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Submit to Les Pépites Tech
Les Pépites Tech is a French Tech startup directory with a community voting system and weekly top-10 rankings shared in its newsletter. Founders add a startup page for free and wait in a queue, or pay to publish immediately with extra promotion.
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Les Pépites Tech at a glance
- Pricing
- Free + paid options
- Starter free (waiting list); Premium €199 excl. VAT for instant publication, founder interview and promotion; Platinium €499 excl. VAT adds a newsletter banner
- Link type
- Dofollow
- Startup pages such as https://lespepitestech.com/startup-de-la-french-tech/noryzia link to the startup site with rel="noopener" only; 10 sampled homepage startups were the same. Its offers page sells a dofollow link as a Premium perk, so free listings may differ (checked 2026-09-23)
- Review
- Manual review
- Link back required
- No
- Account required
- Yes
- Domain Rating
- DR65
- Domain Rating by Ahrefs, checked Sep 24, 2026. A score of the whole site’s backlinks, not a Google metric.
- Tranco rank
- #628,367
- Research top-sites ranking. Lower is more popular.
- Who browses it
- French founders, journalists, investors and French Tech community members
- Last checked
How to submit to Les Pépites Tech
Open the Les Pépites Tech submission page
This is the page makers use to add a product.
Create an account
Les Pépites Tech asks you to sign up before you can submit.
Have your assets ready
Name, tagline, description, logo and screenshots. The checklist below covers what to prepare so you can fill the form in one go.
Fill in the form carefully
Pick the most specific category the form offers and write the description for the people who browse Les Pépites Tech (French founders, journalists, investors and French Tech community members), not for search engines.
Wait for review
A person reviews submissions, so it can take a while. Once it’s live, check the link on your listing points to the right page.
Tips for Les Pépites Tech
- Rally votes early in the week; the top 10 from Monday to Sunday get into its newsletter and social posts
- The weekly vote winner gets a free interview on the blog
- Free listings go through a waiting list, so submit well ahead of any launch date
From Les Pépites Tech’s own guidelines and pages, in our words.
What to prepare
The basics every directory asks for, plus what matters most for regional startup directories.
- Product name and a one-line tagline (about 60 characters)
- A short description (1–2 sentences) and a longer one (a short paragraph)
- Square logo, at least 256×256 px, PNG or SVG
- 2–3 screenshots at a consistent size
- The exact page you want the link to point to
- Pricing model (free, freemium or paid) and a contact email
- Where the company is registered and where the team is based
- Founding year, team size and stage
- A description in the local language, if the directory publishes in one
- Links to local press, accelerator or programme pages, if you have them
Is Les Pépites Tech worth it?
Good for your SEO foundation
Les Pépites Tech reviews listings by hand and the listing link we inspected was followed. That combination is what makes a directory link worth having for a new site.
- Domain Rating by Ahrefs: 65 (strong). That's the strength of links to the whole site, not a promise about what your listing passes on.
- Tranco rank #628,367: a smaller site, near the end of the top 1 million.
- A person reviews submissions, so expect a wait and a real quality bar.
- There’s a free option. Start free and only pay for upgrades if the traffic justifies it.
This verdict is worked out from the facts above with fixed rules (link type, review, price, Domain Rating by Ahrefs, Tranco rank), not paid for. The directory has no say in it.
Questions about Les Pépites Tech
Is Les Pépites Tech free?
There’s a free option, with paid upgrades. Pricing details: Starter free (waiting list); Premium €199 excl. VAT for instant publication, founder interview and promotion; Platinium €499 excl. VAT adds a newsletter banner. We checked on Sep 23, 2026.
Does Les Pépites Tech give a dofollow link?
Yes. The listing link we inspected was a followed (dofollow) link. Evidence: Startup pages such as https://lespepitestech.com/startup-de-la-french-tech/noryzia link to the startup site with rel="noopener" only; 10 sampled homepage startups were the same. Its offers page sells a dofollow link as a Premium perk, so free listings may differ (checked 2026-09-23).
How do I submit to Les Pépites Tech?
Submit at https://lespepitestech.com/node/add/pepite-tech. You need an account first. A person reviews each submission before it goes live. Tip: Rally votes early in the week; the top 10 from Monday to Sunday get into its newsletter and social posts.
Alternatives to Les Pépites Tech
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Sources
The pages we opened on Sep 23, 2026 to write this page.