Best FinTech Companies in Lyon, France
The 62 best FinTech companies in Lyon, France in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: SanteVet.
Our analysis of 58 FinTech companies
$7.3b in tracked funding; 98% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2022.
Ranked: Best FinTech companies in Lyon
| # | Company | Last round | Disclosed funding | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agapio Provider of invoice management software for restaurant | — | — | Deadpooled | 7 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Arlequin Finance Online platform for investments in stocks and ETF | — | — | Deadpooled | — | Mathias Antolinos Co-Founder | — | — |
| 3 | Artinove Online invoicing software for businesses | — | — | Unfunded | — | Lahcen Chaaba Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | — |
| 4 | Cephere Online marketplace for NFTs based on artisanal products | — | — | Deadpooled | — | David Lemaire CEO | — | — |
| 5 | Crea Value Provider of online analysis, evaluation tool for businesses and software solutions | — | — | Unfunded | — | Philippe BAU CEO | — | — |
| 6 | CredoFunding Crowdfunding platform focusing specifically on christian community. | — | — | Unfunded | — | Eric Didio President & CEO | CodeMirrorRubyLeaflet+30 | — |
| 7 | Crowdfunding Factory Marketing and animation of crowdfunding campaign | — | — | Unfunded | — | Lucia Borgne CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | — |
| 8 | Crowdybase Data driven online tools for campaigner and investors | — | — | Unfunded | — | German Bruno Founder | — | — |
Top 12 FinTech companies in Lyon
#1
Series C · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2016 · 500 employees$121Mraised▾
Provider of cash flow management software for mid-sized companies. The software offers tools for cash management, liquidity planning, and business spend management. It also facilitates cash collection and banking connectivity. The platform integrates with accounting, accounts payable, and accounts receivable tools. It automates data synchronisation and reconciliation for efficient cash management.
- Nov 2024Series C$48.2M
- May 2021Series B$100M
- 2020Series A$18M
- May 2020Series A$16.4M
#2
Series C · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2010 · 200 employees$98.9Mraised▾
Cloud-based accounting software for freelancers. It features a solution for accounting management, automated bookkeeping, VAT declaration, balance sheet analysis, income & expense monitoring, bank reconciliation, document scanning, and others. The pricing is available on a monthly subscription plan.
- Nov 2023Series C$44M
- Jan 2021Series B$42.4M
- Apr 2019Series A$11.3M
- Mar 2018Seed$1.2M
#3
Seed · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2023$4.2Mraised▾
Platform leveraging cloud, data, and AI technologies for collecting and managing ESG data
#4
Acquired · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2003 · 420 employees$168.9Mraised▾
The app-based platform for pet health insurance. It offers insurance quotes for dogs, cats, rabbits, parrots, and more. It also offers claims processing services. The app is available on Android and iOS platforms.
- Feb 2022Series B$168.1M
- Nov 2011Series A—
- Jan 2011Seed$738.8K
#5
Acquired · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2017 · 66 employees$15.4Mraised▾
Online platform offering insurance & retirement services. It allows users to invest in retirement by combining performance and security.
- Oct 2023Series A$6.8M
- Nov 2021Series A$6.9M
- 2020Seed$1.7M
#6
Series A · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2014 · 250 employees$27.2Mraised▾
Software platform for accounting and invoice management. It offers accounting services such as bookkeeping, tax management, financial reporting, payroll management, expense management, billing management, and more. It also provides invoice management software.
- Jul 2023Series A$27.2M
#7
Seed · Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes · founded 2020 · 9 employees$1.6Mraised▾
Online disability insurance platform for children. It offers disability insurance solutions including physiological impairment coverage, birth accident, housing development, and more. It also offers medical assistance, psychological, logistical, financial, and administrative support solutions.
- Sep 2023Seed$1.6M
#8
Acquired · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2016 · 39 employees$6.1Mraised▾
Provider of solutions for securing payments and mitigating wire transfer fraud. The company offers tools for verifying beneficiary data to secure transactions. It also offers solutions for maintaining accurate databases. Solutions include pre-payment verification, audit trails, and identity certification. The company provides a web application and APIs for business applications.
- Jan 2021Series A$6.1M
- Jun 2019Grant (prize money)$56.8K
#9
Seed · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2022 · 5 employees$855.2Kraised▾
Platform for crypto-based investment solutions. It allows CGPs, CIFs, and FOs to offer clients the opportunity to diversify assets with cryptocurrency through a management mandate. It offers a predictive analysis algorithm that helps the management team in its token purchase and sale decisions.
- Sep 2023Seed$855.2K
#10
Series A · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2012 · 49 employees$5Mraised▾
Per Angusta is a provider of SaaS-based procurement performance management software. Its features include procurement performance measurement and management, collaboration and accountability, risk and vendor quality identification, sourcing prioritisation, forecasting and communication. Its clients include Monoprix and Heineken.
- Sep 2020Series A$3.8M
- Oct 2017Seed$1.2M
#11
Seed · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2018 · 16 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Software-based platform for invoicing solutions for freelancers. It offers features for invoice management, expense management, declarations, customer follow-up, quotes, project management, VAT declarations, and more.
- Jan 2023Seed$1.1M
#12
Seed · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2018$1.6Mraised▾
KYC solutions for banks & financial institutions
- Jun 2022Seed$1.6M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of FinTech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Fintech is moving in France
A read on the academic research around Fintech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 76 France-affiliated papers.
- School of Business and Management7
- International School of Management5
- Engineering School of Information and Digital Technologies4
- ESCP Business School4
- Institut Pasteur de Dakar4
- Financial services4
- Cryptocurrency2
- Digital ecosystem2
- Intervention (counseling)2
- Big data2
- Financial inclusion4→5
- Financial services13
- Financial inclusion9
- Corporate governance5
- Payment4
- Cryptocurrency3
Where fintech is researched across France
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
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