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Malou
AI-powered marketing and reputation management for restaurants
About Malou
Malou provides an AI-powered, all-in-one marketing platform designed specifically for the restaurant industry. The company was founded in 2018 by CEO Louiza Hacene, CPO Waad Toumi, and CTO Victor Sage, initially operating as a digital marketing agency before transitioning to a SaaS model. The founders bootstrapped the company for four years, building a profitable business before securing over $10 million in funding in November 2023 to fuel further product development and international expansion, particularly in the U.S. and the Middle East.
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The platform serves a wide range of clients, from single-location independent restaurants to multi-location groups and enterprise brands like Krispy Kreme and Bagatelle Group. Malou's core offering is a centralized hub that integrates a restaurant's digital presence across Google, social media profiles (Instagram, Facebook), and various listing and delivery platforms. This allows restaurant owners and managers to manage their online visibility, reputation, and customer engagement from a single dashboard accessible via desktop or a mobile app.
The system utilizes artificial intelligence and automation to handle key marketing tasks. Its features include AI-generated responses to customer reviews, social media post creation, and tools to ensure information is consistent across more than 50 online platforms. The platform is engineered to improve a restaurant's local SEO and GEO (geographic location) performance, helping them rank higher in search results and on map applications. Malou also provides tools like QR codes and NFC totems to help restaurants increase the volume of customer reviews they receive. The company's business model is based on its SaaS platform, offered as the 'MalouApp,' and an enhanced 'Copilot' service that includes support from a dedicated marketing expert. As of late 2023, the company served over 2,000 restaurants in more than 15 countries and had achieved 300% revenue growth that year.
At a glance
- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2017
- Headquarters
- Roubaix, France
- Employees
- 109
- Open positions
- 4
- Dealroom signal
- 63.3/100
- Industry
- Food
- Sub-industry
- In-store Retail & Restaurant Tech
- Sector
- Food, Influencer Marketing, Communication, Woman Founder
- Business model
- SaaS
- Client focus
- b2b
Latest news
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEED✓Equity / VC | Nov 2023 | $11M | $44M | Bertrand Jelensperger · henQ · Bleu Capital · Jim Texier | ↗ |
| SEEDEquity / VC | Sep 2021 | $1.3M | $5.3M | Kima Ventures | — |
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Malou is 130K monthly website visits, up 103.1% over the last three months. Malou's team declined 5.2% over the past year.
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Investors
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Seed5 investors entered at this stage
Kima Ventures
Bertrand Jelensperger
henQ
Bleu Capital
Jim Texier
Other known investors2 additional known investors
4Ventures
Maxime Legardez
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
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