Contemporary art website closes €1.2m fundraising campaign

Contemporary art website Artsper has closed a €1.2 million fundraising campaign.

The site, which was foundedin 2013 by Hugo Mulliez and François-Xavier Trancart, closed its first fundraising campaign in 2014 for €300,000 and has since enjoyed steady growth, thanks to the rising popularity of the online art market.
 
"Artsper is one of the main player of the art market in France and is now turning to United Kingdom and Europe in order to propose a wider scale of artworks and bring international visibility to its partner galleries," says thes ite. Business angels as well as recognized experts in the fields of e-commerce, communication and art have all backed the firm.