What Kanbios does

Kanbios is a French digital product consultancy, organized as a SAS (Société par Actions Simplifiée) and headquartered at 26 Rue Vauquelin, Paris, with a technology and engineering office in Bordeaux. Founded in 2018–2019, the firm operates with approximately 80 employees (referred to internally as Kanbionautes) and is structured around three service pillars: Conseil & Transformation (agile organization setup, Data & AI activation, and Academy training), Dev'Factory (custom websites, business web applications, and mobile applications), and Conseil & Développement (product strategy, discovery, delivery, and UX/UI design). Its service portfolio is offered primarily to enterprise clients in French financial services, with additional exposure to retail and e-commerce, building and construction, LegalTech, and education.

The company's underlying technology stack is conventional rather than proprietary: front-end work is built on React and JavaScript, back-end on Python, Django, and PHP, with WordPress used for CMS-driven sites. Kanbios offers RGAA/WCAG accessibility audits as a complementary service and has shipped production platforms at scale, including a rental management tool for ADA serving 1,200 agencies with 2,000+ daily users and a redesigned web/mobile platform for ExtraStudent serving 300,000+ students. There are no proprietary patents, no public APIs or SDKs, and no evidence of in-house AI model development; AI is positioned as a consulting and activation topic rather than as a core technology asset.

Kanbios generates revenue entirely through professional services delivered under bespoke, multi-year contracts with enterprise clients. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is project-scoped based on team composition, engagement duration, and scope. The go-to-market is sales-led and direct: inbound inquiries via the website contact form, supplemented by business development targeting named verticals, and supported by top-of-funnel content marketing (LinkedIn, weekly blog, webinars, white papers). Reported FY2024 revenue is €7.5M, the company is independently owned with no disclosed external investors or parent, and it has received Ecovadis Platinum and Greenly sustainability certifications in 2025.

Name

Kanbios

Legal name

Kanbios

Website

https://kanbios.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Kanbios is a French digital product consultancy (SAS, ~80 staff across Paris and Bordeaux) offering custom development, product strategy, UX/UI design, and digital transformation services to enterprise clients, primarily in financial services, with FY2024 revenue of €7.5M.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Custom Product Development: Kanbios creates custom digital products tailored to client needs, including web applications, mobile apps, and digital platforms. Revenue is generated through project-based engagements with custom development scope.
2. Consulting Services: Product consulting and operational reinforcement services where Kanbios experts join client teams to accelerate digital projects. Includes agile transformation, product strategy, and digital transformation consulting.
3. Accessibility Audits: Digital accessibility audit services ensuring compliance with RGAA/WCAG standards for client websites and applications.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Kanbios is a digital product consultancy that designs, develops, and delivers custom digital products for enterprise clients in France. Its offerings span three integrated pillars — Conseil et Développement (product strategy, discovery, and design), Conseil & Transformation (agile organization, Data/AI activation, training via Academy), and Dev'Factory (custom website, web application, and mobile app development) — complemented by product operational reinforcement and digital accessibility audits (RGAA/WCAG).

Product overview

Kanbios is a digital product consulting company offering a portfolio of integrated services organized around three pillars: Conseil & Transformation (consulting and organizational change), Dev'Factory (custom development of websites, web applications, and mobile apps), and Conseil et Développement (product strategy and delivery). The company provides supplementary services including Product Consulting (operational reinforcement), Accessibility Audits (RGAA/WCAG compliance evaluation), and Academy training programs. The offerings span sectors including financial services, retail/e-commerce, and building/construction. The portfolio is structured as service lines rather than a software product platform, with each practice area (Product, Design, Tech) contributing to client engagements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Conseil & Transformation Consulting service helping organizations reinvent their processes through digital expertise, including agile team structuring, data and AI activation, and staff training (Academy). Targets enterprise clients undertaking digital transformation.
• Dev'Factory Custom digital product development division offering client websites, business web applications, and mobile applications for enterprise clients.
• Conseil et Développement (Stratégie Produit) Product strategy and development consulting that turns ideas into impactful digital products, covering project structuring, delivery, and design.
• Produit sur mesure Bespoke (sur-mesure) digital solutions created for unique business needs, tailored to specific enterprise client requirements.
• Consulting Produit (Renfort Opérationnel) Operational support service providing expert Kanbios consultants as embedded reinforcements to accelerate strategic projects within client teams.
• Audit d'Accessibilité Digital accessibility audit service evaluating client websites and applications for compliance with WCAG and RGAA standards to ensure equitable use for people with disabilities.
• Academy (Formation) Training services preparing client teams for the challenges of digital transformation through upskilling programs.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50% reduction in discovery time using Sprint Design methodology
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Devoteam: Major European IT consultancy with a strong French presence, offering cloud, digital transformation, and custom development across financial services. Larger and broader than Kanbios but competes for the same enterprise digital-transformation budgets.
• Talan: Large French consulting and technology services firm active across financial services, energy, and retail with digital product, data, and AI capabilities. Competes for similar enterprise mandates at greater scale.
• Onepoint: French consulting group delivering digital transformation, technology, and product engineering for major French enterprises including banks. Broader portfolio than Kanbios but overlaps on custom development and agile transformation engagements.

Direct peers

• SFEIR: French digital services firm providing custom software development, cloud, and product engineering for financial services and enterprise clients. Overlaps with Kanbios on fintech engagements, tech stacks (React, Node, cloud), and Paris-based enterprise field sales.
• Zenika: Paris-headquartered tech consultancy offering agile coaching, custom development, and DevOps services with similar team structures (multi-disciplinary squads) and comparable French enterprise client base.
• Theodo: Paris-based digital product consultancy offering custom web/mobile development, product management, and agile transformation for enterprise clients across similar verticals. Theodo is the closest direct competitor in scale, methodology ("squad" model), and target segments.
• Ippon Technologies: French digital transformation consultancy specializing in custom application development, data, and cloud services for banking, insurance, and retail — directly overlapping with Kanbios's primary verticals and product engineering offering.
• OCTO Technology: French digital transformation specialist (now part of Accenture) covering software craftsmanship, cloud, data, and product design. Comparable in financial services depth and methodology to Kanbios, but larger and backed by a global parent.
• Invivoo: Paris-based consultancy focused on financial markets, with expertise in trading platforms, data engineering, and digital transformation for banks and asset managers — directly competing with Kanbios in its primary fintech vertical.

Emerging players

• Eleven Strategy: French digital product consultancy offering strategy, UX/UI, and development services with an emphasis on agile product organization — overlapping with Kanbios's Conseil & Transformation and Dev'Factory offerings at smaller scale.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kanbios
• Instagraminstagram.com/kanbios
• Xx.com/kanbios

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

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