Overview Platform to deliver your shopping from your neighborhood merchants

Founded 2016

Latest Round DEC 2017

Stage EARLY VC

Valuation €6-9M

Flatlooker

travel; real estate

https://www.flatlooker.com/

Paris, France

Overview Flatlooker – Visit and rent your next accommodation online

Founded 2016

Latest Round OCT 2018

Stage EARLY VC

Valuation €6-9 M

Frichti

food;home living

http://frichti.co/

Paris, France

Overview Food delivery platform designed to connect consumers to fresh and seasonal products straight from local farms as well as homemade meals.

Founded 2015

Latest Round MAR 2019

Stage SERIES B

Valuation €29-43M

Kantree

enterprise software

http://www.kantree.io

Paris, France

Overview All-in-one work management and collaboration platform

Founded 2015

Latest Round

Stage

Valuation

Klaxoon

education; enterprise software

https://klaxoon.com/

Paris, France

Overview Team colaboration software

Founded 2014

Latest Round MAY 2018

Stage SERIES B

Valuation €182-273 M

La Belle Vie

food

https://www.labellevie.com/

Paris, France

Overview Delivers 4500 fresh, organic, artisanal products, groceries and daily products

Founded 2015

Latest Round MAY 2018

Stage ANGEL

Valuation €22-33 M

Livestorm

enterprise software

https://livestorm.co

Paris, France

Overview Helping companies make their webinars simpler, smarter, and efficient

Founded 2016

Latest Round SEP 2019

Stage SERIES A

Valuation

OpenClassrooms

education

http://www.openclassrooms.com

Paris, France

Overview Online education platform in Europe

Founded 2013

Latest Round MAY 2018

Stage SERIES B

Valuation €218-327 M

Qare

health; saas

https://www.qare.fr/

Paris, France

Overview An on-demand virtual medical practice

Founded 2017

Latest Round APR 2019

Stage SERIES B

Valuation €80-120 M

Shadow

technology; computing; gaming

https://shadow.tech/

Paris, France

Overview High-end, cloud-based computer accessible on any device

Founded 2015

Latest Round OCT 2019

Stage SERIES B

Valuation €120-180 M

Shipup

transportation; marketing

http://shipup.co

Paris, France

Overview Facilitates tracking of parcels delivered by e-merchants

Founded 2016

Latest Round JUN 2018

Stage EARLY VC

Valuation €5-7 M

Slite

saas; collaboration software

https://slite.com/

Paris, France

Overview Collaborative documentation tool that helps businesses stay organized and work more thoughtfully

Founded 2016

Latest Round APR 2020

Stage SERIES A

Valuation €15-22 M

Voodoo

gaming

https://www.voodoo.io/

Paris, France

Overview Casual games developer for mobile

Founded 2013

Latest Round MAY 2018

Stage GROWTH EQUITY

Valuation

Walter Learning

education

http://www.walter-learning.com

Paris & Marseille, France

Overview E-learning platform for working professionals

Founded

Latest Round

Stage

Valuation

Withings

health

https://www.withings.com/uk/

Paris, France

Overview They invent beautiful, smart products and services that help people become happier and healthier.

Founded 2008

Latest Round

Stage

Valuation €170M

Yousign

legal;enterprise software

http://yousign.fr/

Paris & Caen, France

Overview Publishes SaaS software for electronic signature to sign documents online

Founded 2013, August

Latest Round MAY 2019

Stage EARLY VC

Valuation €8-12M

Zoov

travel; transportation

https://www.zoov.eu/

Vanves, France

Overview Ebike-sharing service that respects public roads with its lightweight, ultra-compact stations in the densest areas

Founded 2017

Latest Round JAN 2019

Stage SERIES A

Valuation €24-36 M

Hard to Tell

A giant recession will probably be bad for them, but aside from that it’s hard to tell what impact coronavirus will have

Agricool

food

http://www.agricool.co/

La Courneuve, France

Overview Technology to grow fruit and vegetables inside shipping containers

Sifted Take The coronavirus pandemic has given the world a little taste of the vulnerability of global supply chains. While there were no major shortages of food in Europe, shelves were empty of some items in the early stages of the crisis. This makes the mission of Agricool, which grows fruits in cities using shipping containers and vertical farming methods, all the more compelling. The company has been quiet of late, and there challenge has been more about scaling up their processes after raising 25m in December 2018, but we will hear a lot more from the startup in the coming years.

Founded 2015

Latest Round DEC 2018

Stage SERIES A

Valuation €100-150 M

Alan

health; fintech

http://alan.eu

Paris, France

Overview Reshaping health insurance

Sifted Take A few years ago French startup Alan won a French insurance licence. This may not sound like a big deal, but it was the first one that has been awarded since the 1980s, allowing the young team to have a crack at disrupting the country’s €36bn health insurance market.
On the back of this win, Alan started providing health insurance for employees of small companies, differentiating itself from the century-old industry giants such as Axa and Generali with a simple pricing structure and cheerful app.
Today it is seen as one of the most promising startups in France, targeting increasingly big companies and with a long-term mission to become a platform for a range of different healthcare services (for example, connecting people with doctors) and not just health insurance.
Alan raised €50m in its last raise in April, making it a unicorn.
Cofounder and chief executive Jean-Charles Samuelian told Sifted recently that he is pushing hard. “If we want to become the European champion of healthcare — becoming a gateway to the whole healthcare system — we need to be aggressive.”
One big question for the company is this though: can they begin to scale outside France? Another is: when will an insurance giant like Axa – with more or less limitlessly deep pockets – just snap them up? Either way coronavirus is boosting digital health offerings and accelerating the shift by consumers — that’s probably going to help Alan.

Founded 2016

Latest Round APR 2020

Stage SERIES B

Valuation €160-240 M

Alsid

cybersecurity; cloud; saas; enterprise software

https://www.alsid.eu/

Paris, France

Overview A cybersecurity provider that protects companies’ Microsoft Active Directory installation from hackers

Sifted Take Alsid has built a reputation by focusing on a niche in the otherwise crowded cybersecurity space: the so-called active directory, which is used by a vast majority of large corporations to manage identities. In short, the startup specialises in securing the parts of computer networks that say who can access what data, which hackers obviously love to target as a way to get to confidential information.
The company has signed on the likes of Sanofi, Accor and Orange as customers, and in April raised $15 million to fund its international expansion, from its existing presence in France and Hong Kong.
Alsid has nearly tripled its teams over the past year. On that point, being French is a clear advantage: the talent pool of mathematicians and scientists is ranked among Europe’s best, and has helped foster the country’s cybersecurity expertise.
Co-founders Emmanuel Gras and Luc Delsalle are actually great examples of the virtuous circle in the ecosystem. Before creating Alsid in 2016, they both worked as security auditors at France’s national cybersecurity agency ANSSI, and before that attended reputed engineering and IT universities.

Founded 2016

Latest Round APR 2019

Stage EARLY VC

Valuation €52-78 M

Back Market

Professionally-refurbished electronics

https://www.backmarket.fr/

Paris, France

Overview Online marketplace dedicated to refurbished products

Sifted Take Back Market is a website for buying refurbished electronic devices and appliances, and one of France’s big startup success stories. Founded in 2014, Back Market is built on the idea that refurbished goods only make up about 6% of the global market for technology and electronic goods, and that share will grow tremendously in the coming years. It’s tapping a market it estimates could be worth $80bn. In May, it raised $120m from investors including Goldman Sachs, Aglae Ventures and Eurazeo Growth. It’s attracting increased interest as refurbished second-hand products become more popular, partly because consumers are more conscious of environmental issues, and partly helped by the economic impact of coronavirus making people more mindful of their spending.

Founded 2014

Latest Round MAY 2020

Stage SERIES C

Valuation

Georges

enterprise software; saas

http://www.georges.tech/

Paris, France

Overview An accounting robot

Sifted Take Georges’ offering is aimed at entrepreneurs, self-employed people and small business owners, by proposing to automate accounting tasks. It basically synchs directly into a corporate bank account to sort transactions into categories and aggregate that data into an accounting report.
The company raised 10 millions euros in June to build new features into its software and open 40 new positions in its offices in Lyon.
It’s typically the kind of upstart that France is extremely good at spawning: enterprise-aimed software solutions that cuts back costs and administrative hassle. In a country that has a reputation for generating monstruous quantities of paperwork, companies like Georges are usually more than welcome.

Founded 2016

Latest Round JUN 2019

Stage EARLY VC

Valuation €40-60 M

Kard

fintech

https://kard.eu/

Paris, France

Overview Mobile banking alternative for the new generation, offering a never-seen-before customer experience that is cool, social & free

Sifted Take Kard is a recently-launched youth-bank for those aged 12+ which has taken a different approach from rivals by putting the control over the account in the hands of teens rather than parents. Parent have to complete a 3-minute Know Your Client process on their behalf, but it’s the teen that retains control. Chief executive and co-founder Scott Gordon told Sifted recently that most parents aren’t “control-freaks” and want their children to become financially literate. At the moment the company says it is focused “much more” on growth than immediate monetisation, hoping to have 1m users by 2021, but it taps into a bigger trend of the huge spending power of the younger generation. According to McKinsey, in the US alone $150bn is spent by Gen Z each year and they will account for 40% of global consumers by 2020.

Founded 2018

Latest Round JAN 2019

Stage SEED

Valuation €11-16 M

Meero

media

https://www.meero.com/

Paris, France

Overview Matches professional photographers with clients to produce beautiful images in a snap

Sifted Take At its core Meero is a global marketplace for photographers, which companies can use to get professional photos done quickly — for example of commercial property for rent or clothes for sale.

It handles paperwork and payment and takes a cut. The company has also developed automatic photo-editing algorithms to improve shots and give images a consistent look; for example, so all Airbnb shots can be standardised.

The wacky thing about the company is not so much the idea but the amount of the money it has raised, taking in another $230m in investment in June 2019. Who knew there was so much money in photos?

The next step for the company is to open up to the consumer market. So one day you may be able to get your wedding photographer through Meero. Also worth watching is the progress of its artificial intelligence editing technology — the tech team expanded from 80 to 300 people according to the company.

Founded 2016

Latest Round JUN 2019

Stage SERIES C

Valuation

PayFit

fintech; enterprise software

http://payfit.com

Paris, France

Overview Simplifying payroll management

Sifted Take Ask around Paris for hot startups, and everyone will mention Payfit. It’s not glamorous. It’s an HR software company focused on simplifying payroll management, expense reports, as well as absences and leave of your employees. But it is the real deal. The company started with the founders Firmin Zocchetto, Ghislain de Fontenay and Florian Fournier translating the ultra-complex French Labour Code into plain computer code and evolved from there. The company now has more than 3,000 customers in France, Germany, Spain and the UK and is growing fast. In June 2019 the company raised a fresh €70m from Eurazeo and Bpifrance and plans to double its workforce by 2020. Its big challenge for the company is that every move to a new European geography is hugely complex, having to understand a whole other labour code. But if they can do France, maybe can do anywhere?

Founded 2015

Latest Round JUN 2019

Stage SERIES B

Valuation €280-420 M

Plume Labs

health;home living

http://plumelabs.com

Paris, France

Overview Analyzes and predicts local air quality

Founded 2014

Latest Round NOV 2017

Stage GRANT

Valuation €16-25M

Vestiaire Collective

fashion

http://www.vestiairecollective.com

Paris, France

Overview We curate and connect the world’s most desirable wardrobes and provide a trusted and sustainable new way of buying and selling pre-loved items

Sifted Take With its online platform for buying and selling second-hand clothes and handbags, Vestiaire Collective is convinced that consumers are tweaking their habits and that change is coming to the fashion industry. The bet is that sooner or later, all that’s going to boost recycling and used products instead of full-priced new items, establishing “circular fashion” as the norm. So far the coronavirus has helped, according to chief executive Max Bittner. The 11-year-old company raised €59m in April from new investors, including Korelya Capital, Vaultier7 and funds managed by Fidelity International.

Founded 2009

Latest Round APR 2020

Stage SERIES G

Valuation €236-354M

Ynsect

food

http://www.ynsect.com/

Évry, France

Overview Transforming insects into nutrients for agriculture

Sifted Take There are a dozen or so edible insect companies in Europe are trying hard to move the idea of chomping down of bugs out of the novelty fringe and into the mainstream. They are getting some consumer traction — at the end of last year, for example, Sainsbury’s became the first UK supermarket chain to start stocking edible insect snack-packs in its stores, after agreeing to a supply deal with UK-based Eat Grub.
French startup Ÿnsect is one of the leaders in this space but, for now, it has its sights on the more prosaic $500bn animal feed market.
Ÿnsect won $125m in funding in February 2019, which will go towards scaling up a highly-automated facility in France producing mealworms using techniques similar to those seen in indoor vertical farming (with the mealworms rotated around various optimised growing environments before meeting their end by being steamed, much like shrimp are).
Led by Antoine Hubert, the company has around 25 patents covering all aspects of its production techniques.
The challenge for Ynsect is regulation (weirdly the rules on what animals are allowed to eat are even stricter than the ones for humans) but also economics, as for now it’s reasonably expensive as a protein source.
Ÿnsect’s market at the moment is mainly hypoallergenic dog food because pampered pets are an area where the cost of the product is less of a consideration.

Founded 2011

Latest Round JUN 2019

Stage GRANT

Valuation €500-750 M

Aircall

telecom;enterprise software

https://aircall.io

New York, United States

Overview Aircall.io, Inc. develops mobile application software. The Company offers an application platform that allows companies to set up and manage phone support online. Aircall.io operates worldwide

Founded 2014, June

Latest Round MAY 2018

Stage LATE VC

Valuation €105-158 M

Alkemics

marketing; enterprise software

http://alkemics.com

Paris, France

Overview Enabling personalised shopping experience in both the digital and real world

Founded 2011

Latest Round SEP 2019

Stage SERIES B

Valuation €80-120 M

Andjaro

jobs recruitment; enterprise software

https://www.andjaro.com/

Paris, France

Overview SaaS platform for HR management

Founded 2015

Latest Round APR 2020

Stage SERIES B

Valuation €20-30 M

Bankin’

fintech

https://bankin.com/

Paris, France

Overview Mobile money manager

Founded 2011

Latest Round APR 2019

Stage SERIES B

Valuation

Box 2 Home

delivery

https://www.box2home.fr

Paris, France

Overview A last mile service platform for sustainable delivery and furniture assembly

Founded 2016

Latest Round

Stage

Valuation

ContentSquare

marketing;enterprise software

http://www.contentsquare.com/

Paris, France

Overview Optimize your Web and Mobile UX

Founded 2012

Latest Round JUL 2019

Stage SERIES C

Valuation €400 M

CybelAngel

security

http://cybelangel.com/

Paris, France

Overview Intelligence solution designed to detect data leaks on the internet

Founded 2013

Latest Round FEB 2020

Stage SERIES B

Valuation €132-198 M

Deezer

music

http://www.deezer.com

Paris, France

Overview Online music streaming service

Founded 2006

Latest Round AUG 2018

Stage LATE VC

Valuation €1 B

Dejbox

food

http://dejbox.fr

Paris & Marcq-en-Barœul, France

Overview Online lunch delivery platform only working with qualitative craftsmans

Founded 2015

Latest Round JAN 2020

Stage ACQUISITION

Valuation

Doctrine

legal; education

https://www.doctrine.fr/

Paris, France

Overview Aims to revolutionize the traditional legal research and publishing industry

Founded 2016

Latest Round JUN 2018

Stage SERIES A

Valuation €40-60 M

EasyMovie

media

http://www.easy.movie/

Paris, France

Overview Mass production of quality videos

Founded 2013

Latest Round JUN 2019

Stage EARLY VC

Valuation €20-30M

Epsor

fintech; enterprise software

http://www.epsor.fr/

Paris, France

Overview Employee and retirement savings schemes made easy (PEE, PERCO…)

Founded 2017

Latest Round JUL 2019

Stage EARLY VC

Valuation €24-36 M

EXplain

marketing; enterprise software

https://explain.fr/

Paris, France

Overview Campaign technology to influence public opinion in politics and business

Founded 2012

Latest Round DEC 2017

Stage SERIES A

Valuation €16-24 M

Famileo

media;telecom

https://www.famileo.com/famileo/fr-FR/

Paris & Saint-Malo, France

Overview The family newspaper that makes the grandparents happy

Founded 2013

Latest Round

Stage

Valuation

Famoco

fintech

http://famoco.com

Paris, France

Overview Famoco SAS provides a mobile application based NFC reader

Founded 2010

Latest Round SEP 2019

Stage SERIES B

Valuation €36-54M

Finexkap

fintech

http://www.finexkap.com

Paris, France

Overview Web-based platform providing short-term working capital solutions

Founded 2012

Latest Round JUN 2019

Stage EARLY VC

Valuation €160-241 M

Foxintelligence

enterprise software

https://www.foxintelligence.fr

Paris, France

Overview Transaction-based market intelligence

Founded 2016

Latest Round OCT 2018

Stage SERIES A

Valuation €24-36 M

Fretlink

transportation

https://www.fretlink.com/

Paris, France

Overview SaaS solution for transportation

Founded 2015

Latest Round APR 2019

Stage SERIES B

Valuation €100-150M

HR Path

jobs recruitment; enterprise software

http://hr-path.com

Paris, France

Overview Human capital management technology

Founded 2001

Latest Round APR 2019

Stage LATE VC

Valuation €400-600 M

Invoxia

tracking;security;logistics

https://www.invoxia.com/uk

Paris, France

Overview Smart GPS trackers augmented with Artificial Intelligence

Founded 2010

Latest Round

Stage

Valuation

Karos

transportation

https://www.karos.fr

Paris, France

Overview Short-distance car sharing

Founded 2014

Latest Round MAY 2020

Stage CONVERTIBLE

Valuation €17-25 M

Kayrros

energy; enterprise software

http://www.kayrros.com/

Paris, France

Overview Asset Observation Analytics Platform for supply chain, operational and environmental insights

Founded 2016

Latest Round SEP 2018

Stage SERIES B

Valuation €84-126 M

Ledger

fintech

https://www.ledger.com/

Paris, France

Overview Provides security and infrastructure solutions for cryptocurrencies and blockchain applications

Founded 2014

Latest Round APR 2019

Stage SERIES C

Valuation €261 M

Liberkeys

real estate

https://liberkeys.com/

Paris, France

Overview Proptech startup trying to reinvent the process of house buying

Founded 2017

Latest Round SEP 2019

Stage SEED

Valuation

ManoMano

home living

https://www.manomano.fr/

Paris, France

Overview Gardening and DIY community

Founded 2013

Latest Round JAN 2020

Stage SERIES D

Valuation €440-660 M

Margo Bank

fintech

https://margo.com/

Paris, France

Overview New bank for businesses

Founded 2017

Latest Round MAR 2018

Stage SERIES A

Valuation €26-38M

MusicWorldMedia

media

https://www.musicworldmedia.com/

Paris & Boulogne-Billancourt, France

Overview The world’s leading creative apps publisher

Founded 2012

Latest Round MAR 2020

Stage SERIES B

Valuation €200-300M

October

fintech

https://october.eu/

Paris, France

Overview P2P lending platform for SMEs

Founded 2014

Latest Round JUN 2018

Stage SERIES C

Valuation €128-192 M

Oh BiBi

gaming

https://www.ohbibi.com/

Paris, France

Overview Mobile gamedev studio

Founded 2012

Latest Round JUN 2018

Stage SERIES B

Valuation €76-115 M

OnePark

travel

http://www.onepark.co

Paris & Vélizy-Villacoublay, France

Overview Book a parking space

Founded 2013

Latest Round JAN 2019

Stage EARLY VC

Valuation €60-90M

Ornikar

education; transportation

http://www.ornikar.com

Paris, France

Overview France’s leading online driving school

Founded 2014

Latest Round JUN 2019

Stage SERIES B

Valuation €140-210 M

Outsight

artificial intelligence; robotics; transportation; smart cities

https://www.outsight.tech

Paris, France

Overview Outsight develops a revolutionary kind of sensor, a 3D Semantic Camera that brings Full Situation Awareness to Smart Machines and Monitoring Solutions.

Founded 2019

Latest Round APR 2019

Stage SERIES A

Valuation

Papernest

fintech; real estate

https://www.papernest.com/

Paris, France

Overview Takes the most binding administrative steps in place of its customers

Founded 2015

Latest Round OCT 2017

Stage SERIES A

Valuation €40-60 M

Prophesee

robotics; artificial intelligence

http://www.prophesee.ai/

Paris, France

Overview Advanced neuromorphic vision systems

Founded 2014

Latest Round OCT 2019

Stage SERIES C

Valuation €112-168M

Proprioo

real estate

http://www.proprioo.fr/

Paris, France

Overview Alternative to traditional real estate agencies and sites of sale between individuals when you want to sell your property

Founded 2016

Latest Round MAY 2019

Stage SERIES B

Valuation €73-109 M

Qonto

fintech

https://qonto.eu/

Paris, France

Overview Provides online banking services to small businesses

Founded 2016

Latest Round JAN 2020

Stage SERIES C

Valuation €416-624M

Scaleway

http://scaleway.com

Paris, France

Overview Cloud platform, offering baremetal and virtual ssd cloud servers for any workload

Founded 2013

Latest Round

Stage

Valuation

Sendinblue

digital marketing

https://www.sendinblue.com

Paris, France

Overview They provide new businesses and organisations with effective, yet affordable marketing toolssales & marketing toolbox

Founded 2012

Latest Round 2017

Stage

Valuation

Shift Technology

fintech; artifical intelligence; insurance

http://www.shift-technology.com

Paris, France

Overview Fraud detection and claims automation solutions for the insurance industry

Founded 2013

Latest Round MAR 2019

Stage SERIES C

Valuation

Sketchfab

media

http://www.sketchfab.com

Paris, France

Overview Publish interactive 3D content online

Founded 2012

Latest Round APR 2018

Stage SERIES A

Valuation

Snips

enterprise software

http://snips.ai

Paris, France

Overview A voice platform for connected devices

Founded 2013

Latest Round NOV 2019

Stage ACQUISITION

Valuation €35M

Spendesk

fintech; saas

http://spendesk.com

Paris, France

Overview Smart spend management software

Founded 2016

Latest Round SEP 2019

Stage SERIES B

Valuation €140-210 M

Sqreen

security;enterprise software

https://www.sqreen.com/

San Francisco, United States

Overview Monitoring and protection platform

Founded 2015

Latest Round APR 2019

Stage SERIES A

Valuation €51-76M

StarOfService

jobs recruitment

http://www.starofservice.com/

Paris, France

Overview Helps find the best professional for any service close to home

Founded 2012

Latest Round SEP 2016

Stage SERIES A

Valuation €36-55 M

Station Paris

https://getstation.com/

Paris, France

Overview Browser that unifies work applications in a single interface

Founded 2016

Latest Round MAY 2018

Stage SEED

Valuation €13-20 M

Stuart

transportation

http://stuart.com/

Paris, France

Overview On-demand delivery logistics app connecting businesses with consumers

Founded 2015

Latest Round MAR 2017

Stage ACQUISITION

Valuation €88-132M

Swile (ex-Lunchr)

food

https://www.swile.co/

Paris, France

Overview La 1ère app dédiée à la vie d’équipe

Founded 2016

Latest Round

Stage

Valuation

Tempow

music

http://www.tempow.com

Paris, France

Overview We stream music from one smartphone to multiple Bluetooth devices (headphones, earbuds)

Founded 2016

Latest Round MAY 2018

Stage SERIES A

Valuation €15-22 M

Tissium

health

https://tissium.com/

Paris, France

Overview Develops biodegradable sealants and adhesives

Founded 2013

Latest Round FEB 2020

Stage SERIES B

Valuation €156-234 M

Toosla

transportation

https://www.toosla.com/

Paris, France

Overview Car-sharing app

Founded 2016

Latest Round SEP 2019

Stage SERIES A

Valuation €32-48 M

Virgil

fintech; real estate

https://www.wearevirgil.com/

Paris, France

Overview Become owner, even without personal contribution. Choose your apartment, Virgil buys it with you

Founded 2018

Latest Round NOV 2019

Stage EARLY VC

Valuation €8-13 M

Virtuo

travel; transportation

https://www.govirtuo.com/

Paris, France

Overview Makes renting a car at airports and train stations easier

Founded 2015

Latest Round FEB 2019

Stage SERIES B

Valuation €80-120 M

Wandercraft

health; robotics

http://www.wandercraft.eu/

Paris, France

Overview Developing and selling self-balanced, realistic walk exoskeletons for rehabilitation and personal mobility

Founded 2012

Latest Round OCT 2017

Stage SERIES B

Valuation €60-90 M

Welcome to the Jungle

hr; media; jobs; SaaS

https://www.welcometothejungle.co

Paris, France

Overview The european media for work and employment

Founded 2015

Latest Round OCT 2019

Stage SERIES A

Valuation €81-122 M

WeMaintain

real estate;transportation

https://www.wemaintain.com/

Paris, France

Overview Optimizes and facilitates the maintenance of elevators

Founded 2017

Latest Round APR 2019

Stage SERIES A

Valuation €28-42M

Wingly

travel;transportation

https://en.wingly.io/

Paris, France

Overview The flight sharing platform

Founded 2015

Latest Round MAR 2018

Stage EARLY VC

Valuation €8-12M

Yomoni

fintech

http://www.yomoni.fr/

Paris, France

Overview Yomoni creates and manages a customized portfolio for you

Founded 2014

Latest Round FEB 2017

Stage EARLY VC

Valuation €20-30M

Zelros

insurance; artificial intelligence

http://zelros.com/

Paris, France

Overview An artificial intelligence-driven solution for insurance

Founded 2016

Latest Round DEC 2018

Stage EARLY VC

Valuation €20-30 M

Zenaton

enterprise software

https://zenaton.com/

Paris, France

Overview Cloud-based developer tool startup that makes building workflows easy

Founded 2017

Latest Round JUN 2018

Stage SEED

Valuation €8-12 M

Zenpark

transportation

http://zenpark.com

Paris & Roissy-en-France, France

Overview Transforms private parking into public shared parking

Founded 2011

Latest Round FEB 2019

Stage SERIES B

Valuation €40-60M

Likely Losers

Startups in industries such as travel, co-working and events are likely to be particularly impacted by the ongoing implications of the coronavirus pandemic

BlaBlaCar

travel; transportation

http://www.blablacar.com

Paris, France

Overview Connecting drivers with empty seats to people looking for a ride and creating a marketplace for shared mobilities.

Sifted Take BlaBlaCar has been around since 2006 and is one of France’s first unicorns (valued at over $1bn). The service connects drivers travelling from one city to another with travellers headed the same way, and operates across Europe and markets such as Russia and Mexico.
Drivers can’t really profit much, as the price for a passenger is only supposed to cover petrol and general wear and tear, so the company has not faced the same regulatory scrutiny as ride-hailing companies such as Uber.
The carpooling app, is expanding into long-distance bus journeys, where it faces stiff competition from fellow European FlixBus, amongst others. The company has already acquired Ouibus, a bus operator traveling between big cities, and Busfor, an eastern European bus booking platform. It’s also making interesting moves in the shared commuting space with a new(ish) service in France, BlaBlaLines.
All that’s suffered a halt though during the coronavirus pandemic and Blablacar’s valuation was cut. Investors will be on the lookout to see whether the car-sharing market restarts or BlaBlaCar ends up pivoting and selling something else to its community.

Founded 2006

Latest Round NOV 2018

Stage GROWTH EQUITY

Valuation €1.6 B

Leavy

travel; social network

https://leavy.co

Paris, France

Overview Online community-based short-term rental platform

Sifted Take Leavy is an Airbnb of sorts: an online platform for short-term rentals. The twist is a heavier reliance on community, whose members can for instance make money by taking care of listed homes and showing guests around their city.
Founder Aziza Chaouachi says she started the service because her own flat was “too crappy” to rent through an Airbnb concierge, and she turned to friends for help instead.
The startup announced a $14m funding round in November 2019, and is working on another one. Part of that money is going to international expansion, as the company ventures to US cities including New York.
Most of the investment though is technology. Behind Leavy’s platform, complex algorithms are at work studying travel trends and flows. That’s how the company decides in advance how much it’s going to pay hosts, regardless of whether anyone actually stays in their apartment.
Obviously the coronavirus crisis and the resulting halt in travel is hurting Leavy. It’s going to have to bounce back from that — but how?

Founded 2017

Latest Round NOV 2019

Stage SEED

Valuation €56-84 M

Evaneos

travel

http://www.evaneos.com

Paris, France

Overview Online platform that directly connects travellers to local travel agencies

Founded 2009

Latest Round SEP 2018

Stage LATE VC

Valuation €291-436 M

Gymlib

wellness beauty; sports

http://gymlib.com/

Paris, France

Overview Access to fitness spaces

Founded 2013

Latest Round MAY 2018

Stage EARLY VC

Valuation €40-60 M

Heetch

travel; transportation

http://heetch.com

Paris, France

Overview Ride-sharing app targeted at late night transportation seekers in France

Founded 2013

Latest Round NOV 2019

Stage SERIES B

Valuation €15-22 M

Kactus

event tech

https://www.kactus.com/

Paris, France

Overview Corporate event booking service

Founded 2015

Latest Round SEP 2018

Stage EARLY VC

Valuation €20-30 M

Misterfly

travel

https://www.misterfly.com/

Paris, France

Overview Best price for your flight ticket

Founded 2014

Latest Round JUN 2016

Stage LATE VC

Valuation €80-120M

Wynd

fintech;enterprise software

http://www.wynd.eu/

Paris, France

Overview Enables merchants to create online sales channels

Founded 2013

Latest Round JAN 2019

Stage SERIES C

Valuation €288-432M

Younited-credit

fintech

https://www.younited-credit.com/

Paris, France

Overview Online platform to facilitate financial transactions between lenders and borrowers

Founded 2009

Latest Round DEC 2018

Stage SERIES F

Valuation €174-261 M

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media

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education

Cityscoot

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jobs recruitment

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legal

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food;home living

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travel; real estate

Frichti

food;home living

Kantree

enterprise software

Klaxoon

education; enterprise software

La Belle Vie

food

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enterprise software

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education

Qare

health; saas

Shadow

technology; computing; gaming

Shipup

transportation; marketing

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saas; collaboration software

Voodoo

gaming

Walter Learning

education

Withings

health

Yousign

legal;enterprise software

Zoov

travel; transportation

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Agricool

food

Alan

health; fintech

Alsid

cybersecurity; cloud; saas; enterprise software

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Georges

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fintech

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media

PayFit

fintech; enterprise software

Plume Labs

health;home living

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fashion

Ynsect

food

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telecom;enterprise software

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Andjaro

jobs recruitment; enterprise software

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