Pitchy
Pitchy is a Paris-based video creation software company that serves large enterprises, with nearly half of France's CAC 40 companies as customers. The company raised $50M in a Series B round in September 2023 and employs 66 people. Pitchy provides a template-based video creation platform that lets users autonomously produce and customize videos with various media elements. Its tools are used by major French corporations like Air France, Total, and L'Oréal for internal and external communications. The company has scaled rapidly since its 2013 founding, securing $50M in venture funding from investors including Bpifrance and Seventure Partners. Its adoption by nearly half of France's largest public companies demonstrates strong enterprise traction in its home market.
The growth story
Pitchy grew from 68 to 66 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $50M along the way, most recently a Series B in September 2023.
About
Have you ever thought about videos in your communication?A user keeps in mind 70% of your message if you tell it in video!Pitchy is the first B2B solution that puts video creation within the reach of everyone. How does it work? Thanks to a fully automated creation tool and a technology based on video templates. Users create and edit their videos in a completely autonomous way. They can adapt the scenario, add all sorts of contents (photos, icons, videos, texts, graphs ... ) and customise their videos (branding, voice over, subtitles ... ). Pitchy has been adopted by nearly 50% of the French largest companies (CAC 40) : Air France, Total, L'Oréal, BNP Paribas, Thales, PSA...Find out more on :
Founders and leadership
Sales is Pitchy's largest function with 11 employees, reflecting its enterprise focus. The company's leadership team includes founders with backgrounds in video technology and software development.
The Pitchy org chart
Lionel Chouraqui (Co-founder & CEO) leads 27 mapped leaders with 5 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Sales 10 (-33% YoY), Arts and Design 9 (-10% YoY), Customer Success and Support 8 (-11% YoY), Marketing 7 (-12% YoY), Business Development 6 (0% YoY), Engineering 5 (-29% YoY).
Talent flow
Pitchy recruits from French business schools like SKEMA and ISC Paris, as well as video production firms. Alumni frequently move to roles in digital agencies, consulting firms, and luxury brands like Hermès.
Most common previous employers of Pitchy staff: Cap Enseignement Supérieur (2), Lincoln (2), Mycom (2), ESTP (1), HEC Paris (1), GuideSpark (1). Former Pitchy employees most often moved to Omi (3), Artur'In (2), Tenacy (2), ALTEN (2), Hermès (2), We Are Testers (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The Pitchy mafia
Pitchy alumni have founded three companies, including Trident Paid and Timelapse-3D, both focused on video production services.
3Valentin Carougeat, was Sales Development Representative until 2020Clément Hadjeres, was Designer Web until 2014Pierre-Marie Achart, was Full-stack developer until 2017Web traffic
Traffic mix: 36% direct, 35% search, 11% social, 2% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Pitchy: Project Management (24), Microsoft Office (22), Management (21), English (20), Marketing Strategy (18), Microsoft Excel (17), Marketing (16), Adobe Photoshop (16).
Where the team actually sits
Pitchy people are concentrated in Île-de-France, France (29), Greater Paris Metropolitan Region (11), France (5), Occitanie, France (1).
Search footprint
Pitchy attracts about 9 organic search visits a month. It gained 82 ranking keywords and lost 45 in the last period.
Frequently asked
Pitchy has 66 employees as of September 2026.
Pitchy has raised $50M in total, most recently a Series B round in September 2023.
Pitchy was founded in 2013 by Lionel Chouraqui, Benjamin Chouraqui Gerset, Lucas Malik BENNYS.
Lionel Chouraqui (Co-founder & CEO) sits at the top of Pitchy's reporting structure, with 5 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Pitchy staff are Cap Enseignement Supérieur (2 people), Lincoln (2 people), Mycom (2 people).
Former Pitchy employees most often move to Omi (3), Artur'In (2), Tenacy (2).
At least 3 companies have a founder who previously worked at Pitchy, including Trident Paid, Timelapse-3D, Agence Tellement.Plus.
Pitchy attracts about 9 organic search visits a month.
The most common skills among Pitchy staff are Project Management, Microsoft Office, Management, English, Marketing Strategy.
Pitchy staff are concentrated in Île-de-France, France (29), Greater Paris Metropolitan Region (11), France (5).
Pitchy has about 10 people in Sales, down 33% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Pitchy has about 9 people in Arts and Design, down 10% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 48 current and 261 former Pitchy profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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