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Paris

Metro area · France · Pop. 12.2M · #22 city by EV

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4,149 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

1,277 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

443 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 35%

3,358Startups

884 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

1,459 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 28%

1,015 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 28%

662Breakouts

453 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 28%

209 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 26%

129Scaleups

83 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 2.0%

46 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.1%

54Valuation Outcomes

50 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.2%

4 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.096%

Pre-Seed

884

Seed

1,459

Series A

1,015

Series B

453

Series C

209

Unicorn

Decacorn

* C→Unicorn and Unicorn→Decacorn rates are derived from current counts (no founding-cohort data); the four mid-funnel rates use Dealroom's cohort tracking.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Paris

A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Paris-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.

Largest rounds in Paris - 2026

Every $40M+ VC round into Paris-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Paris

VC investment into Paris-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.

Academia

Paris's academic flywheel

Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Paris.

University ranking By notable alumni-founded companies based in Paris

#	University	City	Based here	Companies
1	🇫🇷École Polytechnique	Palaiseau	40	1,571
2	🇫🇷INSEAD	Fontainebleau	16	5,677
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Location comparison

How Paris stacks up

Compare Paris 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.

Paris

$288B

$14.3B

$13.8B

$13.1B

$8.7B

$8B

$8B

$6.5B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top cities in France ranked by combined EV. Paris's row is highlighted (#1).

#	Ecosystem	Combined EV	EV growth	Unicorns	VC invested	Tracked startups
1	Paris	$288B	5.8×	54	$6.3B	5,203
2	Lyon	$14.3B	4.4×	1	$203.7M	494
3	Marseille	$13.8B	6.3×	1	$297.8M	286
4	Grenoble	$13.1B	6.1×	2	$217.4M	207
5	Lille	$8.7B	3.1×	2	$156.7M	242
6	Toulouse	$8B	4.9×	1	$347.8M	228
7	Montpellier	$8B	6.8×	2	$89.7M	153
8	Bordeaux	$6.5B	5.8×	1	$60.9M	280
9	Strasbourg	$5.9B	8.8×	1	$70.9M	99
10	Nantes	$5.1B	4.9×	1	$42M	196
11	Rennes	$3.1B	6.0×	0	$65.1M	106
12	Nice	$1.1B	4.2×	0	$34.5M	84

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Country France Europe · Pop. 68.5M · #9 startup ecosystem by EV Region Europe Continent / region · #7 region by EV

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