What Edusign does

Edusign is a French EdTech SaaS company founded in 2020 and headquartered in Le Vésinet (Paris region), providing a unified educational management platform for training organisations, higher education institutions, and corporate training departments. The platform consolidates digital attendance signing (in-person via QR/NFC/student card, remote via Zoom and Microsoft Teams), certified e-signature, online surveys, white-label campus communications, and AI-powered automation within a single product. Its architecture is cloud-based (hosted on AWS France with OVHcloud backup), supports over 1,000 integrations with ERP, LMS, and CRM systems via API and Webhooks, and holds ISO 27001, SOC 1/2 Type II, PCI-DSS, and GDPR certifications. Differentiated technical features include NFC contactless signing with offline capability, geolocation-verified QR fallback, and AES-256 encrypted document workflows, with attendance methods certified by French funding bodies (organismes financeurs) for regulatory compliance.

Edusign operates a product-led growth motion anchored on a free trial and self-serve registration (no credit card required), complemented by a sales-assisted demo path for enterprise accounts and a partner referral programme. Revenue is generated through SaaS subscriptions priced on usage tiers and learner/course volumes, with quote-based pricing not publicly disclosed. The platform serves over 3,000 institutions across France, including leading French business schools and universities (École Polytechnique, HEC Paris, ESCP, SKEMA, EDHEC, Université Paris Cité), tech bootcamps (Le Wagon, Jedha, Rocket School), and major corporate training departments (L'Oréal, Renault, Veolia, Vinci, Ubisoft, Safran). In March 2024, Edusign acquired AppScho to deepen its higher education campus management offering, and in 2024 launched Quick Survey AI, a generative AI-powered survey creation tool. The company employs 11-50 staff and is privately held as a Société par actions simplifiée (SAS), with a disclosed seed round of approximately $1.14M from Shapr Ventures in November 2021.

Name

Edusign

Legal name

Edusign

Website

https://edusign.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Edusign is a French EdTech SaaS platform founded in 2020 that provides certified digital attendance signing, e-signature, surveys, and white-label campus communications to over 3,000 training organisations, higher education institutions, and corporate training departments, primarily in France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Management Software

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Interactive Presentation & Lesson Delivery Engagement Tools (EDAFAGAJ)

Keywords

• Education management software
• Student attendance tracking
• E-signature platform
• Campus communication tools
• Training management system

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription: Edusign operates on a subscription-based SaaS model, charging training organisations and higher education institutions for access to its platform. Pricing is based on usage tiers and the number of learners or courses managed. The company offers a free trial for new users.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Edusign provides a cloud-based SaaS platform for training organisations and higher education institutions, centralising digital attendance signing, certified electronic signatures, online surveys, campus communications, and AI-powered analytics. The platform supports multiple attendance methods (QR code, NFC, email, student card, Zoom, Microsoft Teams) and offers 1,000+ integrations with ERP and LMS systems.

Product overview

Edusign is a unified educational management platform designed for training organizations and higher education institutions. The platform operates as a modular ecosystem with a core platform supporting multiple integrated modules: attendance management (in-person, remote, NFC, Zoom, Teams), document signing (e-signature), online surveys, campus communication and app, AI-powered automation, and learning analytics. The product portfolio includes the main Edusign Platform, specialized attendance solutions, the acquired AppScho brand for campus management, and Quick Survey AI for automated survey generation. All modules share a common data layer enabling centralized student information management and cross-functional automation workflows.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Edusign Platform A unified educational management platform that centralises attendance tracking, document signing, student communication, and AI-powered automation for training organisations and higher education institutions.
• Attendance Management Digital attendance sheets with multiple signing methods (QR code, email, NFC, student card) covering in-person, remote, and online sessions for training organisations.
• Document Signing Electronic signature solution for sending documents to all learners for signature in one click with certified and secure signatures and full audit trail.
• Online Surveys Digital questionnaire builder for creating and distributing surveys to learners, including templates for satisfaction, evaluation, and competency assessment with automatic answer analysis and export to CSV, PDF, or API.
• Campus Communication Centralised campus communications platform allowing institutions to interact with students via a white-label app available on all screens with targeted communication and customisable alerts.
• Campus App White-label mobile application customisable in institutional branding colours, allowing students to manage their education from smartphones and computers.
• AI & Automation AI-powered workflow automation tools including automated attendance tracking, at-risk student identification, and document processing for training organisations.
• Quick Survey AI AI-powered feature that automatically generates surveys and questionnaires from a simple prompt or topic description using generative AI technology.
• Learning Analytics Real-time analytics dashboard providing global or per-user data analysis with export to CSV, PDF or API, identifying at-risk students before dropout.
• AppScho Digital management solution for higher education institutions providing campus app and student management features.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5x less time spent on attendance management
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers47 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability8 records

Feature12 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AppSchocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 March 2024Edusign acquired the startup AppScho, a provider of digital management solutions for higher education institutions. The acquisition allows Edusign to expand its educational solutions offering and strengthen its position in the higher education market by integrating AppScho's digital campus management capabilities.
• GYSCcoreTechnology or IntegrationGYSC is a specialist in badge issuance and integration solutions for higher education, notably the exclusive French representative of the international ISIC (International Student Identity Card) standard. Edusign partners with GYSC to enable student card-based attendance signing, allowing learners to use their student ID cards directly for attendance tracking.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreOthersEdusign's primary cloud hosting provider. AWS provides infrastructure hosting (France region) with PCI-DSS certification, ISO/IEC 27001 certification, and SOC 1 TYPE II and SOC 2 TYPE II attestations. AWS is located at 67 Boulevard du Général Leclerc, 92110 Clichy, France.
• OVHcloudminorOthersOVHcloud serves as Edusign's backup cloud hosting provider, providing redundancy and data resilience in addition to AWS France.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Liveo: Liveo is a French SaaS provider of digital attendance and signature solutions specifically designed for training organizations and CFA in France. It directly competes with Edusign in the emargement and training compliance space, offering similar attendance tracking and certified signature capabilities for the French training market.
• Wezem: Wezem provides digital attendance and signature management solutions for French training organizations and educational institutions. It is a direct competitor to Edusign in the French emargement market, serving similar training centers and CFA customers with comparable feature sets.

Broad incumbents

• Lucca: Lucca is a leading French HR and people management SaaS suite that includes time tracking, leave management, and increasingly training-related modules. It competes with Edusign in the attendance tracking space but as part of a broader HR suite targeting mid-market and enterprise French companies.
• Factorial: Factorial is a European HR software platform offering attendance tracking, time management, and employee management tools across multiple European markets. It competes with Edusign in the attendance and time tracking space but as part of a comprehensive HR suite.
• Moodle: Moodle is the world's most widely used open-source learning management system, with attendance tracking as a core module. While not a direct competitor in attendance-only tools, Moodle's broad LMS capabilities and free availability could threaten Edusign's standalone attendance proposition for budget-constrained institutions.
• PayFit: PayFit is a leading French payroll and HR management platform serving SMBs across Europe. While primarily focused on payroll, it includes time and attendance features that overlap with Edusign's corporate training attendance capabilities, representing a well-funded competitive threat.

Emerging players

• Combo: Combo is a French HR and training management platform for SMBs and mid-market companies, offering time tracking, training management, and employee engagement features. It competes with Edusign's corporate training segment but targets a broader HR buyer persona.
• Trainual: Trainual is a US-based training and onboarding management platform for SMBs, offering training manuals, process documentation, and employee training tracking. It overlaps with Edusign's corporate training use cases, particularly for US-based companies seeking standardized employee training management.
• Lessonly (Seismic Learning): Lessonly, now part of Seismic, is a training and enablement platform for sales and customer-facing teams. It competes with Edusign's corporate training segment with a focus on employee learning and knowledge retention rather than attendance compliance.

Regional players

• AbsencesPro: AbsencesPro is a French leave and absence management platform used by training organizations and educational institutions. It overlaps with Edusign's attendance and absence tracking capabilities, particularly for HR-driven attendance use cases in the French market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Edusignfr
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UChIA1cJRPXN7ERygQqDISKA
• Facebookfacebook.com/edusignfr
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/edusign

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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