Metapolis

What Metapolis does

Metapolis is a privately held French consulting firm founded in December 2015 by Fabien Cauchi, headquartered in Bordeaux with a Paris office, specializing in digital transformation advisory services for French public sector organizations. The firm serves ministries, regional and departmental councils, metropolises, cities, and public institutions, with a current team of 23 consultants across two sites. Its service portfolio spans seven practice areas: AI and data governance, citizen/user relationship management, ecological transition management, smart territories, IT performance, digital strategy, and dematerialization.

Revenue is generated primarily through project-based consulting engagements procured under French public procurement frameworks (marchés publics), supplemented by a developing proprietary software suite called OKO. OKO is a modular decision-support platform under development that targets ecological-transition planning, green-budget classification (Budget vert) — directly addressing the green-budget obligation introduced under Article 191 of the 2024 French Finance Act for authorities above 3,500 inhabitants — PCAET piloting, and carbon impact measurement. OKO is not yet a material revenue contributor.

Metapolis's go-to-market combines direct enterprise field sales into public-sector decision-makers, channel partnerships via centralized procurement bodies (CANUT, Gigalis), and content-driven demand generation through free webinars (consistently 90–400+ attendees per session), a published white paper on AI in the public sector, and active participation in industry events including coTer numérique, the Salon des Maires et des Collectivités Locales (SMCL), and the GreenTech Forum. The firm holds memberships in responsible-digital ecosystems (Ekitia, INR, France Ville Durable, CEC Nouvelle-Aquitaine, ENTER) and is founder-controlled, with no external equity funding disclosed. The business is structured as a professional-services firm with a thin, domain-specific software layer.

Name

Metapolis

Legal name

Metapolis

Website

https://metapolis.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Metapolis is a French public-sector digital transformation consultancy founded in 2015, advising ministries, regions, departments, and metropolises on AI, data, ecological transition, and IT performance, and developing the OKO software suite for green budgeting across its Bordeaux and Paris offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bordeaux

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Metapolis generates revenue by providing consulting missions to public sector organizations. Their services span digital strategy, AI, data governance, ecological transition management, dematerialization, user relations, smart territories, and IT performance. Revenue is project-based and mission-oriented, typically procured through public procurement frameworks (marchés publics).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Metapolis is a French consulting and services firm that provides digital transformation advisory to public sector organizations — ministries, local authorities, regional and departmental councils, metropolises, cities, and public institutions. Its offering spans AI and data governance, citizen relationship management, ecological transition management, smart territories, IT performance, digital strategy, and dematerialization. The firm complements this advisory practice with OKO, an in-development modular software suite for ecological transition planning, green budgeting, PCAET piloting, and carbon impact measurement.

Product overview

Metapolis is a consulting and services company that provides digital transformation advisory services to public sector organizations in France. Its product portfolio consists of OKO, a modular software suite for ecological transition management that includes a Budget vert module for environmental impact assessment of public projects. The company also offers consulting services across multiple domains including AI & data, citizen relationship management, smart territories, IT performance, digital strategy, and dematerialization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OKO: OKO by Metapolis is a modular software suite under development designed to support decision-making, planning, management, and evaluation of projects for public sector organizations to advance the ecological transition of territories. It includes a Budget vert (green budget) module.

Products and services

• OKO OKO is a modular software suite under development by Metapolis, designed to support decision-making, planning, piloting and evaluation of public sector projects advancing the ecological transition of territories. It includes a Budget vert (green budget) module that enables project managers to visualize environmental classifications, department heads to track results by project, and elected officials to view their local authority's green budget, supporting the legal obligation under article 191 of the 2024 Finance Act for French local authorities over 3,500 inhabitants. Modules cover PCAET piloting and carbon impact measurement. Targeted at French local authorities and public decision-makers.
• Digital Transformation Consulting Services for Public Sector End-to-end consulting and advisory services covering digital transformation of French public-sector organizations across seven expertise areas: AI and data, citizen/user relationship management, ecological transition management, smart territories, IT performance (HR, Finance), digital strategy, and dematerialization. Engagements span needs analysis, roadmap creation, AMOA (assistance à maîtrise d'ouvrage), deployment support and change management. Targeted at ministries, local authorities, regional and departmental councils, metropolises, cities, and public institutions in France.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 400 registrations for inaugural AI webinaire; 120+ attendees for green budget webinaire; 90-115+ attendees for subsequent webinaires on digital sovereignty and schema directeur
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers25 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, strategic and minor.

• BeewantcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2025Beewant is a partner of Metapolis within Lot 2 'AI: Specific support, distribution, hosting and operation of AI solutions' of the 'Innovative Services: Artificial Intelligence and Open Source Environments' market proposed by the Gigalis digital purchasing center. Beewant provides a multimodal AI platform integrating multiple LLMs (Qwen-3, DeepSeek R1, Kimi K2, Mistral Large 3, GPT-5.2, Claude4.5, Gemini-3) contextualized for public sector organizations with organizational data integration, usage governance, and sovereign hosting options.
• Gigalis (Centrale d'Achats Numérique)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGigalis is a public procurement center for digital services in France. Metapolis participates as a service provider on Gigalis's 'Innovative Services: AI and Open Source' market framework, enabling public sector clients to procure Metapolis's AI advisory services through this centralized purchasing mechanism. Beewant is also a partner under this framework.
• EkitiastrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerMetapolis joined the Ekitia ecosystem in January 2023. Ekitia is an association whose ambition is to bring together private and public partners to structure a data economy pole based on transparency, ethics, and sovereignty. Ekitia created the GIP (Groupement d'Intérêt Public) Ekitia with the participation of the Occitanie Region, engaging members to go beyond legal obligations through tools such as ethical by-design self-assessment, an ethics charter, and an independent label. Metapolis participated in Ekitia working groups on AI in the public sector.
• INR (Institut du Numérique Responsable)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMetapolis joined the INR (Institut du Numérique Responsable) in May 2023. The INR brings together public actors, private companies, and associations with the objective of guiding digital technology toward a more virtuous path for the environment and society, and promoting good practices for inclusivity and ethics.
• France Ville DurableminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMetapolis joined the France Ville Durable association, which promotes a sober, inclusive, resilient, and innovative city model to address climate change challenges. This membership aligns with Metapolis's ecological transition advisory focus.
• CEC Nouvelle-Aquitaine (Convention des Entreprises pour le Climat)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMetapolis joined the Convention des Entreprises pour le Climat (CEC) of Nouvelle-Aquitaine in October 2023, becoming part of around a hundred organizations committed to regenerative economics and ecological transition.
• CANUT (Centrale d'Achats du Numérique et des Télécoms)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCANUT is a public digital and telecom purchasing center. Metapolis participates in CANUT's 'Prestations AMOA' market, delivering digital transformation advisory services to public sector clients through this centralized framework. Metapolis co-organizes webinaires with CANUT on topics such as AI, digital sovereignty, and SI performance, extending their reach to CANUT's member base.
• Alliancy (Digital Strategy Magazine)strategicGTM or Marketing PartnerMetapolis co-organized the 'Souveraineté Numérique : comment passer à l'action ?' webinaire with Alliancy in June 2026, which attracted 115 participants. Alliancy is a digital strategy magazine that serves as a content and event platform for public sector digital decision-makers.
• ENTER (Pôle de Compétitivité Numérique Responsable, Nouvelle-Aquitaine)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerENTER is a digital competitiveness cluster focused on responsible digital technology in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Metapolis was present at the ENTER stand (C21) at the GreenTech Forum 2023, alongside Céline Viollet and her team, showcasing the OKO solution. The cluster's objective is to 'develop responsible, sober, controlled, durable, inclusive, and resilient digital technology to accelerate transitions.'
• APESA (Association Pour l'Environnement et la Société)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerMetapolis co-organized the 'Planification écologique dans les territoires' webinaire with APESA (Association Pour l'Environnement et la Société) in June 2024, extending reach to professionals focused on ecological transition in local authorities.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Wavestone: Wavestone is a major French-born consulting firm with a substantial public sector practice advising ministries, agencies, and territorial authorities on digital transformation, data, and IT performance — directly overlapping Metapolis's core offering and customer profile.
• Eurogroup Consulting: Eurogroup Consulting is a French consultancy focused on public sector transformation, organizational performance, and digital strategy — directly comparable to Metapolis in scope, geography, and customer profile.
• Antidox: Antidox is a French digital strategy and innovation consultancy advising public and private organizations on AI ethics, data governance, and digital transformation — closely aligned with Metapolis's value proposition and sovereign/responsible digital positioning.
• ON-X Groupe: ON-X Groupe is a French public sector-focused consulting and IT services firm that supports ministries, agencies, and territorial authorities on digital transformation — directly comparable in customer base and service mix to Metapolis.

Broad incumbents

• Sopra Steria: Sopra Steria is one of the largest French IT services and consulting firms with a deep public sector vertical that competes for the same AMOA, digital transformation, and ecological transition engagements as Metapolis, though across a much broader portfolio.
• Capgemini: Capgemini operates a large French public sector consulting practice covering digital transformation, data, and AI — competing with Metapolis for major ministry and regional engagements while serving global enterprise customers as well.
• Devoteam: Devoteam is a French-headquartered digital transformation consultancy with public sector clients and AI/data practices that overlap with Metapolis's service portfolio, though at significantly greater scale and geographic reach.
• BearingPoint: BearingPoint's French practice serves public sector clients on digital strategy, data governance, and IT modernization — competing with Metapolis for territorial and ministry engagements across the EU public administration market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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