About Carvago
Tomas Trnka, Chief Data Officer at EAG group (Carvago's parent company), shares how Carvago turned a simple idea into a company with $7M annual revenue in just three months.
Every day, Carvago analyzes 5.5 million car ads in destinations all over Europe, offering a smooth car shopping experience across borders for everyone.
Carvago, a digital marketplace for buying and selling used cars, offers the best car deals to over 15,000 B2C and B2B customers without owning a single vehicle. The secret? Data.
The Challenge
Building a scalable data infrastructure across 8 countries and 5.5M daily ads
Different Languages
Ads appear in various languages, including French, German, and Romanian, complicating standardization due to local idioms and dialects.
Market-Specific Rules
Besides differing laws and tax systems, as well as the logistics of importing cars, each market has unique regulations. For instance, the concept of mileage differs in Sweden, where a 'mile' refers to 10 km, not the usual 1.6 km.
Non-Uniform Ad Formats
Different layouts, details, and images used across sellers and platforms make it hard to automate the content extraction and upload.
Price Validation Complexity
To identify real bargains, Carvago needed to meticulously sift through listings to separate genuine deals from scams.
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Tomas Trnka
Chief Data Officer at Carvago
The Solution
An Automated Data Management Platform That Can Keep Up With Business Needs
Keboola was the weapon of choice from the very beginning. With compute that scales instantly — from 1 hour to 1,000 hours — the team could focus on building the business without worrying about DevOps.
No other platform matched Keboola's comprehensive capabilities: out-of-the-box monitoring, orchestrations, multiple backends, storage, and data governance — all in one place.
In just three months, Keboola helped Carvago validate their business idea, automate operations at scale, and launch a market-ready product — all with a team of nine data experts.
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Tomas Trnka
Chief Data Officer at Carvago
The Impact
The results speak for themselves
5.5M Car Ads Daily
Leveraged technology to analyze 5.5 million car ads daily — a task that would otherwise demand the efforts of 500,000 people.
Ready in 3 Months
Transformed their vision into a market-ready product in just 3 months — achieving what typically takes a year using traditional methods.
Automating Business
Increased efficiency by automating business operations across every department, from finance to logistics.
Facilitating Collaboration
Seamless and secure collaboration with external partners.
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Tomas Trnka
Chief Data Officer at Carvago
