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Qwant
Privacy focused search engine presenting results in 4 distinct categories: Web, News, Shopping, Maps
About Qwant
Qwant is a European search engine that prioritizes user privacy and ensures neutrality and impartiality in search results. Operating in the digital search market, Qwant serves privacy-conscious individuals and organizations who seek an alternative to mainstream search engines that track user behavior for advertising purposes. The company's business model revolves around providing a search platform that does not track users or sell their data to advertisers. Instead, Qwant generates revenue through non-intrusive advertising and partnerships that align with its privacy-centric values. By offering a search experience free from personalized tracking, Qwant appeals to users who value their online privacy and want unbiased search results.
Source: Dealroom company dataAt a glance
- Status
- Acquired
- Founded
- 2011
- Headquarters
- Paris, France
- Employees
- 131
- Open positions
- 8
- Dealroom signal
- 76.2/100
- Industry
- Security
- Sub-industry
- Data protection
- Sector
- Privacy Protection, Deal Comparison, Cybersecurity, Safetytech Related, Digital: AI and Quantum Computer, Observatoire Deeptech, Hard Tech, Horizon Europe, radar de l'innovation
- Technology
- Deep Tech
- Business model
- Marketplace & ecommerce
- Client focus
- b2c
- Investment activity
- 2 companies, latest May 2025
- Capital deployed
- —
- Preferred round
- ACQUISITION
Knowledge graph
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACQUISITIONOther financing | Apr 2023 | $0 | — | OVHcloud | — |
| CONVERTIBLEOther financing | Jun 2021 | $9.7M | — | Habo Investments | ↗ |
Financials
Revenue, earnings and other financial measures where available. Years marked “E” are estimates.
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Qwant is 27M monthly website visits, up 8% over the last three months. Qwant's team grew 2.3% over the past year.
Open positions
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Investments and acquisitions
Recent portfolio relationships for companies that also act as investors or acquirers.
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$4.4Mvaluation
Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Series A3 investors entered at this stage
Axel Springer
Bpifrance
Habo Investments
Series B and later1 investor entered at this stage
Caisse des Dépôts
Other known investors3 additional known investors
HEC Paris
HEC Challenge+
OVHcloud
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Global footprint
team presence
Market sentiment
An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about Qwant on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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