Entraide & Entrepreneurs

Name

Entraide & Entrepreneurs

Legal name

ENTRAIDE & ENTREPRENEURS

Website

https://eefrance.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bordeaux-Mérignac

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Mécénat (Patronage): E&E operates as a non-profit association (Loi 1901) recognized as serving the public interest (d'utilité générale), enabling it to receive donations and charitable contributions. The organization also receives support through patronage/sponsorship arrangements.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Entraide & Entrepreneurs (E&E) is a French non-profit association that provides free support services to business leaders experiencing financial difficulty. Through a network of active volunteer professionals (accountants, lawyers, coaches, former entrepreneurs), the association delivers moral support, multidisciplinary expert assistance, and long-term accompaniment aimed at preserving businesses, jobs, and know-how. E&E also guides entrepreneurs through judicial environments and prevention procedures such as mandat ad hoc, conciliation, and sauvegarde.

Product overview

Entraide & Entrepreneurs (E&E) is a non-profit association offering a unified support service for business owners experiencing financial difficulties. The organization provides mentorship, coaching, psychological support, and legal/administrative guidance through a network of volunteer experts. E&E's core offering is its accompaniment service, which includes moral support, multidisciplinary expert assistance, and long-term guidance to help entrepreneurs navigate judicial environments and preserve their businesses and employees.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Entrepreneur Accompaniment and Mentorship Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 30 entrepreneurs accompanied since January 2017, with none subject to collective proceedings during the first year of operations (2016-2017).
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CCI Bordeaux GirondecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 September 2022Convention signed September 8, 2022 with CCIBG. The CCI affirms its commitment to long-term accompaniment of businesses in difficulty as early as possible, providing a complementary solution for preventing difficulties among its members. E&E brings its expertise in accompaniment to CCI members.
• BpifranceminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 5 November 2019Bpifrance featured E&E in its newsletter and directory of resources for entrepreneurs facing difficulties, serving as a marketing/referral partner that amplifies E&E's visibility to its target audience.
• Urssaf AquitainecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 March 2018Partnership convention signed March 5, 2018 between Urssaf Aquitaine and E&E, with support from the Tribunal de Commerce de Bordeaux. The partnership aims to help entrepreneurs employing fewer than 25 employees who face difficulties threatening their business. The Urssaf refers entrepreneurs in precarity to E&E for accompaniment.
• Tribunal de Commerce de BordeauxcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 March 2018The Bordeaux Commercial Court, through its president Anne Claire Salace, joined as a key institutional supporter to work alongside E&E in enterprise prevention. The court's role is to protect businesses, and it openly refers struggling entrepreneurs to E&E.
• EMCC (European Mentoring and Coaching Council)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEMCC is a professional coaching organization that supplies solidarity coaches (coaches solidaires) to E&E. Member coaches provide free coaching sessions to entrepreneurs accompanied by the association. Dominique Espinasse, a coach, is active in both EMCC and E&E.
• Fondation GaranceminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Fondation Garance conducted an interview with President Claudine Pery about E&E's mission to combat entrepreneur isolation, providing media exposure and credibility.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• 60 000 Rebonds: French non-profit founded in 2010 that supports entrepreneurs in difficulty through volunteer mentoring, coaching, and post-liquidation reinvention — directly comparable to E&E's mission, volunteer-led model, and target beneficiaries.
• Second Souffle: French association supporting business leaders facing failure, offering confidential listening, mentoring, and accompaniment by volunteer professionals — a close peer in both mission and volunteer-network operating model.
• Fondation des Entrepreneurs: French foundation accompanying entrepreneurs in distress through volunteer mentors and a confidential listening service — directly comparable in mission, beneficiary profile, and volunteer-based delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Initiative France: Federation of 230+ local associations supporting entrepreneurship through mentoring, financing, and expertise — overlapping with E&E's entrepreneur-support mission but with broader scope and an established national footprint.
• Réseau Entreprendre: National network of volunteer business leaders mentoring entrepreneurs, with a focus on growth-stage businesses rather than distressed ones — comparable volunteer-mentoring structure but a different beneficiary profile.
• France Active: Network financing and supporting entrepreneurs, particularly those excluded from mainstream banking — overlaps with E&E's mission of supporting financially precarious entrepreneurs via a national infrastructure.
• Bpifrance: French public investment bank supporting business creation and recovery; E&E's GTM partner but orders of magnitude larger — comparable in mission to preserve French entrepreneurial capacity.
• ADIE: Association pour le Droit à l'Initiative Économique — supports entrepreneurship among those excluded from traditional finance via microcredit and accompaniment, sharing E&E's social-impact orientation.

Regional players

• La Maison des Entrepreneurs: Local entrepreneur-support structures across France offering first-line advisory to business creators and struggling leaders — comparable in providing free expert advice to entrepreneurs in difficulty, typically tied to a CCI.

Others

• EMCC France: European Mentoring and Coaching Council France — supplies solidarity coaches to E&E (partnership); comparable as an ecosystem enabler providing professional coaching resources to non-profits.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/EntraideETEntrepreneurs

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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