Creapole SA

What Creapole SA does

Creapole SA was a Swiss entrepreneurship-support organization incorporated as a Société Anonyme in 2007, headquartered in Courroux in the Canton of Jura, and majority-owned by the Canton du Jura. Until its liquidation in mid-2025, the company provided personalized accompaniment to entrepreneurs, SMEs, and associations across four core service lines: clarifying entrepreneurial projects, creating companies, evolving existing businesses, and supporting organizational transformation. It deliberately targeted the essential professions of the regional economy (hairdressers, carpenters, childcare providers, healthcare practitioners, circular-economy ventures) rather than high-growth startups, and was embedded in the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area ecosystem.

The company's underlying "technology" was a proprietary collective-intelligence facilitation methodology — structured participatory workshops that assembled diverse stakeholders (e.g., 14 actors across 4 workshops for the CCV waste-valorization project) to co-construct vision, governance, and action plans. Service architecture was a single integrated practice rather than a modular software platform: core accompaniment was bundled with optional Ateliers d'intelligence collective, training programs delivered with external facilitators, and networking ("mise en lien") that connected clients to regional resources. The team consisted of five women working 30–80% time on a solidarity-based model, led by Directrice Gladys Winkler Docourt.

Creapole's revenue model was predominantly government-anchored. The Canton du Jura provided annual subsidies via a contrat de prestations that funded the bulk of activities, complemented by private mandates for organizational support and facilitation. In 2025, Creapole handled 231 entrepreneurial dossiers (including 196 company creations, of which 103 originated from unemployment) and 35 enterprise/organization mandates. The company delivered its 20th year of operation in 2025 before shareholders voted on 3 June 2025 to dissolve and liquidate the entity after the Canton du Jura signalled a 60% reduction in annual contributions effective 1 January 2026, rendering the existing structure unviable.

Name

Creapole SA

Legal name

Creapole SA

Website

https://creapole.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Creapole SA was a Jura-canton, Switzerland-based entrepreneurship support firm providing accompaniment, collective-intelligence facilitation, and regional networking services to entrepreneurs, SMEs, and organizations between 2007 and its 2025 dissolution.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Entrepreneurship Support and Business Consulting

NAICS

Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Professional and Management Development Training (61143)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Strategy, Decision-Making & Business Acumen Coaching (EDABANAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Organizational Change & Transformation Coaching (EDABANAG), Coaching Leadership & Mentoring Skills (EDABAAAG)

Keywords

• Entrepreneurship support services
• Business creation coaching
• Collective intelligence facilitation
• Organizational development consulting
• SME advisory services

Headquarters

HQ city

Delemont

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government-funded entrepreneurial support contracts: Services partially funded through public contracts with the Canton du Jura. In 2025, 196 company creation dossiers were supported through the 'contrat de prestations' with the State. The company also conducted mandate-based support for 35 enterprises and organizations.
2. Paid mandates and consulting: Direct client mandates for organizational support, facilitation, and strategic consulting services outside of subsidized programs.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Creapole SA coached entrepreneurs and organizations through individual and collective accompaniment, helping them clarify vague project ideas, create new businesses, evolve existing companies, and transform organizational structures. Its core practice centered on collective intelligence workshops that bring together diverse stakeholders to co-build vision, governance, and action plans, supplemented by networking connections across the Jura ecosystem and training programs with external facilitators.

Product overview

Creapole SA offers a unified portfolio of entrepreneurship support services centered around accompaniment and facilitation. The core offerings include four main service areas: clarifying entrepreneurial projects, creating companies, evolving businesses, and evolving organizations. These are complemented by modular services including collective intelligence workshops (facilitated participatory sessions), training programs with external experts, and networking connections. The company operates as a single integrated practice rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture, providing personalized coaching and facilitation to entrepreneurs in the Jura region of Switzerland.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Clarifier son projet entrepreneurial (Project clarification) Coaching service for individuals whose entrepreneurial idea is still vague, providing structure, clarification, and a concrete starting point.
• Créer son entreprise (Company creation support) End-to-end accompaniment for starting a business from scratch, including regulatory and administrative guidance, primarily funded through the Canton du Jura's contrat de prestations. In 2025, 196 company creation dossiers were supported under this service.
• Faire évoluer son entreprise (Business evolution support) Advisory service for established SMEs that need to grow, pivot, or take the next step in their development.
• Faire évoluer son organisation (Organizational transformation) Transformation service for organizations facing new challenges, enabling them to adapt their structures, governance, and ways of working.
• Ateliers d'intelligence collective (Collective intelligence workshops) Facilitated participatory workshop service that brings together 14+ diverse stakeholders to co-construct vision, governance, budgets, and roadmaps for complex projects and organizations.
• Formations (Training programs) Training programs and workshops led with external speakers and facilitators, including facilitation training and collective intelligence practice development.
• Mise en lien (Networking and ecosystem connections) Connection service that links entrepreneurs and organizations with the right regional partners, experts, and resources at the right time to move projects forward.

Quantifiable outcome

• 231 entrepreneurial dossiers supported in 2025, with 196 company creations including 103 from unemployment
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Switzerland Innovation Park Basel AreacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreapole is hosted at the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area location in Courroux, positioning it within an innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
• SEOD (Société d'économie du District de Delémont)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSEOD is the initiator of the CCV (Centre de collecte et valorisation des déchets) project that Creapole supported through facilitation.
• Fondation O2minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJeanne Six, team member at Creapole, also serves as project manager for citizen circular economy networking in the Jura at Fondation O2.
• Fabrique de l'Agilité (FABLAG)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreapole team members are co-creating the Jura section of FABLAG, developing a guide for implementing collective intelligence practices in businesses and organizations.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Platinn: Swiss SME coaching platform providing strategic and operational accompaniment to established SMEs; directly comparable to Creapole's 'faire évoluer son entreprise' service line targeting existing Jura-region companies and organizations.
• IFJ (Institut für Jungunternehmen): Swiss foundation supporting founders and succession candidates through coaching, training, and financing; directly comparable to Creapole as a Swiss entrepreneurship support platform serving early-stage and transitioning entrepreneurs.
• ADIE: French association for the right to economic initiative, supporting micro-entrepreneurs and unemployed individuals creating businesses; closely mirrors Creapole's mandate of accompanying unemployment-to-entrepreneurship transitions (103 of 196 dossiers in 2025).
• France Active: French network financing and accompanying social and solidarity-economy entrepreneurs; similar profile of public-subsidized accompaniment services targeting underserved founders, comparable to Creapole's mission-driven, government-supported model.
• Genilem: Swiss association supporting young entrepreneurs through personalized coaching and accompaniment across multiple Swiss cantons; directly comparable to Creapole's entrepreneur-coaching model and target segment of early-stage founders.
• Initiative France: Federation of locally-funded associations supporting business creation in France, particularly by people far from employment; structurally analogous to Creapole's subsidized, locally-anchored entrepreneurship support with public co-funding.
• Réseau Entreprendre: French-origin non-profit network providing accompaniment, mentoring, and financing to entrepreneurs; operates a similar 'entrepreneur coach' model to Creapole, serving SMEs and project creators across regions.

Broad incumbents

• MassChallenge: Global non-profit startup accelerator offering mentorship, workshops, and connections; broader incumbent delivering similar accompaniment-style services but focused on higher-growth startups rather than Creapole's essential local professions.
• CCI France (Chambers of Commerce and Industry): French national network of Chambers of Commerce providing business creation support, training, and coaching to entrepreneurs and SMEs; broader incumbent operating at much greater scale but addressing the same fundamental needs as Creapole.
• Bpifrance: French public investment bank providing financing, coaching, and acceleration to French SMEs and startups; broader incumbent operating at national scale with similar coaching components but a much wider product portfolio than Creapole.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/creapole-sa
• Xx.com/Creapole
• Facebookfacebook.com/creapolesa

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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