Optavis

What Optavis does

Optavis is a French private software development firm (SAS, founded April 1, 2005) headquartered in Cesson-Sévigné near Rennes, France, operating with roughly 40–46 specialists and serving approximately 500 active clients. The company develops three proprietary vertical software platforms — Opta-link (HR and payroll management for Employer Groups, GEIQ, and Professions Sport et Loisirs, integrating with Pégase payroll), Opt'Accouvage (commercial and production management for poultry hatcheries), and VENOTIS (a veterinary and livestock management ecosystem for ruminant health, co-developed with MSD Santé Animale) — alongside custom web and mobile business applications built on .NET/C#, SQL Server, and React-based cross-platform mobile frameworks with offline synchronization.

Revenue is generated through a mix of recurring SaaS subscriptions (Opta-link to 250+ structures) and licensing/royalty arrangements (VENOTIS via MSD), supplemented by professional services for bespoke application development and integration. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, reflecting a sales-led, direct-to-enterprise go-to-market emphasizing long-term partnerships, on-site visits, and dedicated customer success. Distribution is exclusively direct-sales, supported by industry congresses (MSD e-congrès), client training webinars, and inbound website contact.

In April 2025, founder Yannick Amaucé retired after 20 years and transferred 90% of shares to an internal management team led by Karine Gorré (President since April 2025, Director General since 2022), marking a planned generational transition backed by partner banks. The company had previously opened capital to employees in 2017, acquired 80% of Vetosoft in 2020 (feeding VENOTIS), acquired Ge-link in 2013, and transferred its web team to Useweb in January 2024 to refocus on proprietary business tools. FY2022 revenue was €3.2M with an explicit 15% annual growth rate, no external institutional investors, and operations confined to France.

Name

Optavis

Legal name

OPTAVIS

Website

https://optavis.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Optavis is a French software firm developing vertical SaaS platforms — Opta-link (Employer Group HR/payroll), Opt'Accouvage (poultry hatchery management), and VENOTIS (veterinary/livestock, with MSD Santé Animale) — serving roughly 500 active clients across France with custom web, mobile, and cross-platform applications.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vertical Business Software

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHDAEAKAL

Industry-Specific Low-Code Platforms (Vertical App Platforms)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Enterprise Platforms & Databases/Enterprise Application Development Platforms (Low-Code/No-Code & PaaS)

Keywords

• Custom software development
• Agriculture software solutions
• Hatchery management software
• HR management software
• Mobile application development

Headquarters

HQ city

Cesson-sévigné

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Opta-Link Software Licenses/Subscriptions: SaaS subscriptions for the Opta-Link suite of HR management tools for Employer Groups, GEIQ, and PSL organizations. Includes various modules for time-sharing management, payroll, and administration.
2. Opt'Accouvage Hatchery Management Software: Custom web-based management tool for poultry hatcheries covering commercial operations, production planning, and breeding technique management.
3. Custom Development Services: Bespoke application development for business management, mobile tools, and industry-specific solutions. Includes implementation support and ongoing customization.
4. VENOTIS Animal Health Platform: Livestock management software developed with MSD Animal Health for veterinary clinics and farms with multiple functional modules.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Optavis designs, develops, and supports custom web and mobile business applications, and sells three proprietary vertical software product lines: the Opta-link suite for managing French Employer Groups (GE/GEIQ/PSL), Opt'Accouvage for poultry hatchery management, and VENOTIS for veterinary clinic and livestock farm management (co-developed with MSD Santé Animale). It serves around 500 active enterprise clients in France across the agricultural and HR sectors with both SaaS subscriptions and bespoke development engagements.

Product overview

Optavis is a web development and custom software agency based in Cesson-Sévigné, Rennes, France, founded in 2005. The company offers two main product lines: (1) The Opta-link suite for HR management, including Ge-link, K-link, Psl-link, Web-link, Opta-manager, and Opta-paie modules for employer groups (GE), GEIQ, and professions sport et loisirs; and (2) Sector-specific business applications including Opt'Accouvage for poultry/hatchery management, VENOTIS (developed with MSD) for veterinary/animal health management with multiple functional modules, and custom mobile/web applications for agricultural sectors. The company also develops cross-platform mobile applications with offline capability.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Opt'Accouvage: Online hatchery management solution for the poultry industry, managing commercial, production phases and adapting to farming techniques.
• Opta-link
• VENOTIS

Products and services

• Opta-link A SaaS suite for managing French Employer Groups (Groupements d'Employeurs / GE), GEIQ (Youth Integration Employer Groups), and Professions Sport et Loisirs (PSL) organizations. Handles time-sharing of shared employees, billing across member organizations, payroll administration, and HR/social compliance reporting. Includes modules for Ge-link (Employer Group management), K-link (GEIQ management), Psl-link (PSL management), Web-link (web portal), Opta-manager (maintenance tracking), and Opta-paie (payroll, integrated with Pégase). Trusted by more than 250 GE/GEIQ structures.
• Opt'Accouvage Custom web-based hatchery management solution for the poultry industry covering commercial management (orders, invoicing), production management (incubation, hatching), and adaptation to specific breeding techniques. Designed for hatchery operators (couvoirs) and includes production forecasting and genetic tracking.
• VENOTIS Comprehensive veterinary and livestock management ecosystem for veterinary clinics and ruminant farms, co-developed with MSD Santé Animale. Includes modules for Bilan Sanitaire d'Elevage (animal health assessment), protocol management, client analysis, centralized communication, reproduction management, hoof/lameness management, feeding/nutrition, milk quality, and technical-economic monitoring. Built by combining Optavis tools and Vetosoft expertise (Optavis acquired 80% of Vetosoft in 2020).
• Custom Web & Mobile Business Applications Bespoke web and cross-platform mobile business application development service for organizations requiring custom tools. Includes planning, daily-tracking, invoicing capabilities, and delivery of cross-platform mobile applications for iOS and Android with offline capability and automatic synchronization when the network is available. Specializes in poultry/broiler, bovine, and other agriculture-adjacent workflows.

Quantifiable outcome

• 500 active clients served
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UsewebcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Transfer of Optavis web team to Useweb, a digital communication agency specializing in eco-design. The partnership is based on 10+ years of shared values and enables Optavis to focus on business tool and application development while Useweb handles web projects with eco-conscious nano-sites approach.
• MSD Santé AnimalecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Strategic partnership with MSD Animal Health to develop VENOTIS, a unique livestock management tool for veterinary clinics and farms. Optavis brought technical expertise while MSD provided industry knowledge. The tool includes modules for animal health assessment, protocols, reproduction management, and more. Yannick Amaucé serves as President of both Optavis and Vetosoft.
• VetosoftcoreOthers · 1 January 2019Optavis acquired 80% of Vetosoft capital to enable fusion of tools developed by both structures into the unified VENOTIS platform. The combined entity operates with shared values of service quality and human development. Vetosoft contributed expertise in reproduction, hoof care, feeding, and technical-economic monitoring modules.
• ICODIAminorOthersWeb hosting provider for Optavis website. ICODIA is a SARL based in Cesson-Sévigné, providing hosting services.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Sopra Steria: Large French IT services and enterprise software firm. Comparable to Optavis at a different scale as a French-headquartered software developer whose custom-application and vertical-platform work mirrors Optavis's core service offering.
• ADP: Global HR and payroll SaaS leader with established French operations. Comparable to Optavis because ADP's payroll and HR solutions compete with the Opta-link suite for French SMBs, GEIQs, and employer groups.
• Cegedim: French healthcare and animal-health software publisher. Comparable to Optavis because Cegedim's animal-health and veterinary practice software suite competes in the same French vet/livestock market that VENOTIS targets via the MSD partnership.
• Sage: Global HR/payroll SaaS incumbent with strong French footprint. Comparable as a much larger competitor whose SMB HR and payroll offerings overlap with Opta-link's positioning among French Employer Groups.
• IDEXX Laboratories: Global veterinary diagnostics and practice-management software leader. Comparable because IDEXX's practice-management suite competes with VENOTIS for the same veterinary-clinic software budgets in France and globally.

Direct peers

• Cegid: French vertical SaaS leader for HR, payroll, and finance. Directly comparable to Optavis because Cegid's HR/payroll suite competes head-on with the Opta-Link suite for Employer Groups (GE) and GEIQ clients in France.
• Silae: Leading French cloud payroll SaaS provider. Comparable because Silae competes directly with Opta-Paie (Optavis's payroll module integrated with Pégase) for the same French SMB and employer-group payroll customers.
• DL Software: French vertical business-software publisher serving SMBs across specialized industries. Comparable to Optavis as a similarly-sized French firm building proprietary vertical SaaS products with deep domain specialization.

Others

• Big Dutchman: Global poultry housing and equipment supplier with software/automation offerings. Comparable because Big Dutchman sells into the same French poultry producers (hatcheries, breeders) that are Optavis's core Opt'Accouvage customers, making it an ecosystem-adjacent participant.

Emerging players

• Lucca: French HR SaaS suite (time tracking, leave management, expense reports). Comparable because Lucca targets the same French SMB HR/people-ops buyer as Opta-Link, though with a broader horizontal positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/optavis
• Xx.com/optavis

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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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