What Cursus Formation does

Cursus Formation is a private, for-profit professional training and coaching services company headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. The firm was founded in 2020 and operates with a headcount of 11-50 employees, placing it in the small-business services segment. Its web presence is anchored at cursus-formation.ch, and it is also catalogued on romandieformation.ch, a regional directory for French-language training providers in Switzerland, which indicates a go-to-market focus on the Romandy market (French-speaking Switzerland).

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Name

Cursus Formation

Website

https://cursus-formation.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cursus Formation is a Lausanne-based professional training and coaching services firm founded in 2020, serving the French-speaking Switzerland (Romandy) market with 11-50 employees and a presence in the regional romandieformation.ch training directory.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Training and Coaching Services

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710)

akta.pro primary industry

Leadership & People Skills (Influence, Managing Up, Supervisory Readiness) (EDAAAKAI)

Keywords

• Professional training
• Corporate coaching
• Continuing education
• Workforce development
• Vocational training

Headquarters

HQ city

Lausanne

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Core offering

Cursus Formation is a professional training and coaching service company based in Lausanne, Switzerland. The company delivers educational programs and coaching services to professionals and organizations, operating in the Swiss continuing education and workforce development market. The company was founded in 2020 and employs between 11 and 50 people.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Professional Training and Coaching Services

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• IMD (International Institute for Management Development): Lausanne-based global executive education and leadership development provider. Comparable because it sells professional training/coaching in the same Swiss Romandie market to corporate clients, but operates at much larger scale and brand recognition.
• Cegos: International professional training and development group with a strong presence in French-speaking markets including Switzerland. Offers the same leadership, management, and soft-skills training that a boutique Swiss provider like Cursus Formation competes against.
• Dale Carnegie Training: Global training franchise specializing in leadership, communication, and people skills — directly overlapping with the leadership/coaching focus implied by Cursus Formation's positioning. Operates through local franchisees in Switzerland.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with a large leadership development and executive coaching practice. Comparable because it sells premium professional coaching and training services to enterprise clients in Switzerland and globally.
• FranklinCovey: Global provider of leadership, productivity, and soft-skills training with a Swiss presence. Directly competes in the same leadership and people-skills training category that Cursus Formation operates in.
• Skillsoft: Large-scale digital learning and leadership development platform serving enterprise customers globally. Comparable on the professional training delivery side, especially as corporate buyers shift portions of their budget to scalable digital content.
• Center for Creative Leadership (CCL): Global leadership development provider offering executive coaching, assessment, and training programs. Comparable because it sells the same leadership and executive development services that a Swiss coaching/training firm like Cursus Formation competes against for enterprise clients.

Direct peers

• CoachHub: Digital coaching platform serving enterprise clients across Europe with leadership and professional coaching. Closely comparable to Cursus Formation on the coaching side of the offering, and on targeting mid-to-large corporate buyers in the same geography.
• BetterUp: Global digital coaching and leadership development platform combining human coaches with AI-enabled tools. Competes directly for enterprise coaching/training budgets and represents the scaled, technology-enabled model Cursus Formation would benchmark against.

Regional players

• IFC International Finance & Coaching: Swiss Romandie-based professional training and coaching provider. Comparable as a regional direct peer offering similar training/coaching services to local corporate and individual clients in the same Lausanne-area market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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