USEFUL
FIRST.
Start with a real need.
Have an idea?
Experiments & Ventures
We build products. We back founders.
Start with curiosity.
Build what matters. Help it grow.
We create web and mobile products and invest in ambitious founders from the earliest stages. Two decades of building businesses shape what we do next.
Experiments
A living guide to the world’s great cities.
Localtime uses AI to discover and track restaurants, events and exhibitions across major cities worldwide, turning information from across the web into a continuously updated city database.
The Pinterest of Places.
Turn Instagram posts, Reels and Google Maps links into a personal guide to places worth remembering.
Taggg for iOS
BuildingYour places, in your pocket.
We’re bringing Taggg to iPhone. Save discoveries, organise your favourite places and take your personal guide wherever you go.
How we build
USEFUL
BUILT
TO SHIP.
Put it into the world.
MADE
TO LAST.
Grow what people keep.
A little background
Two decades of building technology and consumer businesses across Europe and Asia. We bring that experience to a new generation of web and mobile products.
Small teams. Clear decisions. Thoughtful design. We build, launch and learn—then invest in the products people return to.
Ventures & investments
Before this chapter, we founded companies and backed others at the start. These are the ventures that shaped how we build today.
Business banking for freelancers and small businesses. Founded by Alexandre Prot and Steve Anavi, Qonto brings everyday financial tools together for entrepreneurs across Europe.
Seed-stage investment
Smok.io
ExitedA connected electronic cigarette that paired with a mobile app to track consumption. The company was subsequently acquired by a Fortune 500 group.
Co-founder · Seed-stage investment
Dotspot
CeasedA city-discovery app that brought recommendations from tastemakers onto a map. Featured in OPUMO Magazine, it helped people discover the best places around them.
Founder
Greyhours
CeasedA French watchmaking brand built around minimalist, high-quality timepieces at an accessible price. The company ceased operations in 2020.
Founder
Groupon France’s leading partner between 2011 and 2013. A consumer-products business with five offices worldwide, 80 people and $35 million in product sales.
Founder
Have something in mind?
If you’re building something useful and care about the details, we’d love to hear from you.
emrah@kkat.org