Heetch

http://heetch.com/

Last activity: 26.08.2025

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***** Enjoy your night out ******
Peer-to-peer ridesharing. Available on iPhone and Android.

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Overview

Location

France, Ile-de-France, Paris

Employees

201-500

Total raised

$74.19M

Founded date

2013

Investors 2

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	Idinvest Partners	idinvest.com

Funding Rounds 4

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May 8, 2019	Series B round	$38.19M
Jan 26, 2018	Funding round	$20M
Oct 17, 2017	Series A round	$12M

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Apr 19, 2025	Startup app: le migliori imprese che creano applicazioni mobili e web [Aprile 2025]	In un contesto storico in cui lo smartphone è divenuto uno strumento fondamentale per la nostra quotidianità, le startup specializzate nello sviluppo di applicazioni mobili stanno costituendo un ecosistema di grande successo, in grado non s...
Nov 20, 2019	French ride-sharing startup, Heetch aims to take on Uber in African countries, secures €3.6M in Series B	Based out of Paris, Heetch, a ride-sharing app, has raised $4 million (approx €3.6 million) from AfricInvest to complete its $42 million (approx €38 million) Series B. Launched in 2013, Heetch, aims to build friendly and fair mobility solut...
Nov 19, 2019	France-based Heetch Raises $4Mn from AfricInvest to Expand Services to Africa	Heetch, a French ride-hailing company with operations in Morocco, Algeria, and Cameroon has raised $4 million funds from Tunisia-based AfricInvest. The fund joins its previous $38 million Series B round and will be used to expand its ride-h...
Nov 18, 2019	Heetch adds $4 million to its Series B round	Ride-hailing service Heetch has added a new investor to its $38 million Series B round. AfricInvest is investing another $4 million in the startup — in total, Heetch has raised a $42 million Series B round. Previous investors in the Series ...
May 10, 2019	Paris-based Heetch raises €34M funding: 3 things to know about rapidly growing ride-sharing platform	The ride-sharing trend has changed the landscape of shared mobility by catering to the needs of consumers for convenient, quick and cost-effective transportation. Mimicking the conventional taxis, ride-hailing connects drivers and riders by...
May 9, 2019	Daily funding roundup - May 9th, 2018	Humanpredictions raised $1M; Chipper Cash landed $2.4M; Stratio closed $2.5M; Intello secured $3M Humanpredictions: Humanpredictions is a sourcing solution focused on hiring technical talent and differentiated by its rich data that allows i...
May 9, 2019	Heetch raises $38 million to accelerate its expansion in France and French-speaking Africa	Heetch, the Paris-based high-growth ride-sharing platform, has raised $38m in a Series B funding round with Cathay Innovation and Total Ventures alongside the renewed participation from existing shareholders Idinvest Partners, Innov’Allianz...
May 9, 2019	Heetch, the ride-sharing platform, completes a $38 million Series B led by Cathay & Total ventures	In France, Heetch is the second largest VTC platform and the only French venture among the top tier. The platform is available in 9 cities: Paris, Lyon, Lille, Nice, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Strasbourg and Nantes. Since 2018, Heetch ...
May 9, 2019	Term Sheet — Thursday, May 9	UBER HYPE The biggest IPO since Alibaba. The most anticipated Silicon Valley IPO since Facebook. The largest IPO of 2019. Paid Content How can you protect what you can't see? From ExtraHop Fortune’s Adam Lashinsky wrote the following in Dat...
May 9, 2019	Paris-based ride-sharing startup Heetch raises $38 million	French ride-sharing platform Heetch has landed $38 million in a funding round led by Cathay Innovation and Total Ventures, with participation from existing shareholders Idinvest Partners, Innov’Allianz, Alven, Felix Capital, and Via-ID. Hee...
May 9, 2019	Heetch raises $38 million to accelerate its expansion in France and French-speaking Africa	The Paris-based high-growth ride-sharing platform is already operating in 9 cities in France and recently very successfully launched operations in Morocco. The company aims to use this funding to become the leading ride sharing platform acr...
May 8, 2019	Term Sheet — Wednesday, May 8	THE $1 BILLION LOSS 2019 will be Lyft’s “peak loss year.” The ride-hailing giant has issued its first results as a public company, showing both strong growth and widening losses. Paid Content How can you protect what you can't see? From Ext...
May 8, 2019	Heetch raises $38M to take on Uber in French-speaking countries	With Uber just days away from going public, a small challenger has raised some funds of its own to take it and the rest of the field on in francophone markets. Heetch, a ride-sharing platform based out of Paris with operations across France...
Jan 26, 2018	Term Sheet — Friday, January 26	IPO HYPE Happy Friday, Term Sheet readers, Paid Content You can't secure what you can't see From ExtraHop Market conditions signal a strong year for IPOs, according to SVB’s latest State of the Market report. There should be a steady stream...
Jan 26, 2018	Ridesharing app Heetch raises $20 million to continue its relaunch	French ridesharing app Heetch, which relaunched late last year, has announced a new funding round of $20 million from Felix Capital, Via ID, Alven, ID-Invest, and InnovAllianz. Heetch was originally founded in 2013 as a night-time only P2P ...
Jan 26, 2018	Heetch raises another $20 million to compete head-to-head with Uber in Europe	French startup Heetch has an ambitious goal. The company wants to become the second ride-sharing service in France and in the other European countries where it operates. The startup just raised $20 million from Félix Capital, Via ID, Alven ...
Jan 26, 2018	Heetch Raises $20M Funding Round	Heetch, a Paris, France-based provider of a ride-sharing platform, raised a $20M funding round. The round was led by Felix Capital with participation from Alven Capital, Via-ID, Idinvest Partners and InnovAllianz. The company intends to use...
Jan 26, 2018	Heetch raises $20 million to bring their friendly mobility solution to Europe	Emblematic brand for young Parisians, Heetch is known for its friendly service both for passengers and drivers. Heetch, his team and its founders have the ambition to make people enjoy their night by creating a friendly mobility solution ad...
Jan 23, 2018	Heetch, Idinvest Smart City portfolio company, raises $20m	Heetch confirms its success and mutation. Launched in September 2013 as a pure P2P ride-sharing platform focusing only on young people trips at night, the service had to shut down in March 2017 due to a court decision. But the company came ...
Oct 2, 2017	Term Sheet — Monday, October 2	OPERATORS WANTED Good morning, Term Sheet readers! Paid Content You can't secure what you can't see From ExtraHop Sandhya Venkatachalam has joined the firm as a partner leading growth investing. Previously, she was one of the founding partn...
Sep 29, 2017	Heetch raises $12 million to reboot its ridesharing service	French startup Heetch has been around for quite a few years. Although things were running smoothly, the company had to start over mostly from scratch. In March 2017, a court in Paris ruled that Heetch had been illegally operating a transpor...
Sep 28, 2017	French ridesharing app Heetch raises $12 million to rebuild its business	Paris-based ridesharing and carpooling app Heetch has raised $12 million despite authorities clamping down on its business model earlier this year. The investment is from Felix Capital, Alven Capital, and Via HD. It comes several months aft...
Jul 30, 2015	Chauffeur-Privé Acquires Djump Following UberPOP Turmoils	UberPOP wasn’t the only victim of the recent taxi protests in France. Other ride-sharing companies Djump and Heetch were affected, as well. While it’s still unclear what’s going to happen with Heetch, Djump will be joining French transporta...
Jun 24, 2014	Heetch Is A Ride-Sharing App For Late Night Party-Goers	Meet Heetch, a French ride-sharing app with a twist. Instead of going head-to-head against Uber, Chauffeur-Privé or LeCab in Paris, the company is operating a ride-sharing service that only works at night, mostly when you’re out partying. T...
Apr 24, 2014	Uber, SnapCar And Others May Not Be Able To Use Geolocation In France	Thomas Thévenoud had an impossible job — he was the member of the Assemblée Nationale in charge of finding an agreement between urban transportation startups and taxi unions in France. He just announced his report to those companies, and it...
Feb 4, 2014	Look Out Lyft, Uber Is Getting Serious About Ride-Sharing With UberPOP In Paris	Urban transportation company Uber just announced a brand-new offering for Paris called UberPOP — and it looks a lot like Lyft. It’s a cheaper ride-sharing service built right into the Uber app. Everybody can become a driver. While UberX is ...
	France-based Heetch Raises $4Mn from AfricInvest to Expand Services to Africa	Heetch, a French ride-hailing company with operations in Morocco, Algeria, and Cameroon has raised $4 million funds from Tunisia-based AfricInvest. The fund joins its previous $38 million Series B round and will be used to expand its ride-h...

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FAQ about Heetch

When was Heetch founded?

Heetch was founded in 2013.

How much funding has Heetch raised?

Heetch has raised $74.19M in total across 4 funding rounds.

What funding rounds has Heetch raised?

Parsers VC lists 4 funding rounds of Heetch, among them a Series B round of $38.19M on May 8, 2019, a funding round of $20M on Jan 26, 2018 and a Series A round of $12M on Oct 17, 2017.

Who has invested in Heetch?

Parsers VC lists 2 investors of Heetch, among them Idinvest Partners.

What has the press written about Heetch?

Parsers VC has collected 28 articles mentioning Heetch, among them “Startup app: le migliori imprese che creano applicazioni mobili e web [Aprile 2025]” (Apr 19, 2025) and “French ride-sharing startup, Heetch aims to take on Uber in African countries, secures €3.6M in Series B” (Nov 20, 2019).

Is Heetch still active?

Yes, Heetch is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Aug 26, 2025.