is our number-one priority and it plays a key part in our vision. We want to change the way sensitive information is handled within organisations, facilitating lean and seamless workflows for our customers globally.
Maximum security and GDPR compliance
ISO 27001:2013 and 27018 certified
> Founded in 2001 by M&A and legal experts
> Entrepreneurial European proptech company based in Frankfurt and Zug
> Branch offices in Munich, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Vienna, Madrid and Milan as well as solutions partners globally
> Trusted by leading real estate companies, advisors, law firms and international corporations
> 30,000+ customers worldwide
Drooms sets the standard for real estate asset management documentation in Europe
The Drooms timeline
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2001
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Companies Data Room Service GmbH & Co. KG (DRS GmbH & Co KG) and Data Room Services Beteiligungs GmbH (DRS GmbH) based in Bad Wiesse, were founded
2003
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o Relocation of DRS company to Berlin
o First virtual data rooms on encrypted CDs
2006
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o DRS companies move to Frankfurt
o Opening of DRS digital AG in Switzerland (later parent company)
2007
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Launch of the first web-based Q&A feature as part of Drooms Classic (first generation platform)
2008
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o New DRS GmbH & Co. KG Headquarters in Frankfurt (Eschersheimer Landstraße)
o Number of DRS employees reaches 10
2012
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Dissolution and growth of DRS GmbH & Co. KG assets to DRS GmbH
2013
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Opening of DRS office in France, Paris (today Drooms GmbH)
2014
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Opening of a branch in Italy
2015
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o Renaming of DRS GmbH to Drooms GmbH, DRSdigital AG becomes Drooms AG
o Number of employees at Drooms reaches 50 employees
o Opening of Drooms office in Munich (Drooms GmbH) and in UK, London (Drooms International Ltd.)
2016
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Launch of the Drooms online shop
2017
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o Number of employees at Drooms reaches 100
o Founding of Drooms AG subsidiary in Spain (Drooms Cloud Espaῆa SLU) and opening of a branch in Amsterdam (Drooms AG)
2018
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o Drooms implemented blockchain technology for secure digital archives
o Drooms hit 50K users on the Drooms platform
2019
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o Drooms hit 100K users on the platform
o Launch of the very first trainable AI feature (Auto Allocation)
o Release of Drooms API
2020
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Number of employees at Drooms reaches 150
2021
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o 10,000 assets under management on the platform
o Stake in German proptech company DocEstate
2022
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o Reached 10,500 customers
o Stake in French proptech company Bazimo
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Alexandre Grellier
Alexandre has been leading the company since 2003 and is responsible for the significant growth of the data room business in Germany.
Prior to Drooms, Alexandre worked as a lawyer at Lehman Brothers in Frankfurt and London, specialising in compliance and transaction management.
Jan Hoffmeister
Jan was one of the trailblazers for the introduction of virtual data room solutions in Europe.
It all started in 2001, when Jan founded the company as a physical data room. After an intensive development phase, his ideas about how a virtual data room should look and perform came to fruition.
Jan has over 20 years of experience in corporate finance and M&A working for Siemens.
