What Kereval does

Kereval is an independent, family-owned French software testing engineering laboratory headquartered in Thorigné-Fouillard near Rennes, founded in 2002 by CEO Abdelmoula Tamoudi. The company provides consulting and expertise across functional, compliance, interoperability, cybersecurity, performance, and AI testing for information systems and embedded systems, serving clients in healthcare IT, automotive, smart cities, and defense. Its customer base includes software publishers, industrial companies, government health agencies, hospital systems, and insurance organizations in France and Europe.

The company's central technology asset is the Gazelle interoperability testing platform, an open-source system co-developed with INRIA and industrialized by Kereval under a 2012 technical partnership with IHE-Europe. Gazelle contains conformance test suites for HL7, FHIR, DICOM, CDA, SNOMED, and the French CI-SIS framework, and is the operational backbone for IHE-Europe Connectathons, the French ANS interoperability test space, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health's eight-year interoperability program, and Inforoute santé du Canada. Kereval also operates three accredited laboratories — HealthLab IHE (COFRAC ISO/IEC 17025), PASSI Lab (ANSSI), and ISOBUS Lab (AEF) — that gate regulated auditing work, and maintains an R&D posture (15–20% of activity) in collaboration with INRIA, IRISA, INSERM, and other academic partners.

The business model is project-based professional services plus training revenue. Engagements are won through competitive tenders, RFPs, and direct enterprise sales; the largest disclosed contract is a €5.4M four-year ANS interoperability program with EY Advisory (2021). Distribution is direct and partner-mediated: standards-body relationships (IHE-Europe, Interop'Santé/IHE-France), channel alliances with certification bodies (UTAC for UNR 155 automotive cybersecurity; Afnor Certification for medical-device cybersecurity), and EU-funded research consortia (i2X, myHealth@myHands, LDT4SSC, City Orchestra, EDIH Bretagne) drive access to regulated buyers across Europe. Mon-ratable recurring revenue comes from multi-year contracts, Gazelle platform support and deployment services, and Qualiopi-certified training (CFTL/ISTQB, FHIR, ISOBUS, AI testing).

Name

Kereval

Legal name

KEREVAL

Website

https://kereval.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Kereval is an independent French software testing engineering laboratory, founded 2002 in Rennes, providing interoperability, cybersecurity, AI, and performance testing services with accredited labs (COFRAC, ANSSI, AEF) for healthcare, automotive, and smart-city clients across Europe and Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Software Testing Services

NAICS

Testing Laboratories and Services (541380), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Assessment Platforms & Computer-Based Testing Authorities (EDADAFAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Application Security Testing (SAST/DAST/IAST/SCA) (HDADACAC), Defense Software, Mission Applications & Open Architecture (MOSA) Systems (IMABAOAM)

Keywords

• Software testing services
• Interoperability testing
• Cybersecurity auditing
• AI system testing
• Healthcare IT testing

Headquarters

HQ city

Rennes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Testing Consulting and Expertise: Core revenue from providing consulting and expertise in software testing, functional testing, compliance testing, interoperability testing, cybersecurity testing, and performance testing. Services range from test strategy consulting to test execution and automation. Clients include software publishers, industrial companies, health ministries, healthcare organizations, and automotive manufacturers. Revenue model is project-based professional services with multi-year contracts (e.g., ANS 4-year contract, Swiss Ministry 8-year testing program).
2. Training Services: Certified training programs (Qualiopi certified) in software testing (CFTL/ISTQB), FHIR standards, interoperability, ISOBUS, and AI testing. Offered as individual or group sessions, in-person or remote.
3. Gazelle Platform Support and Services: Kereval develops and maintains the Gazelle platform (open source) and provides expertise and support services for its deployment internationally. Gazelle is the technical backbone for IHE-Europe Connectathons and national interoperability test spaces.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Kereval is a software test engineering laboratory providing consulting and expertise in functional, compliance, interoperability, cybersecurity, and performance testing for information systems and embedded systems. Its core commercial products are the Gazelle open-source interoperability testing platform (co-developed with IHE-Europe and INRIA) and three accredited testing laboratories — COFRAC-accredited HealthLab IHE, AEF-accredited ISOBUS Lab, and ANSSI-qualified PASSI Lab — complemented by AI testing services and certified training programs.

Product overview

Kereval is a test engineering laboratory providing consulting and expertise in software testing, interoperability, cybersecurity, and AI testing. The company operates the Gazelle Platform (open-source interoperability testing platform developed with IHE-Europe) as its core technology product, complemented by three accredited laboratories (HealthLab IHE for COFRAC-accredited health software testing, PASSI Lab for ANSSI-qualified cybersecurity audits, and ISOBUS Lab for AEF-accredited agricultural equipment testing). Additional services include AI testing (robustness, explicability, NLP, targeting algorithms), cybersecurity services (penetration testing, architecture audits), and professional training (CFTL/ISTQB certification, FHIR, interoperability, ISOBUS). The company dedicates 15-20% of activity to R&D and service innovation in partnership with academic laboratories.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Gazelle: Open source interoperability testing platform for health information systems, developed and maintained by Kereval in collaboration with IHE-Europe. Contains compliance tests for international standards (HL7, DICOM, FHIR, CDA, SNOMED) and IHE profiles.

Products and services

• Gazelle Platform Open-source interoperability testing platform for health information systems developed and maintained by Kereval with IHE-Europe and INRIA. Provides simulators, validators and test management tools for compliance testing with international standards (HL7, FHIR, DICOM, CDA, SNOMED) and IHE profiles, and supports healthcare interoperability testing for Connectathons, projectathons and certification activities worldwide.
• Test Engineering Services Software testing consulting and execution services covering functional, compliance, interoperability, cybersecurity and performance testing for information systems and embedded systems. Services range from test strategy consulting to execution and automation for software publishers, industrial companies and public-sector buyers.
• HealthLab IHE Laboratory COFRAC-accredited (ISO/IEC 17025, accreditation #1-2347) testing laboratory for conformity assessment and interoperability evaluation of health software against IHE standards. Sold as a contracted testing service to healthcare software publishers and health agencies.
• PASSI Lab Cybersecurity Audits Cybersecurity audit laboratory qualified by ANSSI (PASSI - Prestataire d'Audit de la Sécurité des Systèmes d'Information) for security audits covering architecture audit, configuration audit and penetration testing. Sold to enterprise and public-sector clients requiring accredited security assessments.
• ISOBUS Lab AEF-accredited laboratory for agricultural equipment interoperability testing, supporting the ISOBUS standard for electronic communication between tractors, equipment and farm computers.
• AI Testing Services Testing services for AI-based systems covering robustness, explicability (LIME, Anchors, counterfactual explanations), security, ethics, and trustworthiness, including NLP algorithm testing, targeting algorithm validation, formal verification and metamorphic testing. Sold to organizations deploying AI in healthcare, automotive, industrial and public-sector contexts.
• Training Services Certified training programs (Qualiopi-certified) including CFTL/ISTQB software testing certification, FHIR standards, healthcare interoperability, the ISOBUS standard and AI testing. Delivered on-site, at client locations or remotely to individual learners and corporate groups.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 400 participants at European and American Connectathons test interoperability twice yearly using Kereval's Gazelle platform
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

33 partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• AP-HP (Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Lead of the PénélopAlgo research project (2-year) selected by Health Data Hub. Kereval evaluates and tests NLP algorithms and targeting algorithms for patient recruitment in clinical trials. AP-HP contributes health data warehouse; LIMICS contributes medical informatics expertise. Focus on head/neck and colorectal cancers.
• LIMICS (Laboratory of Medical Informatics and Knowledge Engineering in e-Health)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Research partner in PénélopAlgo project with AP-HP and Kereval. Contributes medical informatics expertise for developing targeting algorithms for clinical trial patient recruitment.
• LDT4SSC Project (Local Digital Twin for Smart & Sustainable Communities)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026European Commission-funded project on local digital twins for smart and sustainable communities. Kereval participates in developing a shared and scalable European network of local digital twins, functioning as virtual representations of territories.
• Afnor CertificationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 April 2025Partnership agreement signed April 2, 2025 for conducting evaluations and tests of medical devices against cybersecurity requirements of EU 2017/745 (MDR) and AI Act requirements under EU 2024/1689. Afnor Certification is one of two French notified bodies for CE marking of medical devices.
• ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2025French National Research Agency. Selected Kereval, Ouest-France, and Inria for WestOps TSIA project to advance robust and trustworthy AI research.
• i2X Project Consortium (37 partners)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025European Commission-funded project (4-year) with 37 partners across 12 EU member states. Kereval provides interoperability testing laboratory setup conforming to EHDS regulations, test strategies, plans, and tools. Also contributes AI expertise for NLP data extraction and AI brick testing per AI Act compliance. Demonstrations in 14 care facilities including CHU de Bordeaux and GHBA Vannes.
• myHealth@myHands Project Consortium (44 partners)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025European Commission-funded project with 44 partners across 12 EU member states. Kereval provides interoperability and cybersecurity testing laboratory setup for EHDS compliance. Project enables Europeans to access their electronic health records through the EU digital identity wallet (EUDI Wallet) for cross-border healthcare continuity.
• WestOps Project (ANR TSIA - Ouest-France, Inria, IRISA DIVERSE)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025ANR-funded research project (TSIA call) with Ouest-France (media use case), Inria, and IRISA DIVERSE team. Kereval contributes MLOps testing expertise, automated testing, drift detection, and model validation for trustworthy AI. 3-year project developing robust MLOps framework with automated feedback loops.
• Ouest-FrancemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partner in WestOps ANR project. Ouest-France uses ML for content classification, extraction, and recommendation. Provides concrete industrial use case for testing MLOps pipelines. Ouest-France is committed to ethical and sovereign AI use in journalism, with existing LabCom with CNRS and University of Rennes.
• IRISA DIVERSE TeammajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Research partner in WestOps project. IRISA DIVERSE team (CNRS, University of Rennes 1, Inria, INSA Rennes) contributes expertise in Model-Driven Engineering, software variability, and large-scale testing to develop robust MLOps pipelines.
• Inforoute santé du Canada (Health Canada / IHE Catalyst)majorTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2022IHE Catalyst and Kereval provide expertise to Inforoute santé du Canada to support development of health information system interoperability across Canada's 10 provinces and 3 territories. Partners supply a Gazelle platform instance for interoperability testing of Canadian health systems.
• UTACcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 December 2021UTAC, independent automotive and mobility group, partnered with Kereval for cybersecurity expertise to support its application to become the sole French technical service for UNR 155 (automotive cybersecurity) homologation, designated by the French Ministry of Ecological Transition for 3 years. Kereval provides embedded systems cybersecurity testing expertise.
• EY Advisory (Ernst & Young)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 22 September 2021EY Advisory and Kereval won a €5.4M contract (4-year) to provide project management assistance for interoperability, urbanization and architecture of healthcare information systems for ANS (Agence du numérique en santé). Co-contractors with shared responsibility. Collaboration on ANS projects dates back to 2017.
• Swiss Ministry of Health (Federal Office of Public Health)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Kereval won a large-scale tender (6 months prior) for setting up a conformance testing verification laboratory for IHE profile interoperability in the Swiss context. Project includes annual testing sessions for 8 years with approximately 10 Swiss hospital communities. Won through 7 years of interoperability expertise.
• IHE-Europe (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012Technical partnership since 2012 where Kereval was selected to industrialize the Gazelle interoperability testing platform originally developed by INRIA. Kereval provides technical support for IHE-Europe Connectathons and develops new test tools. CEO Abdelmoula Tamoudi is a member of IHE-Europe and was elected co-president of IHE-France (affiliate). Gazelle is the standard platform for all IHE-Europe interoperability testing events.
• INRIA (Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique)coreTechnology or IntegrationGazelle platform initially developed by INRIA Rennes research team in partnership with IHE-Europe 20 years ago. Kereval was selected in 2012 to industrialize and maintain the platform. Ongoing R&D collaboration.
• Health Data Hub (HDH)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench government health data hub implementing the National Health Data System strategy. Runs the Open Library of Health Algorithms (BOAS). Selected PénélopAlgo as one of 17 winners of its call for expressions of interest. Also supports Santé2Fair project by Kereval.
• OBSAM (OBSolescence and Analysis Management)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead of PrediObso project (industrial obsolescence prediction). OBSAM contributes business expertise and the Ostral database (first collaborative multi-domain/multi-family database in France). Kereval provides AI reliability and trustworthiness testing via MLOps lifecycle management.
• IRISA BARDE Research LaboratoryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThird partner in PrediObso project. BARDE team at IRISA develops algorithmic architecture integrating deep learning and human-machine interaction for industrial obsolescence prediction.
• European Commission - DG DIGIT (OOTS Project)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKereval provides technical preparation and monitoring for the OOTS (Once Only Technical System) projectathon organized by the European Commission DG DIGIT. Kereval configures the Gazelle platform (simulators, validators) and provides technical monitoring for cross-border government document exchange testing.
• ANSSI (Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d'Information)coreOthersGranted Kereval the PASSI qualification (Prestataire d'Audit de la Sécurité des Systèmes d'Information) in June 2018. ANSSI qualifies Kereval for security audits of information systems (architecture, configuration, penetration testing).
• ANS (Agence du numérique en santé)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench Digital Health Agency. Kereval provides interoperability testing support, CI-SIS repository evolution, and co-organizes projectathons. Key partner since 2017; joint EY-Kereval consortium won €5.4M ANS contract. Gazelle platform deployed via ANS interoperability test space since 2020.
• Interop'Santé / IHE-FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation harmonizing and promoting health information exchanges in France. Kereval's CEO Abdelmoula Tamoudi was elected co-president (2022, re-elected 2024) representing digital health companies. Kereval has been a partner since the first hours of Interop'Santé.
• CHU de Rennes (Centre de Données Cliniques)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with CHU de Rennes Clinical Data Center and INSERM DOMASIA team (LTSI) to improve quality of clinical data in health data warehouses using AI and NLP methods, aligned with the ONCOFair project.
• INSERM DOMASIAmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch team (Laboratoire Traitement du Signal et de l'Image) collaborating with Kereval and CHU de Rennes on ONCOFair project for oncological data interoperability and AI quality improvement.
• EDIH Bretagne Consortium (9 partners including Images & Réseaux, Biotech Santé Bretagne, Inria, IMT Atlantique, IRT b<>com, CNAM Bretagne, 7 technopoles de Bretagne)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEuropean Digital Innovation Hub in Brittany, selected by European Commission in June 2022. Kereval is a partner providing interoperability and cybersecurity services to SMEs and healthcare establishments, co-funded by EU.
• PariSanté CampusmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSelected for first cohort of PariSanté Campus (15,000 m² e-health innovation campus in Paris 15th arrondissement). Brings together Inserm, Université PSL, Inria, Health Data Hub, ANS, and other public health innovation actors.
• Mobility Tech GreenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Ker-Seveco collaborative project (labeled by ID4Car and Images & Réseaux poles, funded by Brittany Region, Rennes Métropole, and EU FEDER). Project aims to improve cybersecurity of connected vehicles.
• ENSTA BretagneminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner in Ker-Seveco collaborative project. ENSTA Bretagne engineering school contributes to connected vehicle cybersecurity research alongside Kereval and Mobility Tech Green.
• GCS e-santé BretagnemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional health data exchange organization in Brittany. Kereval collaborates on healthcare interoperability projects including 'Gestion du Cercle de Soins' (care circle management) project supported by Brittany Regional Council.
• City Orchestra Consortium (18 partners with Rennes Métropole)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational 'Territoires intelligents et durables' project with Rennes Métropole and 18 partners. Aims to order and connect open-source and proprietary tools to ensure continuity, fluidity, and control of data processing for smart territories.
• ThalesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner in MISé and CRIA projects (led by Kereval) developing AI-based software testing and FDI-A attack simulation for air traffic control and maritime surveillance systems. Presented at FIC 2020.
• Smartesting Solutions & ServicesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner in MISé and CRIA projects alongside Thales and Kereval, focused on AI-based software testing and attack simulation.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Synopsys Software Integrity Group: Established application and software security testing platform vendor (SAST/DAST/SCA, fuzzing); overlaps with Kereval's cybersecurity testing services and SAST/penetration capabilities, though Kereval delivers these primarily as services while Synopsys is product-led.
• Sogeti (Capgemini): Global software testing and quality engineering arm of Capgemini, offering functional, performance, and cybersecurity testing across industries; competes with Kereval for enterprise testing engagements while operating at substantially greater scale.
• Capgemini Engineering: Engineering and digital transformation arm of Capgemini offering software quality, embedded systems testing and cybersecurity services at global scale; competes with Kereval for large systems-integration testing mandates in healthcare, automotive and defense.
• TÜV SÜD: Global testing, inspection and certification body operating accredited laboratories for medical, automotive, and industrial compliance (MDR/IVDR notified body, UN type approval services); competes with Kereval for regulated testing mandates at much larger scale.

Others

• AFNOR Certification: French notified body for CE marking of medical devices and a Kereval partner (April 2025) for medical device cybersecurity/AI Act evaluations; an adjacent ecosystem participant rather than direct competitor, but it represents the certification layer Kereval's testing feeds into.
• UTAC: Designated French technical service for UNR 155 automotive cybersecurity homologation and Kereval's named partner for embedded automotive cyber testing; an adjacent technical service provider in the same regulatory chain rather than a head-to-head competitor.

Direct peers

• Apriorit: Software R&D and cybersecurity testing vendor with deep embedded systems and medical device security practices (penetration testing, code review, IoT/medical security assessments) - directly comparable to Kereval's PASSI-qualified cybersecurity and embedded automotive work.
• Smartesting Solutions & Services: French software testing firm specializing in model-based testing tools and services; Kereval itself names Smartesting as a research partner in the MISé/CRIA projects, indicating tightly overlapping capability in functional and AI-based software testing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance8 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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