๐งโ๐ป Developer-First #144 - 2025 French Tech COSS Companies
Mapping Franceโs Commercial Open Source Software Companies ๐ซ๐ท๐ง๐ฐ
Hello friend,
After publishing my first French Open Source Software Landscape in 2024, I realised I had missed several key players. So, for 2025, I teamed up with Avoltaโs data team to completely revamp the map, ensuring we identified all commercial open source software companies founded in France (or by French founders).
This updated version now includes:
โ 135 companies, with 84% headquartered in France, employing nearly 10,000 people.
โ Over โฌ3 billion in total funding, with 55% of these companies having raised at least one funding round.
๐ Whatโs included?
This landscape focuses exclusively on commercial software vendors, regardless of their size, age, or whether they also offer services alongside their products.
Like last year, Iโve taken a pragmatic approach to defining โopen sourceโโincluding:
Open core companies;
Companies contributing significantly to open source projects and monetising services around them;
Open-weight AI players like Mistral AI.
๐ Want access to the full database?
The data is open-source! Just reply to this email, and Iโll share it with you.
Looking forward to your feedback and seeing this landscape evolve! ๐๐
P.S.: I also released the 2024 Global Developer-First Transactions Report. If you missed it, click here to access the report.
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Now, let's dive into last week's developer-first transactions.
๐ฐ Market Summary - Week of March 10th, 2025
8 companies raised $116,5 million across 7 product categories in 3 countries.
Europe-based companies attracted 6.9% of the total funding vs 27% for Asia-based companies and 66.1% for North America-based companies.
AI is the category that attracted the highest funding.
1 company provides or contributes to an open-source product.
0 company was acquired this week.
๐งฉ Funding by Product Category
๐ Funding by Region
๐ข Funding By Company
Cartesia from San Francisco ๐บ๐ธ raised $64 million in a Series A funding round led by Kleiner Perkins. Cartesia is on a mission to build the next generation of AI, providing ubiquitous, interactive intelligence that operates seamlessly wherever users are. (more)
Sola Security based in Tel Aviv ๐ฎ๐ฑ secured $30 million in Seed funding led by S Capital and former long-time Sequoia VC Mike Moritz. Sola Security democratises cybersecurity, allowing organisations of all sizes to build and customise security tools with minimal resource investment through its AI-powered SaaS platform. (more)
pgEdge from Alexandria ๐บ๐ธ raised an undisclosed, strategic, amount from Akamai and Qube Research & Technologies. pgEdge offers distributed PostgreSQL services optimized for the network edge, combining multi-active, multi-region, and multi-cloud capabilities in a fully managed service. (more)
Onyx from San Francisco ๐บ๐ธ raised $10 million in a Seed round led by Khosla Ventures and โโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโFirst Round Capitalโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโโ๏ปฟโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟโโโโโโ๏ปฟโ๏ปฟโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ๏ปฟ๏ปฟโ. Onyx provides an open-source question-answering system that integrates private sources such as Slack, GitHub, and Confluence to answer queries in natural language. (more)
Nunu.ai in Zurich ๐จ๐ญ raised $6 million in a Seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Nunu.ai is advancing AI in gaming with multi-modal AI agents designed for testing and playing any game. (more)
Hawcx in Los Altos ๐บ๐ธ secured $3 million in Pre-Seed funding led by Engineering Capital. Hawcx is redefining digital identity security with its passwordless authentication system, combining familiar login methods with the security of zero-trust passkey-based authentication. (more)
Cloud Gateway from London ๐ฌ๐ง raised $2 million in Seed funding. Cloud Gateway provides networking and security services for both the public and private sectors in the UK, utilising the nationโs first SASE platform to enhance digital service innovation. (more)
JigsawStack from Singapore ๐ธ๐ฌ raised $1.5 million in Pre-Seed funding led by Ada Ventures. JigsawStack offers developers meticulously crafted APIs that dramatically speed up product development, promising up to tenfold faster shipping times. (more)
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