Califrais
“Can an AI-powered logistics platform become the operating system for fresh food supply chains in France, starting from Rungis?”
Founded2014
HQChevilly-Larue (Rungis), Paris, France
FoundersPierre Lévy
Total raised$13.12M
Latest roundUnattributed, ~2024
IndustryVertical SaaS / Food Supply Chain
The story
Founded in 2014 by Pierre Lévy as a B2B logistics and ordering platform for restaurateurs to source from the Rungis market (the world's largest fresh produce market), Califrais grew into an AI-powered food supply chain platform. The company won the bid to operate rungismarket.com over Amazon and Cdiscount, cementing its market position. In 2022 it partnered with Stef (a cold-chain logistics group) and used Karmen revenue-based financing to scale without dilution, while simultaneously launching a DTC marketplace with Stripe Connect.
Product timeline
2014
Califrais founded by Pierre Lévy to connect restaurateurs to the Rungis fresh produce market with next-day single-delivery ordering.· pivot
2022
Califrais (45 employees, €550K/month revenue) sought non-dilutive financing via Karmen Loan (€300K) to fund growth after partnership with Stef logistics.· lending
2022
Rungis and Califrais launched a direct-to-consumer platform using Stripe Connect in 10 days.· banking
The stack
2 layers disclosed in Califrais’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
Lending
in the full report
Accounting gap: none
1 more provider across 1 layer, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.