Specinov

What Specinov does

Spécinov is a privately-held French digital services company (ESN), founded in 1989 and headquartered in Écouflant near Angers, operating as a SARL with €140,000 share capital and a 'human-sized' team of 11-50 employees. The company designs and develops custom web and mobile applications using Agile/Scrum methodology (2-4 week sprints) across a broad technology stack including Angular, React, Vue.js, PHP, Java, .NET, NodeJS, and Python, with deep ERP integration capabilities across SAP, Oracle, JDE, and Microsoft Dynamics. Its proprietary assets include OBSYS (document/workflow/quality management software), CAPTOO (voice-recognition software for drafting meeting minutes), and the publicly available Kastor.green tool, which automatically audits websites against 40 RGESN ecodesign and RGAA accessibility criteria.

The business operates four revenue streams: project-based custom software development, Tierce Maintenance Applicative (TMA) recurring contracts sold as fixed-volume 'pack maintenance' days, Numérique Responsable consulting and strategy accompaniment, and Qualiopi-certified NR training programmes (awareness to 14h courses) financed via OPCO. Ecodesign and accessibility audits (RGESN, RGAA 4.1) are sold as professional services with free pre-audits as lead generation. Pricing is uniformly bespoke and quote-based; no public price list exists.

Spécinov targets French enterprises and public sector organisations, with notable clients including Crédit Agricole, Safran, MSD, RATP Dev, the Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances, the European Patent Office, ADEME, Rémy Cointreau and Hitachi. Go-to-market is direct enterprise sales led by business engineers with expert-consultation CTAs on the website and a 48-hour response commitment. The company positions itself as France's first ESN with the Label Numérique Responsable Niveau 2 (980/1000) and an EcoVadis Silver Medal holder, leveraging regulatory drivers (REEN, AGEC, RGAA) as demand catalysts for its NR practice.

Name

Specinov

Legal name

SPÉCINOV

Website

https://specinov.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Trélazé

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Software Development: Spécinov designs, develops, and deploys custom web applications, mobile applications, and business software (CRM, configurators, production management, ERP interfaces, etc.). Development is entirely in-house with no subcontracting. Pricing is project-based and determined after needs analysis. The company also offers TMA (Tierce Maintenance Applicative) contracts with 'pack maintenance' volumes (day/half-day packs) for ongoing support.
2. Tierce Maintenance Applicative (TMA): Ongoing maintenance contracts for third-party or internally developed applications. Services include preventive, corrective, adaptive, and predictive maintenance plus user support. Provided via 'pack maintenance' — fixed-price day/half-day packs — with guaranteed response times and dedicated interlocutors.
3. Training and NR Consulting: Spécinov delivers NR (Numérique Responsable) training programmes and consulting engagements, including awareness workshops (1.5h), full training courses (3.5h to 14h), and NR strategy accompaniment (6 months to 1 year). Training is offered in-person or remote, intra-company or inter-company, with financing options via OPCO.
4. Ecodesign and Accessibility Audits: Ecodesign audits based on RGESN/GR491 frameworks and accessibility audits against RGAA 4.1, including compliance reports, pluriannual schemes, and accessibility declarations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Specinov designs, develops and maintains custom web and mobile applications (CRMs, configurators, ERP interfaces, production management tools) for French enterprises and public-sector organisations, with all work performed in-house. Beyond custom development and Tierce Maintenance Applicative (TMA) contracts, the company delivers eco-design audits, RGAA 4.1 digital accessibility audits, Numérique Responsable (NR) strategy consulting, and Qualiopi-certified NR training. It also markets two proprietary software products — OBSYS (document management and quality workflow) and CAPTOO (voice recognition for meeting minutes) — and maintains the free Kastor.green audit tool.

Product overview

Specinov is a digital services company (ESN) offering a portfolio of proprietary software products and professional services. Their core products include OBSYS (document management and quality workflow software) and CAPTOO (voice recognition software for meeting minutes). Their service offerings encompass custom web and mobile application development, third-party application maintenance (TMA), eco-design audits, accessibility audits, responsible digital strategy consulting, and responsible digital training programs. The company positions itself around eco-socio-design principles, combining environmental sustainability (eco-conception) with social inclusion (accessibility) across all their offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OBSYS: GED, Workflow and Report software oriented quality: document management, records and associated process management, indicators and statistics.
• CAPTOO

Products and services

• OBSYS Proprietary document management, workflow and reporting software oriented toward quality management, including management of documentary funds, associated process and records management, and indicator/statistics generation. Used by Specinov clients for quality-driven document and process management.
• CAPTOO Voice recognition software specifically designed for drafting meeting minutes. Marketed by Specinov with a claim of 50% drafting time savings, targeted at organisations that produce frequent meeting minutes.
• Custom Web and Mobile Application Development Custom in-house development of web applications, business software, websites, ERP interfaces and mobile applications for Android and iOS, using Agile Scrum methodology with 2–4 week sprints and the méthode des 3U. Targeted at enterprises and public-sector organisations needing tailored software.
• Tierce Maintenance Applicative (TMA)
• Eco-design Audit
• Accessibility Audit Digital accessibility audit service based on the RGAA 4.1 referential, including conformance analysis, control audits, and graphic mockup audits. Aimed at organisations needing RGAA 4.1 compliance, accessibility statements, and pluriannual schemes.
• Responsible Digital Strategy Consulting Consulting service for implementing a responsible digital (Numérique Responsable) strategy for public and private sector organisations, covering NR assessment, strategy definition, and deployment over typical 6-to-12-month engagements.
• Responsible Digital Training (Catalogue Qualiopi)

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% project completion rate with 0% budget overrun (vs. industry average of 75% budget overrun and 46% schedule delay)
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers26 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

Integration9 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ADN OuestcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Spécinov co-pilots the Numérique Responsable community within ADN Ouest, the largest network of digital professionals in the Grand Ouest region of France. The company participated in the collective 'Ecolog' operation (2017) alongside 7 pioneering companies and contributed to a white paper on software ecodesign.
• Institut du Numérique Responsable (INR)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Spécinov signed the Charte Numérique Responsable of the INR in 2019 and has been an active participant in INR initiatives. The company contributed to the Design4Green challenge and NR community events. Spécinov's experts (Pierre, Antoine, Jean, Sébastien) are referenced within the INR ecosystem as certified NR practitioners and trainers.
• OPCO (Opérateurs de Compétences)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerOPCO bodies (operators of skills) are referenced as financing partners for Spécinov's training courses. Companies can use their OPCO to cover training costs. This is an indirect channel partnership enabling client access to funded training.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Sopra Steria: Major European IT services group with deep French public-sector and enterprise presence in custom development, application management and digital transformation. Overlaps in the TMA and custom dev space.
• Devoteam: European digital transformation consultancy with strong French footprint in custom application development, cloud and emerging tech. Adjacent positioning with growing sustainability/NR advisory practice.
• Capgemini: Global IT services leader with a large French practice covering custom development, maintenance and increasingly sustainability/ESG consulting. Competes for the same enterprise and public-sector wallet but at vastly greater scale.

Direct peers

• Temesis: Pioneer French consultancy in digital accessibility (RGAA) and eco-design. Directly competes with Specinov's accessibility audit practice and shares the same French public-sector buyer base.
• Insitoo: French digital services company delivering custom software development and digital transformation, comparable in size and target customer profile (mid-market French enterprises).
• Greenspector: French specialist in digital eco-design measurement and audits. Overlaps directly with Specinov's RGESN-based eco-design audit offering and competes for the same regulatory-driven buyer.
• Niji: French digital services and consulting firm delivering custom application development, integration and digital transformation to large French enterprises and public institutions.
• Smile (Open Source): French digital services firm offering custom web and mobile development, CMS integration and application maintenance. Comparable in offering (custom dev + TMA) and target market (French enterprise / public sector).
• ASI (Agence de Services Informatiques): French ESN providing custom application development, application maintenance and managed services, primarily to enterprise clients. Comparable boutique-to-mid-scale ESN positioning.

Emerging players

• Ideance: Smaller French consultancy focused on digital accessibility and responsible digital design. Direct overlap with Specinov's accessibility/NR consulting line, but smaller scale and narrower scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInfr.linkedin.com/company/sp%C3%A9cinov

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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