FILAE: directors' dealings · France · AMF

About FILAE

Filae is a French digital genealogy company focused on online family-history research tools and the publication of historical records. Founded in 1994 by Toussaint Roze, the business evolved over time under earlier brand names such as NotreFamille.com and Genealogie.com before rebranding to Filae.com in December 2016. Its core offering is a proprietary search engine built on digitized, indexed and transcribed public archives, enabling users to trace ancestors through civil registry records, parish registers, military files, census data and other historical sources. From an economic standpoint, Filae’s value proposition is to turn fragmented archival information into a searchable, consumer-friendly digital service. The company’s main revenue model is subscription-based. Premium membership provides access to advanced search results, official archival collections and family-tree building features. Filae emphasizes the scale of its French historical database, which it describes in its communications as containing more than one billion pieces of information and hundreds of millions of digitized records. This creates a strong barrier to entry, because the company’s competitive advantage is not only software, but also data depth, transcription expertise and long-standing relationships within the French genealogy ecosystem. Filae operates primarily as a fully digital platform, with a business concentrated on France but with online resources also available in English. Historically, it has been based in Paris and Laval, reflecting its roots as a French SME serving both consumers and heritage-oriented communities. Its ecosystem includes public archives, local genealogy associations and specialized publishers, which helps sustain the quality and breadth of its content. A notable strategic milestone was MyHeritage’s acquisition of Filae in 2021. MyHeritage is a global family-history platform, and the transaction strengthened Filae’s international backing while preserving its French identity and operational autonomy. The acquisition also highlighted the strategic value of Filae’s exclusive French record collections, which represent a differentiated asset in the genealogy market. Overall, Filae is positioned as a niche digital media and heritage-information platform rather than a traditional software vendor. Its leadership in French genealogy, recurring subscription revenues and rich archive base make it a distinctive listed company within the French small-cap universe.