Despite the ongoing crisis, French Tech startups grew by 63% compared to the first half of 2021, raising 8.4 billion euros in the first half of 2022.

According to figures recorded during the first six months of 2022, France fared much better than its peers despite the crisis. Indeed, while tech stocks are collapsing on the stock market and fund raising is less intense in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom, the 20 deals worth more than 100 million euros alone weigh half of the total and have produced 7 new unicorns, compared with 11 in 2021. Thus, the Top 5 of the semester consists of the fintech Qonto (486 million euros in January), the jewel of the EcoVadis CSR rating (478 million euros in June), the refurbished electronics platform Back Market (450 million euros in January), the industrial robotics startup Exotec (305 million D&#). 39; euros in January) and cleantech in solar energy NW Group (300 million euros in June).