Algosup

What Algosup does

Algosup was a private, for-profit computer science school located in Vierzon, France, that operated from 2020 until its closure in July 2025. It targeted French baccalaureate graduates with a single offering: a five-year (bac+5 equivalent) software development program delivered entirely in English, taught by professional instructors recruited from the global tech industry, and explicitly combining technical coding training with soft-skills ('savoir-être') development. The school operated from temporary facilities for its first three years before moving in summer 2023 into the renovated B3 building, an 11,000 m² former tractor factory in Vierzon's city center whose renovation was co-financed by the French state, the Centre-Val de Loire region, the Cher department, and the local community of communes.

The business model was a tuition-based annual subscription charged directly to individual students (and their families), with no state funding and no enterprise or B2B customers. Annual cohort sizes ranged from 16 to 28 students, and the school was entirely dependent on a single domestic market (France) and a single customer persona (post-baccalaureate young adults). Shareholders — co-founders Franck Jeannin, Éric Larchevêque, Natacha Boez, and David Balland (the latter two also co-founders of the crypto-hardware-wallet unicorn Ledger) — invested approximately €1 million cumulatively to fund operations and fit-out.

Despite high-profile government visibility (visits by Digital Affairs Minister Cédric O and President Emmanuel Macron), a national TV appearance on 'Qui Veut Être Mon Associé', and participation in roughly 60 career fairs per year, the school was unable to achieve sustainable enrollment. Strategic setbacks included three consecutive failed attempts to secure listing on the Parcoursup national admissions platform, a critical press article undermining diploma credibility, and the discovery that more than half of enrolled students lacked the academic level to advance — a problem the founders partly attributed to AI-assisted cheating on exams. The shareholders voted to wind down operations in July 2025.

Name

Algosup

Legal name

ALGOSUP

Website

https://algosup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Algosup was a private French computer science school in Vierzon that ran a five-year, English-language software development program for post-baccalaureate students, taught by global industry instructors; it operated from 2020 until its closure in July 2025.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Computer Science Education

NAICS

Computer Training (61142), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Text-Based Programming (Python, Java, C/C++) (EDAMACAB)

Keywords

• Software development education
• Computer science training
• Programming bootcamp
• Coding school
• Technical professional training

Headquarters

HQ city

Vierzon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Tuition fees (initial training): ALGOSUP operated on an initial training model (formation initiale) charging tuition for its computer science programs. The school was private and received no state funding, yet had to report to the rectorat for oversight. Shareholders invested nearly 1 million euros into the venture.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Algosup operated a private computer science school in Vierzon, France, offering a bac+5 (5-year) software development program for high school graduates. All instruction was delivered in English by professional instructors recruited from the global tech industry, with curriculum emphasis on practical programming skills and soft skills ('savoir-être'). The school opened in 2020 and ceased operations in July 2025.

Product overview

Algosup was a computer science school located in Vierzon, France, that operated from 2020 to 2025. The institution offered a single educational program focused on software development, taught entirely in English with professional instructors from around the world. The school emphasized practical programming skills, soft skills development, and prepared students for careers in technology companies. Students were admitted after high school (bac level) and could progress toward bac+5 level diplomas. The school operated initially in temporary facilities before moving to the renovated B3 building in summer 2023.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ALGOSUP Computer Science Program A 5-year (bac+5 equivalent) computer science and software development program designed for baccalaureate graduates, with all instruction delivered in English by professional instructors recruited from the global tech industry. The curriculum emphasizes practical programming skills alongside soft skills ('savoir-être') to produce job-ready developers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Opened with 16 students in 2020 via word-of-mouth; peaked at 28 students in 2023-2024; ultimately more than 50% of students were found to lack the level to advance to the next class, contributing to the decision to close the school.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Emmanuel Macron (President of France)minorOthers · 8 December 2021President Emmanuel Macron visited Vierzon on December 8, 2021, providing an opportunity to review the progress of ALGOSUP's B3 building renovation. The visit highlighted the school's significance as an economic development initiative for the Vierzon area.
• Cédric O (Minister of Digital Affairs)minorOthers · 1 January 2020Cédric O, the Minister of Digital Affairs at the time, attended ALGOSUP's launch announcement event in 2020, held in temporary facilities. His presence lent governmental visibility to the school's opening. This followed an earlier visit by his predecessor Mounir Mahjoubi at the 2018 Council of Ministers event.
• City of Vierzon / Vierzon Community of Communes / Region Centre-Val de Loire / Department of Cher / French StatecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Multiple public entities co-financed the renovation of the B3 building — the historic factory that became ALGOSUP's home. The city of Vierzon owned the building and lacked the financial resources to fund the restoration alone, so the French state, the Centre-Val de Loire region, the Cher department, and the community of communes jointly financed the work, with a portion subsequently rented by ALGOSUP.
• French Government (Prime Minister Édouard Philippe's Council of Ministers)minorOthers · 3 May 2018On May 3, 2018, the French government under Prime Minister Édouard Philippe held a Council of Ministers session at a biotech startup in northern Cher department. Prefectoral authorities invited local business leaders including Éric Larchevêque and Franck Jeannin, facilitating their first meeting and the informal connection that would eventually lead to ALGOSUP's creation. This event served as the indirect catalyst for the school's founding.
• David Fagueret (Economic Development, Ledger / Community of Communes)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018David Fagueret, responsible for economic development and stationed at Ledger, played a pivotal role in ALGOSUP's founding by informing Franck Jeannin about available community-owned premises that would become ALGOSUP's temporary offices, and by connecting the founders with the local ecosystem necessary to establish the school in Vierzon.
• Morgane Longo (Founder of Lib&Lou, Startup Weekend participant)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Morgane Longo, a Vierzon native and founder of Lib&Lou (and winner of the same Startup Weekend that connected the founders), informed Franck Jeannin about the abandoned B3 building in Vierzon — the location that would become ALGOSUP's permanent home. This introduction was essential to the school's physical establishment.
• LedgerminorOthersLedger, the cryptocurrency hardware wallet company co-founded by Éric Larchevêque and David Balland (both ALGOSUP cofounders), made its facilities available for initial meetings and served as a reference point in the local ecosystem. David Fagueret was based at Ledger when he connected the founders with the community-owned premises that became ALGOSUP's first offices.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Le Wagon: France-founded coding bootcamp offering intensive, English-friendly software development programs with career support. Closely comparable to ALGOSUP on core offering (job-ready developer training) and target customer (career-changers and graduates), but operating at much larger scale across multiple countries.
• O'clock: France-based, fully remote French-language coding school focused on web development bootcamps. Comparable to ALGOSUP on the software-developer-training business model and French target market, though O'clock operates at larger scale and asynchronously online.
• Konexio: French non-profit offering digital and coding training to refugees and underprivileged populations. Comparable to ALGOSUP on the French market and on serving learners outside traditional university tracks, though operating with a different social-impact funding model.
• Wild Code School: French coding school offering web development and data programs with a 5-month bootcamp format. Comparable to ALGOSUP in the French market on training job-ready developers, but with an established brand and broader campus network.
• Simplon: France-based network of inclusive coding schools ('écoles') located in underserved areas, with a social-impact mission. Closely comparable to ALGOSUP on the regional/territorial-revitalization dimension and on French computer science education targeting underrepresented learners.
• École 42: tuition-free, peer-driven software engineering school founded by Xavier Niel with multiple French campuses. Comparable to ALGOSUP as a French computer science school targeting job-readiness, but with substantially more locations, no tuition, and a different pedagogical model.
• The Hacking Project: France-founded free coding bootcamp with a peer-learning model focused on rapidly producing job-ready web developers. Comparable to ALGOSUP as a French alternative CS education provider, though operating on a no-tuition model with a different community-led pedagogy.
• Holberton School: Software engineering school founded by alumni of École 42 with both in-person and remote programs and a project-based curriculum. Comparable to ALGOSUP on the alternative, non-traditional CS education positioning and emphasis on practical, job-ready outcomes.

Broad incumbents

• Ironhack: Global coding bootcamp with a Paris campus among others, offering web development, UX/UI, and data courses. Comparable to ALGOSUP on intensive software-development training and target learner, but operating as an established international incumbent rather than a regional specialist.
• EPITECH: Established multi-campus French computer science school offering programming and software engineering curricula. Comparable to ALGOSUP on the post-bac CS education space in France, with deeper brand recognition and broader geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/algosupskills
• Xx.com/algo_sup

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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