Oguste joins STATION F Future 40 after €400K ARR

STATION F unveiled its 2026 Future 40 on Nov. 3, naming Oguste to the annual list of 40 best-performing startups selected from more than 1,000 companies on campus. Tech.eu reported that Oguste is bootstrapped and reached €400,000 in annual recurring revenue in less than a year.

The Paris campus said the 2026 cohort represents roughly the top 4% of its community. STATION F also said the 40 selected companies span 98 founders from 24 nationalities, with 30% of the founders coming from outside France.

Oguste is an AI-native legal due diligence startup for real-estate transactions, according to STATION F. Tech.eu said the company is one of five bootstrapped startups in the 2026 cohort.

What did STATION F say about the 2026 Future 40?

STATION F said the 2026 Future 40 is a selection of 40 best-performing startups chosen from more than 1,000 companies on campus. The accelerator and startup campus also said the cohort includes 31 companies at pre-seed or seed stage, two at Series A and five bootstrapped companies.

The company said the 2026 list includes at least 10 PhD holders and six Y Combinator companies. STATION F has been running the Future 40 since 2019 and said it has invested in 10 startups from each cohort since 2022 to help them grow faster and scale internationally.

Tech.eu added that the broader STATION F ecosystem raised a record €2 billion in 2026, up from more than €1.5 billion in 2025, and that the 2026 Future 40 cohort had raised €110 million to date. Across all eight editions, Future 40 companies have collectively raised €1.2 billion, according to Tech.eu.

Why is Oguste in the bootstrapped group?

Tech.eu said Oguste is among five bootstrapped Future 40 companies. The publication also reported that two of the five bootstrapped companies were raising funding, while others chose to remain independent.

Tech.eu attributed the bootstrapping trend partly to founders wanting to retain control of their businesses. It also said AI tools are allowing startups to accomplish more with smaller teams, and quoted STATION F investor Camille Aubery as saying founders can operate more efficiently and delay or avoid fundraising altogether.

STATION F said the campus supports more than 1,000 startups annually through 40 programmes, and that around 9,000 startups have passed through since Xavier Niel founded it in 2017. The 2026 Future 40, according to the campus, sits within that broader pipeline of companies it tracks and supports.

What does Oguste's selection mean for the company?

Oguste's selection means it is part of STATION F's annual list of 40 best-performing startups, a group the campus uses to highlight companies from across its community. The sources do not say that the selection was a funding round or that it reflects an independent audit of revenue.

Tech.eu's ARR figure is attributed to the publication's reporting, and the source notes that Oguste remained bootstrapped while reaching €400,000 in ARR in less than a year. That makes the company one of the bootstrapped names in the 2026 cohort, alongside four other startups.

STATION F did not provide further details on Oguste's financing plans in the material reviewed. The company description in the campus announcement remains the clearest supported description of its business: AI-native legal due diligence for real-estate transactions.