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
General Partner at KJ.VC
Pascale Diaine
Partner at Storm Ventures
Corinne Grillet
CEO, Alygne, Inc.
Marie Gassée
Head of Go-to-Market, Column
Antoine Villata
CEO, Planisware North America
Valérie Touchon
CIO, EcoVadis
Eric Buatois
General Partner, BGV
Sophie Rougerie
Community Director
SAN FRANCISCO TECH SCENE AT A GLANCE
BAY AREA REMAIN A TOP U.S
TECH TALENT CENTER
114
Unicorns
+ including 2 French Startups
11 500
High Tech Companies
600
French Startups
20 640
Patents Registered to Silicon
Valley in 2020
Venture Capital investments in Silicon Valley and San Francisco companies in 2020, reaching a total of $46.4 billion
FRENCH TECH SAN FRANCISCO
A COMMUNITY OF 600 FRENCH STARTUPS
2
French Unicorns
+2500
Community members on social media
30
Investors
20
Ambassadors
French Tech San Francisco hosts monthly events organized by various partners (French Alumni, 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 2020
SNOWFLAKE RAISED $3BN
Investors scrambled for shares in Snowflake, a maker of database programs, as it went public on the New York Stock Exchange on September 16th. The eight-year-old firm more than doubled its valuation the first day of trading, from $33bn to over $70bn, making its initial public offering the largest ever for a software firm.
FRENCH TECH NEXT 40/120 STARTUPS
BLOOMING IN SAN FRANCISCO
IVALUA provides web-based spend management solutions that offer a modular suite covering the Spend Management spectrum.
PLATFORM is an automated, continuous-deployment high-availability cloud hosting solution. Delivering everything your team needs to build, run, and scale sites and apps
VADE SECURE is a global leader in predictive email defense, protecting 1 billion mailboxes in 76 countries. They help MSPs and SMBs protect their Microsoft 365 users from advanced email security threats, including phishing, spear phishing, and malware.
Community Manager
Sophie Rougerie
Your contact for the French Tech in San Francisco. Over 25 years of experience managing and developing business and communications strategies for large companies (Accenture, Quiksilver) and start-ups at the International level. She has helped companies and individuals to compete and achieve their goals. She helps develop and promote the French ecosystem in the tech & innovation industry across the Bay Area.
French Tech in San Francisco
