{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"fr-vc-investment-seed","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/fr-vc-investment-seed","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/fr-vc-investment-seed/","title":"France Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment (2025)","description":"France's Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment: 320.8 USD millions in 2025, +24.7% YoY. OECD (OECD.SDD.TPS:DSD_VC@DF_VC_INV), 2007–2025.","domain":"markets","category":"Financial Markets","keywords":["Financial Markets","OECD","France","2025"],"publisher":"OECD","frequency":"Annual","geography":"France","temporal_coverage":"2007/2025","unit":"USD millions","last_updated":"2026-07-27","last_updated_text":"27 July 2026","data_as_of":"2025","variable_measured":"France Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment","license":"https://apiardata.com/data-license","is_accessible_for_free":true,"sources":[{"name":"OECD","url":"https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?fs[0]=Topic%2C0%7CFinancial+sector%23FIN%23&pg=0&fc=Topic&bp=true&snb=10"}],"meta":[{"label":"Frequency","value":"Annual"},{"label":"Coverage","value":"2007–2025"},{"label":"Observations","value":"19"},{"label":"Geography","value":"France"},{"label":"Last updated","value":"27 July 2026"}],"kpis":[{"label":"France (2025)","value":"320.8","unit":"USD millions","trend":{"direction":"up","value":"+24.7% YoY"}},{"label":"YoY Change","value":"+24.7%","unit":"USD millions"},{"label":"Trend","value":"up","unit":""},{"label":"Series length","value":"19","unit":"years of data"}],"series":[{"key":"value","label":"France Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment"}],"observation_count":19,"observations":[{"period":"2007","value":12.720393425871665},{"period":"2008","value":28.665082917957672},{"period":"2009","value":38.53352854708165},{"period":"2010","value":36.11380795024052},{"period":"2011","value":24.09048599978355},{"period":"2012","value":26.68044833779939},{"period":"2013","value":51.39058474806238},{"period":"2014","value":57.17288126046029},{"period":"2015","value":93.31804513325372},{"period":"2016","value":124.84179033873714},{"period":"2017","value":110.17125277496295},{"period":"2018","value":139.88562006848898},{"period":"2019","value":126.27880651389863},{"period":"2020","value":194.3965800821102},{"period":"2021","value":264.65877102353426},{"period":"2022","value":104.8068774606785},{"period":"2023","value":266.4581303161383},{"period":"2024","value":257.3024015695383},{"period":"2025","value":320.7830023778461}],"table":{"columns":[{"key":"year","label":"Year"},{"key":"value","label":"USD millions"},{"key":"yoyChange","label":"YoY Change"}],"rows":[{"year":"2025","value":"320.8","yoyChange":"+24.7%"},{"year":"2024","value":"257.3","yoyChange":"-3.4%"},{"year":"2023","value":"266.5","yoyChange":"+154.2%"},{"year":"2022","value":"104.8","yoyChange":"-60.4%"},{"year":"2021","value":"264.7","yoyChange":"+36.1%"},{"year":"2020","value":"194.4","yoyChange":"+53.9%"},{"year":"2019","value":"126.3","yoyChange":"-9.7%"},{"year":"2018","value":"139.9","yoyChange":"+27.0%"},{"year":"2017","value":"110.2","yoyChange":"-11.8%"},{"year":"2016","value":"124.8","yoyChange":"+33.8%"},{"year":"2015","value":"93.3","yoyChange":"+63.2%"},{"year":"2014","value":"57.2","yoyChange":"+11.3%"},{"year":"2013","value":"51.4","yoyChange":"+92.6%"},{"year":"2012","value":"26.7","yoyChange":"+10.8%"},{"year":"2011","value":"24.1","yoyChange":"-33.3%"},{"year":"2010","value":"36.1","yoyChange":"-6.3%"},{"year":"2009","value":"38.5","yoyChange":"+34.4%"},{"year":"2008","value":"28.7","yoyChange":"+125.3%"},{"year":"2007","value":"12.7","yoyChange":"n/a"}]},"qa":[{"question":"What does this indicator measure?","answer":"This page tracks seed and start-up stage venture capital investment in France from 2007 to present. Early-stage investment is the leading indicator of innovation pipeline formation and future unicorn creation. It is published by OECD and updated annually."},{"question":"How current is this data?","answer":"The most recent observation covers 2025. OECD typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2007–2025 (19 observations)."},{"question":"What is the long-term trend?","answer":"The series peaked at 320.8 USD millions in 2025 and reached its lowest recorded value of 12.7 in 2007. The latest reading of 320.8 in 2025 represents a change of +24.7%."}]}