Art: The digital art gallery Artsper lifting loop of 1.2 million

Partner 400 galleries, the art of selling online site Artsper announced it completed a second round of € 1.2 million funding.

The art of selling online site Artsper, created in 2013 by Hugo Mulliez and François-Xavier Trancart has raised 1.2 million euros. A year and a half after the first closing of EUR 300 000 funds, this new round was done both with historical business angels but also from new investors all have an expertise in the fields e-commerce, communication and art, whose funds Entrepreneur Factory, as revealed JDN.

"The  purpose of this waiver is to strengthen our position on the French markets, expand internationally, to accelerate development of the site and continue to develop services for galleries, explains François-Xavier Trancart. In two years the online art market has grown considerably. Even if it remains a niche market of the global art, he knows a growth of 20-30% per year. " 

Listing more than 15,000 artists and 2,500 works, Artsper is present in the UK and aims to expand into other European countries, to offer a wider range of works and varied but also to offer its 400 galleries partners international visibility.

Access subscription galleries, Artsper allows users to intuitively perform their research according to artists, galleries, themes but also according to the medium used. Users can also indicate their preferences to receive customized notifications. Registering an average basket close to 2000 euros, the site has already completed several transactions above 25,000 euros directly on its website: a work by Banksy to 40 000 or even Philippe Berry 30 000.