What Petite Lune does

Petite Lune is a French social economy (Économie Sociale et Solidaire) enterprise founded in 2014 and headquartered in Paris, operating 11-50 employees. The company designs, constructs, and operates socio-cultural venues — described as contemporary guinguettes and village squares — by rehabilitating abandoned, transitional, or underutilized urban sites into permanent or temporary cultural and food-and-beverage spaces. Its portfolio includes La Javelle, Chaud Bouillon, La Rebelle, Poisson Lune (active), and the historical projects Belle de Gabut (La Rochelle, 2017-2019), Le Bal de la Marine (Paris, 2017-2020), and Les Frigos Ardents (Metz, 2017-2021).

Underlying capability spans in-house scenic-universe design (conception d'univers scénographiques), fabrication, storage, and maintenance of physical infrastructure, plus installation within regulated public spaces. Programming is delivered through a curated network of several hundred artists and talents, coordinated centrally. A mutualized back-office platform handles HR, legal, accounting, payroll, programming coordination, supplier network, and communications across all venues.

The business model is a hybrid of professional services (cultural programming, venue design and consulting, assistant-to-project-management for municipalities) and managed services (F&B operations, restaurant and beverage-service management). Customers are primarily French public-sector institutional operators — most prominently the cities of Paris, Metz, and La Rochelle — alongside private institutional operators, with end-consumer revenue from venue foot traffic. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales via direct engagement and advisory relationships, with marketing through the company website, dedicated per-venue microsites, and Facebook pages.

Name

Petite Lune

Legal name

Petite Lune

Website

https://petitelune.earth

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Petite Lune is a French social economy enterprise that designs, builds, and operates contemporary guinguettes and cultural venues by rehabilitating underused urban sites, serving municipalities and institutional operators with cultural programming and food-and-beverage operations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural Space Development and Urban Revitalization Services

NAICS

Interior Design Services (54141), Architectural Services (541310)

SIC

Retail-Eating Places (5812), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Integrated Full-Service Hotel Complexes (Mixed-Use) (THAGAAAL)

Keywords

• Socio-cultural space development
• Urban revitalization venues
• Cultural programming services
• Scenic design construction
• Guinguette venue operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Cultural Programming and Event Management: Cultural programming services including artistic event coordination and animation of spaces, supported by a network of hundreds of artists and talents
2. Food and Beverage Operations: Management of restaurant spaces and beverage service operations (débits de boissons) within their cultural venues

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Petite Lune is a French social-economy enterprise that conceives, constructs, installs, and operates socio-cultural living spaces (guinguettes and contemporary village squares) by rehabilitating abandoned or underutilized urban sites into temporary or permanent cultural venues. The firm delivers integrated services spanning scenic universe design, physical infrastructure fabrication, cultural programming coordination through a network of hundreds of artists, food and beverage operations, and a shared support services platform (HR, legal, accounting, payroll, supplier coordination, communications) for its portfolio of venues.

Product overview

Petite Lune is a social economy company (Économie Sociale et Solidaire) that develops socio-cultural living spaces by reviving forgotten or abandoned urban locations. Their portfolio consists of multiple venue locations (La Javelle, Chaud Bouillon, La Rebelle, Poisson Lune, Belle de Gabut, Bal de la Marine, Les Frigos Ardents) transformed into cultural guinguettes and event spaces. The company provides integrated services including venue conception and construction, cultural programming expertise with a network of artists, and a centralized support services platform for operations. Their model emphasizes sustainable, reversible, and non-intrusive exploitation of spaces, delivering village squares and contemporary guinguettes as both permanent and temporary structures.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• La Javelle A socio-cultural living space developed by Petite Lune, showcasing the firm's expertise in urban rehabilitation and cultural programming.
• Chaud Bouillon A socio-cultural living space developed by Petite Lune, part of their network of innovative cultural venues.
• La Rebelle A socio-cultural living space developed by Petite Lune, operational as part of the firm's network of venues.
• Poisson Lune A socio-cultural living space developed by Petite Lune on the banks of the Seine in Paris.
• Belle de Gabut Revival of a former industrial site located in the heart of La Rochelle's Old Port, transformed into a cultural peninsula hosting over 60 associations and operational from 2017 to 2019.
• Bal de la Marine A unique seaside guinguette at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris VIIe, featuring a 120-seat floating restaurant and event space, operational from 2017 to 2020.
• Les Frigos Ardents Rehabilitation of former military cold storage warehouses in Metz, transformed into a cultural guinguette, solidarity food court, and culinary incubator, operational from 2017 to 2021.
• Conception Services Design and construction services for unique scenographic universes, including in-house fabrication, storage and maintenance of project elements, and on-site installation within varied regulatory frameworks.
• Programming Expertise Cultural programming coordination through a network of several hundred artists and talents, providing fluid animation and event coordination for occupied venues.
• Support Services Platform Shared back-office services platform including human resources, legal, accounting and invoicing, payroll management, programming coordination, supplier network, and communications support.
• Advisory and Project Assistance Services Advisory and assistance à maîtrise d'ouvrage (project management assistance) services delivered to municipalities and private operators for the requalification of urban sites, leveraging a network of partner architects, agenceurs, paysagistes and artisans.
• Food and Beverage Operations Management of restaurant spaces and beverage service operations (débits de boissons) within Petite Lune's cultural venues.

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Architect NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of partner architects engaged for requalification projects with municipalities and private operators. Partners provide architectural expertise for space rehabilitation and design.
• Landscaping NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of partner landscape designers (paysagistes) for outdoor space design and rehabilitation projects.
• Artisan NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of partner artisans for construction, installation and maintenance of project infrastructure and elements.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• GL Events: GL Events is a major French event infrastructure and venue management company. It overlaps with Petite Lune in providing end-to-end event space solutions, temporary and permanent installations, and operating cultural/sporting venues, but at significantly larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Compagnie des Alpes: Compagnie des Alpes operates leisure and cultural destinations in France (Parc Astérix, Futuroscope, Musée Grévin). Like Petite Lune, it develops and operates destinations combining entertainment, F&B, and cultural programming, though at much larger scale and with permanent infrastructure rather than reversible installations.
• Groupe Lucien Barrière: Groupe Barrière operates French hotels, casinos, and restaurants including iconic Parisian venues like Le Fouquet's. Comparable to Petite Lune in running hospitality venues with strong cultural/F&B programming, but with a luxury heritage hospitality focus rather than social-economy positioning.
• Sodexo Live!: Sodexo Live! operates event hospitality, venue concessions, and cultural/sports venue services. Directly comparable to Petite Lune in providing operational support for cultural venues with F&B and event programming, but at global scale across major stadiums, arenas, and convention centers.

Regional players

• Paris&Co: Paris&Co is the City of Paris's economic development and urban innovation agency. Comparable to Petite Lune as a stakeholder in Parisian urban regeneration and cultural place-making, but operating as a public agency facilitating projects rather than as a private cultural venue operator.

Others

• Fimalac Entertainment: Fimalac Entertainment (Fimalac group) invests in entertainment and leisure assets. While not a direct cultural venue operator at Petite Lune's scale, it represents the kind of strategic investor/acquirer that could partner with or acquire cultural space operators to deploy capital into the urban regeneration space Petite Lune addresses.

Broad incumbents

• Live Nation France: Live Nation operates music venues, festivals, and live event programming globally with strong French presence. Comparable to Petite Lune in the cultural programming and event venue space, but focused on concerts and ticketed entertainment rather than community-oriented socio-cultural spaces.
• Accor: Accor is a global hospitality leader with a broad portfolio of hotel brands, restaurants, and lifestyle venues. Comparable to Petite Lune as a hospitality and venue operator, but operating at global scale and with permanent asset-heavy properties rather than Petite Lune's reversible urban regeneration model.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/belledugabut
• Xx.com/petitelune13
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/petite-lune

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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