What LeTeC - TETRAED does

LeTeC is a privately held French software company founded in 1987 and headquartered in Bourges, France. It develops TETRAED, a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) marketed to industrial laboratories and third-party service-provider laboratories in agribusiness, cosmetics, and environmental testing. The core platform manages the complete laboratory workflow from sample reception and traceability through analysis, reporting, and invoicing, and is extensible through six modules: TETRAED Stock (inventory), TETRAED Connect (bi-directional automaton control integrated with Interscience, ABE, and Biomérieux equipment), TETRAED Mobile (tablet-based field sampling with GPS), TETRAED Web (secure client portal with tamper-proof encrypted PDF reports co-developed with IANESCO), TETRAED Report (Excel-integrated dashboards), and TETRAED CRM (Outlook-linked sales and marketing).

LeTeC generates revenue through annual subscription licenses for the TETRAED platform and its modules, supplemented by professional services for installation, validation, customization, training, and consulting, plus managed services such as remote database backup and database outsourcing. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The company sells primarily through direct enterprise sales and industry trade shows such as Forum Labo, with a new indirect channel via the UGAP public procurement catalog (managed by SCC) opened in February 2026 for French public-sector buyers. The company reinvests more than 30% of sales into R&D and reports 60+ partner laboratories across France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Spain, Canada, the United States, Morocco, Djibouti, and Cameroon.

The company is family-controlled, with Gil Racouët as CEO since founding and Alexis Racouët serving as Chief Operating Officer following his 2019 promotion. LeTeC operates with 14 collaborators and consultants. Marquee reference customers include HARIBO, BIGARD, GRANDS MOULINS DE PARIS, BASF, INRAE, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, GROUPE ADP, and Institut Pasteur du Maroc. No external funding rounds, acquisitions, or public listing have been disclosed.

Name

LeTeC - TETRAED

Legal name

LeTeC

Website

https://tetraed.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LeTeC is a French LIMS software vendor, founded 1987 and headquartered in Bourges, selling the TETRAED platform and six add-on modules to industrial and service-provider laboratories in agribusiness, cosmetics, and environment sectors, primarily through direct enterprise sales and, since 2026, the UGAP public procurement catalog.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Clinical Laboratory LIS (Core Lab/Hospital Lab) (HLACAMAA)

Keywords

• Laboratory information management
• LIMS software
• Microbiology laboratory software
• Food safety testing
• Sample traceability software

Headquarters

HQ city

Bourges

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. LIMS Software Sales: Core LIMS software (TETRAED) sales including initial implementation, configuration and deployment services.
2. Software Maintenance: Service contracts covering software updates, curative and progressive maintenance, and tracking. Recurring revenue stream from existing customer base.
3. Application Development: Custom application development dedicated to food safety sector. Exclusive developments based on client specifications.
4. Consulting and Audit: Examination and analysis of computer installations, feasibility studies, reports and specifications.
5. Integration and Assistance: Installation, calibration, testing, validation, production launch, QI, QO, QP services.
6. Training Services: Skill transfer, on-site or remote training, creation of training files. Training for software users in agribusiness and environment sectors.
7. Remote Backup: Database securitization services for clients.
8. Outsourcing: Management and administration of client databases.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

LeTeC develops and sells TETRAED, a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) software for industrial and service-provider laboratories in agribusiness, cosmetics, and environment sectors. The platform manages the complete laboratory lifecycle from sample reception through analysis to reporting and invoicing, with total traceability. Modular extensions (Stock, Connect, Mobile, Web, Report, CRM) provide equipment integration, tablet sampling, secure client exchange, Excel-based dashboards, and customer relationship management.

Product overview

LeTeC offers TETRAED, a French LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) designed as a unified core platform with modular extensions. The main TETRAED platform provides laboratory information management for industrial and service provider laboratories in agribusiness, cosmetics, and environment sectors. The product ecosystem includes seven specialized extensions: TETRAED Stock for inventory management, TETRAED Connect for equipment automation (partnered with Interscience, ABE, and Biomérieux), TETRAED Mobile for tablet-based field sampling, TETRAED Web for secure client communication, TETRAED Report for dashboard analytics, and TETRAED CRM for customer relationship management. The modular architecture allows laboratories to deploy a customized solution adapted to their specific operational requirements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TETRAED: A Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) software - simple, user-friendly, communicating, and evolutionary - designed for provider laboratories and industries in agribusiness, cosmetics, and environment sectors.
• TETRAED STOCK
• TETRAED CONNECT
• TETRAED MOBILE
• TETRAED WEB
• TETRAED REPORT
• TETRAED CRM

Products and services

• TETRAED
• TETRAED Stock
• TETRAED Connect
• TETRAED Mobile
• TETRAED Web
• TETRAED Report
• TETRAED CRM

Quantifiable outcome

• Significant productivity gains for service provider laboratories after two years of TETRAED use
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• UGAPflagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 February 2026LeTeC is now listed on UGAP (Union des groupements d'achats publics), France's first public procurement central purchasing body. The market is managed by SCC as the official UGAP supplier. This enables public sector organizations to access LeTeC solutions through a simplified, compliant, and secure framework.
• IANESCOflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Collaboration with IANESCO service laboratory to develop tamper-proof digital impression system for email + PDF reports. This innovation ensures each analysis report sent includes a unique encrypted digital fingerprint, preventing falsification and ensuring document authenticity.
• IntersciencecoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership with microbiological equipment manufacturer for development of TETRAED Connect module. Enables mono and bi-directional control of Interscience automaton ranges including colony counters and automated enumeration systems.
• ABEcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership for development of automaton control integration in TETRAED Connect. Enables equipment connectivity for laboratory automation and data management.
• BiomérieuxcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership for development of automaton control integration in TETRAED Connect. Enables laboratory equipment connectivity for complete traceability in laboratory operations.
• SCCcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSCC is the market holder and official supplier for UGAP public procurement. Manages the contractual relationship for LeTeC products in the public sector channel.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• LabWare: LabWare is a longstanding independent LIMS vendor serving regulated laboratories across pharma, food/feed, environmental, and clinical markets. It is the closest like-for-like comparable to LeTeC's TETRAED LIMS for industrial and service-provider labs.
• LabVantage: LabVantage is a specialist LIMS/ELN provider focused on regulated manufacturing, QC, and bioanalytical laboratories — directly comparable to TETRAED's industrial laboratory focus. Both target process manufacturers needing full traceability.

Emerging players

• Dotmatics: Dotmatics provides lab informatics (LIMS, ELN, SDMS) for life sciences and analytical laboratories. It is comparable as a LIMS/data-management vendor but is more weighted toward research informatics than industrial food/cosmetics QC labs.
• Benchling: Benchling is a cloud-native life sciences R&D platform with growing LIMS-like capabilities (sample/assay tracking). It overlaps with LeTeC on the lab informatics category but targets biotech R&D rather than food/cosmetics/environment industrial QC.

Broad incumbents

• PerkinElmer Informatics (Revvity Signals): Revvity Signals (formerly PerkinElmer Informatics) offers LIMS, ELN, and lab workflow software as part of a broader life-sciences analytics portfolio. Comparable as a regulated-lab informatics vendor, though with a stronger life sciences tilt than LeTeC's food/cosmetics focus.
• STARLIMS (Abbott): STARLIMS, owned by Abbott, provides LIMS for clinical, manufacturing QC, and public-health laboratories globally. It is a much larger incumbent serving similar regulated-lab use cases to LeTeC, including food safety and environmental testing.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific (SampleManager LIMS / Thermo Scientific LIMS): Thermo Fisher offers SampleManager and related LIMS products as part of its broader lab informatics and instrument portfolio. Comparable to LeTeC because it serves the same regulated industrial and QC laboratory end markets, particularly in pharmaceuticals and food.
• Agilent Technologies (OpenLAB / Agilent LIMS): Agilent provides OpenLAB and related lab informatics solutions for analytical and QC laboratories across food, environmental, and pharma — overlapping with LeTeC's industrial laboratory verticals but as part of a much broader instrument-and-software portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LeTeC_Tetraed
• Facebookfacebook.com/LeTeCTetraed
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/l-t-c-tetraed-lims

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

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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