Interview

August 13, 2020

Turning €4,000 into a unicorn: lessons from Klaxoon’s founder

Matthieu Beucher started Klaxoon after a stint at a car parts factory. Here’s about turning his idea into the next French billion-euro startup — despite financiers with cold feet.


Klaxoon founder Matthieu Beucher.

It was 2008, a global financial crisis was raging, and Matthieu Beucher had quit his job to become an entrepreneur. He had €4,000 in his pocket, and an idea that had come to him at a car parts factory. 

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Beucher standing in front of a Klaxoon white board.
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