Best Nanotechnology Companies in France
The 49 best Nanotechnology companies in France in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Aledia.
- Report Forecasts Strong Growth in Nanotechnology Market
- Nanotechnology Market worth $189.39 billion by 2028, at a CAGR of 14.1
- Nanotechnology Market Forecast Unprecedented CAGR of 14.5% During 2022
Our analysis of 50 Nanotechnology companies
$6.5b in tracked funding; 78% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Nanotechnology companies in France
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aledia Provider of micro LED-based display systems 45Patents top 18%Innovation top 21%Moat top 26%Talent top 28% All 11 signals ▾Patentstop 18% Innovationtop 21% Moattop 26% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 31% Marketbottom 49% Globalbottom 45% Techbottom 37% Growthbottom 35% Fin. healthbottom 23% Newsbottom 22% Patents: 1,360 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 608 filings since 2022 vs 595 in 2017-21 Innovation: 1,360 patents (top 1% of patent-holders) · 608 filings since 2022 vs 595 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $206M | 210 | Philippe Gilet CTO & CO-FOUNDER | WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+11 | Top 5M | 1,360 patents 3D micro‑LED optoelectronic devices and manufacturing processes for advanced displays | 2 partnerships |
| 2 | Ecoat Manufacturer of bio-based binders for paints, varnishes, and coatings 24Funding top 32%Global bottom 46%Tech bottom 39%Market bottom 38% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 32% Globalbottom 46% Techbottom 39% Marketbottom 38% Patentsbottom 36% Innovationbottom 35% Newsbottom 18% Funding: Raised $36.1M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 12 yrs (0.5/yr) Global: Investors from 3 countries beyond France rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100 | $36M | 39 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | Top 50M | 14 patents Waterborne polymer binders for formaldehyde capture and durable, water‑resistant coatings | — |
| 3 | C12 Quantum Electronics Developer of carbon-based quantum computing hardware using unique qubit connections 67AI top 15%Moat top 25%Patents top 28%Innovation top 30% All 11 signals ▾AItop 15% Moattop 25% Patentstop 28% Innovationtop 30% Fundingtop 34% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Techbottom 47% Globalbottom 42% Marketbottom 37% Newsbottom 22% AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 22 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $29M | 37 | Matthieu Desjardins Co-Founder | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+14 | Top 10M | 22 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 2 launchs · 1 award |
| 4 | NH TherAguix Developer of nanoparticle-based theranostic for the treatment of cancer | $16M | 18 | — | — | — | 94 patents Nanoparticle-based drug delivery and radiopharmaceutical imaging/therapy | — |
| 5 | Apix Analytics Highly miniaturized multigas analyzers systems | $14M | 29 | Philippe Andreucci Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressPleskMySQL+18 | Top 50M | 58 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 6 | Genomic Vision Nanotechnology for single DNA analysis for cancer and acute disease molecular diagnostics | $9M | 37 | Aaron Bensimon Founder & CEO | — | — | 108 patents Detecting viral DNA integration and telomere analysis using molecular combing technologies | — |
| 7 | Vaxinano Prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines for infectious diseases, for human and animal health markets | $6M | — | — | — | — | 20 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
| 8 | Eydo Developer of nanomedicine technologies for drug-resistant bacterial infections | $6M | 17 | Elisabeth Rossines Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Enwires Provider of tech-based solutions for silicon nanowires | $6M | 4 | — | — | — | 31 patents Silicon nanowire and silicon‑carbon composite materials for advanced battery electrodes | — |
| 10 | Marion Technologies Characterization & production of ceramic powders & nanostructured materials | $5M | 13 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Genes' Ink Electronic nano inks for industrial applications | $4M | 12 | — | — | — | 14 patents Conductive silver nanoparticle inks for printed electronic circuits and components | 1 partnership · 1 expansion |
| 12 | Nexdot Provider of quantum dot materials for displays lighting and optoelectronics | $4M | 45 | Benoit Dubertret Co-Founder | — | — | 191 patents UV‑resistant nanocoatings and optical filter nanocomposites for glass and displays | — |
| 13 | Enersens Developer of silica aerogel material | $3M | — | Denery Fenouil CEO | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+24 | Top 50M | 28 patents Manufacturing and reinforcing aerogel/xerogel porous composites via dielectric heating. | — |
| 14 | Carbon Waters Provider of liquid graphene materials | $3M | 17 | Alban Chesneau CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | Top 10M | 10 patents Graphene liquid dispersions for conductive inks and thermoset resin reinforcement | — |
| 15 | Mathym Develops nano materials for application in life science | $2M | 10 | Julien Alberici CEO | — | — | 22 patents Synthesis and formulation of metal‑oxide and rare‑earth ceramic nanoparticles for advanced materials | — |
| 16 | Altatech Nano technology & MEMS solutions | $2M | — | Jean Luc Delcarri President & Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | In-Cell-Art A French biotech company with patented nanocarrier technology for drugs | $2M | — | Jean Marie Lehn Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Curadigm Developer of nanotechnology-based body priming system | $1M | — | Matthieu Germain CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Nanoe Develops and manufactures high purity ceramic nano-powders | $915K | 17 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | Top 50M | 16 patents 3D printing dielectric composite inks for high‑strength ceramic and metal parts | — |
| 20 | Hummink Developer of nanoscale additive manufacturing solutions 48Talent top 28%Growth top 35%Patents top 38%Innovation top 39% All 9 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Growthtop 35% Patentstop 38% Innovationtop 39% Moattop 42% Fundingtop 48% Techbottom 47% Globalbottom 40% Marketbottom 26% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $823K | 13 | Lyderic Bocquet Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | Top 10M | 10 patents Patents concentrated in transport & manufacturing processes | 1 internship |
| 21 | Inofib Developer of a technology to manufacture nanocellulose from wood | $644K | — | Karim Missoum CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Carlina Technologies Specialty company developing drug delivery technologies | $399K | 3 | — | — | — | 2 patents Nanoparticle formulation of low‑molecular‑weight proteins and peptides for drug delivery | — |
| 23 | Cordouan Technologies Developer of nanocharacterization solutions for the nanomaterial industry | $286K | 9 | Mathias Pennec CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | Top 50M | 11 patents Electroacoustic particle‑size measurement devices and methods for solution characterization. | 1 launch |
| 24 | Ademtech Superparamagnetic nanoparticles for biological applications | $180K | 23 | Bernard Plichon CEO | JimdoMustacheModernizr+10 | Top 50M | — | 1 expansion |
| 25 | Diamlite Manufactures fluorescent nano diamond based permanent markers | $62K | — | Benoit Rivollet CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Xenocs Provider of laboratory-based X-ray scattering instruments and related services for materials research | — | 120 | Benoit Rossignol Chief Operating Officer | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | Top 5M | 61 patents Small-angle X-ray scattering imaging and machine‑learning analysis systems | — |
Top 12 Nanotechnology companies in France
#1
Series A · Grasse, Provence Alpes Cote d Azur · founded 2011 · 39 employees$36.1Mraised▾
Manufacturer of bio-based binders for paints, varnishes, and coatings. It focuses on eco-designing, manufacturing, and selling high-performance binders for architectural, metal protective, and wood coatings. The company develops bio-sourced polymer technologies to lower greenhouse gas emissions in the coatings industry. It offers formulation services and Life Cycle Assessment expertise to assist customers in their ecological transition, supporting the shift towards a sustainable coating industry. The company has expertise in chemistry, bio-based products, and binder formulation. It combines internal research with external partnerships to innovate and patent biosourced, low-carbon footprint polymers.
- Apr 2025Series A$19.6M
- Apr 2025Grant (prize money)$3M
- Feb 2023Series A$10.7M
- Sep 2021Grant (prize money)$58.2K
#2
Series A · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2020 · 13 employees$822.9Kraised▾
Developer of nanoscale additive manufacturing solutions. It integrates nanometric pens with an oscillating macroresonator for capillary deposition of printing inks. It adapts to ink or substrate-based specificities using electronic control.
- Nov 2025Series A$17.4M
- Oct 2020Seed$822.9K
#3
Series E · Echirolles, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2011 · 210 employees$206.4Mraised▾
Provider of micro LED-based display systems. The solution uses standard silicon wafers with diameters of eight inches and existing CMOS wafer-fabrication processes & tools. It also offers displays for VR, AR, MR, and smartwatch applications, using its megapixel integrated silicon chips.
- Sep 2023Series E$127.4M
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$1.1M
- May 2022Conventional Debt$30M
- Feb 2022Series D$16.9M
#4
Series A · Lille, Hauts de France · founded 2016$6.5Mraised▾
Vaxinano is engaged in the development of prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines for infectious diseases, for human and animal health markets. The company is using nanoparticles made of starch and lipids (nanovectors) to develop vaccines. The company's experimental vaccines target toxoplasmosis and tuberculosis and developing anti-bacterial, antiviral and antiparasitic vaccines. The company strategy is to develop vaccines till the proof-of-concept and license to pharma companies for further development. The company also offers contract research services for vaccine research & development including fabrication & characterization of nanoparticles, formulations with active components, optimisation of formulations.
- Oct 2024Series A$6.5M
- Jun 2020Grant (prize money)—
#5
Series A · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2019 · 37 employees$29.3Mraised▾
Developer of carbon-based quantum computing hardware using unique qubit connections. It focuses on redefining materials and architecture for quantum hardware. The company aims to address scalability issues associated with other quantum computing approaches. It collaborates with leaders across industries to explore quantum computing applications.
- Jun 2024Series A$19.3M
- Jun 2022Grant (prize money)$2.6M
- Jun 2021Seed$10M
- Jun 2021Grant (prize money)—
#6
Funding Raised · Verniolle, Occitanie · founded 2001 · 13 employees$4.6Mraised▾
Marion Technologies provides characterization & customized production of ceramic powders & nanostructured materials for industrial applications. Its product range includes bioceramics for polishing and coating, carbon nanotubes for enclosures or brackets for integrated circuits in batteries, nanotubes dispersed in polymer matrices for textile technology, and other mixed oxides for various applications like cosmetology, plastic and paints, electronics and energy, and others.
- Dec 2023Grant (prize money)$2.1M
- Dec 2020Grant (prize money)$250.4K
- May 2018Grant (prize money)$316.2K
- Jan 2018Grant (prize money)$316.2K
#7
Series A · Grenoble, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2015 · 4 employees$6.2Mraised▾
Provider of tech-based solutions for silicon nanowires. It provides users with innovative technology like desktop electrochemistry and pulsed nucleation to produce different nanowire products. These include metallic, semiconducting, and multisegment nanowires for use in hybrid molecular or semiconductor electronics, one-dimensional nanotubes or nanowires, or advanced molecular electronics.
- Jul 2023Series A$6.2M
- Feb 2020Grant (prize money)$717K
#8
Series A · Grenoble, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2014 · 29 employees$13.6Mraised▾
APIX is the commercialization of 8 years of collaborative research between CEA (France) and California Institute of Technology (Caltech, USA). APIX is focused on the development of highly miniaturized multigas analyzers systems based on integration on silicon of traditional analytical chains: sampling, injection of gases, separation of complex gas mixtures to enhance specificity and then detection, identification and quantification of each mixture compound. APIX technology is a nano-metric resonating device (NEMS – Nano Electro Mechanical System). It has integrated injection and detection functions on silicon chips to pave the way for ultra-compact and high performance gas chromatography systems. With further silicon-based and innovative separation columns, APIX envisions a complete analytical chain integrated on a few cm² surface.
- Feb 2022Grant (prize money)$2.8M
- Nov 2017Series A$9.5M
- 2015PE—
- May 2015Series A$4.1M
#9
Series A · Merignac, Nouvelle Aquitaine · founded 2017 · 17 employees$2.8Mraised▾
Provider of liquid graphene materials. It offers a range of preformulated graphene solutions in the form of additives. Its features include water and gas resi9station, corrosion protection, hydrophobicity, lubrification, mechanical reinforcement, and thermal and electric conductivity. It can be incorporated into paints, coatings, adhesives, resins, polymers, and oils.
- Apr 2023Series A$2.2M
- Dec 2022Grant (prize money)$113.8K
- Apr 2020Grant (prize money)$57.5K
- Aug 2019Grant (prize money)$55.1K
#10
Series A · Romainville, Ile de France · founded 2010 · 45 employees$3.9Mraised▾
Provider of quantum dot materials for displays lighting and optoelectronics. It develops and manufactures two-dimensional fluorescent nanocrystals and their encapsulation in micro-pearls. These technologies are used in various applications, including UV protection for cosmetics and the creation of colors for screens and image projection. The company provides industrial-scale production and integration services, assisting manufacturers in incorporating these materials into their products. Its expertise encompasses synthesis, transformation, and integration of Quantum Plates into complex electro-optical components.
- 2022Grant (prize money)$8M
- Sep 2016Series A$3.9M
- Mar 2016Seed—
#11
Series A · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2015 · 18 employees$15.9Mraised▾
Developer of nanoparticle-based theranostic for the treatment of cancer. It offers a theranostic nano-drug called AGuIX to improve the efficacy of radiotherapy for cancer. It has developed a pipeline of drugs for brain metastases, lung, pancreatic, and cervical cancer.
- Apr 2019Series A$14.6M
- Jul 2018Seed$1.3M
#12
Funding Raised · Rochetoirin, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2010$3.5Mraised▾
Developer of silica aerogel material
- Feb 2022Grant (prize money)$2.7M
- Oct 2021Grant (prize money)$58K
- Oct 2016Grant (prize money)$679.5K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Nanotechnology coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Nanomaterials is moving in France
A read on the academic research around Nanomaterials — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,589 France-affiliated papers.
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique732
- Ingenierie des Materiaux polymeres100
- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives90
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne85
- Inserm65
- Nanoparticle9→161
- Quantum dot5→74
- Catalysis4→53
- Nanostructure3→46
- Nanocomposite2→38
- Nanoparticle7→183
- Catalysis2→53
- Nanocomposite2→49
- Polymer2→32
- Photocatalysis1→27
- Quantum dot2→7
- Nanoparticle5→9
- Nanotechnology2→5
- Nanocomposite2→4
Where nanomaterials 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.
Who's filing nanomaterials patents in France
France nanomaterials patent filing is cooling — 4,840 filings from 4,059 assignees (2016–2025), led by Commissariat Energie Atomique, Centre NAT RECH Scient, Arkema France; annual filings 538→424.
- Commissariat Energie Atomique3103
- Centre NAT RECH Scient2857
- Arkema France785
- AIR Liquide429
- Oreal347
- Thales240
- Nanobiotix214
- Rhodia Operations212
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.