FoxNot

What FoxNot does

FoxNot is a French SaaS company, founded in 2015 by notary Michaël Dadoit, that digitizes client relationship management for notarial firms handling real estate transactions and successions. Its core platform enables notaries to invite clients to complete adaptive online questionnaires and upload supporting documents; the system then automatically retrieves administrative records from French government sources (Géorisques, Modèle 1, ERP, cadastral plan, Bodacc, NRU) and deposits the assembled dossier into the notary's act-drafting software (Authen.tic, iNot, Kivia) in a single click, eliminating double data entry. Since 2022 FoxNot has extended this base with DocSecure, a stand-alone secure document exchange service using double authentication (SMS for individuals, email for professionals) and a two-year audit trail to combat RIB fraud, and in 2024-2026 added ANSSI-validated, eIDAS-compliant electronic signature via Yousign across three signature levels. All data is hosted on French infrastructure (OVH and Clever Cloud SecNumCloud), and the platform is RGPD-compliant.

FoxNot operates a hybrid go-to-market: a sales-led motion for notaries and enterprises (demo requests, dedicated account management, on-site or remote training, setup and configuration) coupled with a self-serve motion for DocSecure, where professionals can onboard and exchange documents without requiring their counterparts to create accounts. Revenue is generated primarily through monthly subscriptions billed quarterly in advance to professional clients (notaries, law firms, real estate agents, businesses), tiered by firm size, supplemented by one-time setup fees, training fees, and usage-based electronic-signature charges; individuals use the client-facing portal free of charge. The company has been part of the Fichorga group (a major French notary software publisher behind Authen.tic) since 2021, following a 2 million euro investment from Caisse des Dépôts (Banque des Territoires) in May 2019. FoxNot reports more than 2,000 notary and real estate professional clients, more than 3,000 DocSecure professional users, and claims penetration of more than one-third of French notaries, while remaining a small team of 1-10 employees headquartered in Tours, France.

Name

FoxNot

Legal name

SAS FoxNot

Website

https://foxnot.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

FoxNot is a French SaaS company founded in 2015 that digitizes notary-client relationship management for real estate transactions and successions via intelligent questionnaires, automated French administrative document collection, one-click export to act-drafting software, and the DocSecure secure document exchange and e-signature service. It is part of the Fichorga group and serves more than a third of French notaries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Notary Practice Management Software

akta.pro primary industry

Mortgage Point-of-Sale (POS) & Borrower Intake Portals (FSALALAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Fraud Detection, Identity & KYC/AML for Mortgages (FSALALAH)

Keywords

• Notary client management
• Secure document exchange
• Digital notarial platform
• Electronic signature services
• Real estate transaction software

Headquarters

HQ city

Tours

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Subscription (Monthly): FoxNot charges professional clients (notaries, law firms, real estate professionals, businesses) a monthly subscription fee based on the size of the firm and whether it is a newly created practice. Fees are billed quarterly in advance. Setup and configuration fees are charged at installation, varying by the act-drafting software used. Training fees are charged based on the number of collaborators and whether training is on-site or remote.
2. DocSecure Subscription: DocSecure is offered as a monthly subscription with usage-based electronic signature modules billed per consumption each month, with competitive rates passed through from Yousign.
3. Individual Free Service: FoxNot's client portal for individuals (buyers, sellers, heirs) is provided free of charge. Individuals are invited by their notary to complete dossiers or exchange documents at no cost.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

FoxNot provides a SaaS platform that digitizes client relationship management for French notaries handling real estate transactions and successions. The platform uses intelligent questionnaires, automatically collects administrative documents from French government sources, and exports data into act-drafting software with one click. Its complementary DocSecure service offers double-authenticated secure document exchange to combat RIB fraud, with integrated three-level eIDAS-compliant electronic signature via Yousign.

Product overview

FoxNot is a French digital customer relationship platform for notaries, built on a dual-product architecture comprising the FoxNot Platform (main CRM solution) and DocSecure (secure document exchange service). The FoxNot Platform is a SaaS solution for managing client dossiers in real estate transactions and successions, where clients complete intelligent questionnaires and upload documents while the system automatically collects administrative data and transfers everything to act drafting software with one click. DocSecure is a separate but complementary secure document exchange service featuring double authentication to combat RIB fraud, with integrated Yousign electronic signature capability offering three levels of compliance. FoxNot serves notaries (the primary segment), professionals in law and finance, and individual clients (free of charge). The company was founded in 2015, received investment from Banque des Territoires in 2019, and joined Fichorga (a leading notary software provider) in 2021.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DocSecure: Secure document exchange service with double authentication to combat RIB fraud, featuring electronic signature integration via Yousign.

Products and services

• FoxNot Platform SaaS digital customer relationship management platform for notaries that enables online dossier management for real estate transactions and successions. Notaries invite clients to complete intelligent adaptive questionnaires and upload documents; the system automatically collects administrative documents from French government sources and deposits data into act-drafting software with one click.
• DocSecure Secure document exchange service with double authentication (SMS for individuals, email for banks/insurers/administrations) to combat RIB fraud. Supports exchange of RIB, invoices, contracts, identity documents, and large files with two-year timestamping for audit compliance, and includes integrated three-level Yousign electronic signature (simple, advanced, qualified).
• FoxNot for Particuliers (Individuals) Free online service for individual clients to transfer documents to their notary for real estate sales or successions, with guided questionnaire completion, real-time progress tracking, secure document storage, and 24/7 access via computer, tablet, or smartphone.

Quantifiable outcome

• Eliminates double data entry through one-click export to act-drafting software
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and flagship.

• YousigncoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2024Yousign, a French electronic signature provider validated by ANSSI and compliant with eIDAS regulations, is integrated into DocSecure. This allows DocSecure to offer three levels of electronic signature (simple, advanced, qualified) directly within its secure document exchange platform. Yousign's signature solution is presented as directly integrated, with FoxNot passing through competitive pricing to its customers.
• FichorgacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021In 2021, FoxNot joined the Fichorga group. Fichorga is one of the three major publishers of notary practice management software in France (creators of Authen.tic). This strategic and capitalistic partnership aims to strengthen digital support for notary firms across France, combining FoxNot's client relationship platform with Fichorga's act-drafting software. The shared ambition is to offer a competitive, innovative, sovereign, and trustworthy offering aligned with notary interests.
• HomagencyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019FoxNot and Homagency partnered to accelerate real estate transactions by enabling client data from Homagency to flow directly into the software of FoxNot-partnered notary firms, eliminating manual data transfer steps.
• LegaLifeflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018LegaLife (pioneer in online legal document creation) and FoxNot signed an exclusive partnership in 2018 to associate their respective technologies in a common offering for notary firms. The partnership enabled a direct contact between property developers, buyers, and notaries for VEFA (off-plan sales) dossiers. Thierry Arnaly, President of FoxNot, noted that the service helps notaries respond to new digital practices and gain productivity.
• OVHminorOthersFoxNot uses OVH's French-hosted cloud infrastructure for its servers. OVH is a major French cloud services provider with data centers in France. The privacy policy and legal pages confirm OVH as the site host. DocSecure also references hosting at a SecNumCloud-rated provider.
• Clever CloudminorOthersThe new FoxNot platform (integrated with Authen.tic) uses Clever Cloud for data hosting in France. Clever Cloud is a French cloud infrastructure provider.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Yousign: French e-signature provider validated by ANSSI and eIDAS-compliant. Comparable to FoxNot as a direct competitor in the French e-signature market for notaries and professionals; FoxNot resells Yousign within DocSecure but both compete for the same end customers' signature workflow budgets.
• Universign: Long-standing French electronic signature provider with eIDAS-compliant offerings. Comparable as a direct peer addressing French notaries and legal professionals for qualified and advanced electronic signatures within document workflows.

Broad incumbents

• DocuSign: Global leader in electronic signature and agreement management. Comparable to FoxNot in delivering electronic signature within professional document workflows, though DocuSign serves a much broader customer base and use cases beyond French notarial practice.
• Kivia: French notary practice management software platform with which DocSecure is interoperable. Comparable as a practice-management incumbent operating adjacent to FoxNot's client-facing document exchange and CRM layer.
• Fichorga: Parent company of FoxNot and one of France's three major publishers of notary practice management software (creator of Authen.tic). Comparable as a broader incumbent covering the full notary production and management stack, with FoxNot focused on the client-relationship layer above it.
• iNot: Major French notary practice management software platform. Comparable as a broader incumbent practice-management suite; DocSecure integrates with iNot for contact retrieval and document exchange, positioning both in adjacent layers of the French notary workflow.

Others

• LegaLife: French online legal document creation pioneer with an exclusive partnership with FoxNot dating to 2018 for VEFA off-plan real estate dossiers. Comparable as an adjacent French legaltech ecosystem peer serving notary firms and individual consumers.
• Homagency: French real estate transaction platform with which FoxNot has a direct integration partnership for client data flow into notary dossiers. Comparable as a real estate transaction digitization ecosystem partner adjacent to FoxNot's notary CRM workflow.

Emerging players

• Lex Persona: French provider of digital identity, electronic signature, and trust services aligned with eIDAS and ANSSI requirements. Comparable as a focused French digital-identity and e-signature player that overlaps with DocSecure's secure exchange and signature capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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