After helping deploy ultra-fast urban charging stations at Electra, Augustin Derville has turned his attention to energy storage. Eclipse, the startup he has co-led since 2023, has closed a €20 million Series A funding round backed by BNP Paribas and the investment fund Noria.
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Manon Triniac
09.06.2026
On September 1, Thibaud Hug de Larauze will hand over the leadership of Back Market to Clément Petit, the company’s current Chief Financial Officer.
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Maxence Fabrion
08.06.2026
H Company, the French startup specializing in agentic AI, has joined Nvidia’s Nemotron coalition. The announcement was made during Nvidia’s GTC conference in Taipei, Taiwan, placing the company alongside some of the world’s leading players in artificial intelligence.
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Benoît Zante
05.06.2026
French startup Quobly has raised €115 million in Series A funding to accelerate the industrialization of its semiconductor-based quantum computer. The Grenoble-based company is bringing several international industrial players into its capital, including STMicroelectronics and Air Liquide.
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Julien Khaski
04.06.2026
EXCLUSIVE — After joining the French Tech 120 in 2021 and the Next40 in 2025, Gojob has chosen to voluntarily withdraw from the program just days before the announcement of the next cohort. For Pascal Lorne, co-founder and CEO of the Aix-en-Provence-based scale-up, the move signals the beginning of a new chapter: that of a profitable, international company ready to make room for the next generation.
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Manon Triniac
04.06.2026
Buying ChatGPT, Gemini, or Copilot licenses is not enough to transform a company. For AI to become truly embedded in day-to-day operations, employees must be trained, reassured, and involved in identifying practical use cases. Following the publication of its new white paper, consulting agency Eria shares its insights on what makes an AI deployment successful.
04.06.2026
The Product Crew asked tech professionals to name the companies they would most like to join. Maddyness presents the results.
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Maxence Fabrion
03.06.2026
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.
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Benoît Zante
01.06.2026
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.
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Manon Triniac
01.06.2026
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.
01.06.2026
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.
01.06.2026
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.
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Julien Khaski
31.05.2026
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.
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Pierre Berthoux
29.05.2026
MokN, a cybersecurity company, has raised a $15 million funding round. GV is among the investors alongside Datadog.
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Maxence Fabrion
29.05.2026
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