SWILE explained

Former Name:Lunchr
Type:Joint stock company
Founded:2016
Founder:Loïc Soubeyrand
Website:https://www.swile.co/

SWILE (formerly: Lunchr) is a French app-based company that focuses on improving the employee experience. Among others, the platform offers meal vouchers, gift vouchers, mobility vouchers, and business travel solutions.[1]

In March 2020, it was renamed SWILE and entered the lunch break and meal voucher market.

History

The company was founded as Lunchr by Loïc Soubeyrand in 2016. Originally, Lunchr was an app for pre-ordering lunch on the spot or to go.[2] [3]

In January 2017, the company raised €2.5 million in seed funding from Daphni.[4] [5] [6]

In 2018, the company raised €11 million (series A) from Idinvest,[7] [8] [9] followed by another €30 million in February 2019 (series B), notably from Index Ventures and Kima Ventures.[10] [11] [12] [13]

In January 2020, Lunchr became one of the first startups to join the French Tech 120.[14]

A few months later, in March, Lunchr diversified its services, adding team life management tools and changing its brand name to Swile.[15] [16] [17]

In June 2020, the company raised €70 million more in a new round of financing (Series C) from the same investors and the BPI.

In November 2020, Swile acquired Briq, a startup specializing in employee engagement.[18]

In January 2021, Swile won a tender with Carrefour and distributed 62,000 Swile cards to its employees.[19]

In early October 2021, a new $200 million (€175 million) fundraising round, in which Japanese Softbank joined other investors, allowed Swile to capitalize on $1 billion. President Emmanuel Macron cited the company as "a further proof that FrenchTech is at the forefront internationally."[20] [21]

In May 2022, the company acquired the travel management start-up Okarito for €6 million.[22] [23]

Overview

Swile operates in two countries (France and Brazil) and has a total of 1000 employees, 5.5 million users and 85,000 corporate customers, including Carrefour, Le Monde, JCDECAUX, PSG, Airbnb, Spotify, Red Bull, and TikTok in the private sector, as well as numerous local authorities and ministerial references in the public sector.[24] [25] [26] [27]

References

  1. Web site: 2022-09-06 . French Tech : Swile a doublé ses pertes en 2021 . 2023-05-02 . Les Echos . fr.
  2. Web site: Avec Lunchr, le ticket restaurant devient virtuel . 2023-05-02 . lejdd.fr . fr.
  3. Web site: Mollaret . Guillaume . 2017-01-12 . FoodTech: Lunchr, la start-up qui supprime l'attente au restaurant . 2023-05-02 . Challenges . fr.
  4. Web site: Maignan . Iris . 2017-01-12 . Lunchr, la nouvelle application du cofondateur de Teads, lève 2,5 millions d’euros . 2023-05-02 . Maddyness - Le média pour comprendre l'économie de demain . fr-FR.
  5. Digitale . Usine . 2022-05-17 . Swile boucle une 4e acquisition avec le rachat d'Okarito . fr.
  6. Web site: Florin . Anne . 2021-12-11 . La pépite française Swile à l'assaut d'Edenred et de Sodexo . 2023-05-02 . Entreprendre . fr-FR.
  7. Web site: Bregeras . Guillaume . 2018-05-29 . Lunchr lève 11 millions pour essouffler la concurrence dans le titre restaurant . 2023-05-02 . Les Echos Executives . fr.
  8. Digitale . Usine . 2018-05-29 . Lunchr lève 11 millions d'euros et s'ancre un peu plus sur le marché du titre-restaurant . fr.
  9. Web site: 2018-05-29 . Titres restaurant: le nouvel arrivant Lunchr lève 11 M€ . 2023-05-02 . LEFIGARO . fr.
  10. Web site: 2019-02-05 . Lunchr lève 30 millions d'euros . 2023-05-02 . LEFIGARO . fr.
  11. conso . L. S. A. . 2019-02-05 . Lunchr lève 30M€ pour ses titres-restaurant dématérialisés . fr.
  12. Web site: Business Insider . 2023-05-02 . Business Insider . en-US.
  13. Web site: Bregeras . Guillaume . 2019-02-05 . Lunchr lève 30 millions d'euros et rebat les cartes de la pause-déjeuner . 2023-05-02 . Les Echos Executives . fr.
  14. Web site: Feed, Lydia, Lunchr… Ces start-up qui intègrent la première liste du French Tech 120 . 2023-05-02 . BFM BUSINESS . fr.
  15. Web site: Montpellier. French Tech : Lunchr devient Swile pour combler son appétit . 2023-05-02 . actu.fr . fr.
  16. Web site: 2020-03-04 . Comment Lunchr devient Swile pour s’installer dans le quotidien de l’entreprise . 2023-05-02 . La Tribune . fr.
  17. Web site: rédaction . La . 2021-06-11 . Swile : Comment réussir son rebranding avec panache ! . 2023-05-02 . JUPDLC . fr-FR.
  18. Web site: La Start-up Belge Briq Rachetee par le francais Swile . Lecho.
  19. Web site: 2021-01-12 . Titre-restaurants: Swile remplace Edenred chez Carrefour . 2023-05-02 . Les Echos . fr.
  20. Web site: FRASQUE . Henri . 2021-11-07 . Avec Swile, sa start-up saluée par Emmanuel Macron, Loïc Soubeyrand joue dans la cour des grands . 2023-05-02 . Ouest-France.fr . fr.
  21. Web site: 2021-10-11 . L'entreprise montpelliéraine Swile vaut un milliard de dollars et entre dans le top 20 des startups françaises . 2023-05-02 . ici, par France Bleu et France 3 . fr.
  22. Web site: 2022-05-17 . Swile boucle une quatrième acquisition en deux ans . 2023-05-02 . Les Echos . fr.
  23. Digitale . Usine . 2022-05-17 . Swile boucle une 4e acquisition avec le rachat d'Okarito . fr.
  24. Web site: Montpellier : bientôt 1 000 salariés pour Swile . 2023-05-02 . midilibre.fr . fr.
  25. Web site: Swile Met la Main sur Bimpli . Fusacq.
  26. Web site: Dressel . Jean . 2022-08-30 . Swile : l'art de mettre l'expérience employé à l'honneur . 2023-05-02 . JUPDLC . fr-FR.
  27. Web site: Loïc Soubeyrand . 2023-05-02 . fr-FR.

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