A BRIDGE BETWEEN
SILICON VALLEY AND THE
FRENCH TECH SCENE
A French-American tech community based in the San Francisco bay area
gathering entrepreneurs, top executives, investors, engineers and public leaders
bridging the French and Silicon Valley tech ecosystems.
“The French Tech San Francisco mission is to mobilize the local French Tech ecosystem to help French startups establish themselves and succeed in Silicon Valley.
It also promotes the France brand and the value of the French talents to Silicon Valley players and helps them understand the French ecosystem and find their partners there to approach the French and European market. The French Tech community gathers individuals and organizations under a unique banner. Many of the people involved in the project are already very active. Every day they stimulate our local ecosystem, develop it, and support French Tech goals. To know more about La French Tech movement, please visit https://lafrenchtech.com/en
Our board members
Réza Malekzadeh
General Partner at Partech, President of the Board
Sunil Chhaya
Co-Founder & General Partner at Kearny Jackson
Elisa de Martel
CFO at Waymo
Corinne Grillet
CEO, Alygne, Inc.
Marie Gassée
Head of Go-to-Market, Column
Antoine Villata
CEO, Planisware North America
Valérie Touchon
Advisor & Board Member / Optimist / Serving Planet and Society. ex-CIO, EcoVadis
Eric Buatois
General Partner, BGV
Sophie Rougerie
Director
SAN FRANCISCO TECH SCENE AT A GLANCE
BAY AREA REMAIN A TOP U.S
TECH TALENT CENTER
162
Unicorns
+ including 2 French Startups
12 000
High Tech Companies
600
French Startups
20 640
Patents Registered to Silicon
Valley in 2023
Venture Capital investments in Silicon Valley and San Francisco companies in 2023, reaching a total of over $20 billion
FRENCH TECH SAN FRANCISCO
A COMMUNITY OF 600 FRENCH STARTUPS
2
French Unicorns
+4000
Community members on social media
30
Investors
30
Ambassadors
French Tech San Francisco hosts monthly events organized by various partners (French Tech Meetup, French founders, and the Chamber of Commerce) as well as a big annual event. We also meet with French Tech leaders visiting Silicon Valley and open communication channels with local influencers.
FRENCH TECH SF SUCCESS IN 2024
French companies collected €8.4 billion in 2023. Energy, fintech and healthtech lead the way.
In 2023 French companies raised €8.4 billion over 410 deals. According to our Annual report, France took third place among countries by the total raised amount. The companies within the energy sector contributed the most to the numbers, with €2.8 billion raised in total. In second place was fintech (€1.1 billion) followed by healthtech (€836.2 million), artificial intelligence (€554.1 million) and transportation (€365.1 million) companies.
FRENCH TECH NEXT 40/120 STARTUPS