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Top 25 Early stage venture capital investors based in France

RevenueBase identified 274 early stage venture capital investors headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 3,170 professional contacts across them, including 571 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.

This list covers early stage venture capital investors headquartered in France, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 28, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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274Companies
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The 25 largest early stage venture capital investors based in France

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 274 early stage venture capital investors based in France, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to early stage venture capital investors: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
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1Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026501-1,000394 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Soutien à la création reprise d'entreprise - Accompagnement des porteurs de projets - Formation modulaire, Etude de Marché, Stratégie commerciale, business plan, Comptabilité…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a196 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“50 Partners is a leading startup accelerator in France.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3Indirect evidenceLille, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a185 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 2009 by three historical stakeholders-the European Metropolis of Lille, the Hauts-de-France Region, and the City of Lille-EuraTechnologies is a leading startup and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-50138 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Live for Good est une association qui vient en aide, depuis 8 ans, aux jeunes entrepreneur·es à impact positif développant des projets innovants au service du monde de demain.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-50107 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Serena is one of Europe's leading investment firm, with €1bn under management.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6Indirect evidenceDommartemont, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 20261,001-5,00091 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Au sein de Groupe Mentor, nous envisageons un monde entrepreneurial où l'innovation et la croissance durable sont stimulées par un mentorat personnalisé et tourné vers l'avenir.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a88 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Avec près de 200 membres investisseurs actifs, Paris Business Angels (PBA) est un leader en France du financement des start-ups en phase d'amorçage.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5065 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Quest accueille, finance et accompagne les dropouts français les plus déterminés, qui ont un « Why » profond avec leur projet.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9Indirect evidenceBordeaux, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5058 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“De l’émergence au développement, France Active donne aux entrepreneurs engagés les moyens d’agir sur leur territoire.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10Strong evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5043 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Started in 2008 by and for founders, Newfund Capital is an early-stage VC firm active in France and in the USA.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11Strong evidenceRennes, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5043 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The Moon Venture, c’est le Venture Capital qui finance les startups, en amorçage et en Série A, et qui les accompagne dans leur hypercroissance grâce à une équipe opérationnelle.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12Indirect evidenceLevallois-perret, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5040 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Accompagner les équipes fondatrices, dérisquer l’investissement, recruter les meilleurs talents.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13Indirect evidenceMarseille, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a40 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Provence Business Angels est une association (loi de 1901) qui a vu le jour en septembre 2007.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14Indirect evidenceAix-en-provence, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a34 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Initiative Pays d'Aix accompagne les créateurs et repreneurs d'entreprises dans leurs démarches et peut faciliter l’obtention des financements nécessaires à la réalisation de leur…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15Indirect evidenceToulouse, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a33 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Réseau Entreprendre Occitanie Garonne est une association de chefs d’entreprise expérimentés qui s’engagent bénévolement pour accompagner les entrepreneurs de demain.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16Partial evidenceLyon, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-1030 contacts →

Partial evidence

“emlyon venture labs accompagne les entrepreneurs et intrapreneurs ambitieux de l'idée à l'hyper-croissance.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-1029 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Source Ventures is a micro VC Pre-Seed and Seed Fund dedicated to tech startups.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5028 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Agoranov is an incubator for innovative startups.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-1027 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Premier réseau de business angels dédié au financement de jeunes entreprises stratégiques.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20Strong evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5026 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Alven is an independent early-stage venture capital firm with over $500m under management and a successful track record of backing more than 130 startups over 20 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21Strong evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-1026 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Better Angle is an early stage investor founded by experienced entrepreneurs who became business angels.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22Indirect evidenceChavanod, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-1025 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Vous souhaitez créer, reprendre ou faire grandir votre entreprise?”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23Indirect evidenceLevallois-perret, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-1024 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“L’Escalator n’est pas un incubateur comme les autres!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24Indirect evidencePalaiseau, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-1024 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Accompagnement de projets de création d'entreprises technologiques innovants”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25Indirect evidenceMarseille, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-1021 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“L'Accélérateur M est une incubateur/accélérateur de jeunes entreprises innovantes (startups) permettant de structurer et d'accélérer leur développement.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026

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Early stage venture capital investors based in France at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026
18.0%Verified-email coverage
11.6Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
41.2%Largest-city concentration · Paris
Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
222
11-50
44
51-200
2
201-500
2
501-1,000
3
1,001-5,000
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for France, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for France, over 274 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among early stage venture capital investors, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in France whose own description of what they do matches “early stage venture capital investors”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names early stage venture capital investors), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among early stage venture capital investors, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside France are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 571 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 28, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Early stage venture capital investors by metro

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names early stage venture capital investors, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many early stage venture capital investors are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 274 early stage venture capital investors headquartered in France as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

BGE, headquartered in Paris, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most early stage venture capital investors?

Paris leads with 113 headquartered companies, followed by Lyon (9) and Bordeaux (8).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 571 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 274 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 28, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.