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July 5, 2023

BlaBlaCar’s winding road to success 

From the pandemic to failed international expansions, the French mobility company has seen plenty of setbacks. But its new strategy and big growth in 2022 had investors bullish on the future


Chris O’Brien

8 min read

BlaBlaCar cofounders Nicolas Brusson, Frédéric Mazzella and Francis Nappez.

Considering all the detours that French mobility leader BlaBlaCar has taken over its 17-year history, the company has arrived at the unlikeliest of destinations: success.

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A photograph of a car with a blablacar sticker
Photo by Eric Tschaen for BlaBlaCar
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A photograph of blablacar staff working around a circular desk with a tree in the middle
BlaBlaCar opened its new Paris headquarters in June 2022
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Chris O’Brien

Chris O’Brien is a writer for Sifted. He covers French tech, and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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