How He Makes $40M/yr Renting Laptops for $50/Mo
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What problem does Fleet solve for growing companies?
So we are a platform uh for IT procurement and management. You can procure, secure, and manage all your IT devices, computer, phones, tablets. We launched this in 2019 and we already we like immediately had success. We went from zero to 40 million revenue, from one country, France to 20 countries today in Europe but also in the US. We grew 60% year. year in 2024 and then 90% near year on year in 2025 we see which is huge and this year we I think we are around 40% growth year on year. So it's we are still growing a lot.
Hey folks, my guest today is Savon Marion. He's the co-founder and CEO of Fleet.co, a Paris-based IT device management scale up. He started in 2019 with co-founder Alexandre. He bootstrapped the company for seven straight years to a hundred million valuation before taking his first outside capital in early 2026. Savon, you ready to take us to the top?
Yeah, perfectly. Thank you.
Tell us what you're selling here as I share your website.
Yeah, so we are a platform uh for IT procurement and management. It means that uh we manage the entire uh IT life cycle for for companies everywhere in the world, no? So if you're a company that grows, that needs to hire people in your country, but also outside because you have uh people that work remotely or several offices in different countries. You can procure, secure and manage all your IT device, computer, phones, tablet, uh with our platform. No. So we centralize and simplify simplify IT management for growing companies and uh international companies.
Where did you come up with this idea?
Me and my co-founder, we met at uh Rocket Internet. It's a European uh startup studio uh back in uh 20 2012. It was one of the biggest startup studios in uh in Europe. And uh we worked in uh in north of Africa. Uh we launched uh a kind of Amazon for Africa called Jumia that is already uh that is uh uh today uh listed in uh New York Stock Exchange, Jumia Group. We learn how to build business thanks to this experience. We went back to Europe.
How did Sevan and his co‑founder come up with the laptop‑as‑a‑service model?
Uh we'd had some uh managing director experience uh in uh in different startups and uh And we realized that IT management was was a little bit of chaos in uh for SMBs and startups. So most of the time SMBs startup they were buying computers directly with Apple or on Amazon, which is uh you know uh quite costly first. Uh plus uh when there is issues, when you need when you scale, you know, there is a you have a lot of issues because you behave like uh you you know like a cust a traditional customer, you don't have Services included. So we came up with this idea of uh creating this uh device as a service solution fleet to help companies to procure manage their IT in a monthly subscription. So instead of uh you know instead of buying uh computer for 2000 euro, you will rent computer for 50 euro per month.
This is what we do, and you have a whole service included, no, so guaranteed. platform to manage and secure your IT. We launched this in twenty nineteen and we already we like immediately had success product market fit so so it grew very fast and we realized that we had a very efficient business model. So we were both profitable but with we were also cash flow positive. That is very important because uh when you don't need working working capital to grow then you can grow without external uh funding, no?
Are you comfortable sharing what you guys grew revenue to before you first your first before you took your first dollar of outside capital?
Went from zero to forty million revenue, from one country, France, to 20 countries today in Europe, but also in the US. We did the LBO, so it's uh we we get some capital, but it's only secondary. So me and my co-founder we sold shares, but we didn't bring money inside the company because in the beginning we are we are profitable and we uh and we do almost uh like not far from 10 million ABDA uh per year. No, so the company doesn't It doesn't need uh outside capital. Uh our revenue is uh almost forty million revenue annualised today and when we did uh the LBO it was around thirty million.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What problem does Fleet solve for growing companies?
0:00–2:14
2
How did Sevan and his co‑founder come up with the laptop‑as‑a‑service model?
2:14–6:20
3
What is the 36‑month contract and how does the bank‑financing mechanism work?
6:20–9:59
4
How did Fleet grow to $40M revenue without raising VC money?
9:59–12:17
5
What happened during the 2023 revenue dip and how did the team respond?
12:17–15:05
6
How was the secondary LBO structured and how were employee equity payouts handled?
15:05–17:38
7
What are Fleet’s main revenue streams beyond the device rental fee?
17:38–19:29