What revalo (ex smartpheed) does

Revalo (formerly smartpheed) is a France-based B2B service provider that manages the end-to-end disposal, refurbishment, and resale of corporate IT equipment across Europe. Founded in 2022, the company targets enterprise clients — including Arte, McDonald's, Vinci Facilities, Balmain Paris, Cegos, Uptoo, and Neo2 — as well as SMBs and associations that need to clear decommissioned or surplus smartphones, laptops, desktops, and towers. Its service spans turnkey collection logistics, device diagnostics and grading, certified data erasure, refurbishment through a 40-partner network in France and Europe, resale via partner channels, and detailed RSE/CO2 balance reporting designed to feed directly into client sustainability disclosures.

The business model is fundamentally a hardware-margin operation: Revalo purchases or takes on consignment the client's used IT equipment, pays a network of vetted refurbishers to restore it, and captures the spread between repurchase cost, refurbishment cost, and resale value. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed; RSE/CO2 balance reporting and certified data erasure are sold as add-ons that strengthen the sustainability narrative rather than as standalone revenue lines. The company also runs a 'Chroniques du Numérique' conference program aimed at engaging enterprise employees on digital sustainability, which functions as a top-of-funnel awareness channel.

There is no proprietary technology platform or disclosed AI/ML capability; Revalo's competitive position rests on its partner-refurbisher network, the per-client RSE dataset it accumulates, and its brand credibility (Impact Score 77/100, Trustpilot 4.8/5). No funding rounds, headcount figures, or revenue numbers are publicly disclosed, and the company remains privately held with no institutional investors named. Geographic scope is explicitly pan-European, with the partner network enabling short-circuit (local) refurbishment to minimise transport emissions — a positioning increasingly aligned with European CSRD-era sustainability compliance demand.

Name

revalo (ex smartpheed)

Legal name

Revalo

Website

https://revalo.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Revalo (formerly smartpheed) is a France-based B2B service that manages end-to-end collection, data erasure, refurbishment, and resale of corporate IT equipment across Europe, serving enterprise clients such as McDonald's, Vinci Facilities, Balmain Paris, and Cegos through a 40-partner refurbisher network and supplying per-client RSE/CO2 balance reports.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Asset Disposition and Refurbishment Services

NAICS

Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance (81121)

SIC

Wholesale-Professional & Commercial Equipment & Supplies (5040)

akta.pro primary industry

Reuse & Resale / Recommerce Operations (EUAIANAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Electronics Refurbishment, Repair & Reuse (Remarketing/Resale) (BPALAIAD), Product Take-Back & Reverse Logistics Programs (EUAIANAA), Asset Recovery, Liquidation & Secondary Market Logistics (TLAIAHAF)

Keywords

• IT asset disposition
• Corporate IT refurbishment
• Used equipment resale
• Data erasure services
• Carbon footprint reporting

Headquarters

HQ city

Not specified

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. IT Equipment Repurchase and Resale: Revalo purchases or takes on consignment the used IT equipment of enterprise clients (smartphones, laptops, desktops, towers). The company then has the equipment refurbished through a network of 40 partner refurbishers and resells it through partner sales channels. Revenue is generated as a margin on the resale value of refurbished equipment, net of collection, refurbishment, and processing costs. The company also provides RSE/CO2 reporting as a value-add to enterprise clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Revalo provides a fully managed, turnkey B2B service for the collection, data erasure, refurbishment, and resale of corporate IT equipment such as smartphones, laptops, desktops, and towers. The company coordinates logistics across Europe through a network of 40 partner refurbishers, performing diagnostics, certified data erasure, and short-circuit refurbishment before reselling devices through partner channels. A core value-add is detailed RSE (corporate social responsibility) and CO2 balance reporting provided to enterprise clients.

Product overview

Revalo is a comprehensive IT equipment recovery and refurbishment platform for businesses, operating across Europe. The core offering combines equipment collection, diagnostic testing, expert refurbishment, and resale services through a network of 40 partner refurbishers. Additional services include certified data erasure, CO2 carbon footprint reporting, and employee awareness conferences. The platform is structured as an integrated service suite rather than discrete software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Reprise de parc informatique
• Collecte clé en main
• Diagnostic
• Reconditionnement
• Bilan RSE / Bilan Carbone
• Effacement de données certifié
• Chroniques du Numérique

Quantifiable outcome

• CO2 emissions avoided — specific volumes tracked and reported per client through RSE/CO2 balance reports
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• 40 Partner Refurbishers (France and Europe)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRevalo works with a network of 40 partner refurbishers based in France and across Europe. These partners handle the physical inspection, testing, grading, and refurbishment of collected enterprise IT equipment. The network enables short-circuit processing (local refurbishment) which reduces transport emissions and strengthens the environmental credentials of the service. The partners operate as the core fulfilment infrastructure for the Revalo model.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Back Market: A recommerce marketplace for refurbished electronics. Comparable to Revalo on the resale-of-refurbished-IT angle, though Back Market is B2C marketplace-led while Revalo is B2B service-led.
• Recommerce Group: French-headquartered specialist in refurbished smartphones and electronics with collection, grading, and resale operations. Closely mirrors Revalo's collection-to-resale flow with a stronger consumer trade-in angle.

Regional players

• Inrego: Nordic IT lifecycle services provider handling collection, data erasure, refurbishment, and resale of enterprise IT. Direct functional equivalent to Revalo but operating primarily in the Nordics rather than France.
• Foxway: European IT asset disposition and circular-economy specialist active across multiple European markets. Closely comparable business model with broader geographic reach than Revalo.
• Attero: Dutch e-waste and IT asset disposition processor offering secure data erasure and refurbishment. Comparable service scope but primarily serving the Benelux region rather than France.

Broad incumbents

• Sims Lifecycle Services (SLS): Global IT asset disposition arm of Sims Limited offering enterprise-grade collection, data destruction, and resale at scale. A much larger incumbent serving the same enterprise IT end-of-life use case as Revalo.
• Iron Mountain Asset Lifecycle Management: Global data and asset management company with an established IT asset disposition practice. Competes for the same enterprise IT end-of-life RFPs as Revalo, with broader portfolio and deeper logistics infrastructure.
• Econocom: European IT services and circular-economy group with device lifecycle, refurbishment, and resale capabilities. Larger incumbent with overlapping B2B enterprise client base across Europe.

Emerging players

• Everphone: European B2B smartphone-as-a-service provider handling leasing, collection, refurbishment and redeployment. Partial overlap with Revalo on enterprise device end-of-life handling.
• Tier1 Asset Solutions: IT asset disposition vendor offering buyback, data destruction, and resale services. Comparable mid-scale operator to Revalo with stronger North American footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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