COUNTRY

🇫🇷 France.

42 companies · 11 programs

Companies.

42 TOTAL

Agronutris

FR · 2011

BSF. France. Court protection (safeguard 2025).

Algama

FR · 2013

Functional microalgae proteins for emulsifiers, vegan eggs, seafood analogs. France. Series A.

Bon Vivant (rebranded to Verley)

FR · 2022

Beta-lactoglobulin. France. Rebranded Mar 2025 (active under Verley).

Cherico

FR · 2023

Functional foods & drinks

Comerso

FR · 2013

Food Waste Tech & Food sharing platforms

Connecting Food

FR · 2016

Supply chain monitoring & traceability

Cultimate Foods

FR · 2022

Cultivated fat for plant-based hybrids. France. Seed.

Dry4Good

FR · 2019

Novel processing techniques & Equipments

Elicit Plant

FR · 2017

Ag Biotech

FlyBlast

FR

Transgenic BSF. France. Defunct mid-2025.

Fruggies

FR · 2021

Functional foods & drinks

Green Spot Technologies

FR · 2018

Upcycled ingredients, Food surplus & Waste efficiency

Humble+

FR · 2019

Functional foods & drinks

Innovafeed

FR · 2016

BSF for aquafeed / pet food. France. Growth.

Jow

FR · 2018

Meal planning & Nutrition

Kikleo

FR · 2019

Food Waste Tech & Food sharing platforms

Klarys

FR · 2016

B2B marketplaces

Koolboks

FR · 2018

Food safety & Quality

Maltivor

FR · 2018

Upcycled ingredients, Food surplus & Waste efficiency

Mutatec

FR · 2014

BSF feed. France. Seed/Series A.

MyEasyFarm

FR · 2017

Farm management & Precision farming

myfood

FR · 2015

Vertical & Indoor farming

NextAlim

FR · 2014

BSF feed. France. Seed.

nextProtein

FR · 2015

BSF larvae to nextMeal (protein powder), nextOil, nextGrow (frass fertilizer) for aquafeed, livestock, petfood. France. Series B (Nov 2025).

Numi

FR · 2023

Cellular agriculture

Nutropy

FR · 2021

Protein fermentation

PARIMA

FR · 2019

Cellular agriculture

Parima (Gourmey + Vital Meat merger)

FR · 2025

Cultivated duck (foie gras) + chicken. France. Series A combined.

Phagos

FR · 2021

Animal health & Nutrition

Sand to Green

FR · 2022

Vertical & Indoor farming

SMEY

FR · 2023

Biotech/Synthetisation

Spore.Bio

FR · 2022

Food safety & Quality

Standing Ovation

FR · 2020

Protein fermentation

Stokelp

FR · 2021

Food Waste Tech & Food sharing platforms

The VERY Food Co.

FR · 2022

Plant-based

Tilkal

FR · 2017

Supply chain monitoring & traceability

Verley

FR · 2022

Protein fermentation

Verley (formerly Bon Vivant)

FR · 2022

Beta-lactoglobulin (FermWhey range incl. Native, MicroStab, Gel). France. Series A/B.

Vital Meat (merged into Parima)

FR · 2019

Cultivated chicken. France. Merged Oct 2025 (active under Parima).

Vitirover

FR · 2011

Farm robotics & Machinery

Ÿnsect

FR · 2011

Mealworm protein. France. Defunct.

Yumgo

FR · 2020

Plant-based + functional egg analogues. France. Growth.

Programs.

11 TOTAL

New Protein Fund / BIV Accelerator (Europe)

FR·France

Global alt-protein accelerator with a Paris hub (alongside NYC and Singapore). Invests early-check in plant-based, fermentation and cellular-ag startups and provides 5-month curriculum, lab access and corporate-LP introductions (Tyson, Temasek, AAK).

Capgemini Agri-Food Accelerator / ScaleUp Qualified Programme

FR·France

Capgemini's agri-food open-innovation program matches scale-ups with European agrifood corporates on digital-transformation, traceability and sustainability projects.

Plug and Play Food & Beverage (Paris)

FR·France

Plug and Play's Food & Beverage vertical with a strong Paris program alongside Silicon Valley. Corporate partners include Danone, Mars, Nestlé, Kraft Heinz and Mondelez. Runs two batches per year.

Genopole Incubator (food/ag biotech cohort)

FR·France

France's largest biotech cluster near Paris. Hosts several food/alt-protein and precision-fermentation companies and runs structured incubation (Shaker) and acceleration programs for deeptech biotech including agrifood.

INRAE / #DeepTech Food (Agoranov, Paris-Saclay)

FR·France

INRAE Transfert supports spin-outs from France's national institute for agriculture, food and environment research, often incubated at Agoranov and Paris-Saclay deep-tech hubs. Pipeline includes alt-protein, microbiome and ag-biotech startups.

La Ferme Digitale Accelerator / community

FR·France

Association of French digital-agriculture startups organizing exhibitions (SIA, SIVAL), open-innovation programs with corporates, and advocacy work. Key French agritech ecosystem hub.

La FoodTech community / French Tech Agri20

FR·France

Government-backed La French Tech runs thematic programs including Agri20 (20 agrifood scale-ups), French Tech Next40/120, and community hub La FoodTech for startup-corporate matchmaking across France's foodtech ecosystem.

NUMA Food & Sustainability programs

FR·France

Paris-based open-innovation operator running corporate accelerators for clients including Pernod Ricard, LVMH and Danone. Multiple cohorts have been dedicated to food, beverage and sustainability themes.

Station F food cohorts (LVMH La Maison des Startups, Vivatech, Ventech Food)

FR·France

The world's largest startup campus. Multiple resident programs host foodtech cohorts, including LVMH (food & beverage sustainability), HEC Incubator, Founders Program, and thematic open-innovation tracks with Danone, Pernod Ricard and Carrefour.

Le Village by CA (agrifood verticals in Paris, Toulouse, Rennes, Lyon)

FR·France

Crédit Agricole's network of 40+ innovation villages across France. Multiple campuses (Toulouse, Rennes, Dijon) have dedicated agri/food verticals linking startups with agricultural cooperatives and food-industry partners.

Toster / Vitagora ToasterLAB

FR·France

ToasterLAB is the foodtech accelerator of Vitagora, the French Taste-Food-Health cluster in Burgundy. Runs 9-month programs connecting foodtech startups with corporate partners (Seb, Bonduelle, Nestlé).