“The Americans have taken the B2C tourism market. We want to challenge them in B2B, and we are raising funds to move fast,” explains Maxime Eduardo, CEO of Naboo. By securing €20M in funding, the platform, which caters to companies looking to organise meetings, seminars, after-work events, or team-building activities, is setting its sights on international growth.

To lead this Series A funding round, the startup partnered with British investment fund Notion Capital. “They have larger investment capabilities and align with our international expansion ambitions.” The company also attracted business angels such as Alexandre Fretti from Malt and Arthur Waller from Pennylane. Additionally, Naboo has retained the trust of its historical investors, ISAI and Ternel. “We had already raised €7.5M in 2024 with ISAI to integrate AI into our processes. Today, 80–90% of our back office is automated thanks to AI, allowing our teams to focus on customer relations, ensuring availability and responsiveness to meet incoming demands.”

A unique, comprehensive solution with strong growth

Positioning itself as the only online solution offering an end-to-end service—from venue booking to transport and catering—Naboo emphasises its strong growth. “We generate €60M in business volume, serve 4,000 companies from SMEs to large corporations, and three-quarters of CAC 40 companies work with us. One in ten events within CAC 40 firms is booked and organised via Naboo.” Clients include Société Générale, Veolia, Arkema, Thales, and Google, as well as scale-ups like Qonto.

Taking on Global industry leaders

Of Naboo’s €60M business volume, €10M already comes from international markets. With this latest funding round, following its entry into the UK, the company is expanding into the Benelux region, Germany, Italy, and Spain. “Each time, we rely on native, local teams.” In the next six months, Naboo also plans to establish a presence in the United States. “We move at the pace of our clients, expanding into markets where they push us to go.”

Beyond expanding across Europe and soon North America, Naboo is also recruiting to strengthen its technology to better serve large corporate clients. “We are signing framework agreements with companies that need tech solutions for procurement teams and finance departments, enabling them to track both their budgets and CO2 emissions linked to their purchases.” Naboo aims to grow its development team from 20 to 40 programmers and, more broadly, to double its workforce from 70 to 180 employees by the end of 2025.