Beneylu
Beneylu is a French edtech company that builds Beneylu School, a GDPR-compliant digital workspace platform designed specifically for primary school students, offering 17 integrated applications and serving over 50,000 classes across 20 French academies via annual subscriptions.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2011
- HeadquartersChauffours, France
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What Beneylu does
Beneylu SAS is a French educational technology company headquartered in Eaubonne, Val d'Oise, that builds digital workspace platforms purpose-built for primary school students aged roughly 6–12. Its core product, Beneylu School, is a cloud-based ENT (Environnement Numérique de Travail) running on Microsoft Azure France and OVH infrastructure, comprising 17 integrated applications covering student communication, homework management, class blogs, document creation, parent messaging, attendance, report cards, and safe internet search. The platform differentiates on child-appropriate UX, ethical design principles (no addictive mechanisms, GDPR compliance, data residency in France), and curriculum-aligned safety features such as supervised messaging and whitelist search. A premium tier, Beneylu School Infini, bundles access to 3,000 curated digital resources from a network of third-party educational publishers.
The company monetizes through annual subscriptions sold directly online to individual teachers, classes, or entire primary schools, with pricing tiers ranging from €79 per class per year (base) to €599 per school per year (Infini). Distribution combines self-serve online subscription with enterprise sales through French académies, exemplified by the 2025 Académie de Créteil contract. Complementary products include Élection-parents (secure electronic voting for parent-representative elections), Navi (an AI-positioned literacy assistant), and Beneylu Cards (a language-learning card game). The company is bootstrapped, privately held, and operates with a small team of approximately 8 employees, with no disclosed external funding or institutional investors.
Beneylu firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Beneylu
- Legal name
- Beneylu SAS
- Website
- https://beneylu.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2011
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- Beneylu is a French edtech company that builds Beneylu School, a GDPR-compliant digital workspace platform designed specifically for primary school students, offering 17 integrated applications and serving over 50,000 classes across 20 French academies via annual subscriptions.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Beneylu industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Primary school digital workspace software (K-12 EdTech / ENT)
- NAICS
- Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710)
- SIC
- Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Educational Services (8200)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Learning Management Systems (LMS) & Digital Classrooms (EDAJAMAA)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Group Work, Breakout & Collaborative Document/Workspace Tools (EDAFAGAE)
Keywords
Where Beneylu is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Chauffours
- HQ country
- France
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
Beneylu business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations
Revenue model
- Subscription - Class Level: Annual subscription model for individual primary school classes. Two tiers: Beneylu School (€79/year without resources) and Beneylu School Infini (€179/year with 3,000 digital resources).
- Subscription - School Level: Annual subscription model for entire primary schools. Two tiers: Beneylu School (€299/year without resources) and Beneylu School Infini (€599/year with 3,000 digital resources).
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Annual | Beneylu School - Class subscription without digital resources |
| Subscription | Annual | Beneylu School - School subscription without digital resources |
| Subscription | Annual | Beneylu School Infini - Class subscription with unlimited digital resources |
| Subscription | Annual | Beneylu School Infini - School subscription with unlimited digital resources |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels7 records
Beneylu product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Beneylu builds and sells Beneylu School, a cloud-based educational digital workspace (ENT) consisting of 17 integrated applications — including class blog, homework diary, document creation, student messaging, attendance, report cards, and parent communication tools — designed specifically for French primary school students aged 3 to 12. The company monetizes this through annual subscriptions priced per class or per whole school, with a premium tier (Beneylu School Infini) adding roughly 3,000 curated digital educational resources, and operates adjacent offerings such as the secure Élection-parents voting platform and Beneylu Cards language card game.
Product overview
Beneylu operates as a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on Beneylu School, an ENT (Environment Numérique de Travail) platform purpose-built for French elementary schools with 17 integrated applications. The core platform is complemented by Beneylu School Infini, a premium subscription adding thousands of digital resources; Élection-parents, a secure parent voting module; Navi, an AI literacy assistant; and Beneylu Cards, a language card game. The platform has been serving French elementary education for 15 years.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Beneylu School Infini: Subscription service providing access to 3,000+ digital educational resources from kindergarten to CM2 (ages 5-12).
- Élection-parents
- Beneylu Cards
Products and services
- Beneylu School Cloud-based educational digital workspace (ENT) for French primary schools consisting of 17 integrated applications covering homework management (Cahier de textes), class blog (Pancartes), document creation and voice recording (Atelier), media library (Médiathèque), supervised student messaging, parent-school messaging, attendance, report cards (Livrets scolaires), translation in 70+ languages, and whitelist safe-search. Sold to individual classes (€79/year) or whole schools (€299/year).
- Beneylu School Infini Premium subscription tier for Beneylu School that adds unlimited access to a curated catalog of around 3,000 digital educational resources covering mathematics, French, languages, sciences, history, civic education, arts, music, physical education, and reading challenges, organized by monthly programming. Priced at €179/year for a single class or €599/year for a whole school.
- Élection-parents Secure, GDPR-compliant electronic voting platform enabling parent participation in school parent-representative elections. Available to any French school independently of Beneylu School, with integration to the national Onde school management system for electoral-list import and Stripe for fee-based or contribution voting transactions.
- Beneylu Cards Collectible language-learning card game product positioned within the Beneylu School ecosystem, focused on vocabulary acquisition and language practice for young learners.
- Navi AI-powered reading and writing assistant delivered as part of the Beneylu School ecosystem, supporting primary-age students in literacy development through interactive guidance and exercises.
Quantifiable outcome
- 50,000 primary school classes subscribed
- +1 more outcomes
Companies that use Beneylu
Customer profileNamed customers5 records
Segments2 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Beneylu technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration3 records
AI capability5 records
Feature7 records
Beneylu partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
14 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.
- CorneilleminorPublisher providing 40 stories with reading supports (rulers, dark mode, font sizes, read-aloud, colored letters) for early readers aged 3-8. Resources available through Beneylu School Infini subscription.
- Samir ÉditeurminorPublisher providing 28 stories in French and Arabic for language learning from nursery through cycle 3, including French as a Foreign Language activities.
- ArchipelminorMathematics learning resource for cycle 3 students presented as an island treasure game where students answer questions correctly to build their own island.
- iizenglishminorEnglish vocabulary resource for CM2 students with 1,800 exercises featuring authentic English pronunciation. Topics include body, clothing, animals.
- NabookminorDigital library with youth literature including the Mysteries of Versailles collection from Nathan for readers aged 7+, featuring dialogue bubbles for role-play reading.
- AfricatikminorPublisher specializing in African cultural context offering 15 interactive games in African languages, Arabic, French, and English from nursery to CM2, covering sciences, technology, mathematics, and French.
- HihiluluminorChinese language learning resource for cycle 2 students using short animations where students listen to words, repeat them, and discover Chinese calligraphy.
- Maître LucasminorEducational content creator providing 183 educational videos included in the Beneylu School Infini catalog.
- SikanaminorEducational content provider offering 72 skill-building videos available through Beneylu School Infini subscription.
- J'peux pas j'ai mathsminorMathematics practice resource providing 47 calculation games through the Beneylu School Infini catalog.
- Microsoft Azure FrancecorePrimary cloud infrastructure provider for Beneylu School: servers, backups, and databases. Data stored in France Central and France South datacenters.
- OVHcoreHosting provider for OpenStack media storage and user media security, Matomo analytics, and Sentry application monitoring. Data stored in Roubaix and Gravelines datacenters.
- DeepLcoreAutomatic translation API providing translation in 70+ languages. Text deleted immediately after translation, never accessible to third parties.
- NathanminorPublisher providing the Mysteries of Versailles collection for readers aged 7+ available through Nabook integration in Beneylu School Infini.
Scale indicators6 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Beneylu competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Microsoft Education (Microsoft Teams for Education): Microsoft's education portfolio (Teams for Education, OneNote Class Notebook) provides a full digital classroom stack. Particularly relevant given Beneylu's Microsoft Azure infrastructure partnership and overlapping K–12 functionality.
- Berger-Levrault: French public-sector software publisher with an established education vertical (school ERP, ENT, parental communication). Larger incumbent with broader public-sector portfolio but overlapping functions in French K–12.
- Google Classroom: Free, broadly distributed K–12 LMS bundled with Google Workspace for Education. A large incumbent competitor whose core LMS, assignment, and communication features overlap with Beneylu School's 17 applications, but without primary-age specialization.
Regional players
- Satchel One (Show My Homework): UK-headquartered school learning platform offering homework, behavior, and parent communication tools. Comparable by product scope and customer type but does not directly compete in the French primary market.
Direct peers
- Klassly: French parent-teacher communication app with strong penetration in French primary schools. Directly competes with Beneylu's messaging and parent-engagement features for the same teacher buyer.
- Itslearning: European K–12 learning management system used across multiple countries. Comparable in category (LMS/learning platform for schools) and target segment (teacher-led school deployments).
- ClassDojo: Globally adopted classroom communication and behavior-management platform that targets the same primary-school teacher persona as Beneylu, with overlapping messaging and parent-communication features.
- Scolinfo: French K–12 ENT provider serving primary and secondary schools, including academy-level deployments. Direct competitor in the same French primary school digital-workspace category as Beneylu School.
- Index Education: French K–12 software publisher behind Pronote, the dominant student/parent communication and homework platform in French schools. Most directly comparable to Beneylu by product surface (ENT-style school workspace), customer (French schools), and language/market.
Emerging players
- Edmodo: Historically a major K–12 social learning platform with classroom, messaging, and parent-engagement features directly comparable to Beneylu School's pedagogical collaboration surface.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights5 records
Customer concentration
Beneylu social profiles
Digital presenceBeneylu compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance2 records
Beneylu financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Beneylu leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles4 records
Beneylu funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Beneylu M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about Beneylu
What does Beneylu do?
Beneylu builds and sells Beneylu School, a cloud-based educational digital workspace (ENT) consisting of 17 integrated applications — including class blog, homework diary, document creation, student messaging, attendance, report cards, and parent communication tools — designed specifically for French primary school students aged 3 to 12. The company monetizes this through annual subscriptions priced per class or per whole school, with a premium tier (Beneylu School Infini) adding roughly 3,000 curated digital educational resources, and operates adjacent offerings such as the secure Élection-parents voting platform and Beneylu Cards language card game.
Is Beneylu a public or private company?
Beneylu is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Beneylu founded?
Beneylu was founded in 2011. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is Beneylu based?
Beneylu is headquartered in Chauffours, France, in the Europe region.
How does Beneylu make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. Subscription - Class Level is the primary driver. The others are subscription - School Level.
Who are Beneylu's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Microsoft Education (Microsoft Teams for Education), Berger-Levrault and Google Classroom. Satchel One (Show My Homework) is listed as a regional player. Direct peers are Klassly, Itslearning, ClassDojo, Scolinfo and Index Education. Edmodo is listed as an emerging player.
Does Beneylu have an API?
No public API is recorded for Beneylu.
What industry is Beneylu in?
Beneylu's product category is Primary school digital workspace software (K-12 EdTech / ENT). Its primary akta.pro industry code is EDAJAMAA, Learning Management Systems (LMS) & Digital Classrooms, with a secondary code of EDAFAGAE, Group Work, Breakout & Collaborative Document/Workspace Tools. Its NAICS code is 611 and its SIC code is 7372.