Philippe de Chanville is a co-founder of ManoMano. He earned a master's degree at EDHEC Business School in 2003 and later built the company with Christian Raisson.
The company was registered in Paris on 26 July 2012 as Colibri SAS. The site opened in June 2013 as MonEchelle. Early money was small: €150,000 in 2012 and €300,000 from business angels in 2013.
In 2015 the brand became ManoMano and the marketplace opened in Spain and Italy. The UK and Germany followed in 2016. A €13 million round in 2016 and €60 million from General Atlantic in 2017 paid for the expansion.
ManoMano joined the Next40 index in 2019 and reached about €1.2 billion in business volume in 2020. In July 2021 it became a unicorn at a valuation of about $2.6 billion. In 2026 the founders stepped back and Loic Derrien became CEO.