CAPI

What CAPI does

CAPI (Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère) is a French public intercommunality — an Établissement public de coopération intercommunale (EPCI) created under French law — that coordinates and delivers a comprehensive portfolio of municipal services across 22 member communes in the Nord-Isère department of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, headquartered in L'Isle d'Abeau with Bourgoin-Jallieu as the central city. It serves residents, local businesses, families with children, students, job seekers, tourists, and new residents through a unified administrative umbrella spanning urban infrastructure, culture, sports, early childhood care, transportation, environmental services, and economic development. The entity was established in 2007, is led by President Jean Papadopulo and the Conseil Communautaire, and reports 266 employees.

CAPI's service portfolio includes the RUBAN public bus transit network (with a dedicated mobile app and connections to Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport), a network of 11 médiathèques running on the Syracuse/Archimed document management system with integrated digital resources (Mozaik e-learning with 2,500+ courses; Médiathèque Numérique VOD with 10,000+ titles editorialized by ARTE and UniversCin\u00e9), cultural venues (Le Vellein theatre, Conservatoire Hector Berlioz music and dance school, Les Abattoirs contemporary music venue), sports facilities (the new Piscine CAPI Alice Milliat aquatic center and the UGOLF Les Trois Vallons 18-hole golf course), water and sanitation infrastructure, household waste collection in partnership with SMND, the Sorties Nature program across 325 hectares of managed Espaces Naturels Sensibles, the La Pépinière business incubator and economic development services, and digital portals for family services (Portail Famille) and urban planning permits (Portail Urbanisme via GNAU). Online ticketing is offered through a central Billetteries platform. CAPI has no proprietary commercial technology; its stack is composed of best-of-breed public-sector SaaS integrations layered atop a service-delivery operating model.

Revenue is generated primarily through French local taxation (taxe foncière, Cotisation Foncière des Entreprises, and similar) and government subsidies rather than commercial product sales; limited fee-based revenue exists from pools, the golf course, and ticketed cultural events, but the majority of services are delivered free at the point of use as part of public service obligations. Distribution is direct to residents via physical service points across the 22 communes, online portals, and mobile services (e.g., Bib de Rue mobile library). Marketing and citizen engagement run through the capi-agglo.fr website, Facebook, email alerts, the Panel Citoyen participation panel, and the monweekendalacapi.fr tourism portal. There are no venture, private-equity, or external commercial ownership structures; governance is collective via elected officials from member communes.

Name

CAPI

Legal name

Communauté d'Agglomération Porte de l'Isère

Website

https://capi-agglo.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

CAPI (Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère) is a French public intercommunality coordinating municipal services across 22 communes in Nord-Isère, serving residents, businesses, families, students, and visitors with cultural venues, transport, sports facilities, water/sanitation, and economic development programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Administration and Intermunicipal Services

NAICS

Public Administration (92), Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (92512), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Central Government Policy, Strategy & Performance (incl. OMB-style functions) (BPAIAAAB)

Keywords

• Public administration services
• Municipal intercommunality
• Cultural network services
• Public transportation
• Urban utility services

Headquarters

HQ city

L'Isle d'Abeau

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CAPI is a French public intercommunality (EPCI) that coordinates and delivers public services across 22 member municipalities in the Nord-Isère territory. Its core offerings include cultural services (library network, conservatory, theaters), sports facilities (pools, golf), public transportation (RUBAN bus network), urban infrastructure (water, sanitation, waste, roads), early childhood services, economic development support, and tourism promotion, delivered through both physical infrastructure and digital platforms.

Product overview

CAPI (Communauté d'agglomération Porte de l'Isère) is an intercommunality governing 22 communes in Nord-Isère, France. Rather than a single product, CAPI operates as a comprehensive public services organization offering a diverse portfolio of services including cultural venues (Conservatoire Hector Berlioz, Le Vellein theater, Les Abattoirs music venue), sports facilities (pools including new Piscine Alice Milliat, UGOLF Les Trois Vallons golf course), a network of 11 médiathèques libraries with digital services (online catalog, VOD via Médiathèque Numérique, Mozaik e-learning), transport (RUBAN bus network with dedicated app), water/sanitation management, waste collection, urban planning portals, family services portals, and tourism promotion. These services are delivered through both physical infrastructure and digital platforms including online ticketing, family portals, and urbanism portals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• RUBAN: Public transportation network operated by CAPI
• Le Vellein, Scènes de la CAPI
• Conservatoire Hector Berlioz CAPI
• Les Abattoirs
• Réseau des médiathèques CAPI

Products and services

• Réseau des Médiathèques CAPI

Quantifiable outcome

• 325 hectares of natural spaces maintained for environmental preservation and public enjoyment
• +1 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Réseau des ENS de l'IsèreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for management of Espaces Naturels Sensibles (sensitive natural areas). Supports nature conservation and public environmental education.
• VoltalisminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnergy management company providing free smart thermostat installations to CAPI residents heated by electricity. Voltalis box enables energy savings and grid load management. CAPI promotes this initiative as part of its PCAET (Plan Climat Air Energie Territorial) commitments.
• Commune de Saint-SavinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal municipality partnering for specific events and nature discovery activities on its territory (Sorties Nature program).
• Un brin d'natureminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNature education specialist organizing and leading nature discovery outings for Sorties Nature CAPI program.
• SMND (Syndicat Mixte Nord Isère Déchets)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWaste management partnership for déchetteries (recycling centers) and waste collection services across the territory.
• Ruban (transport network)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic transportation network providing bus services with connections to Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport. CAPI promotes mobility options including carpooling, cycling, and train access.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Nantes Métropole: Large French métropole governing 24 communes in the Loire-Atlantique. Operates a comparable intermunicipal mandate of urban services, mobility, and cultural programming.

Broad incumbents

• Métropole de Lyon (Grand Lyon): Larger French métropole governing 59 communes around Lyon. Comparable as a higher-tier intermunicipal authority but with substantially greater fiscal and operational scale than CAPI.
• Bordeaux Métropole: Large French métropole governing 28 communes around Bordeaux. Comparable as a peer intermunicipal structure providing cultural, transport, and urban planning services, but at significantly larger scale.
• Toulouse Métropole: Large French métropole of 37 communes. Comparable as an intermunicipal authority offering similar portfolios of mobility, culture, and economic development but at materially larger scale.
• Pays d'Aix - Aix-Marseille-Provence Métropole: Large French métropole governing 92 communes. Comparable as an intermunicipal authority, though considerably larger than CAPI and operating in a different regional context.

Direct peers

• Saint-Étienne Métropole: French métropole governing 53 communes in the Loire. Comparable as a peer agglomeration of similar mid-tier scale providing municipal-cooperation services in the same broader region.
• Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole: French métropole of 31 communes around Montpellier. Comparable mid-tier agglomeration delivering intermunicipal services in transport, water, waste, culture, and economic development.
• Rennes Métropole: French métropole of 43 communes. Comparable mid-tier agglomeration with a similar service mandate spanning transport, culture, environment, and economic development.
• Caen Normandie Métropole: French communauté d'agglomération / métropole structure in Normandy. Closely comparable tier-of-government entity providing intermunicipal cooperation across culture, mobility, and urban services.
• Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole: French métropole governing 49 communes in the Grenoble basin. Directly comparable as a public intermunicipal authority providing cultural, transport, environmental, and economic development services across a similar Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/BourgoinJallieu38300
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/capi-agglo
• Instagraminstagram.com/bourgoinjallieu

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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