What hemea does

hemea, legally constituted as Novare Construction SAS, is a French PropTech platform operating a two-sided renovation and architecture brokerage. Founded in 2015 under the Travauxlib brand and rebranded to hemea in January 2020, the company connects individual homeowners pursuing residential and energy renovation with a vetted network of 800+ RGE-certified contractors across nine major French cities (Paris, Lille, Bordeaux, Lyon, Nantes, Toulouse, Marseille, Nice, and others), supported by 100+ dedicated Travaux Planners and 100+ courtiers. The platform provides end-to-end project support — from conception and the free Opti'DPE energy study through competitive tendering, conformity monitoring, and escrow-secured payments — addressing chronic pain points in the French renovation market: opaque pricing (quotes varying up to 3x), unpredictable timelines, and quality control failures.

The technology stack is a web-based client portal plus the B2B Club Pro SaaS, hosted on Google Cloud Platform, with payment-securing handled under an Article L.523-1 mandate through ACPR-accredited Lemonway. Proprietary components include a digital client application for project tracking and progressive escrow release, a quote/invoicing software module for BTP professionals (with optional Batiprix extension), a centralised purchasing platform (centrale d'achat) that pools procurement across 6,500+ partner enterprises, and a planned open API. Notable features include a 'protection hemea' guarantee covering contractor default or abandonment, and 'entreprise à mission' status granted in January 2020, formalising a commitment to reducing building GHG emissions.

hemea monetises through a hybrid B2C/B2B model: marketplace commissions on contractor matchmaking (core B2C stream), recurring Club Pro SaaS subscriptions tiered at €54 / €82 / €166 HT per month (Essentiel / Pro / Expert), centrale d'achat membership at €990 HT per specialty per year, and transaction-linked service revenue from the Lemonway mandate. Go-to-market blends direct-to-consumer acquisition (hemea.com self-serve intake, SEO-driven content at blog.hemea.com, phone-assisted conversion) with a channel partner motion through 6,500+ Club Pro enterprises, plus co-marketing with major brands (Schneider Electric, Atlantic, Howdens Cuisines, Heero, Dougs). To date, hemea has completed 5,000+ renovation projects since 2015, holds 985+ verified Trustpilot reviews (Excellent), and has raised approximately €18.4M cumulatively across rounds in 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2023, with the €10M 2023 round led by LBO France and Daphni to scale the energy renovation offering through 2025.

Name

hemea

Legal name

Novare Construction SAS

Website

https://hemea.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

hemea is a French PropTech brokerage platform connecting homeowners with a vetted network of 800+ RGE-certified contractors and 100+ Travaux Planners, providing end-to-end support for residential and energy renovation projects across nine French cities, with escrow-secured payments and a B2B Club Pro SaaS for BTP professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Marketplace commission / transaction fee from contractor matchmaking: Core revenue stream: hemea (Novare Construction) earns a commission when a client accepts a contractor's quote on the platform. Client and Prestataire contract directly; hemea receives a fee for facilitating the connection and processing the payment via Lemonway escrow.
2. Club Pro SaaS subscriptions (Essentiel / Pro / Expert): Recurring monthly or annual subscription revenue from BTP professionals for the quote/invoicing SaaS and accompanying services. Three tiers: Essentiel (€54 HT/month or €649 HT/year), Pro (€82 HT/month or €990 HT/year) and Expert (€166 HT/month or €1,990 HT/year). Enterprise offer above €1M revenue available on quote.
3. Centrale d'achat membership: Annual fee of €990 HT per specialty (corps d'état) for access to hemea's centralised purchasing platform, which provides preferential wholesale pricing on materials and equipment.
4. Mandate-based payment services via Lemonway: Under Article L.523-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, Novare Construction operates as a mandated agent of Lemonway (an ACPR-accredited payment institution) for payment service and securing functions, generating transaction-linked service revenue.
5. Partner-driven professional services & tooling: Value-added services and partner integrations (Schneider Electric preferential tariffs, Howdens Cuisines, Atlantic, Heero, Dougs accounting support) bundled into the Club Pro and pro offerings, driving both GTM partnerships and ancillary revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

hemea is a French PropTech brokerage platform that connects individual homeowners with a vetted network of 800+ RGE-certified contractors for residential and energy renovation projects, supported by dedicated Travaux Planners and escrow-secured payments via Lemonway. The company also operates Club Pro hemea, a subscription-based SaaS suite (Essentiel, Pro, Expert tiers) and centrale d'achat procurement platform serving 6,500+ BTP professionals across France.

Product overview

hemea operates as a new-generation architecture and renovation broker that combines a customer-facing platform (the hemea core platform) with a B2B offering (Club Pro hemea). The hemea core platform connects individual clients with RGE-certified contractors across France, offering the Rénovation Énergétique par hemea service for energy efficiency projects, the free Opti'DPE energy study, and architectural services spanning architects, interior architects, and decorators. For building professionals, Club Pro hemea provides a subscription-based suite organized into three tiers (Essentiel, Pro, Expert) that bundles the Logiciel de devis et factures hemea (quote/invoice software), the Centrale d'achat hemea (purchasing central offering negotiated wholesale prices on brands like Schneider Electric, Atlantic, and Howdens Cuisines), exclusive partner advantages, dedicated support, and the planned hemea Pay feature. The Logiciel de devis et factures hemea and Centrale d'achat hemea function as the operational modules that differentiate Club Pro from the consumer-facing hemea Platform, while Rénovation Énergétique par hemea and Opti'DPE anchor the platform's energy renovation specialization. The company also operates under its former name Travauxlib, with the legacy domain still referenced in legal documents.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• hemea Platform (Architecture & Renovation Brokerage) New-generation architecture and renovation broker platform connecting individual clients with RGE-certified contractors across France, providing end-to-end project support from conception to delivery for residential and commercial renovation, with coverage in Paris, Lille, Bordeaux, Lyon, Nantes, Toulouse, Marseille, and Nice. Includes dedicated Travaux Planner accompaniment, escrow-secured payments via Lemonway, and a "protection hemea" guarantee.
• Club Pro hemea (B2B Professional Subscription) Subscription-based offering for BTP (building and public works) professionals with three tiers (Essentiel, Pro, Expert). Includes access to the Logiciel de devis et factures, Centrale d'achat, exclusive partner offers, dedicated support, and chat/telephone support. Targets artisans, micro-enterprises, and SMEs under €1M revenue.
• Rénovation Énergétique par hemea End-to-end energy renovation service covering insulation, heating (heat pumps, condensing boilers), ventilation, and regulation. Includes DPE optimization, RGE-certified contractor selection, price negotiation, escrow-secured payments, and assistance with financial aid (MaPrimeRénov', CEE primes, Eco-PTZ, 5.5% VAT, local aids).
• Opti'DPE (Free Energy Study) Free energy study offer from hemea that helps clients understand their property's energy profile and identify improvement opportunities to improve DPE ratings, with average +2 letter DPE gain across projects.
• Centrale d'achat hemea (Centralised Purchasing) Purchasing central for Club Pro members that negotiates wholesale prices on materials and supplies with major brands including Schneider Electric, Atlantic, Howdens Cuisines, and others, leveraging a network of 6,500+ partner companies. Annual fee of €990 HT per specialty.
• Logiciel de devis et factures hemea (Quote & Invoice Software) Quote and invoice management software for BTP professionals with electronic signature, price database (Batiprix extension), push notifications, MaPrimeRénov'/CEE compliance, team planning, subcontractor management, and an open API (coming soon).

Quantifiable outcome

• +5,000 renovation projects completed since 2015
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core flagship partner, core partner, strategic partner and critical infrastructure partner.

• Schneider Electriccore flagship partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchneider Electric is the global leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation. Through the partnership, hemea Club Pro members benefit from preferential tariffs on Schneider Electric's most recent ranges (Wiser home automation solution and Odace wiring devices) and hemea's expertise on each order. Dedicated joint campaign assets are produced (e.g., Schneider Electric x hemea campaigns).
• Atlanticcore partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerAtlantic is the French specialist in thermal comfort (heating, hot water, ventilation) with 13 production sites in France and products mostly manufactured in France (100% of radiators, 85% of water heaters). The partnership gives hemea Club Pro members "privileged client" status on Atlantic's wide range and access to new innovative eco-performing products.
• Howdens Cuisinescore partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerHowdens Cuisines (formerly Houdan Menuiseries, present in France since 2004) operates ~50 depots in France and sells/manufactures kitchens primarily to professionals. The partnership guarantees hemea Club Pro members preferential pricing on all Howdens kitchen models (50+ models with sustainable-material carcasses) and a dedicated advisor for orders.
• Heerostrategic partnerGTM or Marketing PartnerHeero provides the second pillar of its offer — administrative support for energy transition aid applications. After simulating eligibility and aid amounts, Heero informs hemea clients about the steps required to obtain the relevant aids and can carry them out on the client's behalf (e.g., displaying devices proposed by Schneider Electric).
• Dougsstrategic partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDougs is an online chartered accountancy firm specialised in the BTP sector. Through the partnership, hemea Club Pro members access innovative, quality services at competitive tariffs — 24/7 assistance on fiscal, legal and BTP-specific social-obligation questions, plus modern accounting tools.
• Lemonwaycritical infrastructure partnerTechnology or IntegrationNovare Construction (hemea) holds a service and payment-securing mandate (under Article L.523-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code) to act on behalf of Lemonway, an ACPR-accredited payment institution. hemea transmits clients' payments via bank transfer and Lemonway processes and secures them through encrypted bank servers; the Société has no access to confidential card data.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Angi (formerly Angie's List / HomeAdvisor): US-headquartered home services marketplace with lead-generation, professional matching and SaaS tooling for service pros; a publicly-traded analog of hemea's two-sided renovation marketplace and Pro SaaS model, useful as a strategic comparable for Club Pro.
• La Maison Saint-Gobain: Saint-Gobain's integrated renovation and home-improvement retail/service network in France; overlaps hemea on assisted renovation but operates at vastly larger scale and with vertically integrated materials supply, posing a potential threat as an incumbent moving downstream into brokerage.
• Houzz: Global home renovation and design marketplace connecting homeowners with professionals; a broader incumbent analog to hemea's two-sided marketplace, with much larger content/SEO reach but a less localized, less energy-renovation-focused proposition.
• Cedeo (Saint-Gobain Distribution): Saint-Gobain's B2B sanitary, heating and plumbing distribution network in France; comparable to hemea's centrale d'achat as a procurement channel for BTP professionals, and a potential incumbent competitor on the materials-procurement side of the value chain.

Direct peers

• 123devis: Online quotation platform that connects consumers requesting renovation/construction work with multiple qualified professionals; mirrors hemea's online intake and multi-quote competitive tendering mechanic on the consumer-facing side.
• Batappli: Long-standing French BTP management software (devis, facturation, suivi de chantier) for artisans and small construction firms; overlaps hemea Club Pro on professional tooling and competes for the same BTP contractor wallet in France.
• Archionline: French platform connecting individuals with architects and renovation professionals; comparable to hemea's architecture and project-intake layer, with similar customer profile (residential renovation/extension).
• Illico Travaux: France's largest established renovation and works broker network, directly comparable to hemea's brokerage model: matches homeowners with vetted contractors across multiple specialties for a commission. The closest like-for-like competitor in the French courtier en travaux category.
• Tolteck: French SaaS for BTP artisans providing quote, invoicing, suivi de chantier and Batiprix integration; the closest direct peer to hemea's Club Pro Logiciel de devis et factures on the B2B contractor tooling side.

Emerging players

• Heero: French energy-transition platform that helps homeowners secure and process public aid for renovation works; a current hemea partner for the 'administrative' pillar but also a partial competitor in the energy-renovation funnel — comparable on aid-simulation, dossier assembly and MAR-adjacent services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/hemea_fr
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hemea

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors6 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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