BlaBlaMafia: a list of BlaBlaCar’s alumni-founders
Last December, I shared an article about The Rise of the BlaBlaMafia, a celebration of our growing network of alumni-founders who have gone on to start their own companies. Since the article, funding raised across the network almost tripled (€29 million to €62.3 million) — an incredible show of momentum and promise around this group of entrepreneurs.
Our vision with co-founders Fred and Francis was to instill in our talent the importance of risk-taking and entrepreneurship, from day 1. We wanted BlaBlaCar to serve as a springboard for generations of startups to follow, and to encourage as much sharing and knowledge-building as possible, because that’s what serves a tech ecosystem in the long run.
It was great to see that the article generated a lot of engagement; some people asked to know more about the entrepreneurs and their startups. Today, I’m happy to share the list of those entrepreneurs, with companies based across France, Spain, Mexico, the US, the UK, Turkey, Italy, Germany, and beyond, covering sectors from fintech, data services, AI, mobility, health, food, B2B solutions, and more. Long live the BlaBlaMafia!
The list of BlaBlaCar’s alumni-founders
Yassine Khial & Remy Lemeunier, Co-Founders of Abyssale
Abyssale is a platform that generates automated banners for social media & online advertising. The user provides minimal design elements (text, logo, pictures, styling options) and Abyssale automates the creation process with procedural algorithmic banner generation.
Nicolas Dumont, Co-Founder of Ambler
Ambler strives to be the French reference for non-urgent medical transportation by bringing efficiency, optimization and top-notch services for all stakeholders : patients, healthcare institutions and medical transporters. It currently allows 200 hospitals & clinics staff focusing on patients instead of transportation logistics. Raised €7.6M.
Romain Fau, Founder & CEO of Assembl
Assembl offers part-time fully serviced and branded office spaces for companies embracing working from home.
Alberto Padilla Luengas, Co-founder and CEO of briq.mx
briq.mx is a crowdfunding platform focused on financing real estate construction projects in Mexico. Raised $2.8m (USD) and is one of the first regulated fintechs in Latam.
Christian Schiller, Co-Founder & CEO of cirplus
Cirplus, based in Hamburg, Germany, is building the global marketplace for circular plastics. By deploying its digital technology for trading, testing, shipping, insuring and payment of recycled plastics, cirplus is lowering the transaction costs for the industrial uptake of recyclates. There are more than 1,000,000 tons of material listed on the platform, with 600+ companies from 52 countries.
Nicolas Schwartz, Co-Founder & CTO of Coverd
Coverd is the first digital insurance for high-tech nomad devices. Raised €1.2M. Founded in 2018 with headquarters in Paris and working remotely. Let’s fight planned obsolescence together!
Justine Renaudet, Co-Founder of Colette
Colette is a Paris-based startup aimed at democratising intergenerational co-living, by connecting young people under 30 with people over 60 who have an empty room. Raised €1M.
Vincent Rosso, Co-Founder & Managing Director of Consentio
Consentio is a digital platform for B2B fresh produce commerce. Received a €2.4m grant.
Julien Dumazert, Co-Founder & CTO of Data Mechanics
Data Mechanics is a Cloud-Native Spark platform focused on making Apache Spark more developer friendly and more cost-effective for data engineering teams. Raised $1.5M (USD). Founded in 2019 with headquarters in Paris. The team is remote and distributed over France and the U.S. East Coast.
Istvan Haidekker, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Deligo
Balazs Haidekker, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Deligo
Deligo helps cafeterias automate checkout with AI. Think AmazonGo for cafeterias. Founded in 2019 with headquarters in Budapest. Bootstrapped.
Nicolas Keller, CTO of Equify
Equify is a management system designed for European companies to manage equity and stockholders.
Frédéric Dermer, Co-Founder & CPO of Fixter
Fixter is the UK’s first fully digital, end-to-end car maintenance service. Raised €6M.
Juliette Roubaud, CEO of Génération Zébrée
Génération Zébrée is a web application that offers students inspiration and career guidance to match with the right university. They’re on a mission to empower future generations to choose their future.
Cristina Palacios, Co-Founder Co-CEO of Jetty.mx & briq.mx
Jetty is an app-based collective transport platform operating in Mexico City since August 2017. Briq is a crowdfunding platform focused on financing real estate construction projects in Mexico.
Romain Serres, Co-Founder CTO/CSO of Kiro
Kiro used artificial intelligence to build technological tools & solutions for the health industry.
Sophia Thiebaud, Co-Founder of LaDraft Recruitment
LaDraft is a full-cycle recruitment agency for innovative companies.
Gaspard d’Andigné, Co-Founder of Lalide à Paris
Lalide à Paris is a French loungewear brand with workshops located in France and Portugal.
Cyrielle Callot, General Director of Les Alchimistes
Les Alchimistes is a Paris-based startup that collects food waste and turns it into compost. Raised €2.4m.
Pierre-Antoine Glandier, Co-Founder CTO/CPO of Libeo
Libeo is a platform for companies to manage and pay all their supplier invoices in one place. Raised €26m.
Dijana Savic, Co-Founder & Managing Director of Maredi
A Chicago-based design studio focused on storytelling and specialized in interior living.
Thomas Sales, Co-Founder & Managing Director of Memorizer.ai
Memorizer is a Paris-based startup that helps users easily create, search and share memories through AI-based technology. Our goal is to become the best mobile app for experiencing and sharing your souvenirs. Undisclosed Seed round ;-)
Maïa Metz, founder & CEO of noe.pm
Noé (noe.pm) trains the next generation of Product Managers. Launched in 2020. Their alumni are now Product Manager, Senior Product and Head Of Product in 40+ startups, including Stuart, Evaneos, Partoo, La Fourche, Libeo and many more. Their students work on real topics brought by the best CPOs and PMs of the French ecosystem, including Doctolib, Alan, Drivy/Getaround, Stuart, Malt, Heetch…
Monika Holod, Founder of Wangie
Wangie is a wellness app for judgement-free, anonymous group conversations guided by mentors and therapists.
Alec Dent, Co-Founder & COO of Weezy
Weezy is a London-based on-demand supermarket that delivers groceries in as fast as 15 minutes. Raised €17.6M.
Vanina Schick, Co-Founder of Wisdom Sprint
Wisdom sprint is a consultancy aimed at helping companies design new products & services using structured creative formats.
Olivier Bremer, Founder & CEO of WowHomes
WowHomes offers holiday home rentals in Italy.
Laure Wagner, Founder & CEO of 1 km à Pied
1km à Pied is a commuting management platform that helps companies develop a mobility plan.
