Private company

Aquafadas

Logo: aquafadas.com3

French software company

Rakuten DX was a French software company specializing in no-code development platforms for building mobile applications and digital publishing solutions. Headquartered in Montpellier, France, the company develops tools used by enterprises and digital publishers to create and manage mobile and web applications. The company was originally founded in 2006 and later became part of Rakuten Group.2 It is part of Rakuten Group, Inc.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

2006Founded1
  • Industrysoftware industry1
  • HeadquartersMontpellier1
  • Websitewww.aquafadas.com
  • Legal formsimplified joint-stock company1

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Rakuten DX was a French software company specializing in no-code development platforms for building mobile applications and digital publishing solutions. Headquartered in Montpellier, France, the company develops tools used by enterprises and digital publishers to create and manage mobile and web applications.2

Corporate structure

Aquafadas is part of a group headed by Rakuten Group, Inc.. 34 entities, 8 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Headquarters

Rakuten DX headquarters are in Montpellier, France, and also has offices in Paris.

Key dates

2004: Creation of the first software, iDive

2006: Aquafadas founded as a company by Claudia Zimmer and Matthieu Kopp. PulpMotion, the second software, launches.

2007: BannerZest – software designed to create Flash banners – enters the market. The same year Ave!Comics, book store for digital comic books owned by Aquafadas, starts to gain attention in the comic books world.

2008: VideoPier launch

December 2008, the latest Lucky Luke comic book on iPhone goes on sale thanks to the Ave!Comics3 tools

2009: SnapFlow launch

May 2009, creation of Ave!Comics3 Production

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2010: BannerZest for Windows goes live. BannerZest Fun Pics Facebook app launches. Plug-in PulpFx created in partnership with Noise Industries goes live. Digital publications for Fnac and Orange enter the market. Launch of mobile apps for: RMC Sport, La Tribune and Reader's Digest.

2011: Partnership with Quark to make Aquafadas technology compatible with Quark 9 et Quark QPS. Adobe InDesign 4 Plugin designed for digital publishing goes live. New clients using Aquafadas tools for their digital publications: La Réunion des Musées Nationaux – Grand Palais, Reader's Digest, La Tribune, Bayard, and Carlsen.

2012: The Canadian e-reading company Kobo Inc. acquires Aquafadas.

2017: Aquafadas becomes a major subsidiary of the Rakuten Group, appointing Yasufumi Hirai as Chairman and Koichiro Takahara as CEO.

July 2017: Aquafadas becomes Rakuten Aquafadas as a part of corporate rebranding and integration within the Rakuten Group

November 23, 2020: Rakuten Aquafadas becomes Rakuten DX.

2023: Rakuten DX shut down due to company reorganization and restructure

From Wikipedia’s article on Rakuten DX, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Subsidiaries

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Timeline

  1. 2006Founded Founded1

Sources

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