Abelium Collectivites

What Abelium Collectivites does

Abelium Collectivites operates in the French public-sector software market under the brand "Familea," a subsidiary of Groupe JVS, a diversified French enterprise software group. The company develops, publishes, and supports a 100% web-based SaaS suite for managing Family, Childhood, and Youth services delivered by French municipalities, intercommunalities, associations, and private operators. The product line consists of six interconnected modules — Mikado (crèches, micro-crèches, haltes-garderies, multi-accueils), Mentalo (Relais Petite Enfance), Cogito (school enrollment), Diabolo (périscolaire, cantine, extrascolaire, leisure centers), Jeudemo (libraries, médiathèques, ludothèques), and Lasido (art/music schools, conservatories) — all built on a shared database architecture that captures data once and propagates it across modules, with a 24/7 online family portal handling document submission, reservations, invoicing, and online payment.

On the technology side, the platform is delivered as a cloud-hosted SaaS solution with data stored in France, marketed as RGPD-compliant, and accessible from desktop, tablet, and mobile devices. Configurable business rules, enrollment periods, and granular access rights allow each collectivity to tailor the system to its organizational structure. The company supports progressive, modular deployment and provides onboarding, training, and a 5-days-a-week support hotline to municipal and association clients.

Commercially, Familea operates an enterprise field-sales motion targeting French local-government decision-makers, with quote-based pricing initiated through a "Request a Demo" call-to-action. Revenue is generated through annual subscription licensing of the software suite, sold primarily to collectivités but also to associations and private structures. The company reports 1,600 clients, 5,000 licenses deployed across metropolitan France and overseas territories (Outre-mer), 10,000 daily agent and professional users, and 27 years of operating history (founded 1999). Headcount is stated at 11–50 employees, and the company is wholly owned by Groupe JVS with no external funding rounds disclosed.

Name

Abelium Collectivites

Legal name

Familea

Website

https://abelium-collectivites.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Abelium Collectivites (Familea) is a French SaaS vendor selling an interconnected suite of management software — covering early childhood, school, youth, and family/leisure services — to 1,600 municipalities, intercommunalities, associations, and private operators across France and its overseas territories.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Sector SaaS — Family, Childhood and Youth Services Management

NAICS

Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (92512)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Parent/Student Portals, Communications & Consent Management (EDAFAEAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public Library Operations & Community Branch Management (EDAEAGAC)

Keywords

• Public sector software
• Childcare management software
• Youth services management
• School enrollment software
• Municipal management software

Headquarters

HQ city

Pleurtuit

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Software Licensing: Familea generates revenue through annual subscription licensing of its software suite. The 100% web-based SaaS model provides recurring subscription revenue from municipalities, associations, and private structures. The company offers a suite of interconnected modules (Mikado, Mentalo, Cogito, Diabolo, Jeudemo, Lasido) covering various family and youth service management functions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Abelium Collectivites, operating as Familea, develops and publishes a 100% web-based SaaS suite of interconnected management software for French local government collectivites, associations, and private structures. The platform centralizes the management of family, childhood, and youth services — covering crèches, périscolaire, cantine, school registrations, leisure centers, libraries, and conservatories — with a shared database that enables single-entry data capture across all services and a 24/7 online family portal.

Product overview

Familea is a suite of interconnected software products for managing Family, Childhood, and Youth services in French municipalities and organizations. The platform consists of six distinct products: Mikado (early childhood/crèche management), Mentalo (early childhood relay/RPE management), Cogito (school enrollment management), Diabolo (periscolary/canteen/leisure center management), Jeudemo (library/media library management), and Lasido (art/music school/conservatory management). These products share a common database and are designed to work together, allowing single data entry with information available across all modules, reducing duplicate entries and administrative workload.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Mikado: Management software for crèches, micro-crèches, haltes-garderies and multi-accueils (early childhood services).
• Mentalo
• Cogito
• Diabolo
• Jeudemo
• Lasido

Products and services

• Mikado Software for managing crèches (nurseries), micro-crèches, haltes-garderies (drop-in daycare), and multi-accueils. Handles family file management, admissions, planning, attendance tracking, billing, family-aid tracking, unpaid invoice follow-up, and provides a Family Portal for online document submission and requests. Targets French municipalities, associations, and private early-childhood operators.
• Mentalo Software for managing Relais Petite Enfance (RPE) — early childhood relay services that support early childhood professionals and family childminders. Targets French municipalities and associations operating RPE structures.
• Cogito Software for managing school registrations and enrollments for municipalities and educational institutions. Handles family file management and school enrollment workflows for the start of the school year. Targets French municipalities and education authorities.
• Diabolo Software for managing périscolaire (after-school care), cantine (school cafeteria), extrascolaire (extracurricular activities), and accueils de loisirs (leisure centers). Handles registrations, reservations, waitlist management, attendance, billing, and online payments. Targets French municipalities, associations, and youth service operators.
• Jeudemo Software for managing libraries, médiathèques (media libraries), and ludothèques (game/toy libraries). Handles member subscriptions, planning, course and workshop management, billing, online payments, and user communications. Targets French municipalities and associations operating public libraries.
• Lasido Software for managing art schools, music schools, and conservatories. Handles enrollments, scheduling, course and workshop management, billing, and online payments. Targets French municipalities and associations running arts and music education programs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Zero duplicate data entry through shared database
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Groupe JVScoreOthersFamilea is a subsidiary company ('Une société du Groupe JVS') of Groupe JVS, a French enterprise software group. Groupe JVS is the parent company that owns the Familea brand. This represents an ownership/corporate relationship rather than a commercial partnership.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Arpège: Arpège is a French software vendor providing management solutions for early childhood, childhood, and youth services to local authorities — the closest direct competitor to Familea in the same niche and customer base.
• Decalog (Ortenia): Decalog is a French library and médiathèque management software vendor; it competes directly with Familea's Jeudemo module for library/media-library contracts with French municipalities.
• Orphée (C3RB): Orphée is a French library management software provider serving public and academic libraries, directly competing with Familea's Jeudemo product in the médiathèque/ludothèque segment.
• Idélo: Idélo provides management software for French local government family and youth services, directly competing with Familea's Diabolo, Mikado, and related modules in mid-sized collectivités.

Others

• Capgemini: Capgemini is a global IT services leader with a public-sector practice in France; it occasionally competes on large-scale transformation mandates that include family/childhood service management, though it is not a direct product peer.

Broad incumbents

• Sopra Steria: Sopra Steria is a large European IT services firm with significant French public-sector software offerings, including solutions that overlap with Familea's family and youth service management use cases.
• Inetum: Inetum is a major French IT services and software group with a public-sector practice that includes solutions for local government services, competing broadly with Familea in mid-market collectivités.
• Berger-Levrault: Berger-Levrault is one of France's largest public-sector software vendors, serving municipalities with HR, finance, and citizen-services software; it competes with Familea when collectivités bundle broader ERP suites.
• Ciril Group: Ciril Group (formerly SIRC) supplies ERP and public-sector software to French local governments, including child and family services, overlapping with Familea's customer base and use cases.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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