5 DEGRÉS

What 5 DEGRÉS does

5 Degrés is a French digital-product and data consulting firm founded in 2019, organized around five core Practices: Product Management, Product Design, Product Development, Product Quality, and Product Data/AI (which itself spans Data Engineering, Data Science & AI, Data Analyse, and Product Data). The firm serves mid-to-large French enterprises that need to mature or scale their internal product organizations, with three engagement formats — embedded team reinforcement, strategic and operational advisory, and custom workshops — supplemented by three productized offers (Maturity Diagnostic covering 100+ criteria across 20 themes, RGAA accessibility audits aligned to 106 criteria, and LAB 5D, an internal R&D lab collaborating with French academic research institutions). Its methodology integrates agile delivery, design systems, clean architecture, TDD/BDD, cloud data platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), FinOps, and generative-AI/MLOps tooling, with AI embedded across the dev workflow (Vibe Coding, AI-assisted code review, anomaly monitoring) and an internal Community IA coordinated by a dedicated AI lead.

Revenue is generated exclusively through professional-services contracts billed on a project- and time-based model, with no self-serve, SaaS, or marketplace channel. The go-to-market is sales-led: direct outreach by Business Managers, a website contact form for project inquiries, a public self-simulation maturity assessment with Calendly booking as a demand-generation touchpoint, client referrals, and community presence through French Produit sponsorship and events. The customer base spans 200+ multi-sector French enterprises and institutions — banking (BPCE, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, Boursorama, Arkéa), insurance (Groupama, Matmut), energy (EDF, Engie, Schneider Electric), aerospace and defense (Airbus, Safran, CNES), pharmaceuticals (Sanofi), telecoms (Orange), media and broadcasting (Radio France, France.tv, Pathé), retail (Carrefour, Cdiscount, Maisons du Monde, Marionnaud), transport (SNCF Connect, Renault Digital), sports betting (Betclic), and consumer electronics (Samsung) — with engagements that range from short diagnostic and workshop formats to multi-year embedded mandates (e.g., a documented 2-year BI reporting optimization).

The firm is privately held, with no external investors, parent company, M&A, or funding rounds identified in source material. It operates from three French agencies — Paris (12 rue de la Bourse, 75002), Toulouse (8 Grande rue de Nazareth, 31000), and Bordeaux (27 cours Xavier Arnozan, 33000, inside W'in Coworking) — with 150 collaborators and €15M revenue reported for 2025. Operational posture is reinforced by ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications (Paris agency), an EcoVadis top-35% / 81st percentile sustainability rating, a 96/100 French Egapro gender equality index, and UN Global Compact signatory status since 2024.

Name

5 DEGRÉS

Legal name

5 Degrés

Website

https://5degres.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

5 Degrés is a French digital-product and data consulting firm founded in 2019, serving mid-to-large French enterprises across banking, insurance, retail, energy, and other sectors with embedded consulting across five product and data practices. The firm employs 150 across Paris, Toulouse, and Bordeaux, and has delivered 500+ missions to 200+ clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Product and Data Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Innovation, Product & R&D Consulting (BPAHACAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Operations & Process Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAB), Business Process & Digital Transformation Consulting (BPAEAAAD)

Keywords

• Digital product consulting
• Product management services
• Data engineering consulting
• Digital transformation advisory
• AI consulting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Toulouse

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting and Professional Services: 5 Degrés generates revenue by placing embedded consultants within client organizations and providing strategic advisory services. Engagements follow three models: team reinforcement (consultant integration), advisory consulting (strategic/operational), and custom workshops. As a consulting firm, revenue is project- and time-based, billed through professional services contracts. The firm reported €15M revenue in 2025.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

5 Degrés is a French consulting agency that embeds its consultants within client product and data teams to deliver end-to-end digital product transformation. The firm operates five integrated practices — Product Management, Product Design, Product Development, Product Quality, and Product Data/IA — and offers three engagement formats: team reinforcement, expert advisory, and custom workshops. It complements these with modular offers including a Product Maturity Diagnostic, RGAA-aligned Accessibility Audit, and customized workshops, supported by an internal R&D Lab (LAB 5D).

Product overview

5 Degrés is a consulting agency organized around 5 core Product and Data practices that work together to deliver end-to-end digital product transformation. The five core practices are: Product Management (strategy, roadmapping, OKR), Product Design (UX research, design systems, accessibility), Product Development (fullstack engineering, architecture, DevOps), Product Quality (test strategy, automation, Shift-Left QA), and Data/IA (Data Engineering, Data Science & AI, Data Analyse, and Product Data/IA). Complementary service modules include maturity diagnostics, accessibility audits, and customized workshops. The agency also operates an internal R&D laboratory (LAB 5D) for innovation and AI experimentation. With 150 employees across Paris, Toulouse, and Bordeaux, they serve over 200 multi-sector clients and have completed 500+ missions since founding in 2019.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Product Management Consulting Strategic consulting practice that helps clients structure product vision, prioritize roadmaps, and pilot delivery using methods including OKR, discovery, and agile rituals. Engaged for embedded team reinforcement and advisory mandates across enterprise and mid-market clients in France.
• Product Design Consulting User experience design services including UX research, design systems, accessibility integration, and prototyping to deliver intuitive and consistent product experiences. Delivered via embedded consultants and dedicated design engagements such as Group-wide Design System rollouts for clients like Tarkett.
• Product Development Consulting Software development consulting covering front-end, back-end, fullstack, architecture, and DevOps practices using technologies such as React, Vue, Angular, Java, Python, and .Net. AI-augmented development is integrated using Vibe Coding for accelerated discovery, prototyping, AI-assisted code review, and intelligent anomaly monitoring with human oversight.
• Product Quality Consulting Quality assurance services including test strategy, automation, performance testing, and Shift-Left approach integration from requirement definition through production. Delivered as part of the firm's five integrated practices.
• Product Data/IA Consulting Integrated data and AI practice combining data platform management, data governance, data product development, and AI integration (including 2-year BI reporting optimization, data quality, generative AI pipelines, and MLOps) to make data a strategic lever for product teams. Engagements include R&D AI consulting for a French automaker with end-to-end AI pipeline delivery.
• Diagnostic de maturité Produit (Product Maturity Diagnostic) Standalone product maturity assessment evaluating over 100 criteria across 20 key themes to identify improvement areas and produce a scored evaluation by theme, a prioritized recommendations list (e.g., 33 prioritized recommendations in a client agritech case), and an improvement backlog for product organization transformation.
• Audit d'accessibilité numérique (RGAA Digital Accessibility Audit) Two-phase digital accessibility audit covering 100% of RGAA 4.1 criteria. Phase 1 (initial audit, 3 days): 1 Product Designer + 1 Product Developer on a reference site of 8-10 pages. Phase 2 (control audit, 2 days): same team producing compliance rate documentation and the official accessibility declaration. Correction work is billed separately.
• Workshops Produit (Custom Product & Data Workshops) Custom workshops from half-day to 3 days covering strategic alignment, design thinking, technical scoping, and AI/data acculturation, led by Product and Data experts. Structured with defined phases: 1h framing, optional immersion phase, minimum 1h pre-workshop alignment, minimum 3.5h facilitated session, and 1-2h restitution with actionable deliverables.
• LAB 5D (R&D Lab) Internal research and development department collaborating with French academic institutions on digital transformation and management science research projects, including the RADAR valorization project and the TnT (Tech and Network Transformation) internal AI initiative with RAG-LLM agent for employee support.

Quantifiable outcome

• 150 collaborators across 3 agencies with €15M revenue in 2025
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers32 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability11 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• AFM-TéléthonminorOthers · 1 January 20255 Degrés renewed its commitment to AFM-Téléthon in 2025 with a donation and associational leave for a volunteer employee who leads the SMA Interest Group. The association fights against rare and disabling genetic diseases with a mission to cure diseases long considered incurable.
• IAPAUminorOthers · 1 January 2024Founded in 2018, IAPAU's objective is to make the field of Artificial Intelligence accessible to everyone. The association informs the public about AI's potential and ethical risks through acculturation events, information sharing, and collaboration. 5 Degrés has supported IAPAU since 2024.
• SolikendminorOthers · 1 January 2024Through a partnership with Solikend, which offers solidarity hotel nights, 5 Degrés collaborators benefit from preferential rates. 100% of the price of each booked night — whether for personal stays or business travel — is donated to an association.
• French ProduitminorStrategic or Co-development Partner5 Degrés is a sponsor of French Produit, an association central to the French product community since 2013. The association organizes monthly meetups across France with thousands of members, fostering exchange and collaboration in the product management community. 5 Degrés participates in and sponsors these community events.
• Academic and Research Laboratories (France)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner5 Degrés collaborates with numerous research laboratories in France through its LAB 5D R&D department to co-develop technologies shaping the industry of tomorrow. The LAB invests in research projects in management sciences and digital transformation, in partnership with international academic institutions. The RADAR project is an internal initiative to valorize R&D activity and generate new research axes.
• EcoVadisminorOthersEcoVadis assessed 5 Degrés across sustainability and CSR dimensions, placing the company in the top 35% of evaluated companies (81st percentile). This third-party assessment supports the firm's sustainability communications and commitments.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Carrefour d'Expertises: French digital product and data consulting firm offering embedded consultants across product management, design, and data practices. Comparable in five-discipline horizontal model and French enterprise focus.
• mc2i Groupe: French consulting firm specializing in digital transformation, data, and AI with strong enterprise client base. Comparable to 5 Degrés in target market (French enterprises) and focus on data/AI consulting at similar headcount scale.
• Artefact: French-born data and AI consultancy serving global enterprises on data engineering, AI, and marketing analytics. Comparable to 5 Degrés Data/IA practice with overlapping enterprise client base and similar AI consulting capabilities.
• Theodo: French digital product consultancy (part of Theodo Group/Bunqys) that provides embedded product, design, and engineering teams to enterprises. Comparable to 5 Degrés in five-practice philosophy, embedded-consultant model, and similar French enterprise client base.
• eleven strategy: French product strategy consulting firm providing product management coaching, product organization design, and embedded product leaders. Directly comparable to 5 Degrés Product Management practice, especially around product maturity and transformation.

Broad incumbents

• Onepoint: Major French consulting firm with broad transformation, technology, and product capabilities. Comparable to 5 Degrés in serving French enterprises on digital transformation, but operates at significantly larger scale across many consulting domains.
• Devoteam: European tech consulting firm with strong French presence focused on digital transformation, cloud, and AI. Comparable in serving large French enterprises on data and technology consulting, with deeper scale and broader service portfolio.
• Capgemini Invent: Global consulting arm of Capgemini focused on digital transformation, including product innovation and data/AI. Comparable in serving French enterprises on end-to-end product transformation, but with vastly broader resources and global footprint.
• Sia Partners: French-origin international management and technology consulting firm with strong data and AI practice. Comparable to 5 Degrés in French enterprise consulting and AI/data focus, but at materially larger scale.

Regional players

• Dev Melet: Independent French digital product consultancy providing product management, design, and development expertise. Smaller peer comparable to 5 Degrés in offering embedded product expertise to French mid-market and enterprise clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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