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The Playbook

90 pages. The full method for raising and selling in the United States as a European deeptech founder.

Where this sits: the Playbook is for understanding the terrain before you decide. To test your own readiness against it, the Decision tools. To work through your actual case, that's what I do with founders.

Playbook, 2026
GO US
Raising and selling in the US as a French deeptech
English edition
90 pagesPDF

Not another generic guide. This playbook was built over two years of research. It draws on 57 in-depth interviews with founders, investors and ecosystem players on both shores. And on direct advisory work with startups making the crossing from Europe to the US.

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It covers the full journey. How the French and American ecosystems differ. How to sequence non-dilutive and dilutive funding. How to structure the right entity and build a US go-to-market from France. How to reach the right networks. And how to avoid the mistakes most first-time founders make in the American market.

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Questions the playbook answers

Start with conviction, not paperwork. The US market rewards speed, clarity and directness. Rebuild your product-market fit for an American buyer, map the ecosystem you're entering, structure a paid pilot, and get in front of industrial buyers from France first. Don't wait until you have moved.
In France, you have access to a non-dilutive stack that doesn't exist in the US: JEI status, CIR, Bpifrance grants, regional aid. Exhaust that stack before touching equity, especially before a US raise where dilution is steeper and the terms are different. The playbook details the sequencing.
The classic setup is a Delaware C-Corp as a US holding with the French SAS as a subsidiary, or a direct branch depending on your stage. The decision depends on timing, IP location, existing grants, and fundraising plans.
Polishing the application instead of the story. In France, a pitch is a stack of proof: grants, certifications, de-risked milestones. In the US, it reads as caution, not conviction. Same facts, opposite framing. Translating between the two systems is the first thing the advisory tackles.

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