bluenove

What bluenove does

Bluenove (legal entity bluenove SAS) is a French technology and consulting firm founded in 2008 and headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris. The company specializes in large-scale collective intelligence and citizen consultation, combining a proprietary software platform (Assembl, with Assembl Live and Assembl Flash modules) with professional services across four lines: Consultation, Co-construction, Analyse, and Ateliers (workshop design and facilitation). Its technology supports structured deliberation workflows at scale, with demonstrated deployments mobilizing tens to hundreds of thousands of participants in French civic and enterprise programs, including the Grand Débat National, the États Généraux de la Justice, the États Généraux de la Santé, RATP's 138,000-employee purpose program, and the OSE 2050 health-system anticipation initiative co-run with HCL, DGOS, and AIS. Bluenove also runs the Bright Mirror collaborative fiction experience for climate and civic futures.

The company serves two primary segments: French government ministries and public institutions (Ministère de la Justice, CESE, Métropole Rouen Normandie, DGOS, AIS) and large French enterprises (RATP, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, AXA, Engie, Safran, Decathlon, Accor, La Banque Postale, Aéma Groupe, CEA, EM Lyon). Secondary segments include universities/business schools and healthcare organizations. The business model is consultative enterprise sales with quote-based pricing and a 'Request a Demo' CTA, combining professional services revenue with platform licensing for Assembl. Bluenove is privately held, was acquired by Groupe Alpha in 2025, and expanded internationally via a 2024 merger with Canadian startup Clouds supported by a CAD 1.9 million Canadian fund investment. Prior corporate moves include the 2019 acquisition of Succeed Together. The firm holds CNIL declaration number 1784838 and operates under RGPD compliance.

Name

bluenove

Legal name

bluenove SAS

Website

https://bluenove.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bluenove is a French technology and consulting firm that operates the Assembl platform for large-scale collective intelligence and citizen consultation, serving French government ministries and large enterprises with combined software and advisory services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Collective Intelligence Consulting and Civic Technology

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (519290)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHDAEAHAI

Enterprise Work Management & Collaborative Workflow Platforms

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Enterprise Platforms & Databases/Business Process Management (BPM), Workflow & Automation Platforms

SECONDARYBPAMAAAF

Q&A and Knowledge Discovery Platforms

Business & Public Services/Web, Mobile & Digital Platforms/Search, Discovery & Web Portals

Keywords

• Collective intelligence consulting
• Citizen participation platforms
• Open innovation services
• Stakeholder engagement software
• Civic technology consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Bluenove provides consulting services for consultation design, co-construction facilitation, and analysis of collective intelligence programs. These professional services likely represent a significant portion of revenue as a consulting firm.
2. Platform Licensing (Assembl): The company offers its Assembl platform (Assembl, Assembl Live, Assembl Flash) as software products, suggesting a SaaS/subscription revenue component for technology access and usage.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bluenove operates the Assembl collective intelligence platform (including Assembl Live for real-time deliberation and Assembl Flash for rapid consultation) that enables organizations to gather, analyze, and synthesize input from thousands to hundreds of thousands of citizens or stakeholders. The firm complements this platform with four professional service lines—Consultation, Co-construction, Analyse, and Ateliers—to design, facilitate, and extract insights from large-scale participatory programs for governments and large enterprises.

Product overview

Bluenove offers a platform-plus-services model centered on the Assembl collective intelligence platform and its modules (Assembl Live for real-time participation, Assembl Flash for rapid consultation), complemented by three consulting service lines: Consultation (maximizing idea collection), Co-construction (dialogue and collective solution production), and Analyse (data exploitation and insight generation). The company also operates the Bright Mirror initiative for participatory fiction. The overall portfolio enables organizations to mobilize collective intelligence at scale for civic participation, organizational transformation, and public policy consultation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Assembl: Massive collective intelligence platform for citizen consultations and engagement
• Assembl Live
• Assembl Flash
• Bright Mirror

Products and services

• Assembl Massive-scale collective intelligence platform for citizen consultation, deliberation, and co-construction, used by governments, public institutions, and large enterprises to mobilize thousands to hundreds of thousands of participants.
• Assembl Live Real-time collective intelligence module enabling live participation, deliberation, and interactive discussion during in-person or hybrid events and workshops.
• Assembl Flash Rapid-deployment consultation module enabling quick pulse surveys and fast-feedback collection campaigns from large audiences.
• Consultation Service Advisory service that designs and runs structured participatory approaches to maximize idea collection from large populations and accelerate client decision-making.
• Co-construction Service Dialogue facilitation and collective solution production service enabling diverse stakeholders to co-build strategies, plans, and organizational transformations.
• Analyse Service Data exploitation and intelligence extraction service that turns large volumes of participation data from consultations into strategic insights and recommendations.
• Ateliers Service Design and facilitation of collective intelligence workshops for organizations, also encompassing the 'Les Yétis' workshop community.

Quantifiable outcome

• 138,000 employee contributions collected for RATP Group corporate purpose
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered major.

• Clouds (Canadian startup)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 March 2024Bluenove announced a merger with Canadian startup Clouds, supported by a $1.9 million Canadian fund investment. The new group aimed to develop technology, expand internationally, and consolidate the open innovation market.
• Groupe AlphamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn 2025, Bluenove joined Groupe Alpha, a social relations consulting group. This strategic integration expanded Bluenove's consulting capabilities and market presence in the French consulting sector.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CitizenLab: Belgian SaaS platform for citizen participation and civic engagement, serving cities and governments across Europe and North America. Closest direct competitor to Bluenove's Assembl platform, with a similar sales-led motion into municipalities and public institutions.
• Decidim: Open-source participatory democracy platform originating from Barcelona, used by hundreds of European municipalities and governments. Direct competitor to Assembl in the citizen-consultation space, differentiated by its free/open-source model versus Bluenove's premium services approach.
• Consul (Madrid): Open-source citizen participation platform developed by the Madrid city government, widely deployed across Spanish-speaking and European municipalities. Competes with Assembl on large-scale civic consultation and participatory budgeting use cases.
• Bang the Table (EngagementHQ): Australia-based provider of EngagementHQ, a citizen engagement SaaS platform used by local governments globally. Comparable to Bluenove in serving public-sector clients with online consultation and stakeholder engagement workflows.
• OpenGov: US-based civic technology company offering government-focused software including citizen engagement, budgeting, and procurement. Direct competitor in the public-sector digital participation space, though focused on the US market.
• Civocracy: European (Netherlands-based) civic engagement platform enabling organizations to run online consultations, polls, and co-creation projects. Closely comparable to Bluenove in scope and target market, particularly in the EU institutional segment.

Broad incumbents

• Granicus: Established North American civic-tech vendor providing a broad suite of government digital services including communications, meeting management, and citizen engagement. A larger incumbent competing for the same government RFPs that Bluenove targets.
• Wavestone: Major French consulting firm with a strong public-sector and transformation practice. Competes with Bluenove's consulting arm in the French market, particularly on public-sector transformation and stakeholder engagement mandates.
• Capgemini Invent: Global consulting and digital transformation arm of Capgemini with significant public-sector practice. A broad incumbent that competes for large government digital and citizen-experience engagements, with greater scale but less specialization in collective intelligence.

Emerging players

• Make.org: French civic-tech nonprofit operating large-scale citizen consultation campaigns across Europe. A emerging player in the same French/European civic-consultation space as Bluenove, with comparable methodology and target clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/bluenove
• Facebookfacebook.com/240
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bluenove

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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

M&A

Investments

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

Frequently asked questions about bluenove