Activité des acteurs français du Venture & Growth 2025 (France Invest)
Summary
- French venture and growth funds raised €6.9 billion in 2025 across 105 funds, representing a 2 % increase compared to 2024.p.5
- Investments reached €6.3 billion across 1,432 companies in 2025, an increase of 26 % in invested amounts and 6 % in company volume compared to 2024.p.5
- Divestments at historical cost grew by 27 % in 2025 to €1.3 billion across 369 companies.p.5
- Fundraising duration lengthened in 2025, reaching an average of 26.0 months between first and final closing.p.9
- Foreign investors accounted for 36 % of capital raised in 2025, representing €2.6 billion.p.12
Key insights
- Tech funds captured more than 90 % of venture and growth capital raised in 2025 in the absence of large biotech fundraisings.p.10
- Venture and growth accounted for 22 % of total amounts invested by French private equity in 2025 compared to 19 % in 2024.p.19
- International large-scale operations in growth drove overall investment growth, while the number of investments in France declined by 5 %.p.5
- Net job creation in supported French startups reached 5.2 % in 2024, representing 4,717 net jobs created across an analyzed sample of 1,690 companies.p.39
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