Siècle Digital

What Siècle Digital does

Siècle Digital is a privately held French B2B digital media company founded in 2013, headquartered in Lyon, France, and operating the news platform siecledigital.fr. The company targets French-speaking business professionals in the digital economy and publishes across nine editorial categories: Économie, Technologie, Marketing, Intelligence artificielle, Retail, Cybersécurité, IT, Médias, and Réseaux sociaux. Editorial output is structured as daily news articles, a weekday morning newsletter called "La quotidienne du numérique," a weekly podcast titled "Culture Numérique" distributed across Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Deezer, Acast, and Castbox, a white paper / livres blancs library of downloadable B2B reports, and a webinar hosting platform.

The underlying platform is a WordPress CMS-based publishing system (evidenced by wp-content URL paths), augmented by organic social distribution on X, LinkedIn, and Instagram. The operation is run with a lean team of 1-10 employees and has accumulated over 1,471 indexed content pages across the topic taxonomy. No external funding rounds, no parent company, no subsidiaries, no patents, and no certifications are recorded in the available data, consistent with a bootstrapped, editorially driven niche media business.

Siècle Digital monetizes through three primary streams: (i) display and newsletter advertising sold via the footer "Votre publicité sur Siècle Digital" link, (ii) sponsored white paper placements where B2B vendors host guides and ebooks on the platform, and (iii) webinar listings and sponsorships with partners such as LinkedIn, HubSpot, Agorapulse, Livestorm, Salesforce, ActiveTrail, CyberCité, and Ecole Polytechnique Executive Education. The company operates exclusively in the French market and discloses no revenue, ARR, or financial figures.

Name

Siècle Digital

Legal name

Siècle Digital

Website

https://siecledigital.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Siècle Digital is a privately held French B2B digital media company founded in 2013 that publishes daily news, a weekday newsletter, a weekly podcast, white papers, and webinars on the digital economy for French-speaking business professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital B2B News Media

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Newsletter Publishing Platforms (MPACAIAA)

Keywords

• B2B digital media
• Digital economy news
• French tech news
• Technology editorial coverage
• Professional newsletters

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Advertising & Sponsorship: Siècle Digital sells advertising space on its platform to B2B companies. The footer contains a link to 'Votre publicité sur Siècle Digital' (Advertising on Siècle Digital), indicating a primary advertising revenue stream targeting French digital professionals.
2. White Paper & Content Marketing Services: Siècle Digital enables companies to submit and promote their white papers, guides, and ebooks to its professional audience. The platform offers 'AJOUTER UN LIVRE BLANC' (Add a white paper) functionality, allowing companies to reach B2B professionals through sponsored content downloads.
3. Webinar Listings & Sponsorship: The platform features partner webinars with organizations like LinkedIn, HubSpot, Agorapulse, Livestorm, and others. Companies can list and sponsor webinar content targeting the digital professional audience.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Siècle Digital is a French B2B digital media outlet that publishes daily news, analysis, and resources on the digital economy across nine editorial categories: Économie, Technologie, Marketing, Intelligence artificielle, Retail, Cybersécurité, IT, Médias, and Réseaux sociaux. Its content is distributed through the siecledigital.fr website, a weekday morning email newsletter, a weekly podcast ('Culture Numérique'), a library of downloadable white papers (livres blancs), and a webinar platform featuring partner-led online conferences.

Product overview

Siècle Digital is a French digital news media company operating a unified platform centered on its news website, supplemented by four content modules: a daily newsletter delivering the top digital economy headlines each weekday morning, a weekly podcast called 'Culture Numérique' available across major audio streaming platforms, a white paper library featuring free downloadable reports and guides from industry experts, and a webinar platform hosting online conferences and webcasts on digital topics. The core news platform covers nine editorial categories: Économie, Technologie, Marketing, Intelligence artificielle, Retail, Cybersécurité, IT, Médias, and Réseaux sociaux.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Culture Numérique: A weekly podcast that decodes major tech news events, providing in-depth analysis of the digital world.

Products and services

• Siècle Digital (Website / News Platform) French digital news media platform providing daily coverage of the digital economy across nine categories: Économie, Technologie, Marketing, Intelligence artificielle, Retail, Cybersécurité, IT, Médias, Réseaux sociaux, and Outils B2B. Audience: French B2B digital economy professionals.
• La quotidienne du numérique (Daily Newsletter) Daily email newsletter delivered each morning Monday to Friday with the day's most significant French digital economy and technology news. Audience: French B2B digital professionals subscribing for daily news digests.
• Culture Numérique (Podcast) Weekly podcast hosted by Siècle Digital journalists analyzing the week's top technology and digital economy news stories, distributed on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Deezer, Acast, Castbox, and Podcast Addict. Audience: French-speaking professionals who consume audio content on the go.
• Livres Blancs (White Papers Library) Curated library of free downloadable white papers, guides, and ebooks from B2B vendors covering marketing, AI, digital transformation, social media, e-commerce, management, project management, IT, HR, and digital strategy. Audience: French B2B professionals seeking in-depth vendor research, and B2B vendors seeking lead-generation.
• Webinars Platform Online conference / webinar hosting platform featuring partner-led sessions on marketing, e-commerce, technology, communication, management, social media, and SEO, with some available on replay. Audience: French B2B professionals attending online events, and B2B vendors seeking webinar distribution and lead generation.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• LinkedInminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLinkedIn co-organizes webinars with Siècle Digital, including 'Les clés pour bien cibler et engager une audience sur LinkedIn' alongside HubSpot, positioning Siècle Digital as a distribution partner for LinkedIn's B2B marketing content.
• HubSpotminorGTM or Marketing PartnerHubSpot co-organizes webinars with Siècle Digital, including the LinkedIn-focused session, leveraging Siècle Digital's B2B audience for lead generation.
• AgorapulseminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAgorapulse organizes webinar content distributed through Siècle Digital platform on social media ROI topics.
• LivestormminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLivestorm uses its own platform for webinars hosted on Siècle Digital, demonstrating platform integration partnership.
• CyberCitéminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCyberCité organizes recurring events like BIG SEO (7th edition) promoted through Siècle Digital platform.
• Ecole Polytechnique Executive EducationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartners with Siècle Digital for webinars on cybersecurity and innovation leadership programs.
• ActiveTrailminorGTM or Marketing PartnerActiveTrail organizes marketing automation webinars distributed via Siècle Digital.
• SalesforceminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSalesforce provides CRM guides and content promoted through Siècle Digital's white papers section.
• BrevominorGTM or Marketing PartnerBrevo (formerly Sendinblue) advertises on Siècle Digital's newsletter page, indicating a marketing/advertising partnership relationship.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/siecledigital
• Facebookfacebook.com/siecledigital
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/si%C3%A8cle-digital
• Instagraminstagram.com/siecledigital

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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