Kassiopé

What Kassiopé does

Kassiopé is a Marseille-based French designer, manufacturer, and distributor of gymnastics equipment, organized as a SARL (Société à responsabilité limitée) with registered capital of €8,000 and approximately 9 employees. The company holds the exclusive French distribution rights for Spieth, a German manufacturer of FIG-certified premium competition apparatus including asymmetric bars, parallel bars, vaulting tables, balance beams, rings, and tumbling tracks. Alongside the Spieth catalog, Kassiopé manufactures its own lines of multi-density foam pits (cube, massive, mixed, suspended, elevated, and bar-specific configurations), landing and spotting mats, pedagogical and early-childhood modules, inflatable equipment, and bespoke gymnasium installations, with proprietary products including the Impuls'tramp mini-trampoline and the Balance Curve pedagogical module.

The technology base is physical-engineering rather than digital: high-density foam compounds with progressive shock absorption, PVC-coated and jersey fabric covers with European fire classifications (M1, M2, M4), FIG (Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique) certification on the Spieth competition range, and custom pit-system architecture for facilities with or without excavation. Product pricing ranges from approximately €30–50 for consumables (magnesia, velcro) up to €10,000–€66,000+ for premium competition apparatus (e.g., Melbourne parallel bars at €10,025; Spiethway Evolution tumbling track at €36,845), with custom installations quoted on request.

Kassiopé operates a dual go-to-market: a direct e-commerce storefront at kassiope.fr serving SMB and B2C customers, alongside a national field-sales team of technico-commerciaux handling B2B projects, custom installations, and competition-venue fit-outs. Customer segments span gymnastics clubs and federations (primary), schools and educational institutions, municipal and public sports facilities, and parkour/freerunning centers. The legal representative is Philippe Kammerer. Recent operational signals include the July 2025 announcement of a new building at the Marseille headquarters and ongoing recruitment of technical sales representatives, indicating measured, organic capacity expansion within a strictly domestic French market footprint.

Name

Kassiopé

Legal name

Société à responsabilité limitée KASSIOPE

Website

https://kassiope.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kassiopé is a Marseille-based French manufacturer and exclusive French distributor of Spieth gymnastics equipment, designing FIG-certified apparatus, multi-density foam pit systems, mats, and bespoke gymnasium installations for clubs, schools, and competition venues across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Gymnastics Equipment Sales: One-time sale of gymnastics equipment including apparatus, mats, pits, and accessories. Revenue generated through direct B2B and B2C sales via e-commerce platform and field sales team.
2. Custom Installation Projects: Custom gymnasium design, installation, and fit-out services for competition venues, training centers, and specialized facilities.
3. Spieth Distribution: Exclusive French distributor of Spieth gymnastics equipment brand, offering their full catalog of competition and training apparatus.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kassiopé is a French designer-manufacturer and exclusive distributor of gymnastics equipment. The company manufactures landing pits, mats, in-ground trampolines, pedagogical modules, and custom foam systems, while distributing the full Spieth (Germany) line of FIG-certified competition apparatus in France. It sells through its e-commerce platform to consumers and SMBs and through a national field sales team for B2B projects, including custom gymnasium design and installation for competition venues.

Product overview

Kassiopé is a French manufacturer and exclusive distributor of Spieth gymnastics equipment, offering a comprehensive portfolio of gymnastics apparatus, mats, safety pits, and training accessories. The product range spans artistic gymnastics apparatus (praticables, asymmetric bars, balance beams, vaulting tables, springboards, horizontal bars, rings, parallel bars, pommel horses), landing and spotting mats (reception mats, apparatus-specific mats, FIG-certified mat sets, additional mats, spotting mats), reception pits (cube pits, solid pits, mixed pits, suspended pits, elevated pits, practice pits, horizontal bar pits, in-ground trampolines, acrotramps, pit exit tracks), acrobatics equipment (spring tracks, tumbling tracks, trampolines, inflatable equipment, training strips), pedagogical equipment (learning modules, strength training, balance, wall bars, lanyards), early childhood equipment (foam modules, boxes, mini-trampolines, climbing frames, mini apparatus), rhythmic gymnastics equipment (practice floors, rollers, mirrors, dance bars), parkour equipment, and miscellaneous accessories (tatami, protections, covers, anchors, carts, magnesia). Products range from FIG-certified competition equipment to pedagogical and school equipment, serving clubs, schools, and competition venues.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Impuls'tramp: Mini-trampoline combining dynamics of mini-trampoline and stability for gymnastics training
• Balance Curve
• Big One

Products and services

• Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus (Agrès) Complete lineup of gymnastics apparatus including praticables (floor exercise surfaces), asymmetric bars, balance beams, vaulting tables, springboards, horizontal bars, rings, parallel bars, and pommel horses. Includes FIG-certified competition models (e.g., Spieth Munich, Melbourne, Stuttgart, Berlin, Ergojet Rio) and pedagogical/club models. For gymnastics clubs, federation venues, schools, and competition sites.
• Gymnastics Mats and Landing Mat Systems (Tapis / Matelas) Reception mats (50–230 cm widths), apparatus-specific mats, FIG-certified mat sets, supplementary Yurchenko and acrobatics mats, spotting mats (Big One), mobile pits, and school mats (4–5 cm thickness). For gymnastics clubs, schools, training centers, and competition venues.
• Reception Pits and Foam Pit Systems (Fosses) Landing pit systems including cube pits (M4 cubes with 1.60 m protection foam), solid/massive pits with progressive cushioning, mixed pits, suspended pits with knot-free nets, elevated pits for projects without excavation, practice pits, and horizontal bar pits. Includes in-ground trampolines (4.40 m × 2.60 m and 5.05 m × 2.90 m), in-ground acrotramps (12 m, 14 m, 18 m), pit exit acrobatics tracks, and folding pivot supports for parallel bars. For gymnastics clubs, training centers, and competition venues.
• Acrobatics Equipment (Acrobatie) Spring tracks (Spieth Moscou, Stuttgart), tumbling tracks (Spiethway Evolution, Spiethway III), gymnastics trampolines (Ultimate competition, Dorado, Eurotramp linear), inflatable products (Airtrack Maximum tumbling tracks, Impulse Beam, Impulse Floor, Impulse Incline, Impulse Circle, Impulse Board, Impulse Square, Air Cylinder), and Triflex/Flexiroll training strips. For gymnastics clubs, training centers, and competition venues.
• Pedagogical Training Modules (Pédagogie) Learning modules (Grand U 80 cm, Balance Curve), jump and acrobatics modules, muscular strengthening equipment (Spieth benches, Thomas Flair), balance equipment, wall bars, and safety lanyards and belts (fixed 2-point, elastic mobile 2-point, mixed 4-point trampoline-specific). For gymnastics schools, training centers, and educational institutions.
• Early Childhood Gymnastics Equipment (Éveil) Foam modules and obstacle courses, training boxes, mini-trampolines (Mini-acrotramp, nano-trampolines), small accessories, climbing frames, mini apparatus (Happy Gym mini asymmetric bars, mini parallel bars, mini ring frames), and Multibox. For nurseries, kindergartens, clubs, and schools.
• Rhythmic Gymnastics Equipment (G.R) Praticable G.R (rhythmic gymnastics practice floor), rollers, wall mirrors, wooden dance bars, and G.R accessories. For gymnastics clubs, federations, and dance training centers.
• Parkour Equipment (Parkour) Plinth trapezoid 3-level modules and related parkour training equipment for versatile and progressive parkour/freerunning skills. For dedicated parkour gyms, freerunning centers, and multi-discipline sports facilities.
• Spieth Exclusive Distribution Line Exclusive French distribution of Spieth (Germany) gymnastics equipment brand across competition apparatus, training equipment, and accessories certified to FIG standards. For French gymnastics clubs, federations, and competition venues.
• Impuls'tramp Mini-Trampoline Proprietary mini-trampoline combining the dynamics of a mini-trampoline with platform stability, with an optional hardening kit for different user levels. For gymnastics clubs, schools, and training centers.
• Gymnastics Facility Accessories (Divers) Accessory product range including tatami mats (NE12503-3 compliant), safety protections (pole, wall, cable), climbing equipment, covers, anchors and cable tension meters, ropes and rails, transport carts, magnesia (250 g, 500 g pouches, 5 kg buckets), and posts/wall bars. For gymnastics clubs, training centers, and competition venues.

Quantifiable outcome

• Equipment certified to F.I.G. (Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique) standards for international competition use.
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SpiethcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorKassiopé serves as the exclusive French distributor (Distributeur Exclusif) for Spieth gymnastics equipment. Spieth is a German manufacturer of premium competition-grade gymnastics apparatus including asymmetric bars, parallel bars, vaulting tables, balance beams, and tumbling tracks. The partnership provides Kassiopé customers access to FIG-certified competition equipment.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Norberts: Manufacturer of gymnastics, trampoline, and acrobatic equipment serving European and international markets. Comparable in product mix (apparatus, mats, trampolines) and customer base to Kassiopé.
• Eurotramp: German manufacturer of trampolines, in-ground trampolines, and acrobatics equipment. Already distributed by Kassiopé and a direct competitor in the trampoline/acrobatic vertical that competes for the same gymnastics-club and competition-venue buyers.
• Bänfer: German manufacturer of gymnastics, parkour, and school-sports equipment. Direct European competitor offering overlapping product categories — apparatus, mats, parkour modules — to school and club customers.
• American Athletic Inc. US-based manufacturer of gymnastics equipment and competition apparatus. Broad incumbent competitor producing FIG-spec apparatus and mats, comparable in product scope to Kassiopé's premium competition offering.
• Janssen-Fritsen: Dutch manufacturer of gymnastics and school-sports equipment offering apparatus, mats, and competition systems across Europe. Direct European competitor to Kassiopé with comparable FIG-certified product range and similar school/federation customer base.
• Gymnova: French-headquartered manufacturer and distributor of gymnastics apparatus, mats, and competition equipment serving the same French and European markets as Kassiopé. Closest direct competitor in France with overlapping product range from school-level to FIG-certified apparatus.

Broad incumbents

• Spieth: Premium German manufacturer of FIG-certified gymnastics equipment; Kassiopé is the exclusive French distributor. Spieth competes directly with Kassiopé in markets outside France and is the upstream supplier/partner for Kassiopé's premium competition offering.

Emerging players

• Tiffin Athletic Mats: US-based specialist manufacturer of gymnastics and competitive mats (landing mats, panel mats). A focused competitor in Kassiopé's mats product line, with overlapping school and competition-venue customers but narrower product breadth.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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