What YCE Partners does

YCE Partners is a French boutique consulting firm (SAS) headquartered in Paris, founded in 2014/2015 by Anthony Salic. The firm specializes in social protection and insurance consulting, serving public sector entities, social security organizations, complementary retirement and pension funds, mutual insurers, banks, and insurance groups across France. It operates with approximately 50 consultants organized around three integrated service pillars: YCE-S (Strategy consulting), YCE-M (Management consulting), and YCE-D (Data/AI advisory). The firm reports that its work touches the lives of more than 60 million people in France across health, employment, retirement, and family protection systems.

The firm's revenue has grown from approximately €1M in its early years to above €7.6M currently, supported by headcount expansion from a founding team of three to around fifty consultants. Its business model is based on fee-for-service consulting engagements with institutional clients in the regulated French social protection ecosystem; pricing model and contract structures are not publicly disclosed. The company has pursued no external funding rounds and operates as an organically grown independent firm, allocating approximately 1% of revenue to social impact initiatives via partners Alphonse and Alter'Actions.

YCE Partners has built an ecosystem of institutional partnerships — including EN3S (climate risk think tank), CRAPS, BVA Institute, Sienna Investment Managers, Alphonse, and Alter'Actions — that anchors it within French social protection decision-making circles. Pierre Mayeur joined as Partner in 2023, reinforcing senior leadership capacity. The firm is GDPR compliant and serves a single national market (France), with no disclosed geographic expansion beyond domestic clients.

Name

YCE Partners

Legal name

SAS YCE-PARTNERS

Website

https://yce-partners.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

French boutique consulting firm specializing in social protection and insurance advisory, serving public sector entities, mutuals, banks, and insurers across France through strategy, management, and data/AI services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consulting services in strategy, management, and data/AI for social protection and insurance sector. Revenue generated through client engagements for public and private sector organizations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

YCE Partners is a Paris-based consulting boutique that delivers strategic, management, and data/AI advisory services exclusively to the French social protection and insurance sector. Its three pillars — YCE S (strategy), YCE M (management), and YCE D (data) — serve public agencies and private insurers across health, employment, retirement, and social financing domains. The firm engages clients on transformation, regulatory adaptation, and data valorization projects with project-based fee structures.

Product overview

YCE Partners is a consulting firm organized around three main service pillars: YCE S (Conseil en stratégie) for strategic consulting, YCE M (Conseil en management) for management consulting, and YCE D (Conseil en data) for data/AI consulting. The firm specializes in social protection and insurance, covering health and provident insurance (santé et prévoyance), employment and professional training (emploi et formation professionnelle), retirement and autonomy (retraite et autonomie), and social financing and data (financement et données sociales).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• YCE-S (Conseil en Stratégie): Strategic consulting services: collecting, analyzing and decoding information to guide those who invent tomorrow's social protection and insurance.
• YCE-M (Conseil en Management)
• YCE-D (Conseil en Data)

Products and services

• YCE S (Conseil en stratégie) Strategic consulting services that collect, analyze, and decode information to guide clients inventing the social protection and insurance of tomorrow. Targeted at public sector agencies and insurance organizations.
• YCE M (Conseil en management) Management consulting services that frame, pilot, and bring together projects for clients building the future of social protection and insurance. Targeted at public and private sector organizations.
• YCE D (Conseil en data) Data consulting services that exploit the potential of data to multiply possibilities for clients protecting the health, employment, and retirement of French citizens. Includes unique expertise in source deduction collection systems (PAS/PASRAU, DSN, DRM).

Quantifiable outcome

• Revenue grew from €1 million to €7.6 million+ over 10 years
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Sienna Investment ManagersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to produce barometer on opportunities related to the Green Industry Law and value sharing in retirement savings and life insurance offerings. Conducted joint market research and published findings.
• BVA InstituteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for consumer research including portrait study of retirees conducted in summer 2020.
• AlphonseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for retiree portrait study and market research collaboration.
• EN3S (École Nationale Supérieure de la Sécurité Sociale)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to launch think tank for inventing a social security system capable of addressing risks from climate crisis.
• Alter'ActionsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPro bono consulting missions through skills-based volunteering (mécénat de compétences) supporting social entrepreneurs in insertion projects.
• CRAPSminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for thought leadership dossier on role of temp agencies in employment support and complementarity with France Travail.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Wavestone: French-listed pure-play consulting firm with flagship insurance and public sector practices serving insurers, mutuals, CNAV-type bodies, and ministries. Closely comparable to YCE in customer base and service offering.
• TNP Consultants: French consulting firm specialized in insurance, social protection, and financial services. Operates in the same niche as YCE Partners across strategy, actuarial, and management consulting for insurers, mutuals, and social security organizations in France.
• Optimind: French consulting firm specialized in insurance, banking, and social protection. Directly comparable niche competitor focused on the same AXA/AG2R/Groupama-type client base as YCE Partners.
• Kea & Partners: French strategy and transformation consulting firm with strong public sector, social, and insurance expertise. Competes with YCE for engagements from public agencies and insurance/social protection organizations.
• Sia Partners: Paris-headquartered management and technology consulting firm with strong insurance and public sector practices in France. Directly competes with YCE for consulting mandates from insurers, mutuals, and government agencies.
• Julhiet Sterwen: French strategy and transformation consulting firm with dedicated insurance and social protection practices. Serves similar clients to YCE (insurers, mutuals, provident institutions) with comparable strategy and management consulting offerings.

Broad incumbents

• McKinsey & Company: Global strategy consulting leader serving French insurers, mutuals, and public agencies on large-scale transformations. Competes with YCE on high-stakes social protection and insurance strategy mandates.
• Sopra Steria: Major French-headquartered IT and consulting group with insurance and public sector verticals. Larger-scale alternative to YCE for technology-driven transformation projects in social protection.
• Capgemini Invent: Global consulting arm of Capgemini with significant public sector and insurance practices in France. Competes with YCE on larger transformation mandates but does not focus exclusively on social protection.
• Roland Berger: Global strategy consulting firm with strong French presence and a dedicated insurance practice. Competes for high-end strategy mandates with large insurance groups, overlapping with YCE's YCE-S offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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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