Jumanji Studio

What Jumanji Studio does

Jumanji Studio (legal entity: Jumanji 2030 SAS) is a private French-impact startup studio founded in 2018, operating with a remote-first culture distributed across Paris, Biarritz, Bordeaux, La Rochelle, Lyon, and Toulouse, with a registered presence in Singapore. Its stated mission is to conceive and grow 10 robust, inspiring impact businesses over five years that accelerate desirable and accessible sustainable lifestyles. The core product is the venture-creation methodology itself, a four-stage process (analyze 4–5 impact verticals per year, test solutions, associate with co-founders and launch, build long term) executed through a Fellowship program and an ecosystem of experts, mentors, and investors.

The studio's operating surface comprises seven portfolio companies: HomeCycle (household appliance rental), GaiaConnect (impact-sector mentoring, which has now spun out Le Tournant for career transition), Capsule Club (immersive experience products), Beyond Growth (growth marketing for impact companies), The Spaceship (entrepreneur acceleration), and Opalea (specialized recruitment for impact companies). All portfolio companies are designed from inception to be steward-owned, a governance model legally separating power from capital to protect mission long-term, making each entity structurally difficult to acquire. The studio itself is B Corp certified and publicly documents its steward-ownership playbook via Notion.

Jumanji generates revenue through investor participation in the studio and equity ownership in portfolio companies, with a sales-led investor funnel (deck download, Calendly exchange, community membership) anchored by Yohan Lafon and Valerian Fauvel. The Fellowship program doubles as a talent-acquisition engine that has produced 40+ alumni and two startup co-founders over three years. Distribution is built on direct outreach to three personas—impact investors, Fellows/talents, and impact entrepreneurs—with no disclosed third-party consumer customers or ARR figures.

Name

Jumanji Studio

Legal name

Jumanji 2030 SAS

Website

https://jumanji.studio

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Jumanji Studio is a French, steward-owned B Corp startup studio that builds and supports a portfolio of impact businesses across sustainability, mentoring, experiences, and recruitment, using a four-stage venture-creation methodology and a Fellowship talent pipeline, aimed at launching 10 robust impact companies within five years.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Startup Studio / Impact Venture Building

NAICS

Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices (551114), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Venture Studios / Company Builders (FSANAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Entrepreneurship, Startup Incubation & Pitch Programs (EDAMAKAK)

Keywords

• Startup studio services
• Impact venture creation
• Steward ownership governance
• Portfolio entrepreneurship
• Fellowship program

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Investment Returns from Portfolio Companies: Jumanji Studio generates returns through equity ownership in the startups it creates and develops. Investors contribute capital to the studio ecosystem, with the objective of creating 10 companies over 5 years. The model emphasizes resilience and robustness over exit-focused growth.
2. Portfolio Company Success: Revenue generation occurs through the portfolio companies (HomeCycle, GaiaConnect, Capsule Club, Le Tournant, Beyond Growth, The Spaceship, Opalea) which operate across various impact sectors including circular economy, mentoring, experiences, career transition, and recruitment.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Jumanji Studio is a startup studio (studio de création d'entreprises à impact) that conceives, launches, and grows a portfolio of impact-focused companies across circular economy, mentoring, experiences, career transition, growth marketing, entrepreneurship support, and recruitment. Its commercial output centers on the seven portfolio ventures (HomeCycle, GaiaConnect, Capsule Club, Le Tournant, Beyond Growth, The Spaceship, Opalea) together with a multi-month Fellowship program that immerses operators in venture building.

Product overview

Jumanji Studio is a startup studio (studio de création d'entreprises à impact) that builds and grows a portfolio of impact-focused companies. The studio operates as a platform with multiple distinct portfolio companies (HomeCycle, GaiaConnect, Capsule Club, Le Tournant, Beyond Growth, The Spaceship, Opalea) plus a Fellowship program. Their mission is to conceive and grow 10 robust and inspiring businesses that accelerate new desirable and accessible ways of living and consuming. All portfolio companies are designed to be steward-owned, with the studio providing shared resources, mentorship, and ecosystem support across its ventures.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• HomeCycle Affordable and flexible rental service for household appliances targeting consumers seeking to avoid appliance breakdowns; addresses the finding that 60% of appliance breakdowns stem from lack of maintenance and half are repairable without replacing parts.
• GaiaConnect Mentorship experience platform that connects talents seeking meaningful work in the impact economy with mentors through intelligent matching, addressing the finding that 75% of talents want to find meaning in their work.
• Capsule Club Experience creation service producing unique, intimate and immersive memories called 'capsules' — adventures designed to surprise consumers and reconnect them with what matters.
• Le Tournant Career guidance platform for meaningful careers in transition industries, offering personalized recommendations for training, skills assessments, and individual support specialized in positive impact.
• Beyond Growth Growth marketing service for impact-driven companies, helping committed organizations accelerate growth and gain market share through established growth marketing methods.
• The Spaceship Entrepreneurship support program that accompanies entrepreneurs who want to tackle major social and environmental challenges, transforming bold ideas into high-impact businesses.
• Opalea Specialized recruitment service for impact companies, offering expertise from needs definition through sourcing, interviews, and negotiations; over three years of specialization in the impact sector.
• Jumanji Fellowship Program Multi-month immersive fellowship (2-3 months) for individuals to contribute to impact projects and participate in the development of an impact-driven enterprise within the Jumanji ecosystem.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3 enterprises launched with a fourth (Opalea) functioning as an agency
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Join.comcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerRecruitment platform used by Jumanji for posting job opportunities and fellowship positions. The partnership enables talent acquisition across the studio and portfolio companies.
• WorkablecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerApplication platform (workable.com/jumanji-studio) used for fellowship recruitment, enabling candidates to apply and the studio to manage the hiring process.
• French StewardsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of impact actors promoting 'propriété raisonnée' (responsible ownership) in France. Jumanji Studio participates in this broader movement of steward ownership advocacy and vulgarization.
• GenActminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization referenced in Jumanji's steward ownership content, part of the emerging landscape of reflection on responsible ownership models in France.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Entrepreneur First: London-based talent-first venture studio that brings individuals together to form startups from scratch, providing salary, mentorship and pre-seed capital. Highly comparable to Jumanji's Fellowship-to-founder motion and 2-3 month immersion approach.
• Rocket Internet: Berlin-based company builder that founds and scales internet startups in emerging markets using a standardized playbook. Comparable as one of the best-known venture studios globally, though more commercially focused than Jumanji's impact framing.
• Expa: San Francisco-based startup studio founded by Garrett Camp that creates and launches new technology companies. Closely comparable in structure — founders + shared resources + portfolio of independently operating ventures.
• High Alpha: US venture studio that conceives, launches and operates B2B SaaS startups using a shared platform model. Comparable to Jumanji's 'studio + shared services' structure where the parent provides operational leverage to portfolio companies.
• Idealab: One of the original US venture studios founded by Bill Gross, originating and operating multiple startups internally for the long term. Closely comparable as a pioneer of the studio-creation model Jumanji uses.
• Antler: Global venture studio that sources, funds and builds early-stage startups cohort-by-cohort across multiple geographies and themes. Directly comparable to Jumanji as both follow the 'find founders, launch companies' venture-studio model, but Antler operates at much larger scale and geographic reach.
• Betaworks: New York-based venture studio that builds and invests in internet-native startups around cultural and technological shifts. Comparable model of internally originating and operating small studios over multi-year horizons.

Regional players

• Station F: The world's largest startup campus based in Paris, hosting programs, studios and investors. Comparable as a regional French ecosystem player that supports early-stage startup formation, though as a campus/incubator rather than a company builder.
• The Family: Paris-based community and support organization for European tech entrepreneurs providing education, network and operational services. Comparable as a French ecosystem builder serving early-stage founders, though not a portfolio studio itself.

Emerging players

• Phaidon Capital: Emerging impact-focused venture builder/PE firm with European footprint investing in and creating sustainability-aligned businesses. Comparable as an emerging impact-venture-builder peer competing for the same values-aligned LPs and founders.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@JumanjiStudio-regen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jumanjistudio

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries7 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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