Algae

What Algae does

Algae is a Paris-based company that operates an AI-powered real estate investment analysis platform targeting individual property investors in France. Founded in 2022 and currently in private beta, the platform delivers 3-5 curated property deals per week to subscribers, replacing the manual property search process on French listing portals such as Leboncoin and SeLoger. The product is positioned for four customer personas: beginner investors, intermediate investors, property traders (marchands de biens), and property hunters (chasseurs immobiliers); no enterprise contracts, institutional customers, or B2B distribution channels are disclosed.

The platform combines predictive analytics and a recommendation engine over structured property data (price, estimated rent, financial metrics) to generate profitability analyses, a proprietary 1-10 investment score per property, and text-based insights on renovation needs, rental potential upside, and risk factors. A "hidden potential" layer identifies value-creation opportunities such as property division for colocation. Founder Adrien Hardy, with more than 10 years of real estate investment experience, leads product direction and encodes domain heuristics into the scoring model; AI is the central mechanism of the product rather than a peripheral feature.

Revenue is generated solely via a single subscription product priced at €19/month under a lifetime founder deal during beta, distributed through a self-serve Stripe checkout on the company website. The beta is hard-capped at 20 members and no subsequent pricing tiers, annual contracts, or upsell paths are disclosed. Distribution is single-channel (direct website), single-geography (France), and there is no mobile app, no public API, no SDK, and no published financial metrics. The company has 1-10 employees, no disclosed institutional funding beyond a $0-valued event with BLUE GREEN CAPITAL on 2022-03-30, and no patents, certifications, or third-party validations on file.

Name

Algae

Website

https://algae-app.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Algae is a Paris-based AI-powered real estate investment platform delivering weekly curated property deals with profitability analysis and AI scoring to individual French investors via a €19/month self-serve subscription, currently capped at 20 private beta members.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real Estate Investment Analytics

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Appraisers (53132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Property Management Advisory & Leasing Administration (FSAEAJAN)

Keywords

• AI real estate analysis
• Property investment scoring
• Real estate deal curation
• Investment property insights
• Property profitability analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription Access - Beta: Monthly subscription providing access to the Algae platform's AI-powered property analysis and recommendations. Beta users receive 3-5 curated property deals per week with full analysis, scoring, and insights. The current founder pricing of 19€/month is offered as a lifetime discount for early beta adopters.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Algae is an AI-powered subscription platform that automatically scans French property listings, selects undervalued investment opportunities, and delivers 3-5 pre-analyzed deals per week. Each deal includes a profitability analysis (estimated rent, gross yield, ROI), a proprietary AI score from 1 to 10, and insights on renovation needs, rental potential upside (e.g., colocation division), and risk factors, accessible through a private dashboard and email.

Product overview

Algae is a single unified product—a beta-access AI platform for real estate investors. The platform automatically selects undervalued properties each week (3-5 deals) and delivers them through a private dashboard. Each recommendation includes a full profitability analysis, AI-generated investment score (1-10 scale), and actionable insights covering renovation potential, rental opportunities, and hidden risks. The service is positioned as a time-saving tool for investors who lack hours to search listings manually on platforms like Leboncoin or SeLoger.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Algae

Quantifiable outcome

• 9.5% gross yield example demonstrated for property in Saint-Étienne
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Redfin: US technology-driven real estate brokerage using data and AI to surface properties and recommend deals. Conceptually similar to Algia's data-driven deal curation model, but operating at incumbent scale in a different geography.
• LeBoncoin: France's dominant general classifieds platform with a substantial real estate vertical, also called out in Algia's value proposition. Overlaps as a high-traffic source of listings French investors search, making it a natural incumbent benchmark.
• SeLoger: One of France's largest real estate listing portals, explicitly named in Algia's pain-point positioning. Compares because both surface investment-relevant properties to French buyers, though SeLoger is an open marketplace versus Algia's curated, AI-scored flow.
• Zillow: US-based AI-powered real estate platform that pioneered algorithmic property valuation (Zestimate) for consumers. Functionally analogous to Algia's AI scoring of properties on a 1–10 scale, but at vastly greater scale and US-focused.
• Bien'ici: French real estate search portal backed by major media groups, focused on improving listing discovery with maps and neighborhood data. Comparable to Algae as a property-discovery surface for French buyers and investors with similar geographic scope.
• MeilleursAgents: French real estate data and estimation platform providing property valuations and neighborhood insights for buyers, sellers, and investors. Comparable to Algae because both sit at the intersection of property data and investor decision-making, but MeilleursAgents is a broader incumbent with richer market data infrastructure.

Regional players

• Matera: French PropTech focused on simplifying property management for landlords and co-ownership. Comparable as a French PropTech serving individual real estate stakeholders with a digital/SaaS model, though operating in property management rather than investment selection.
• Houzy: Swiss digital property platform offering tools for owners, buyers, and investors including valuation and renovation advice. Comparable to Algae as a European consumer-facing PropTech with AI-assisted investment/renovation insights, but operating in Switzerland rather than France.

Emerging players

• Trackstone: French digital platform for collective real estate investment, enabling investors to co-acquire properties. Overlaps with Algia's investor-persona targeting and French-market focus, though the model is co-investment versus AI curation.
• Roofstreet: French PropTech applying AI and remote sensing to building-level analysis (renovation potential, energy efficiency). Comparable to Algae as a French AI-driven property analytics startup focused on investor-relevant attributes like upside and risk.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/algae-app

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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

M&A

Investments3 records

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

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