KISS

What KISS does

KISS SAS is a French boutique IT consulting and technical services firm that operates three interconnected business lines under a single brand: Conseil (advisory), Expertises (technical practices), and Khosting (sovereign managed hosting and cybersecurity). Founded around 2015 by Cédric Ghanassia (CEO) and Cyril Joui (CTO), the firm targets DSI and CIOs at mid-to-large French enterprises facing high-stakes IT arbitrations — SI redesign, cloud migration, build vs. buy, post-incident audit, and new CIO onboarding. Conseil is delivered personally by the two co-founders and a small set of senior referents, including a part-time shared CTO service (2–4 days per month), project scoping, SI audits, governance comitology, and code-based proof-of-concept deliverables. Expertises spans six senior-led practices: Cloud & Platform (AWS, GCP, OVHcloud, Kubernetes, FinOps), Data & AI (dbt, Snowflake, Databricks, LLMs, RAG), Software Engineering, DevOps & SRE, SI Architecture, and Responsible Digital (Numérique Responsable). The Khosting sub-brand operates two Tier III data centers in France with 24/7 SOC supervision (MTTD 0s, MTTR 5m46s, 99.95% client SLA, RTO <4h, RPO <1h) and holds ISO 27001, HDS, RGPD, and SecNumCloud certifications. The company is bootstrapped, founder-owned, headquartered in Gentilly (Île-de-France), and has a stated headcount of 8 with an explicit note that the team is growing. All services are delivered in-house with no subcontracting, and engagements are initiated through a free 30-minute consultation rather than public pricing.

Name

KISS

Legal name

KISS SAS

Website

https://kiss.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

KISS is a French boutique IT firm offering senior peer-level advisory, six technical practice areas, and sovereign managed hosting and cybersecurity (Khosting) to DSI/CIOs at mid-to-large French enterprises, all delivered in-house without subcontracting.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Consulting Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Offshore Development Center (ODC) / Dedicated Team Services (BPAEAMAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Technical Support & Helpdesk Contact Centers (BPAAAAAI)

Keywords

• IT consulting services
• Managed cybersecurity services
• Sovereign cloud hosting
• DevOps and cloud expertise
• Data infrastructure services

Headquarters

HQ city

Gentilly

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting / Advisory Services: Advisory engagements including shared CTO (part-time, 2-4 days/month), project scoping, SI audit/due diligence, governance & committee facilitation. Delivered by senior founders/executives with deep delivery track records.
2. Technical Expertise / Staffing: Six specialized technical domains delivered by senior KISS referents: Cloud & Platform, Data & AI, Software Engineering, DevOps & SRE, SI Architecture, and Responsible Digital. No juniors placed on topics KISS doesn't master.
3. Khosting - Managed Hosting & Cybersecurity: Sovereign French hosting (IaaS/managed infrastructure) with 24/7 SOC, pentesting, managed operations (MCO/infogérance), disaster recovery (PRA), and compliance support (RGPD, ISO 27001, HDS, SecNumCloud). Recurring managed services revenue.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

KISS is a French IT consulting firm that provides senior-level advisory (Conseil), technical implementation expertise across six practices (Cloud, DevOps, Development, Security, Data, Infrastructure), and sovereign managed hosting with 24/7 cybersecurity (Khosting). Its offerings target IT leadership at mid-sized and large French enterprises that require both strategic guidance and hands-on technical delivery under a single contract.

Product overview

KISS is a consulting and technical expertise firm organized around three interconnected offerings under one roof: (1) Conseil — advisory services led by a shared CTO and CEO providing project scoping, shared CTO-as-a-service, SI audits, proofs-of-concept, and governance; (2) Expertises — six senior-led technical practice areas covering Cloud & Platform, Data & AI, Software Engineering, DevOps & SRE, SI Architecture, and Responsible Digital (Numérique Responsable); and (3) Khosting — a sub-brand delivering sovereign French hosting (Tier III, two data centers), 24/7 managed SOC, penetration testing, managed operations, and disaster recovery. All three offerings are kept in-house with no subcontracting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Khosting: KISS's sovereign hosting and managed cybersecurity brand. Provides data center hosting in France, 24/7 SOC supervision, pentesting, and cyber audit services. Targets MTTD of 0s, MTTR of 5m46s, with 99.95% client SLA.

Products and services

• Conseil KISS (IT Advisory) Strategic IT advisory service targeting DSI and IT leadership at French enterprises, covering topics such as IT strategy, skills sourcing, and regulatory compliance (ISO 27001, NIS2, RGPD).
• Expertises KISS (Cloud) Cloud architecture and engineering practice delivering migrations, architecture design, and multi-cloud work across AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and OVHcloud for French enterprises.
• Expertises KISS (DevOps) DevOps and SRE practice implementing CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, observability, and operational tooling for enterprise IT environments.
• Expertises KISS (Development) Custom software development and engineering service delivering bespoke applications and integrations for French enterprise clients.
• Expertises KISS (Security) Cybersecurity consulting and implementation service covering security architecture, hardening, and compliance with frameworks such as ISO 27001 and NIS2.
• Expertises KISS (Data) Data practice delivering data platform engineering, analytics, and data-management implementations for enterprise clients.
• Expertises KISS (Infrastructure) Infrastructure practice delivering systems, network, and platform engineering for enterprise environments, including backup and business continuity.
• Khosting (Sovereign Hosting & Managed Cybersecurity) Sovereign French managed hosting service operated from KISS's own Tier III data centers, including 24/7 managed cybersecurity via an in-house SOC, managed backup, and infrastructure monitoring for compliance-sensitive French enterprises.

Quantifiable outcome

• MTTD: 0s, MTTR: 5m46s, Client SLA: 99.95%
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Wavestone: French pure-play consulting firm advising senior IT leadership on strategic arbitrations (cloud, SI modernization, post-incident audits). Directly comparable to KISS's Conseil offering because both target DSI-level decisions with senior practitioner-led engagements, though Wavestone is publicly listed and significantly larger.
• Onepoint: French consulting and technology firm combining strategic advisory, architecture, and platform engineering under one roof. Comparable to KISS because of the integrated advisory-plus-execution model and senior-practitioner culture, though Onepoint operates at much larger scale across multiple geographies.
• OVHcloud: Largest European sovereign cloud provider, headquartered in France with Tier III+ data centers and SecNumCloud, ISO 27001, HDS, and RGPD certifications. Directly comparable to KISS's Khosting business because of the sovereign positioning, certification stack, and French DSI target market; KISS also lists OVHcloud as a supported partner platform.
• Scaleway: French sovereign cloud provider (Iliad group) offering bare-metal, compute, storage, and managed services from data centers in France with SecNumCloud-grade offerings. Direct peer to Khosting on the sovereign infrastructure side, competing for the same data-residency-sensitive French enterprise and public-sector workloads.
• Outscale (Dassault Systèmes): French sovereign cloud provider owned by Dassault Systèmes, holding SecNumCloud and ISO 27001 certifications and targeting regulated industries including defense, healthcare, and public sector. Closely comparable to Khosting's compliance-led value proposition for French DSI buyers.
• Bleu (Orange / Capgemini / Microsoft): French 'cloud de confiance' joint venture delivering SecNumCloud-qualified Microsoft Azure services from data centers in France. Directly competes with Khosting for the most demanding French regulated workloads and represents the kind of well-capitalized sovereign entrant that constrains KISS's competitive runway.

Broad incumbents

• Devoteam: French-headquartered digital transformation and technology consulting firm with cloud, data, and cybersecurity practices. Comparable because it sells similar Cloud & Platform, Data & AI, and DevOps/SRE expertise to enterprise CISOs and DSIs across Europe, although at far greater scale (several thousand consultants vs. KISS's 8 employees).
• Capgemini: Global French-origin IT services and consulting leader with deep Cloud, Data & AI, and cybersecurity practices serving large enterprises. Broad incumbent comparable to KISS on Conseil (IT strategy advisory), Expertises (delivery), and Khosting (managed services via partners), though at vastly larger scale and with broader geographic reach.
• Sopra Steria: Major European IT services group headquartered in France, offering consulting, systems integration, and infrastructure management including sovereign hosting capabilities. Comparable to KISS across Conseil, Expertises, and Khosting equivalents, but with thousands of employees and pan-European scale.

Regional players

• Absyss: Boutique French IT services firm delivering infrastructure management, managed operations, and technical expertise to mid-market and large French enterprises. Comparable to KISS in scale and culture (senior-practitioner-led, France-only, sovereign-friendly), serving a similar DSI buyer profile.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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