The FTL Barometer
The quarterly pulse of French tech in the UK. Same focus, every quarter, since 2023.
FR-UK entrepreneurs face a complex landscape: squeezed consumer spending, late payments, restricted talent acquisition, competitive funding rounds.
Download the report (PDF)What the numbers say this quarter.
Regulatory uncertainty is now the loudest concern in the survey. It was the single largest drop of the quarter.
The lowest score in the index. Hiring in the UK has become the hardest part of scaling for French teams.
Capital availability holds. The constraint is elsewhere: hiring, compliance, and the cost of getting people into the country.
Five themes, thirteen indicators.
Scores out of 100, with the change since the previous quarter.
Every edition since 2023.
Same questions, every quarter. That is what makes the trend readable.
66 startups and scale-ups. Is yours on the list?
Next40, French Tech 120 and FT2030 companies with teams in London, plus the early-stage companies we think you should know. The list is how the community and the press see the French-UK ecosystem.
Open to
- Next40 and French Tech 120 companies with a UK presence
- French Tech 2030 laureates based in or expanding to London
- Early-stage French-founded startups with revenue or a team in the UK
- UK-founded companies with French operations