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