I know at least one French founder, but I'll admit he was very excited to be working in SF when I met him. You may have to leave the country, simply because SF

I know at least one French founder, but I'll admit he was very excited to be working in SF when I met him. You may have to leave the country, simply because SF is the Schelling Point where we've all agreed to meet. But Paris is a city of two million souls. I struggle to imagine that not one of them is the right partner for you. What do you mean by "reached out?" Did you attend? Insinuate yourself into the community? Perhaps you are hunting with neither enough commitment nor subtlety.