What Avencod does

Avencod SAS is a French private IT services company founded in 2016 in Nice by Laurent Delannoy and Laurence Vanbergue, operating as an 'entreprise adaptée' (sheltered employment company) that employs neurodiverse individuals—primarily people on the autism spectrum, including Asperger's. The company delivers a portfolio of six professional service lines: Tests & QA (functional and automated testing using Selenium, Robot Framework, JavaScript, Python, C++, Java, Jira, Mantis), Accessibility Audits (RGAA, WCAG, RAAM1 frameworks for public and private organizations), Software Development (front-end, back-end, mobile; CSS, JavaScript, HTML, Node.js, MySQL, React, Java, Python, Angular), AI Data Annotation and qualification, Cybersecurity SOC services, and Big Data/NoSQL analytics (Hadoop, MongoDB, Kibana).

Revenue is generated entirely through professional services engagements, delivered either as fixed-price projects (forfait) or competency delegation (délégation de compétences) to international groups, ETIs, mid-sized firms, startups, and French public organizations. Go-to-market is sales-led and direct B2B, with a notable channel through large prime contractors (Sogeti/Capgemini, Capgemini Engineering) that subcontract delivery into Fortune-tier accounts; named customers include Airbus Helicopters (via the Testing Factory collaboration with Sogeti), Amadeus (7-year Big Data engagement), Capgemini Engineering, and CGI. A second office in Marseille (Immeuble Technoptic, 2 rue Marc Donadille) supplements the Nice headquarters at 117 Avenue Simone Veil, Bâtiment C1, and the company employs approximately 22 people, of whom 14 work directly or indirectly on client engagements.

The business model combines commercial IT services delivery with a social mission: Avencod's competitive positioning rests on leveraging the rigor, attention to detail, and systematic thinking of its neurodiverse workforce for QA, testing, and data work, while enabling client enterprises to fulfill French disability inclusion and diversity procurement obligations. The company is RGAA 4.1 compliant (100% criteria met on its own website), GDPR-compliant, and has been recognized by Fondation Malakoff Humanis, Réseau Entreprendre PACA, Rotary Club de Nice (2016 business creation prize), Pôle d'Excellence CYBER (2023 white paper), and CGI's 'CGI for good' program. Ownership remains with the two co-founders; no external investors, funding rounds, or parent companies have been disclosed in available sources.

Name

Avencod

Legal name

SAS AVENCOD

Website

https://avencod.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Avencod SAS is a Nice-based French IT services firm (founded 2016, ~22 staff) operating as an 'entreprise adaptée' that delivers software testing/QA, accessibility audits, development, AI data annotation, cybersecurity SOC, and Big Data services to international groups, mid-sized firms, and public organizations, leveraging a neurodiverse workforce.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Professional Services

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Other Computer Related Services (541519)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Technical Enablement & Adoption Services (Change Management, Adoption, Champions) (BPAEANAC)

Keywords

• Software testing services
• Accessibility audit services
• Custom software development
• AI data annotation
• Cybersecurity SOC services

Headquarters

HQ city

Nice

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. IT Development & Testing Services: Fixed-price project delivery (forfait) or competency delegation (délégation de compétences) for software development, testing, and QA services. Services delivered to international groups, ETIs, PMIs, and startups across front-end, back-end, and mobile development.
2. Accessibility Audit Services: Compliance audits for online services based on RGAA, WCAG, and RAAM1 frameworks, delivered to public and private organizations.
3. AI Data Annotation & Qualification: Data annotation and qualification services for AI and machine learning applications.
4. Cybersecurity SOC Services: Security Operations Center services including threat monitoring, prevention, and response.
5. Big Data Services: NoSQL database management and data analysis services, including a dedicated team supporting a global online reservation system leader for 7 years.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Avencod provides IT services across six integrated service lines: software testing and QA (functional and automated), accessibility audits (RGAA, WCAG, RAAM1), front-end/back-end/mobile software development, AI data annotation and qualification, cybersecurity SOC services, and big data/NoSQL management. Services are delivered to enterprises, mid-sized companies, startups, and public organizations through fixed-price contracts or competency delegation, with work performed by a neurodiverse workforce as part of its 'entreprise adaptée' inclusion model.

Product overview

Avencod offers a unified portfolio of IT services (not a single software product) delivered through a social business model focused on inclusion of neurodivergent individuals. The portfolio comprises six integrated service lines: Tests & QA (functional and automated testing), Audit Accessibilité (accessibility compliance auditing), Développements (software development), Intelligence Artificielle (data annotation and qualification), Cyber Sécurité (SOC services), and Big Data (NoSQL and data analysis). Services are delivered via fixed-price contracts or talent delegation to international groups, mid-sized companies, and startups.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tests & QA Functional and automated software testing services designed to improve solution quality and user satisfaction while reducing operational costs. Services include writing test scenarios, industrialization and planning of acceptance testing, non-regression testing, and test campaign organization, using tools such as Selenium, Robot Framework, Jira, and Mantis. Delivered primarily to large groups, mid-sized companies, and startups.
• Audit Accessibilite (Accessibility Audit) Accessibility compliance audits for online services based on RGAA, WCAG, and RAAM1 frameworks. The dedicated audit team has more than five years of experience delivering audits to both public and private organizations, helping clients meet legal compliance obligations and make their services accessible to the widest audience.
• Developpements (Software Development) Custom software development services covering front-end, back-end, and mobile development. Delivered via fixed-price contracts (forfait) or competency delegation (delegation de competences) to large groups, ETIs/PMIs, and startups using technologies such as JavaScript, Python, Java, C++, Node.js, MySQL, React, and Angular.
• Intelligence Artificielle (AI Data Annotation) AI data annotation and qualification services that leverage the rigor and attention to detail of neurodivergent collaborators. Services cover raw data annotation and qualification within an agile delivery model ensuring quality and confidentiality, supporting AI and machine learning use cases.
• Cyber Securite (SOC Services)

Quantifiable outcome

• 19/22 employees report Avencod played a major role in improving their employability
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fondation Malakoff HumaniscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundation providing essential financing and support for Avencod's social responsibility study in 2023, conducted with Koreis, Kervarail, and Impact Track cabinets. Essential partner for enabling the study on Avencod's inclusion model and its effects on employee and partner company trajectories.
• FONDATION ORANGEminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundation supporting neurodiversity and inclusion initiatives. Listed as a referring partner of Avencod.
• AMADEUScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal leader in tourism solutions. Avencod has worked with Amadeus for 7 years on NoSQL database management and data lifecycle analysis, with a dedicated team supporting their online reservation systems.
• CAPGEMINI ENGINEERINGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal leader in engineering and R&D services. Partnership through Testing Factory collaboration delivering testing services to Airbus Helicopters, helping reverse productivity decline and reinforce inclusivity.
• CGIminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIT services company with 'CGI for good' initiative supporting inclusive and sustainable world. Listed as a commercial partner.
• DIRECCTEminorOthersRegional Direction for Enterprises, Competition, Consumption, Labor and Employment. Institutional partner providing regulatory support for adapted companies.
• MAISON DÉPARTEMENTALE DES PERSONNES HANDICAPÉES (MDPH)minorOthersDepartmental House for Disabled Persons. Institutional partner supporting accessibility and disability inclusion initiatives.
• Réseau EntreprendreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBusiness network supporting entrepreneurs. Avencod is a PACA region winner (Lauréat) of Réseau Entreprendre.
• ATYPIQminorOthersAssociation for Asperger and High-Functioning Autism. Associative partner supporting neurodiverse employees.
• AUTISME13minorOthersAssociation for autism support and future. Associative partner for autism inclusion.
• INITIATIVE NICE COTE D'AZUR (INCA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRecognized Avencod as a PROJET SOCIAL REMARQUABLE (Remarkable Social Project) for its inclusion model.
• Centre De Ressources Autiste de l'hôpital Lenval – Nice (CRA)minorOthersAutism Resource Center of Lenval Hospital in Nice. Institutional partner providing autism expertise.
• CEEI NCAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean Center for Companies and Innovation. Partner supporting innovation and business development.
• ROTARY CLUB de NiceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAwarded Avencod the Prix spécial 2016 de la création d'entreprise (Special Prize for Business Creation).
• ACEC06minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerExpert in business creation and support services. Partner for entrepreneurship development.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• CGI: CGI is a large global IT and business consulting services firm. It is already a named commercial partner of Avencod under the "CGI for good" program, but at much larger scale across broader geographies — a broad incumbent that overlaps Avencod's IT services and public-sector footprint.
• Atos: Atos is a large European-headquartered IT services and cybersecurity firm with major French public-sector and enterprise relationships. It overlaps with Avencod's SOC/cybersecurity, accessibility, and digital services offerings, though at significantly larger scale and broader scope.
• Capgemini: Capgemini is one of the world's largest IT services and consulting firms. Through its Sogeti and Capgemini Engineering subsidiaries it is a current delivery partner of Avencod, but as a broad incumbent it competes across the full spectrum of services Avencod offers, with vastly greater scale.

Direct peers

• Talan: Talan is a Paris-based international IT services and innovation firm with a similar size and service mix (consulting, software development, data/AI, and emerging tech). Comparable to Avencod in being a French-headquartered multi-line IT services provider.
• Sogeti: Sogeti is Capgemini's technology and engineering services arm with a strong testing/QA practice. It is both a current partner of Avencod (on the Airbus Helicopters Testing Factory) and a direct competitor for QA and testing services, making it the most directly comparable peer.
• Sopra Steria: Sopra Steria is a major French-headquartered IT services and consulting firm offering software development, testing, and digital transformation. It is a directly comparable mid-to-large French peer competing in the same domestic B2B IT services market.
• Devoteam: Devoteam is a French-headquartered IT consultancy and technology services firm with strong capabilities in cloud, cybersecurity, and digital transformation. It competes in the same French B2B IT services segment and is similarly mid-sized, making it a closely comparable peer.
• Inetum: Inetum (formerly Gfi Informatique) is a French IT services group operating across software development, integration, and digital services for enterprises and public sector. It directly overlaps Avencod's core IT services and public-sector accessibility work.

Emerging players

• Sama: Sama (formerly Samasource) is an AI data annotation provider built on a mission to lift people out of poverty through digital work. It parallels Avencod's positioning of a social-mission workforce applied to high-quality data labeling and represents a more mature version of the same model.
• CloudFactory: CloudFactory is an AI data annotation and data workforce provider with a social-impact operating model (employing people in developing economies). It is comparable to Avencod's AI data annotation line on the social-mission axis and represents the more scalable variant of the same model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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