Meent

What Meent does

Meent is a privately held French engineering and clinical research consulting firm founded in 2023, headquartered in Brunstatt-Didenheim (Mulhouse area) with additional agencies in Paris and Bordeaux. The firm is 100% specialized in the life sciences sector, serving pharmaceutical and biotech companies, medical device manufacturers, cosmetics producers, and chemical firms across the full product lifecycle from upstream R&D to finished product distribution. Its service portfolio spans qualification and validation engineering (IQ/OQ/PQ, process and cleaning validation, CSV), quality assurance (audit prep, QMS implementation, CAPA/SOP), regulatory affairs (MDR 2017/745, IVDR, dossier submissions), clinical research (CRA services and project management), process engineering, pharmaceutical automation (Siemens TIA Portal, Rockwell PLCs, SCADA, MES/LIMS, serialization, sterile-line robotics), supply chain consulting, and project/change management. The firm previously operated as Meent Life Sciences before rebranding to Meent Group/Meent.

Meent monetizes exclusively through professional services delivered via three engagement models: (1) Technical Assistance, where individual consultants are deployed at client sites; (2) Deliverables & Fixed-price, where multi-disciplinary project teams are assembled against defined scopes; and (3) Project Plateau, in which Meent assumes end-to-end management from consultant selection through operational follow-up. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is structured per engagement based on scope, duration and team composition. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales to healthcare and life sciences buyers in France, supported by a content marketing blog, LinkedIn presence and a careers page hosted on jobposting.pro.

The firm grew from inception to approximately 50 experts and €5M in revenue in its first operating year, reaching roughly 80 collaborators across three French offices within two years. Leadership comprises subsidiary director Sébastien Pantal and agency directors François Rivière (Paris) and Kilian Lecocq (Mulhouse). No funding rounds, parent company, M&A activity, or external investors are disclosed; the firm appears founder-controlled and bootstrapped to date.

Name

Meent

Legal name

Meent

Website

https://meent.group

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Meent is a privately held French engineering and clinical research consulting firm, founded in 2023 and 100% specialized in the life sciences sector. It serves pharma, biotech, medical device, cosmetics and chemical clients across France via technical assistance, fixed-price projects and turnkey project engagements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Life Sciences Engineering Consulting

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAGAOAL

Manufacturing, MSAT & Operations Staffing (API/Biologics/Cell & Gene)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Life Science Tools & Services (CRO/CDMO/Lab Services)/Scientific Staffing & Functional Service Providers (FSP)

SECONDARYHLAGAKAL

Quality Engineering & Risk Management (ICH Q9/Q10, validation, change control)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Life Science Tools & Services (CRO/CDMO/Lab Services)/Regulatory Affairs, Quality & Compliance Services (GxP)

Keywords

• Life sciences consulting
• Engineering consulting
• Clinical research services
• Pharmaceutical consulting
• Regulatory affairs consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Brunstatt

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services Revenue: Professional services revenue generated through three engagement models: technical assistance (consultants deployed at client sites), deliverables and fixed-price projects, and project plateau services. Revenue is project-based and depends on scope, duration, and team composition.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Meent is a life sciences engineering and clinical research consulting firm that deploys qualified scientific and technical consultants to pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, cosmetic, and chemical companies. The firm delivers end-to-end coverage of the product lifecycle — from upstream R&D through distribution of finished products — across qualification/validation, quality assurance, regulatory affairs, process engineering, pharmaceutical automation, supply chain, project management, and clinical research. Engagements are delivered via three models: Technical Assistance (consultants on client sites), Deliverables & Fixed-price (dedicated project teams), and Project Plateau (full internal management from profile selection to operational follow-up).

Product overview

Meent is a life sciences engineering and consulting services company (not a software product company) offering three engagement models: technical assistance (consultants deployed at client sites), deliverables and fixed-price projects (multi-technical project teams), and project plateau (internalized management from profile selection to operational follow-up). The company provides end-to-end services spanning qualification/validation engineering, quality assurance, regulatory affairs, clinical research, process engineering, pharmaceutical automation, supply chain management, project management, and change management across pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, cosmetic, and chemical industries. Meent operates with approximately 50 experts across three French locations (Paris, Mulhouse, Bordeaux) as of 2023.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Engineering Consulting Services for Life Sciences End-to-end engineering consulting across the Life Sciences product lifecycle, covering upstream R&D through distribution of finished products, with specialization in qualification, validation, process engineering, and industrial projects for pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, cosmetic, and chemical companies.
• Clinical Research Services Clinical operations support, Clinical Research Associate (CRA) services, and local/global clinical project management for pharmaceutical and biotech clients running clinical trials.
• Qualification / Validation Engineering Equipment and system qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ), process validation, cleaning validation, and computerized system validation (CSV) for regulated pharmaceutical environments.
• Quality Assurance Consulting Quality assurance support including regulatory audit preparation, Quality Management System implementation, CAPA/SOP/Change Control documentation, and batch release services for pharmaceutical and biotech clients.
• Regulatory Affairs Services Regulatory strategy development, dossier preparation and submission to health authorities, technical file compliance with MDR 2017/745 and IVDR, and Change Control management for pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device companies.
• Project Management Services for Life Sciences Project management for new construction and maintenance projects, CAPEX project direction, industrial transfers, and multi-site coordination in Life Sciences environments.
• Supply Chain Consulting Supply chain management support including procurement planning, production scheduling, inventory management, sales forecasting, logistics coordination, and CMO subcontractor management for pharmaceutical and biotech clients.
• Process Engineering Services Process engineering covering installation design and sizing, P&ID development, technical specifications, production follow-up, and manufacturing process improvement in regulated pharmaceutical environments.
• Pharmaceutical Automation Services Automation engineering services including PLC programming (Siemens TIA Portal, Rockwell), SCADA systems, MES/LIMS integration, serialization solutions, and automated sterile line robotics for pharmaceutical manufacturers.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/meent-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 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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