Nantes
Metro area · France · Pop. 700K
Enterprise value
How much Nantes’s VC-backed companies are worth
Combined enterprise value of VC-backed companies headquartered in Nantes, founded since 1990 and still operating, at the end of each year. Companies stay in the total after they list or are acquired.
VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Nantes
VC investment into Nantes-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
Startup funnel
Nantes's startup funnel
Companies headquartered in Nantes at each stage today, by total VC raised. Hover a bar for the split.
Source: Dealroom.co
Quarterly report
Nantes's latest quarter in venture capital
VC raised by Nantes-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.
Latest complete quarter
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Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Nantes
A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Nantes-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Nantes - 2026
Academia
Nantes's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Nantes.
Location comparison
How Nantes stacks up
Compare Nantes with peers from the same country (France) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top cities in France ranked by combined EV. Nantes's row is highlighted (#10).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris | $290B | 5.8× | 56 | $6.1B | 5,141 |
| 2 | Lyon | $14.4B | 4.5× | 1 | $203.7M | 484 |
| 3 | Marseille | $13.8B | 6.3× | 1 | $298.4M | 278 |
| 4 | Grenoble | $12.8B | 5.9× | 2 | $216.6M | 205 |
| 5 | Lille | $8.7B | 3.1× | 2 | $156.7M | 229 |
| 6 | Montpellier | $8B | 7.1× | 2 | $90.8M | 152 |
| 7 | Toulouse | $7.8B | 4.8× | 1 | $353.3M | 223 |
| 8 | Bordeaux | $6.7B | 6.0× | 1 | $61M | 279 |
| 9 | Strasbourg | $6.2B | 7.4× | 1 | $79.1M | 100 |
| 10 | Nantes | $5.1B | 4.9× | 1 | $42M | 195 |
| 11 | Rennes | $3.1B | 5.9× | 0 | $65.1M | 112 |
| 12 | Nice | $1.1B | 4.2× | 0 | $34.5M | 82 |
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