Benevolt

What Benevolt does

Benevolt, legally operated as Partager Son Temps SAS, is a French two-sided marketplace headquartered in Nantes that connects individual volunteers with nonprofit associations seeking support. Founded in 2017 and accredited by the French State as an Entreprise Solidaire d'Utilité Sociale (ESUS) on 17 May 2017, the platform operates under the tagline "le bénévolat qui vous ressemble" and serves the French market exclusively, restricting participation to associations domiciled in France. The consumer-facing portal at benevolt.fr enables adult volunteers to build profiles, search missions by location and skill, message associations directly, and access both in-person and remote volunteering opportunities, while the professional dashboard at espaceasso.benevolt.fr provides associations with subscription-based mission management, team permissions, network statistics, white-label engagement platforms, and embeddable search widgets.

The underlying technology is a marketplace platform featuring job-board-style mission listings, an integrated messaging system with response-time tracking and auto-closure reminders, and configurable white-label deployments for national association networks. The platform integrates with Stripe (subscription billing via card and SEPA), Mailjet and Sendinblue (transactional and newsletter email), Crisp (live chat support), Aircall (phone support), and Clever Cloud (Nantes-based hosting). Cross-platform distribution automatically broadcasts listings to Google, La Réserve Civique, Le Télégramme, and Komeet, extending inventory reach beyond the benevolt.fr domain. As of the latest reporting, the platform engages 353,600 volunteers across Benevolt and partner engagement platforms, serves 8,500 associations, and facilitated 72,100 volunteer-association matches in the prior twelve months.

Benevolt monetizes through a freemium-plus-subscription model: volunteer access is free (with optional voluntary contributions), while associations register for free with up to 3 listings and a 24-hour response window. Paid annual subscriptions include the Basique tier (up to 3 listings, 14-day response window), Confort tier (up to 9 listings, full features), and a Network tier for national federations. A secondary B2B2C channel allows municipalities — currently Nantes and Courbevoie — to subsidize subscriptions for their local associations. White-label platform deployments and embeddable widgets extend the offering into enterprise contracts with national association networks (25 networks currently deployed). The company operates with 1-10 employees and a stated share capital of €42,357, with Anne-Laure Mesguen as founder and Directrice de la publication.

Name

Benevolt

Legal name

Partager Son Temps SAS

Website

https://benevolt.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Benevolt (Partager Son Temps SAS) operates a French two-sided volunteer-matching marketplace with 353,600 volunteers and 8,500 associations, monetizing via freemium and annual subscription tiers for associations plus municipal subsidy programs and white-label deployments for 25 national networks.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Volunteer Matching Platform

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) Sponsors (BPAGAKAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Local Experiences & Event Services Marketplaces (Photographers, Caterers, DJs) (BPAMAHAK)

Keywords

• Volunteer matching platform
• Association management software
• Nonprofit volunteer recruitment
• White-label engagement platform
• Civic engagement marketplace

Headquarters

HQ city

Nantes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Association Subscriptions: Annual subscription model for associations seeking to publish volunteer listings. Two tiers: Basique (up to 3 simultaneous listings, 14-day response window) and Confort (up to 9 listings with additional services). Subscriptions are paid annually and auto-renew. Basic registration with limited listings is free for associations.
2. Volunteer Contributions: Platform is free for volunteers. Option for satisfied volunteers to make voluntary contributions to support platform operations and development.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Benevolt operates a two-sided digital marketplace that connects individual volunteers in France with nonprofit associations seeking help. The volunteer side is free and lets users create a profile, search nearby or remote missions, and message associations; the association side offers an annual subscription SaaS dashboard (Espace Asso) for publishing listings, managing volunteers, and accessing white-label and multi-branch network features. Revenue is generated primarily through paid subscription tiers (Basique, Confort, Réseau) for associations, federations, and municipal partners, while volunteers use the platform at no cost.

Product overview

Benevolt operates a two-sided volunteer matching platform with a consumer-facing volunteer portal (Benevolt.fr) and a professional association management SaaS (Espace Asso). The core volunteer platform enables individuals to create profiles, search for nearby or remote volunteer missions, message associations, and receive recommendations. The associated association dashboard (Espace Asso) provides paid subscription tiers (Basique, Confort, and Réseau) for publishing missions, managing team access, and accessing white-label widgets and network-wide analytics. A cross-platform mission distribution feature feeds listings to La Réserve Civique, Le Télégramme, and Komeet. Benevolt also offers editorial content (La Fabrique associative blog, Petites Astuces newsletter) and a help center (Centre d'aide). The company also provides a full suite of data privacy and security practices compliant with GDPR and French law.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Benevolt.fr Volunteer Platform Free volunteer-facing web platform at benevolt.fr where adults in France can create a profile, search for nearby or remote volunteer missions by location, skills, and interests, message associations, save favorites, and receive personalized mission recommendations.
• Espace Asso Association Dashboard SaaS-style dashboard at espaceasso.benevolt.fr that lets associations and federations publish and manage volunteer mission listings, handle subscriptions and billing, manage team member access and permissions, and access features such as mission templates, network-wide statistics, and branded engagement platform widgets.
• Plateforme d'engagement (White-label Engagement Platform) White-label platform offering for national associations, federations, and foundations that hosts volunteer missions directly on the association's own institutional website under its own branding, providing centralized management of volunteer opportunities across all local branches.

Quantifiable outcome

• 72,100 volunteer-association connections facilitated in the last 12 months
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• InfolocaleminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership with local event and activity information platform allowing associations to share volunteer opportunities alongside other local initiatives.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Catchafire: Established US platform for skills-based volunteering and nonprofit capacity-building. Comparable to Benevolt on the association-customer side, particularly for mission design, volunteer matching and impact reporting.
• Idealist: Global nonprofit jobs, volunteer, and action platform. Comparable to Benevolt on volunteer opportunity discovery and nonprofit recruitment, with a much larger, multi-country user base.
• Hand (Galilee / HandsOn Network affiliates): International volunteer-engagement network of affiliates running local volunteer centers. Comparable structural peer to Benevolt on the operational model of helping associations recruit, train and place community volunteers, though typically at local-center scale rather than pure SaaS.
• VolunteerMatch: Pioneering US volunteer-matching platform serving nonprofits, volunteers and corporate partners. Operates the same two-sided association/volunteer model as Benevolt, with broader geographic and enterprise scale.
• LinkedIn (Volunteer Marketplace / Nonprofit Boards): LinkedIn's volunteer and nonprofit sections enable associations to post volunteer opportunities and reach professional volunteers worldwide. Competes with Benevolt for white-collar/skills-based volunteer discovery via a much larger general-purpose professional network.

Direct peers

• Tous Bénévoles: Free online volunteer-mission board serving French associations and would-be volunteers. Closely overlaps with Benevolt on mission listings, geographic coverage, and target audience.
• France Bénévolat: France's longstanding nonprofit federation dedicated to recruiting and placing volunteers, operating its own matching services. Direct competitor to Benevolt's core marketplace proposition and the dominant legacy reference for volunteer intermediation in France.
• JeVeuxAider (La Réserve Civique): French government-backed civic engagement platform run alongside La Réserve Civique. Both partner and competitor to Benevolt — overlapping on volunteer mission distribution and association recruitment with the pricing advantage of public funding.
• ProBono France: French nonprofit intermediary focused on skills-based volunteering by connecting companies and employees with nonprofit missions. Overlaps with Benevolt on association demand generation and on serving the same association customer base.

Emerging players

• Komeet (ex-Vendredi/Wenabi): French platform powering corporate skills-based volunteering (mécénat de compétences). Currently a Benevolt distribution partner but also a partial competitor for association volunteer acquisition in the corporate skills-based segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/benevoltfr
• Facebookfacebook.com/benevolt.fr
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/benevolt

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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