69 Best Media And Entertainement Startups in France to Watch in 2025

Coinhouse is the developer of an investment platform for cryptocurrency assets.

Pasqal is a company building programmable quantum simulators and quantum computers made of 2D and 3D arrays of neutral atoms.

Protera is a biotechnology company that works with protein engineering to address challenges in food, agriculture, the environment, and human health.

Strapi is a company offering an open-source headless content management system (CMS).

Algolia is a company designing and building search and discovery API for websites and mobile apps. It participated in the W14 cohort of Y Combinator.

The Arianee is a multichain token and protocol built on both the Ethereum core network and the Ethereum sidechain called POAnetwork.

Inato matches the right sites to the right clinical research study, globally.

Platform allowing individuals to invest in small companies for equity or annual returns.

Back Market is an online refurbished goods marketplace connecting consumers with sellers of electronic devices.

An insurance technology company offering artificially intelligent software for insurance fraud detection and claims handling.

Quandela is a Paris-based company developing optical quantum technology integrated into photonic chips.

GoCardless is a payments company that developed global payments network based on the bank to bank payment systems. It participated in the S11 cohort of Y Combinator

Cloud based phone system and call center software with integrations into CRMs & helpdesk software.

Biotherapeautics company founded in 2014 and based in Paris that uses proprietary methods in synthetic biology, protein and genome engineering to produce Eligobiotics, products which intervene with the microbiome as diagnostics, antimicrobials and modulators of host-microbiome interactions.

Alan is a digital health insurance provider for companies and freelancers.

Kiln is an entreprise-grade staking platform.

Mirakl is a Paris, France-based company offering software solutions for e-commerce marketplace companies.

ContentSquare is an experience optimization platform for business that captures visitor behavior insights, designed to help increase conversions. It uses artificial intelligence to provide automatic recommendations.

Sanofi Pasteur is a manufacturer of vaccines and related products founded in 1914 by Marcel Mérieux.

Qonto is a French online payment institution for freelancers and small and medium enterprises.

Ynsect is a company that develops ingredients for aquaculture, pet food and fertilizer using insect protein.

A software company offering a digital identification and e-signature service platform.

Nuclear fusion start-up in Europe researching high-temperature superconductors to simplify the construction of Stellarator devices as well as other applications in medical imaging.

IQM is a company utilizing superconducting technology to build scalable quantum computing hardware.

Mailjet is an email services provider.

Marketplace connecting independent shop owners and brands with local retailers.

DNA Script is a DNA synthesis company founded by Thomas Ybert, Sylvain Gariel, and Xavier Gordon in 2014, and headquartered in Paris, France.

FairMoney is a Paris-based start-up which offers micro loans in Nigeria through their mobile, Android app.

Luko is a home insurance company that uses technology to streamline the process of getting home insurance and making claims. It is located in Paris, France and was founded in 2016.

Slite is an information organizing platform for corporate teams, for the purpose of collaborative productivity.

Kinéis is a French satellite operator and global connection provider.

Motorika, a Russian developer and manufacturer of robotic functional traction and bionic arm prostheses for children and adults

Multis is a company that has created a cryptocurrency bank for companies. It was founded in 2018 and is located in San Francisco, California.

A software company that has created a product management solution. It was founded in 2013 and has headquarters in Nantes, France with offices globally.

Prevision.io was a Paris-based artificial intelligence and data science company acquired by Density in 2022.

AI-powered drug discovery platform.

Planplan is a company founded in 2023 offering an open source product and ecommerce search engine

Shares is a social investment platform that allows anyone to invest without minimums.

Alice & Bob is an universal fault-tolerant quantum computer creator founded in 2020 by Théau Péronnin.

A software company offering a video conferencing platform for webinars and video meetings.

Ecovadis is an environmental sustainability ratings platform to assess corporate social responsibility and sustainable procurement.

Doctolib is an online booking platform for doctors. Trouvez rapidement un spécialiste près de chez vous et prenez rendez-vous gratuitement en ligne en quelques clics.

Homa Games is a digital tools for mobile games developers founded in 2018.

73 Strings is an AI-powered financial intelligence platform founded in 2019 by Sambeet Parija, Abhishek Pandey, Vinod Vijapur and Yann Magnan.

A pharmaceutical company that develops topical products to treat rare diseases

Capsule Social is a decentralized publishing platform where writers can share their stories and knowledge without compromising their integrity.

Spendesk offers an all-in-one spend management platform for finance teams.

A financial technology company offering payment solutions for e-commerce websites, crowdfunding platforms, and online marketplaces.

solarisBank is a banking platform empowering finance pioneers. We've built an API-accesible platform to provide companies with modular building blocks to innovate in finance. As a tech company with a banking license, our business model is strictly B2B2C - we're focused exclusively on enabling our partners to offer their end customers world class financial products.

A company with a feedback platform for businesses in Europe. It was founded in 2012 and has locations in France and England.

EXOTEC Solutions is a Croix, Hauts-de-France logistics solutions technology company founded in 2015.

Clustree is an automated HR recommendation platform.

SaaS using AI to build resilient supply chain, predict sales and consumptions and optimize inventories

MaaT Pharma (Microbiota as a Therapy) is a French biotech start-up, created at the end of 2014, to treat diseases linked to imbalances in the intestinal microbiome.

A software company that has created a mobile application that is a recruitment platform working with students, universities, and companies. It was founded in 2008 and is located in Paris, France.

DeFacto is a Turkish brand of men's and women's clothing and accessories.

A biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing small molecules that target G protein-coupled receptors

Dott was founded in 2018 and is an Amsterdam-based company that provides a scooter sharing system.

Akur8 is an insurance company offering multiple coverages, including life, health, P&C, and home insurance.

Recommerce Group is a French company offering refurbished smartphone sale and buyback solutions.

The full-stack financial management and accounting platform to centralise all financial data in one place Beyond banking player that aggregates all purchasing, sales and banking data sources to simplify business admin, including cash flow, invoicing and supplier payment tracking Pennylane Compta integrates an accounting service that provides daily support and takes care of all accounting tasks Went from 0 to €2M of ARR in eleven months

PayFit is Europe's leading cloud-based and integrated payroll and HR software. We give you the visibility and automation you need to easily manage your payroll, with the support of payroll experts. With many businesses often choosing between in-house or outsourced payroll, PayFit looks to offer a hybrid alternative. We believe that by providing the best of both -- e.g. the control and visibility of in-house and the expertise and specialism associated with outsourcing -- you can enjoy the best payroll experience possible.

Sigfox is a Labege-based operator of a cellular network working to develop low-throughput communication for connected devices.

Actility is a software company providing low power wide area (LoRaWAN and 3GPP connectivity) network connectivity management.

Sencrop is a French agricultural technology company that produces networked agro-meteorological stations.

Another Brain is a software company developing artificial intelligence technology using an approach inspired by biology.

Building the Swiss army knife for owning your data

Sketchfab is a company founded in 2012 by Pierre-Antoine Passet, Alban Denoyel and Cedric Pinson.

Atlendis (previously JellyFi) is a capital-efficient DeFi lending protocolthat enables crypto loans without collateral.