Capitaine Train builds a clean, fast e‑commerce web and mobile platform for buying train tickets across Europe. Its product emphasizes design and usability (iOS Today view widget, Touch ID payment integration) and is focused on a seamless booking experience. The company reports selling about 5,000 tickets per day and benefits from strong repeat usage among customers. Management believes the business operates in a low‑margin industry and will need substantially higher ticket volumes to generate significant revenue. To scale, Capitaine Train aims to add many more customers and expand into additional European countries by integrating more national train systems. The team recently added Daniel Beutler, former Deutsche Bahn France president, as COO to help with growth and operations. Capitaine Train is an online booking service that distributes tickets from SNCF, Deutsche Bahn, Thalys, Eurostar, iDTGV and Lyria. The company was founded in 2009 by Jean-Daniel Guyot, Martin Ottenwaelter and Valentin Surrel. Based in Paris, it operates an online platform for purchasing train tickets. In June 2013 the company raised €2.5M in funding. The funds are intended to support expansion into new markets and to consolidate its position in France. Capitaine Train had a staff of 16 at the time and was hiring additional people.

Total raised

$10M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Dec 2014