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Biotech startups in France
Early-stage biotech companies headquartered in France, founded in the last 5 years. Drawn from public sources.
How we choose these companies
A public directory of early-stage European biotech startups. We aim to list every company that fits, not a hand-picked few. Here is exactly what that means, and why:
- European: headquartered in Europe (EU, EEA, UK, Switzerland and nearby). We go by where a company is based, not just where it sells, because this is a map of the European ecosystem.
- Early-stage: founded in the last 5 years. That is where the new ideas and the most active part of the ecosystem are; established household-name scaleups are a different list.
- A real product company: builds a scalable technology product or platform. We leave out agencies, consultancies and local service businesses, which do not follow the same path.
- Independent: a standalone company, not a subsidiary or brand of a larger corporation.
- Active: currently operating, with a live website. We re-check regularly and remove companies that shut down, get acquired, or move out of scope.
We list only public information about what each company does. We deliberately do not track or show fundraising: who is raising, who is investing, or how much. This is a directory of companies, not a deal database.
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18 early-stage biotech startups in France
A comprehensive list from public sources, not a hand-picked few.
baCta
Paris, FranceBuilds an AI-driven strain-engineering biofoundry that turns microorganisms into programmable factories for high-value industrial ingredients.
Biomemory
Paris, FranceDevelops synthetic DNA-based digital data storage technologies to reduce datacenter carbon footprints.
Bioptimus
Paris, FranceBuilds universal AI foundation models for biology spanning molecules, cells, tissues and whole organisms, including pathology and multimodal models.
CarbonWorks
Cestas, FranceCaptures CO2 emissions at industrial scale to produce algal biomass for agriculture and industry.
Cure51
Paris, FranceLeveraging clinical and biological data from long-term cancer survivors to design new precision treatments.
Generare
Paris, FranceTechbio platform that decodes microbial genomes to express and characterise novel bioactive molecules, generating new molecular data for drug discovery.
Genomines
Les Ulis, FranceUses synthetic biology to engineer hyperaccumulator plants that extract battery-grade nickel and critical metals from soil via phytomining.
Healshape
Lyon, FranceCreates 3D-bioprinted, bioresorbable breast implants using patient cells for post-mastectomy breast reconstruction.
Hephaistos Pharma
Orsay, FranceDevelops next-generation immunostimulants to turn cold tumors into hot tumors.
Neoplants
Paris, FranceCreates genetically engineered plants designed to bio-filter and purify indoor air.
Nūmi
Paris, FranceUses cell culture technology to recreate human breast milk for infant nutrition.
Nutropy
Paris, FranceProduces animal-free dairy proteins and fats to create French cheeses.
Orakl Oncology
Paris, FranceDeveloping tumor-on-a-chip models combining biology and clinical data for oncology drug development.
Phagos
Paris, FranceDevelops bacteriophage treatments to combat antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections in agriculture and aquaculture.
Raidium
Paris, FranceAI-native radiology platform built on a medical-imaging foundation model that turns scans into quantitative imaging biomarkers.
Spore Bio
Paris, FranceDevelops an optical and AI-powered system for rapid, real-time microbiological detection in factories.
Synovance
Évry-Courcouronnes, FranceUses synthetic biology to produce sustainable, bio-based dyes and pigments for the textile industry.
Ziwig
Lyon, FranceDevelops non-invasive, saliva-based diagnostic tests for endometriosis using RNA sequencing and artificial intelligence.
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