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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
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
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
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.
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Benoit Zante
28.05.2026
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.
28.05.2026
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.
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Maxence Fabrion
27.05.2026
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.
27.05.2026
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.
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Maxence Fabrion
26.05.2026
Alice & Bob has announced an extension of its Series B round with a prestigious new shareholder — a major endorsement for the French company.
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Maxence Fabrion
26.05.2026
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.
06.05.2026
This Thursday, April 9, marks nearly the first 100 days of Emmanuel Durand at the helm of EuraTechnologies. While he jokes about this symbolic milestone—typically scrutinized after every change of leadership at the Élysée Palace—the former Managing Director of Snapchat France is nonetheless determined to leave his mark on the Lille-based incubator, restoring stability and direction after several turbulent years.
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Maxence Fabrion
09.04.2026
Four months after acquiring Sincerely, a San Francisco-based studio, MWM is strengthening its position in the photo app market by taking over Picnic. The deal allows the French company to expand its ecosystem of consumer mobile applications.
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Maxence Fabrion
09.04.2026
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