Aquafadas
| Industry |
Computer software Digital Publishing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 |
| Founder | Claudia Zimmer (CEO) Matthieu Kopp (CTO) Thomas Ribreau (CPO) Jean Michel Allegre (CFO) |
| Headquarters | Montpellier, France |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
| Owner | Rakuten |
| Parent | Rakuten Kobo Inc. |
| Website | http://www.aquafadas.com/ |
Aquafadas is a software company specialising in mobile solutions (creation of tools to build mobile apps for smartphones, tablets and web) designed for enterprises and digital publishers. Based in Montpellier, in the south of France, Aquafadas is a major subsidiary of the Rakuten Group.
Aquafadas creates mobile application tools for enterprise designed to support businesses in their digital transformation. With Aquafadas software companies can build smartphone, tablet and web apps for their sales reps, investors and communications teams. Aquafadas also specialises in solutions for digital newspapers, magazines and e-text books.
Claudia Zimmer (CEO), previously an architect, and Matthieu Kopp (CTO) with a degree of engineering (École Centrale Paris) and PHD in astrophysics. With 11 years of software development experience, they previously spent 5 years running the Application Networks startup in London and founded Aquafadas in 2006.
Aquafadas’ name was inspired by Aqua, the name of Apple’s Mac OS X graphical user interface, and “fada”, which means muse - inspirational tutelary goddess of the arts - in Occitan language (a gallo-romanic language, spoken in southern parts of France). Aquafadas could be translated as "inspired by the Mac."
Aquafadas first base was Cap Omega, a business incubator a winner of the best global incubator of startups, awarded by the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA).[5] Today, the Aquafadas’ headquarters is in MIBI (Montpellier International Business Incubator) in Montpellier.
The subsidiary company of Aquafadas, transforms and publishes comic books on smartphones, tablets and web readers.
Aquafadas has an international presence with 25 partner companies across the world:
The Canadian e-reading company, acquires Aquafadas in 2012. In 2015 becomes a part of the Rakuten group.
The world’s leading internet services company Rakuten acquires Aquafadas by merging with Kobo.
Aquafadas specialises in mobile solutions for enterprise.
With Aquafadas software it is possible to:
Automated content creation tools:
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