Efficience

Name

Efficience

Legal name

Efficience

Website

https://eb-efficience.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HR Consulting and Professional Equality Training

NAICS

Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

DEI, Culture & Employee Engagement Training (BPACANAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Labor Relations & Employment Practice Advisory (BPAHAGAK)

Keywords

• Professional equality consulting
• Gender mix training
• Workplace well-being
• HR equality audit
• Action research consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Thyez

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting and Audit Services: Co-construction of professional equality and gender mix initiatives, team sensitization, and systemic solutions for organizational challenges. Includes equality professional and RSE.O audits, and equality action plans.
2. Training and Workshops: Wide range of training modules, awareness workshops, and formation sessions on professional equality for workplace well-being. Covers topics including responsible management of organizations, salary equality, gender stereotype awareness, and professional development.
3. Events Organization: Organization of events integrating conferences, roundtables with experts, working days, film debates, and forum theater to mobilize collective intelligence for equality awareness.
4. Egali'Acte Sponsorship and Partnerships: The company seeks financial sponsors and partners to support the deployment of the 17-action Egali'Acte plan. Companies can associate with one or more actions or support the project generally.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Efficience is a consulting and training firm that supports businesses, educational institutions, local authorities, and associations in implementing professional equality policies and gender mix initiatives. Operating through action-research methodology, the company delivers three complementary service pillars: consulting and audit (co-construction of equality approaches, audits, and action plans), training (modules and workshops on professional equality, salary equality, gender stereotypes, and responsible management), and events (conferences, round tables, film debates, and forum theater).

Product overview

Efficience is a human resources consulting and training firm operating through action-research methodology. The company offers three complementary service pillars: Consulting and Audit (co-construction of professional equality approaches), Training (modules and workshops on professional equality and well-being at work), and Events (conferences, film discussions, forum theater). The core strategic framework is the Egali'Acte Action Plan featuring 17 experimental actions across 5 axes targeting professional equality and occupational well-being. Notable training modules include D-CLICS Wendo (Canadian self-defense method), the 'Stereotype Weight in Orientation' workshop, and professional equality and sustainable development programs. The company also produces research deliverables including a PhD thesis on professional equality and occupational health, video interview content, and a best practices guide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Egali'Acte: A 17-action plan in favor of professional equality and job diversity deployed in Pays de Savoie (2019-2020), with support from the Déléguée aux Droits des Femmes et à l'Égalité Haute-Savoie. Actions include workshops, conferences, theater forums, film debates, and a research thesis on professional equality and occupational health.

Products and services

• Conseil et Audit (Consulting and Audit) Co-construction of professional equality and gender mix initiatives through a participative and collaborative methodology, providing systemic solutions to organizational challenges. Includes equality professional and RSE.O audits and equality action plans for businesses, schools, and public institutions.
• Formation (Training) Wide range of training modules and awareness workshops on professional equality and well-being at work, covering responsible management of organizations, salary equality, gender stereotype awareness, and professional development, designed for mixed or non-mixed audiences from young age through working life.
• Événementiel (Events) Organization of events integrating conferences, round tables with experts and practitioners, working days, film debates, and forum theater to mobilize collective intelligence and raise awareness about professional equality and gender mix.
• Plan d'actions Egali'Acte Structured action plan comprising 17 actions across 5 strategic axes targeting professional equality and gender mix in the Pays deavoie region, with support from the Haute-Savoie Women's Rights Delegate and over 50 partners.
• Atelier 'Le poids des stéréotypes dans les choix d'orientation' A 2-hour workshop designed to raise awareness and deconstruct gender stereotypes in school and career orientation, help discover non-mixed occupations, and assist in developing professional projects based on individual singularity.
• D-CLICS Wendo A 3.5-hour introductory workshop to the Canadian Wendo method of self-defense and violence prevention, developed in partnership with Wendo Provence association. Addresses sexism and violence in the workplace and schools through a playful and relaxed approach combining self-defense and self-confidence building.
• Égalité professionnelle et Développement Durable

Quantifiable outcome

• 140+ participants mobilized at a single film debate event
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• SparktoominorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2020Agency partner that co-animated the second Egali'Acte webinar on professional equality tools for organizations. Provides expertise in professional equality labeling and organizational tools.
• IssenceminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2020Digital agency partner that co-animates webinars for Egali'Acte, including the 'Parents (dé)confinés' webinar on soft skills and the 'Women and Entrepreneurship' workshop adapted during confinement.
• CERAG (Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Appliquées à la Gestion)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Academic research partner at Université Grenoble Alpes where Emilie Hazevis-Bini conducts her doctoral thesis on professional equality and occupational health. The thesis research supports the Egali'Acte action plan.
• Poussin de la YauteminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Partner in creating the 'Fresque REX' experience feedback wall featuring testimonies from professionals in non-mixed occupations. Poussin de la Yaute provides remote training support and advice to intern Shannon Colas.
• Wendo ProvencecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Long-standing strategic partnership with Wendo Provence association, founded by Chantal Théry and François Poulin. Wendo is a Canadian self-defense and violence prevention method. Efficience offers D-CLICS Wendo workshops (3.5-hour introductory sessions) and 20% of workshop fees are reverified to Wendo Provence projects and the Pays de Savoie Wendo antenna.
• Déléguée aux Droits des Femmes et à l'Égalité Haute-SavoiecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Official government partner supporting the Egali'Acte action plan. Joséphine Kudin, the delegate, participated in the October 2019 film debate and supports events and initiatives for professional equality in Haute-Savoie.
• ID cube (InnoVales Incubator)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2019Business incubator that accompanied Efficience (2019) and supports entrepreneurship in the InnoVales territory.
• Site Économique des Lacs (Thyez)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2019Local economic development organization in Thyez that accompanied Efficience in 2020. Provides support for local businesses and entrepreneurship.
• Genre et SantéminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Popular Education Association (Agence Associative d'Éducation Populaire) represented by Nicole Roussel, which trains and accompanies students for forum theater performances on professional equality.
• Rotary Club Chamonix Mont-Blanc MegèveminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2019Service organization that sponsored Efficience for the Prix des Jeunes Entrepreneurs competition in 2020.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte Human Capital: Big 4 consulting practice offering HR transformation, DEI strategy, and organizational change services. Comparable in serving enterprise clients on inclusion and HR topics, though as part of a much broader advisory portfolio with very different scale.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with significant HR consulting, talent management, and DEI advisory practices. Comparable in offering HR advisory services to enterprises, but operates at vastly larger scale with a broader portfolio beyond gender equality.
• Capgemini Invent: Global management and technology consulting firm with HR transformation and inclusion advisory practices. Comparable in providing enterprise consulting on organizational change and inclusion, though as a massive multinational rather than a niche specialist.
• Cegos: Major French training and consulting firm offering a broad training catalog including HR, leadership, and DEI topics. Overlaps with Efficience's training and consulting offerings but operates at much larger scale and across all of France, with DEI as one category rather than a niche focus.
• Mercer: Global consulting leader in health, wealth, and career services, including DEI advisory and HR consulting practices. Comparable in providing enterprise-level HR consulting and DEI guidance, but as a broad incumbent with DEI as one of many service lines.
• Anact (Agence Nationale pour l'Amélioration des Conditions de Travail): French national agency focused on improving working conditions, including equality, quality of life at work, and workplace well-being. Comparable in addressing workplace well-being (QVT/BET), professional equality, and organizational transformation, though as a public agency rather than a private consultancy.

Direct peers

• Social Builder: French non-profit organization focused on gender diversity in tech and digital careers. Comparable as a French DEI specialist that combines training, workshops, and research with a specific focus on gender mix in professions, aligned with Efficience's school-oriented stereotype awareness work.
• Mixity: French consulting firm dedicated to diversity, gender equality, and inclusive transformation. Closely comparable in service offering (DEI consulting, training, and events) and target market of French enterprises seeking to improve gender equality metrics.
• Alter'Egaux: French association specializing in professional equality and gender mix, co-animating the Alpes-Maritimes equality club with the State. Directly comparable niche focus on professional equality in a French regional context and explicitly referenced in Efficience's partner ecosystem.

Regional players

• Wendo Provence: French association that develops the Canadian Wendo self-defense and violence prevention method, with whom Efficience has a strategic partnership to deliver D-CLICS Wendo workshops. Comparable in offering Wendo-based training on gender issues, though Wendo Provence operates primarily in the south of France and is a partner rather than direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCJZxOBH9CMLMnwpsNbD46SA
• Facebookfacebook.com/contact.efficience
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/efficience-conseil-et-formation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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