A 400M EUR match fund, allowing France to co-invest and encourage angel investing in hundreds of young deeptech startups
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OVERVIEW
The French Tech Seed Fund aims to leverage private investment in technology startups in the post-maturation stage, in particular, deep tech startups that are less than three years old, with the goal of network co-funding. Drawn from the Investment in the Future Program, the fund is powered by diverse scouting partners who dialogues with founders on a regular basis and work in conjunction with private investors to find and support the French economy’s next stars.
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how does it work
Business scouts identify a high potential startup that has already convinced a private investor to make the initial investments and who may benefit from quasi-equity funding (convertible bonds) from the French Tech Seed Fund. A qualified startup can receive a commitment of up to €250,000 from the fund.
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GET STARTED
Labeled scouting partners identify high-potential startups who have already convinced a private investor to provide initial financing and who can benefit from financing in the form of convertible bonds from the French Tech Seed fund. A startup can receive up to 250,000 euros from the fund.
Entrepreneurs, you must convince one of French Tech Seed’s scouting partners and find out the procedure / criteria on the Bpifrance website to carry out your fundraising.
Incubators, accelerators, competitiveness clusters, research organizations, the French Tech Seed network of scouting partners is not currently receiving applications.
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MOre information
Read the official press release
You will find more details on the Bpifrance FAQ!
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