Association Symbiose

What Association Symbiose does

Association Symbiose is a French non-profit (association loi 1901) headquartered in Plérin, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, that delivers supportive care workshops to women with cancer and to their caregivers. Founded in 2023 and operational since September 2023, the association runs 25 to 30 workshops per week and reaches roughly 130 women per year, in coordination with two local hospital partners (Hôpital Privé des Côtes d'Armor and Hôpital de Saint-Brieuc Yves Le Foll). The service offering is centered on in-person, oncology-specialized supportive care, led by a small team of six including three co-founders — Céline Prodhomme (coordinator), Loeïza Henry (treasurer) and Dr Isabelle Jaffré (president, surgeon).

The revenue model is a typical French association mix: a €45-per-semester membership fee for beneficiaries, per-workshop fees set at €50/hour for group sessions and €35/hour for individual sessions, sales from an associative boutique (including a second-hand accessories relay point), and mécénat/donations processed through Yapla. AESIO Mutuelle is the named institutional patron. The technology stack is light and operational rather than product-led, comprising IONOS for hosting, iOz Booking for scheduling, Yapla for donations and membership administration, and Humanandgo.fr for HR; there is no proprietary platform, no AI/ML component, and no patent or research activity disclosed.

Strategically, the association is in early-growth mode: it has launched a caregiver workshop segment alongside the women's cancer cohort, opened an associative boutique, and stated an ambition to extend ("essaimer") the Maison Symbiose model across the rest of the Côtes-d'Armor department. It is a mission-driven, locally anchored organization whose scale ceiling is set by department-level demographics and philanthropic capacity rather than by technology or market structure.

Name

Association Symbiose

Legal name

Association Symbiose

Website

https://association-symbiose.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

French non-profit (loi 1901) in Plérin, Brittany, delivering supportive care workshops to women with cancer and their caregivers in Côtes-d'Armor, running 25–30 sessions per week and serving roughly 130 women annually through hospital partnerships and associative funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Oncology Support Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Offices of Other Health Practitioners (6213), Other Personal Care Services (81219)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Orthopedic, Prosthetic & Surgical Appliances & Supplies (3842)

akta.pro primary industry

Meditation Retreats, Workshops & Immersive Programs (HSADAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Salon Retail & Backbar Consumables (Disposables, Capes, Towels, Sanitizers) (CRABALAJ)

Keywords

• Oncology support care
• Cancer care workshops
• Patient support services
• Supportive care association
• Caregiver support programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Plérin

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: Annual membership subscription of 45€ provides access to all workshops and services
2. Associative boutique sales: Sales of adapted accessories including external breast prostheses, lingerie, cosmetics, turbans, wigs, hair accessories, local artisan creations. Boutique is approved by Social Security and offers third-party payment. All profits fund support care workshops.
3. Workshop participation fees: Group workshops at 50€ per hour, individual sessions at 35€ per hour
4. Mécénat and donations: Financial and in-kind support from corporate patrons, institutions, and individual donors. Tax deductions available: 60% for companies (up to 20,000€), 66% for individuals (up to 20% of taxable income).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Association Symbiose runs the Maison Symbiose, an associative house in Plérin delivering 25-30 weekly supportive care workshops per week for women undergoing cancer treatment and their caregivers in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany. Workshops cover socio-aesthetics, socio-hairstyling, yoga, Pilates, sophrology, hypnosis, adapted physical activity, art therapy, nutrition counseling, psychological support, and return-to-work assistance. It also operates an on-site associative boutique selling cancer-care accessories (external breast prostheses, lingerie, cosmetics, wigs, turbans, local artisan creations) whose profits exclusively fund the workshops.

Product overview

Association Symbiose is a non-profit organization offering a unified service portfolio centered on supportive oncology care for women in the Côtes-d'Armor region of Brittany. The organization operates the Maison Symbiose, a associative house providing 25-30 weekly supportive care workshops (socio-aesthetics, yoga, sophrology, adapted physical activities, art therapy, nutrition, psychological support), alongside an associative boutique selling cancer care accessories (prosthetics, lingerie, cosmetics, wigs). Membership costs 45€ per semester and grants access to all workshops. All boutique proceeds fund the workshop activities, creating a self-sustaining model where product sales directly support patient services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ateliers de soins de support oncologiques (Supportive care workshops) Group and individual supportive care workshops delivered by oncology-trained practitioners for women undergoing cancer treatment and their caregivers. Offerings include socio-aesthetics, socio-hairstyling, yoga, Pilates, sophrology, hypnosis, adapted physical activities, art therapy, nutrition counseling, psychological support, and return-to-work assistance. Approximately 25-30 workshops are offered per week from cancer diagnosis through one year after end of treatment.
• Boutique associative Symbiose On-site associative boutique selling accessories adapted to the cancer care journey: external breast prostheses, lingerie, cosmetics (brands include Même, Ozalys, Poderm), wigs and hair care products, turbans, headbands, swimwear, and local artisan creations (jewelry, bags, clothing). Approved by Social Security with third-party payment (tiers payant) available; 100% of profits fund the support care workshops.
• Adhésion Semestrielle Maison Symbiose Semester membership priced at 45€ that grants access to all individual and collective workshops and personalized support for women in oncology care, from cancer announcement through one year after end of treatment.

Named customers2 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

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Hôpital Privé des Côtes d'ArmorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedical partnership with the private hospital where Dr Isabelle Jaffré practices as surgeon. Anna the socio-esthetics practitioner also intervenes at this hospital on behalf of the association.
• Hôpital de Saint-Brieuc Yves Le FollcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership where Sandra, the sports educator, provides adapted physical activity sessions for oncology patients in hospital setting

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Centre Léon Bérard: Comprehensive French cancer center in Lyon delivering treatment, research, and patient supportive care services. Comparable on integrated oncology support delivery, providing a benchmark for what a scaled hospital-embedded supportive care operation looks like.
• Institut Curie: Leading French cancer treatment and research center operating its own supportive care programs for oncology patients. Comparable as an integrated clinical-plus-support model, though at vastly greater scale and with full medical infrastructure.
• Ligue contre le cancer: France's largest cancer non-profit, operating a national network of departmental committees delivering patient support, fundraising, and advocacy. Overlaps with Symbiose on supportive care delivery but operates at much greater scale across all cancer types and demographics.

Direct peers

• Belle & Bien: French association offering free beauty and well-being care workshops to women undergoing cancer treatment. Closely aligned with Symbiose's socio-esthetics workshop model and target audience, and provides a useful comparison point on workshop-based delivery.
• RoseUp Association: French non-profit dedicated to supporting women affected by cancer, offering information, supportive care resources, and community programs. Highly comparable mission and target population to Association Symbiose, with a national footprint rather than regional.
• Étincelle: French association supporting women with cancer through wellness workshops, psychological support, and adapted physical activities. Direct comparable in terms of service mix (socio-esthetics, yoga, sophrology) and women-focused cancer support mission.
• Vivre Comme Avant: French association of women who have had breast cancer, providing peer support and visits to women currently in treatment. Comparable as a patient-led support organization focused specifically on women's cancer experience.
• Tout le monde contre le cancer: French cancer charity mobilizing collective action around supportive care for patients and families. Comparable as a fundraising-and-support non-profit operating in the same oncology supportive care space as Symbiose.
• Europa Donna France: French branch of the European breast cancer advocacy coalition, focused on awareness, screening, and patient support. Comparable as a women's cancer-focused non-profit organization with similar awareness and patient-support objectives.

Regional players

• La Maison du Bien-être (Réseau Sein): Regional French wellness houses attached to breast cancer hospital networks offering complementary supportive care to patients in other geographic areas. Comparable as a regional, hospital-linked wellness support concept, useful for assessing how similar models operate outside Brittany.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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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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