Interview

February 7, 2020

Cracking the code to European expansion, Virtuo’s way

With 70% of its sales coming from returning clients, Paris-based startup Virtuo is looking to build on customer loyalty to expand into Germany and Italy next. 


When French high-end car rental startup Virtuo expanded to Barcelona in the middle of 2019, about a third of its very first customers were repeat clients. Now, it’s looking to make a rule out of that example to scale across Europe.

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