Kapten was launched in 2012 by three ambitious French entrepreneurs, we are now a major player within the French ride-hailing market and the best-rated app! Our company has grown a lot and we’re still expanding fast. Today, Kapten is made up of 400 employees, 20 nationalities and more than 4 million clients.
We operate in Paris, Lyon, French Riviera, Lisbon, Porto and in London.
Our integration into Free Now - the joint venture between BMW and Daimler AG - allows us to go further with more expansions in Europe planned for 2020.
Joining Kapten might just be your best decision today.
We operate in Paris, Lyon, French Riviera, Lisbon, Porto and in London.
Our integration into Free Now - the joint venture between BMW and Daimler AG - allows us to go further with more expansions in Europe planned for 2020.
Joining Kapten might just be your best decision today.
Location: France, Ile-of-France, Levallois-Perret
Employees: 201-500
Founded date: 2012
Mentions in press and media 3
| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.04.2020 | Kapten merges with parent company Free Now, starts restructuring plan | French ride-hailing company Chauffeur-Privé rebranded to Kapten just last year. At the time, the company had big expansion plans to compete with Uber in Europe across multiple markets. But Kapten is now going to merge with Free Now, another... |
| 16.05.2019 | Daimler and BMW-backed Kapten rides into London with anti-Uber ad campaign | Kapten, the French ride-hailing app backed by Daimler and BMW, has today launched in London, coupled with a feisty ad campaign taking a swipe at Uber’s tax arrangements. It follows Kapten (formerly called “Chauffeur Prive”) obtaining a lice... |
| 06.02.2019 | Uber competitor Chauffeur-Privé rebrands to Kapten | French company Chauffeur-Privé is going to expand aggressively over the next couple of years. That’s why the company is changing its name to Kapten — a name that sounds less French. “We wanted to share with you a very important piece of new... |