The european leader in the production of photographs, videos and 360° panorama for real estate professionals has just raised € 4 million from Kima Ventures, SEQUOIA Lab, GFC Rocket Internet and Aglaé Ventures to accelerate its development
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Paris, June 1, 2017 Meero, the european leader in the photo business, announces that it has completed a financing round of € 4.1 million from investors prestigious : Xavier Niel (Kima Ventures), Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), GFC Rocket Internet and Aglaé Ventures (Bernard Arnaud).
A little over a year after its commercial launch, Meero displays impressive growth : over 9, 000 clients, 4 000 photographers and videographers in Western Europe, an increase in turnover of more than 1 000%, a presence in 10 countries (France, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Israel, Portugal, Italy, the United Kingdom and Germany), and a team of 55 employees (including 41 in France). Since the last six months, Meero has expanded its offering and launched the service of video production and virtual tour, 360° that have a high success among professionals.
In this context, Meero wants to accelerate its development. The capital raised will enable Meero strengthen its teams, to accelerate its growth and strengthen its dominant position in the sector.
“I am delighted to have had again the confidence of our investors to grow our business and ensure our customers an optimum quality of service,” says Thomas Rebaud, co-founder and CEO of Meero. “We started with photography, we are today in the video and the virtual tour. The fundraising will enable us to continue on this momentum of excellence, which is both technical and commercial. ”
Meero is the first european platform of photography at the demand and provides a service of photo, video, and virtual tours in less than 24 hours. Through its proprietary technology, Meero was able to fully automate the process, from shooting to photo editing, which allows him to issue news stories and photos/videos of high quality, in less than 24 hours, at very attractive rates. Meero was first specialized in the real estate sector and has already convinced more than 9 000 customers. Today, Meero, this is a photo/video comes every 90 seconds. The commercial impact of the photos Meero is measured objectively and immediately : 3 times more visits of the online advertisements presented with photos Meero, and 5 to 8 times more quality contacts.
Meero is at the service of more than 9,000 clients to date, including branches of major retail residential real estate such as LAFORET, REMAX, STEPHANE PLAZASQUARE HABITAT ; commercial real estate, such as BNP PARIBAS REAL ESTATE, UNIBAIL-RADAMCO ; and luxury real estate, such as BARNES, SQUAREBREAK, LECOLLECTIONNIST.
The major dates of Meero
2014 : Creation of Meero, research and development of algorithms and processes.
2015 : development of the proprietary technology of image processing MeeroEnlight. Marketing of the offer, photo, France (November).
2016 : Accelerating trade, + 2000 customers in less than 9 months.
Full automation of the production process, with MeeroBooking + MeeroCapture.
Opening from 5 countries : Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Israel (June).
2017 : Launch video and virtual tour, the “360 Virtual Reality” (march).
1 photo story delivered every 90 seconds in France.
The opening of the offer in the United Kingdom, Portugal, Italy and Germany.
About Meero
Meero is the first european platform of photography at the demand and provides a service of photo, video, and virtual tours in less than 24 hours. Through its proprietary technology, Meero was able to fully automate the process, from shooting to photo editing, which allows him to issue news stories and photos/videos of high quality, in less than 24 hours, at very attractive rates. Meero was first specialized in the real estate sector and has already convinced more than 9 000 customers. Today, Meero, this is a photo/video comes every 90 seconds. The commercial impact of the photos Meero is measured objectively and immediately : 3 times more visits of the online advertisements presented with photos Meero, and 5 to 8 times more quality contacts.
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