Philippe Corrot met Adrien Nussenbaum in 2004. In 2006 they founded Splitgames, a consumer marketplace. Fnac bought it in November 2008.
The two stayed and led Fnac's marketplace for about three years. They saw what a large retailer needed to let outside sellers onto its site.
They left to found Mirakl with one offer: any retailer could run a marketplace without building the technology. Elaia led a $30 million Series A in November 2012, and 83North and Felix Capital led $20 million in 2015. Bain Capital Ventures added $70 million in 2019.
Permira led $300 million in 2020, and Silverlake led $555 million in 2021 at a valuation above $3.5 billion. Marketplace sales across customers passed $8.6 billion in 2023. In 2020 the company built StopCovid19.fr during the pandemic, and in 2025 it launched Mirakl Nexus.