Startup Noa has announced a €5 million funding round led by Founders Future. With its first app dedicated to fitness and Pilates, initially designed for women, the founders aim to lay the foundations for a premium digital wellness brand.

Acquired by medical software publisher Cegedim Santé, French platform Médoucine connects users with alternative medicine practitioners. Despite the acquisition, the company will remain an independent entity with its own team and brand.

Predictive maintenance, shop floor digitalization, additive manufacturing, AI-powered quality control… Deeptech startups are increasingly establishing themselves as indispensable partners for industrial companies. An overview with Yann Coïc, Director of EDF Pulse Ventures, the EDF Group’s venture capital arm dedicated to investing in innovative startups.

With €93 billion in announced investments, the ninth edition of the Choose France summit set a new record. From AI and logistics to energy, steel, food production, and pharmaceuticals, here are the major announcements from the event held at the Palace of Versailles.

MADDYNESS EXCLUSIVE – On the occasion of the Choose France summit, held this Monday in Versailles, Revolut will invest an additional €100 million in France by 2030, according to our information. This marks a new step in the British fintech’s French expansion, one year after committing to invest more than €1 billion in the country.

This week in MaddyMoney, the French Tech ecosystem raised €46.5 million, with an average ticket size of approximately €5.2 million. This marks a significant decline compared to the previous week, during which French startups secured €126 million in funding. In total, two AI-powered startups successfully raised €6.5 million.

MokN, a cybersecurity company, has raised a $15 million funding round. GV is among the investors alongside Datadog.

French consultancy Singulier is merging with its German counterpart Ommax to create a pan-European platform of over 400 consultants specializing in business transformation through artificial intelligence and data. Backed by Eurazeo, the new entity is targeting revenues of between €80 and €100 million and aims to triple in size within five years.

The 40th edition of South by Southwest in Austin, United States, confirmed a turning point: AI is no longer a subject of debate for the cultural industries — it is a work in progress. Bpifrance was there, alongside the La French Touch teams, and returns with three shifts that are reshaping creation and value distribution.

Iliad, Ardian, Artefact, Bull, Capgemini, EDF, Orange and Scaleway have announced the creation of a consortium, named "AION", to put forward a French bid under the European AI gigafactories program. A project estimated at €10 billion.

According to the EY 2026 Attractiveness Barometer, France attracted 53 foreign projects related to artificial intelligence in 2025, more than its European neighbors. A dynamic driven in particular by data centers and low-carbon energy, building on the AI Summit and the €109 billion plan announced last year.

Five years after unveiling France’s national strategy to boost the quantum sector, President Emmanuel Macron has announced new measures to support the industry. Semiconductors are also receiving significant attention from the French government.

Alice & Bob has announced an extension of its Series B round with a prestigious new shareholder — a major endorsement for the French company.

Doctolib acquires British startup Medicus Health to establish itself in the United Kingdom, its fifth European market. The French unicorn plans to invest more than £100 million there to take on incumbent players in medical software with its AI-powered tools.

Second only to the United States in attracting foreign creative investment, the United Kingdom has made its cultural and creative industries a national priority. With its unique ecosystem, the country attracts talent from all over the world. French companies The Yard VFX and ARTFX have understood this well and have recently set up across the Channel.