The startup Kaptcher, which offers new life to housing and participates in the construction of the city of tomorrow, has just announced fundraising worth one million euros. Its founders, Guillaume Frecaut and Clément Reau, as well as CTO Maxime Leveau talk about the projects of this young company.
Focus on the founders of Kaptcher
What is your background?
Guillaume Frecaut (co-founder & CEO): I am 29 years old and I started my journey in a literary preparatory class. I then continued my studies at the École Normale Supérieure and HEC Paris. After my studies, I felt the need to discover the city: that’s why I started my career in real estate development, then I evolved in the PropTech sector in France and the United States. It was upon returning from the United States that I co-founded Kaptcher.
Clément Reau (co-founder & COO): I am 25 years old. I created my first business at 18 and very quickly specialized in real estate marketing for real estate professionals. I am the founder of Conseiller Influent, leader in France in training real estate agents and agents in digital marketing. I am also co-founder of Kaptcher with Guillaume. It was he who implemented Kaptcher’s content and marketing acquisition strategies.
Maxime Leveau (CTO): I am 27 years old. A graduate of the Douai School of Mines and passionate about challenges, both technical and in terms of product, I was co-founder of the company Teqtrack as CTO. I joined Kaptcher in September 2022 to accelerate and structure the construction of our platform: in particular, I created our matching algorithm, the platform as it exists today and I am preparing our future developments.
What does Kaptcher do?
At Kaptcher, we participate in building the future of our cities. We bring together, on our platform, the right owner with the right real estate professional: developer, real estate agent, developer-renovator – the one who will be able to give new life to their property.
Today, these two parts of the real estate market have difficulty talking to each other. This is what we are changing every day so that new housing is built and degraded buildings are renovated. We have been carrying this vision since June 2020: today it brings together a team of 10 people, at the crossroads between real estate, tech and digital marketing. This vision has concrete effects on our territories and that is what makes us most proud at Kaptcher. In Saint-Nazaire, for example, two new housing construction projects are underway thanks to meetings that we have initiated.
Kaptcher’s projects
You have just announced a fundraising of 1 million euros, what are your ambitions?
This funding will allow us to accelerate our growth and further improve the performance of our services. We will invest in new features in order to meet strong demand, to be closer to individual sellers and improve the search performance of our professional customers.
Why did you choose to bring business angels into your capital?
Our investors not only bring capital, they also bring experience and expertise. They are or have been heads of successful businesses, most of them in real estate: they can thus guide us and help us in the rest of our adventure.
What will Kaptcher be in 5 years?
We want to be the leading player in the valuation of underpriced properties in France and Europe.
