What Dematis does

Dematis is a Paris-based French SaaS company founded in 2003 that provides dematerialization platforms for public procurement and administrative workflows, serving 7,000+ public buyers and 6,000+ companies and local authorities. Its portfolio centers on proprietary, in-house-developed solutions: E-marchespublics.com (procurement procedure management with access to 600,000+ annual tenders across 800+ publication channels including BOAMP and JOUE), E-legalite.com (ministry-homologated act tele-transmission via @CTES, homologation renewed December 2024 for 5 years), E-parapheurs (multi-level electronic signature with RGS** and eIDAS qualified certificates), E-convocations and E-assemblees (deliberative assembly convocation and electronic voting), Certidemat (qualified signature certificates via CertEurope partnership), and the newly launched SAM IA (a domain-specialized AI assistant for procurement document generation and analysis). All solutions are developed internally, hosted in France, and GDPR-compliant.

The business model combines SaaS subscriptions (E-marchespublics, E-parapheurs, E-assemblees, E-legalite), usage-based credit packs for SAM IA (500-credit discovery tier and custom plans from 1,000+ credits), one-time and multi-year certificate sales (Certidemat at 1- or 3-year durations), professional services revenue (public training at €700/day HT, intra-company training on quotation, AchatCoaching 1- and 3-month engagements), and advertising revenue from publishing public procurement notices through the Les Echos and Le Parisien media ecosystem. Distribution combines self-serve SaaS onboarding with a sales-led motion for enterprise and public-sector accounts. Since 2014, Dematis has operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Groupe Les Echos Le Parisien, a major French media conglomerate, with ~30 employees and a single Paris headquarters.

Recent strategic activity has emphasized product diversification into AI and training: SAM IA (April 2026) introduces generative AI document workflows, Dematis Expertise & Formation (April 2026) launches a training and coaching division, E-convocations released a mobile app (January 2026), and e-parapheurs was overhauled as Version 2 (January 2025). Dematis has also secured state recognition as Activateur France Num and Ambassadeur Osez l'IA, reinforcing its positioning as a reference vendor for digital transformation in French public procurement.

Name

Dematis

Legal name

DEMATIS (Société par Actions Simplifiée)

Website

https://dematis.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dematis is a French SaaS provider of dematerialization platforms for public procurement, electronic signatures, deliberative assemblies, and regulatory act transmission. It serves 7,000+ public buyers and 6,000+ companies across France, with the recent addition of SAM IA for AI-assisted procurement workflows.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Procurement Software

NAICS

Advertising Agencies (541810), Other Services Related to Advertising (541890), Other Services Related to Advertising (54189)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Advertising (7310), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Process & Case Management Low-Code Platforms (HDAEAKAE)

Keywords

• Public procurement software
• Electronic signature platforms
• Assembly management software
• Dematerialization solutions
• Legal compliance transmission

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

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. SaaS Subscriptions – Public Procurement Platform (E-marchespublics.com): Annual or multi-year subscriptions for public buyers (dematerialization of procurement procedures) and private companies (market intelligence/veille). Paid tiers provide enhanced access to sources, advanced search, and alert functionality. Free tier available for basic market monitoring.
2. Electronic Signature Certificates (Certidemat): One-time purchase of qualified electronic signature certificates (RGS**, eIDAS) with durations of 1 or 3 years. Certificates delivered on USB cryptographic token after in-person identity verification.
3. SAM IA – Credit-Based AI Credits: Credit-based system where each credit corresponds to one action (DCE analysis, document generation, offer analysis, legal chat). Discovery pack (500 credits) for low-volume users; custom plans from 1,000+ credits on monthly or annual subscription. Credits valid for 12 months.
4. Training & Coaching (Dematis Expertise & Formation): Public scheduled training sessions from 700€/day HT (2–8 participants). Intra-company training on custom quotation. Individual AchatCoaching programs on 1-month or 3-month engagements. Free initial diagnostic. OPCO financing eligible (Qualiopi in progress).
5. Advertising – Public Procurement Notices: Revenue from publishing public procurement notices and call-for-bids in Les Echos and Le Parisien media ecosystem (print and digital), via Dematis advertising management for Groupe Les Echos Le Parisien.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Dematis develops and operates a proprietary SaaS platform for the dematerialization of public procurement procedures, electronic document signing, secure transmission of local authority acts to prefectures via @CTES, and management of deliberative assemblies (electronic voting, convocations). Its suite covers E-marchespublics, E-convocations, E-assemblees, E-parapheurs, E-legalite, SAM IA (an AI assistant specialized in French public procurement law), and Certidemat electronic signature certificates. The offering is targeted at French public sector buyers and private companies responding to public tenders.

Product overview

Dematis offers a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on dematerialization solutions for public procurement and administrative processes. The core portfolio includes E-marchespublics.com (procedure management), E-convocations.com (assembly convocation), E-assemblees.com (deliberative voting), E-parapheurs.com (electronic signature with 4 levels), E-legalite.com (prefecture act transmission), and Certidemat (qualified certificates). The ecosystem integrates SAM IA as an AI assistant for document generation and analysis, while Dematis Expertise & Formation provides complementary training and coaching services. All solutions are developed internally and operate under the Groupe Les Echos Le Parisien umbrella.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Sam IA: AI assistant dedicated to public procurement, designed for enterprises and public buyers to analyze tender documents, draft technical proposals, and evaluate offers.

Products and services

• E-marchespublics.com Dematerialization platform for public procurement procedures. For buyers: manages publication, DCE distribution, candidate/offer reception, and procedure tracking. For companies: provides tender monitoring, alert services, and online response capabilities with access to 600,000+ annual public procurement notices across 800+ publication channels including BOAMP and JOUE.
• E-convocations.com Electronic convocation platform for deliberative assemblies. Enables secure transmission of convocations, document attachments, presence tracking, quorum calculation, and electronic power delegation for municipal councils, shareholder meetings, co-ownership assemblies, and CSE (employee representative bodies). Includes a mobile application on iOS and Android.
• E-assemblees.com Complete solution for deliberative assembly management including convocation, electronic voting, and deliberation tracking. Supports council meetings, shareholder AGs, co-ownership assemblies, and CSE with dual authentication, real-time quorum updates, and public or secret voting.
• E-parapheurs.com Electronic document validation and signature platform with four signature levels (simple visa, simple signature, strong SMS OTP, qualified RGS**/eIDAS certificate). Includes circuit management, real-time tracking, delegation handling, and three specialized modules: Bureautique, Hélios PES V2, and Actes.
• E-legalite.com Ministry-homologated platform for secure transmission of regulatory, budgetary, and public procurement acts to prefectures via @CTES. Supports deliberations, regulatory acts, budgets, and market contracts with RGS** authenticated access and PESv2 budget format compliance. Homologation renewed December 2024 for 5 years.
• SAM IA AI assistant specialized in public procurement. For buyers: generates CCTP, CCAP, RC documents and analyzes offers with weighted scoring. For companies: analyzes DCE in 30-45 minutes, provides go/no-go recommendations, and generates 70% of technical memory drafts automatically. Operates on credit-based subscription with data hosted in France.
• Certidemat Electronic signature certificate service providing RGS**/eIDAS qualified certificates for authentication and signing. Partners with CertEurope for certificate issuance with USB cryptographic key delivery and in-person identity verification. Certificate durations of 1 or 3 years.
• E-signaturesecurisee.com Secure electronic signature service for certifying digital signature usages and dematerialization applications with RGS**/eIDAS compliant certificates.
• Dematis Expertise & Formation Training and coaching division providing courses on public procurement for companies and public buyers. Covers regulatory compliance, tender response, responsible purchasing, and AI applications. Offers intra/inter formats (700€ HT/day) and individual coaching (AchatCoaching on 1-month or 3-month engagements). Qualiopi certification in progress.

Quantifiable outcome

• 60% time reduction for public buyers on offer analysis and reporting
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor, flagship and core.

• Reforest'ActionminorOthers · 1 January 2019Environmental partnership: for every signed contract, Dematis plants or preserves one tree in mainland France through Reforest'Action. Since 2019, over 12,400 trees have been planted or preserved, contributing to biodiversity restoration.
• Groupe Les Echos Le ParisienflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Dematis has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Groupe Les Echos Le Parisien since 2014. The Group is a major French media conglomerate covering economic, general public, and professional information. This relationship provides Dematis with the brand authority of Les Echos and Le Parisien, media distribution for public procurement advertising, and access to a broad B2B data and services ecosystem.
• CertEuropecoreTechnology or IntegrationCertEurope serves as the certificate authority partner for Certidemat, providing qualified RGS**/eIDAS electronic signature certificates. Dematis resells these certificates through its Certidemat portal, with in-person identity verification and USB cryptographic token delivery managed by CertEurope.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• KEEEPS: French public-procurement SaaS providing procurement procedure management and bidder response tools. Directly comparable product category, customer base (French local authorities and enterprises), and regulatory scope as Dematis.
• Yousign: Leading French electronic-signature SaaS providing qualified eIDAS signatures. Directly comparable to Dematis's E-parapheurs and Certidemat offerings in the French electronic-signature market for SMB and enterprise.
• AchatPublic: French SaaS platform for public procurement dematerialization, directly competing with Dematis's E-marchespublics.com for public buyer and bidder workflows. Closest functional competitor in the same Code de la commande publique regulatory environment.
• Marco (MarcoWeb): French public-procurement SaaS platform offering dematerialization of procedures and tender response workflows. Comparable vertical SaaS serving the same French local-authority and enterprise buyer segments as Dematis.
• Universign (CertEurope): French qualified electronic-signature provider owned by the same CertEurope group that partners with Dematis for Certidemat certificates. Direct overlap on qualified RGS**/eIDAS certificate issuance and electronic signature workflows.

Emerging players

• Doctrine.fr: French legal AI platform providing search and analysis over French case law and regulations. Emerging competitive threat in the regulatory/legal-AI layer that overlaps with SAM IA's Tchat Légal Marchés Publics legal chatbot for public-procurement questions.
• Ideta: French SaaS for digital deliberation and assembly management (council, shareholder, co-ownership meetings). Direct functional overlap with Dematis's E-convocations and E-assemblees products for the deliberative-assembly use case.

Regional players

• Maximilien: Île-de-France regional public-procurement platform providing free e-procurement tools to regional buyers. Government-owned regional platform competing with Dematis's E-marchespublics primarily within the Île-de-France territory rather than nationwide.

Broad incumbents

• Docaposte: Digital services subsidiary of La Poste Group offering a broad portfolio including electronic signature, dematerialization, archiving, and digital trust services. Larger incumbent with overlapping capabilities to E-parapheurs and E-legalite as part of a wider services portfolio.
• Tessi: French document-dematerialization and BPO services provider serving banks, public sector, and enterprises. Broader incumbent with overlapping capabilities in document workflows and back-office processing relevant to E-parapheurs and E-legalite.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries8 records

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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