Orfeo

What Orfeo does

Orfeo is a French vertical SaaS company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Rennes that builds a modular cloud-based management platform purpose-built for the live performance sector ("spectacle vivant"). The platform is composed of ten interchangeable modules — general and staff planning, sales/booking, contracts with electronic signature, invoicing, tour management, HR/payroll for intermittent workers (including automatic DPAE declaration), orchestra and opera coordination, budgeting, and equipment inventory — plus a mobile application that gives artists and touring teams access to calendars and roadmaps on the go. The architecture is hosted on a French private cloud with Paris-region servers, follows OWASP recommendations, and is pursuing ISO 27001 certification while maintaining GDPR/CNIL compliance.

The platform is sold on annual subscriptions with a 12-month minimum commitment, indexed annually to the SYNTEC index, with pricing provided via custom quotes rather than publicly listed rates. Orfeo targets six clearly defined verticals within performing arts: performance venues, tour organisers, orchestras and operas, dance/theatre/circus companies, vocal/instrumental ensembles, and artistic talent agents. Go-to-market is sales-led (driven by a "Request a Demo" funnel) combined with community-led engagement through an active "club utilisateurs" user club and broad use of customer testimonials. Distribution is direct only, with no resellers; the company markets in French, English, and German and serves customers primarily in France with documented users in Canada and Switzerland. Native integrations with GHS sPAIEctacle (payroll), Pims (ticketing), Brevo and Mailjet (email), Google Apps, and Dropbox create workflow gravity, particularly for French intermittent-worker payroll.

The company operates as ORFEO SAS, a private limited company with €37,500 share capital and no disclosed external funding, parent company, or M&A activity. It is led by founder Thomas Petillon and business director Pascal Kerboeuf, with a team of approximately 20 professionals spanning sales, customer success, product, UX, engineering, and communications. Reported scale includes more than 600 customer organisations and a 90%+ customer recommendation rate.

Name

Orfeo

Legal name

ORFEO SAS

Website

https://orfeo.pro

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Orfeo is a French vertical SaaS company founded in 2015 that provides a modular cloud-based management platform for live performance organizations, covering planning, booking, contracts, payroll for intermittent workers, invoicing, tours, budgeting, and inventory across venues, orchestras, companies, ensembles, tour organisers, and talent agents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

iBPMS (Intelligent BPM Suites) & Process Automation Suites (HDAEAHAG)

Keywords

• Performing arts management software
• Live performance management platform
• Tour management software
• Intermittent worker payroll software
• Arts venue booking software

Headquarters

HQ city

Rennes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Software Subscription: Orfeo operates as a SaaS (Software as a Service) provider, offering access to their live performance management software via subscription. The service is provided in exchange for payment as described in signed quotes/contracts. Minimum commitment period is 12 months with tacit renewal.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Orfeo provides a modular SaaS core-business software platform designed specifically for live performance (spectacle vivant) organizations. The platform centralizes space and event planning, staff scheduling, sales/booking/diffusion, contract creation with electronic signature, invoicing, tour management, social/HR management for intermittent workers, orchestra and opera coordination, budget control, and equipment inventory. It is sold via annual subscriptions (minimum 12-month commitment) through a direct sales motion and is complemented by a mobile application for on-the-go access.

Product overview

Orfeo is a modular SaaS core-business software platform for the live performance (spectacle vivant) industry. The platform is organized as a core application with interchangeable modules: Planning général (space/event scheduling), Planning du personnel (staff scheduling), Vente (sales/booking/opportunity management), Contrats (contracts with e-signature), Factures (billing/invoicing), Régie de tournée (tour management), Social (intermittent payroll/HR), Régie d'orchestre et opéra (orchestra/opera management), Budget (budget control), and Matériel (equipment/inventory management). The Orfeo Mobile Application complements the platform by giving artists and teams on-the-go access to calendars and roadmaps. The platform supports third-party integrations with payroll software (GHS sPAIEctacle), ticketing (Pims), email/CRM tools (Mailjet, Brevo, Google Apps), and Dropbox, delivered as a hosted SaaS solution in French private cloud infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Orfeo Platform (Orfeo SaaS Core-Business Software) Modular cloud-based SaaS core-business software platform purpose-built for live performance (spectacle vivant) organisations. It centralises general and staff planning, sales/booking/diffusion, contract management with electronic signature, invoicing, tour management, social/HR management for intermittent workers (including automatic DPAE declarations), orchestra and opera coordination, budget control, and equipment inventory into a single collaborative workspace, replacing fragmented spreadsheets, separate billing tools and email-based workflows.
• Orfeo Mobile Application Mobile application companion to the Orfeo Platform that lets artists and operational team members access their date calendars, roadmaps, and scheduling information on the go, supporting real-time responsiveness and autonomous organisation of activities for performing arts teams.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 90% of customers recommend Orfeo
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers49 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature13 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GHScoreTechnology or IntegrationOrfeo has integrated with GHS, publisher of sPAIEctacle payroll software. The integration enables real-time synchronization of employee data and contracts between the two platforms. New or modified employees in Orfeo can be automatically transferred to sPAIEctacle, and vice versa. Engagements created in Orfeo can be transformed into contracts in sPAIEctacle with one click, enabling seamless payroll processing for intermittent workers.
• PimscoreTechnology or IntegrationOrfeo has partnered with Pims, a ticketing analysis and management solution. The integration synchronizes confirmed dates from Orfeo automatically to Pims, with automatic updates in case of modifications. The integration prevents duplicate entries by cross-referencing existing data, enabling seamless booking-to-billing workflow between the two platforms.
• AlwaysDataminorOthersThe Orfeo website and associated services are hosted by AlwaysData, a French hosting provider located at 91 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Tessitura Network: US-founded, now global CRM, ticketing, and fundraising platform purpose-built for performing-arts and cultural organizations. Most direct comparison point for Orfeo's end-to-end coverage of CRM, ticketing, and patron management in the arts — primarily larger US/UK institutions but addresses the same buyer needs.
• Spektrix: UK-based CRM, ticketing, and marketing platform focused on arts and cultural organizations. Closest UK/European competitor in terms of vertical focus, SaaS delivery, and target buyer (venues, producing companies, festivals) — competing head-on with Orfeo in cross-channel European expansion.
• Galaxy (Spectacle Vivant): French software publisher specialized in management for the spectacle vivant sector (producers, tour organizers, venues). Direct French competitor overlapping with Orfeo's core customer segments of tourneurs, companies, and venues.
• Artifax Software: UK-based event and venue management software used by theatres, arts centers, and event organizers for scheduling, resource planning, and hire booking. Highly comparable to Orfeo's Planning général and Matériel modules in the venue/space-management use case.
• Culture Suite: French SaaS suite for cultural and performing-arts organizations covering booking, ticketing, CRM, and administration. Competes in the same French market as Orfeo with an overlapping set of venue, festival, and producer buyers.
• DEX Logiciels (DEX / Spectacle): French cultural-sector software publisher with products covering venue programming, ticketing, and administration. Closely comparable to Orfeo on the venue/lieux de spectacle use case and the broader French cultural-software buyer.
• Bizzon: Performing-arts-focused management software used by dance companies, theaters, and producers for booking, scheduling, and tour administration. Overlaps with Orfeo on tour-management, diffusion, and company-actor workflows.
• PatronBase: Box-office, CRM, and fundraising platform for theatres, concert halls, and arts venues in the UK and Ireland. Comparable to Orfeo on the venue CRM/marketing automation layer, especially for mid-sized performing-arts organizations.

Broad incumbents

• OptiBlue (Bodet): Bodet Group's cultural-sector software offering, part of a larger industrial time-management business. Provides venue and event scheduling tools that overlap with Orfeo's Planning général and staff scheduling, though typically as part of a broader Bodet portfolio rather than a standalone performing-arts vertical play.
• Eventim Apollo (CTS Eventim): European live-entertainment ticketing and distribution platform with growing software/services for promoters and venues. Represents a well-capitalized adjacent player whose ticketing and distribution rails compete with parts of Orfeo's Vente/Diffusion value chain.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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 →

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