Chance

What Chance does

Chance is a France-based social enterprise founded in 2015 that delivers online career assessment and reconversion programs (Bilan de compétences) using a hybrid model combining a proprietary technology platform (Æcho V10), one-on-one coaching, and a peer community of more than 20,000 alumni. The flagship 12-week program is structured around the trademarked Trèfle™ method — a four-step framework built on a CIPA profile assessment (Activities, Interactions, Contribution, Personal life) — and is delivered at €1,750 per participant, financed primarily through French public channels including CPF, OPCO, France Travail, AGEFICE, and FIF PL. Operations are anchored in Beauvais/Paris with a team of 75 full-time staff and a network of more than 300 certified partner coaches who deliver the live sessions.

The core technology stack pairs a self-serve online platform with an AI-powered targeted matching engine that connects participants to relevant professionals, peers, and job opportunities through feedback connections and last-mile referral connections. Marketing is product-led and community-led, relying on SEO, content marketing, social channels (Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube), a Spotify podcast, and member referrals; the company also publishes annual research such as the Baromètre Amour Pro. Quality and social-mission credentials include Qualiopi certification, Datadock compliance, and ESUS (Entreprise Solidaire d'Utilité Sociale) recognition from the French state.

In June 2026 Chance launched the First Chance Programme with a €10 million Google.org donation to reach 100,000 students across 24 European and Middle Eastern countries by 2028, extending the core methodology to entry-level job seekers concerned about AI-driven displacement. The company is backed by Citizen Capital and EduCapital (€12M round, 2022) and additional prior funding from Zulu Group, and operates as a privately held for-profit social enterprise.

Name

Chance

Legal name

Chance

Website

https://chance.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Chance is a France-based social enterprise that delivers an online 12-week career assessment program (Bilan de compétences) combining its proprietary Æcho V10 platform, AI-powered matching, certified coaches, and a 20,000-member alumni community serving individuals seeking career change.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online career assessment and professional orientation services

NAICS

Computer Training (611420), Marketing Consulting Services (541613), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720), Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling (54191)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Career Exploration, Interest/Skills Assessment & Pathway Planning (EDAFAMAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Skills Assessment & Talent/Employability Testing Platforms (EDAFADAM), Psychometric, Aptitude & Cognitive Ability Test Content (EDAGADAK), Critical Thinking, Problem Solving & Decision-Making (EDAAAKAH)

Keywords

• Career assessment services
• Professional orientation platform
• Online coaching programmes
• Skills assessment bilan
• Career change coaching

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Bilan de compétences (Career Assessment Program): One-time 12-week online career assessment program priced at €1,750. Revenue generated through direct customer purchases, government CPF funding, OPCO subsidies, France Travail (Pôle Emploi) funding, and AGEFICE/FIF PL financing. The program includes 24 hours of digital activities, video coaching sessions, and community access.
2. First Chance Program (Google.org Partnership): Free program for students funded by €10 million Google.org donation. Chance serves as implementation partner, reaching 100,000 students across 24 countries.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Chance sells an online 12-week career assessment programme (Bilan de compétences) priced at €1,750, combining self-paced digital activities on its proprietary Æcho V10 platform, one-on-one video coaching sessions with certified coaches, and access to a 20,000-member mutual-support community connected via AI-powered matching. The programme guides participants through a structured four-step method (Trèfle™) to define, explore, validate and concretize a professional project aligned with their skills and life constraints. It also operates the Google.org-funded First Chance Programme, a free student-focused career-launch initiative.

Product overview

Chance offers a unified online skills assessment and career guidance platform centred on its Bilan de compétences programme, which combines the proprietary Aecho V10 technology platform with human coaching and community support. The core product uses the Le trèfle™ de Chance (Clover Method) — a 4-step framework that guides users through career exploration via digital activities, one-on-one coaching, and peer connections. Post-assessment services include job matching through the community d'entraide and access to the First Chance programme for student employment support. The ecosystem is tied together through the Test de l'Amour Pro diagnostic tool and ongoing research publications like the Baromètre Amour Pro.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bilan de compétences Chance (Career Skills Assessment Programme) A 12-week online career skills assessment programme that combines self-paced digital activities, one-on-one coaching sessions with certified coaches, and community support to help individuals define a professional project aligned with their values, skills, and life constraints. Priced at €1,750 TTC and eligible for CPF financing. For working professionals and job seekers seeking career change, reconversion, or work-life balance.
• First Chance Programme A free, online professional integration programme for students concerned about AI displacement, fully funded by Google.org and targeting 100,000 students across 24 countries in Europe and the Middle East by 2028. Delivered via the Æcho platform and supported by INCO and local university partnerships.
• Test de l'Amour Pro (Pro Love Test diagnostic) A free ~4-minute online diagnostic based on Chance's 4-pillar CIPA framework (Activities, Interactions, Contribution, Personal life) that determines whether users' professional life is aligned with their desires. Used as a top-of-funnel lead tool for the Bilan de compétences programme.

Quantifiable outcome

• 75% of participants implement their defined project within 6 months
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• INCOcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Social enterprise incubator collaborating with Google and Chance on AI training initiatives. INCO supports social businesses and is helping deploy AI skills training to 7,000 university students in Portugal.
• Portuguese UniversitiescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Local university partnerships in Portugal for delivering AI training to 7,000 students as part of the Google.org funded initiative.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ORIENTACTION: French career coaching and reconversion firm offering Bilan de compétences and outplacement services nationally; closest direct competitor to Chance in the regulated French skills-assessment market.
• CoachHub: Global digital coaching platform combining technology with certified coaches for workforce development; comparable to Chance's technology-plus-coaching model and targeting similar enterprise L&D buyers.
• CIBC (Compagnie Internationale de Bilan de Compétences): Established French Bilan de compétences provider with multi-decade track record; competes with Chance in the same Qualiopi-certified reconversion segment.

Broad incumbents

• OpenClassrooms: Major French EdTech offering career-focused online education and apprenticeship programs; broader incumbent operating in adjacent online career upskilling with similar CPF funding mechanics.
• EZRA (formerly Lane4): Global digital coaching provider owned by LHH (Adecco Group) offering enterprise career and leadership coaching; broad incumbent with similar technology-plus-coach architecture.

Emerging players

• 365Talents: AI-driven skills mapping and internal mobility platform for enterprises; comparable to Chance's AI-matching technology applied to career pathing rather than external reconversion.
• MoovOne: French career coaching platform for managers and employees, using digital tools and certified coaches; targets the same enterprise and individual career-transformation use cases as Chance.
• Welcome to the Jungle: French employer-branding and job-matching platform with content and community features; comparable to Chance's community/content-led growth motion in the French employment market.

Regional players

• JobTeaser: European student-to-employer recruitment and career guidance platform operating across France, UK, Germany, and beyond; directly comparable to Chance's First Chance student-segment strategy.

Others

• Mérieux Université (Institut Bioforce): French professional reconversion and continuing-education provider; adjacent in the CPF-funded professional-transition ecosystem and a potential partner or competitor in France.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/ChanceFR
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/chanceworldwide
• Instagraminstagram.com/chance_fr
• Xx.com/chance_france

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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