La Boîte à Indés
La Boîte à Indés is a French SAS that operates the Académie, a mutualised Qualiopi certification hosting platform enabling independent trainers, coaches, and micro-entrepreneurs to deliver fund-eligible training in France without obtaining their own individual certification. It earns revenue through tiered subscriptions, commissions on hosted training turnover, and ancillary certification fees.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2021
- HeadquartersDardilly, France
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What La Boîte à Indés does
La Boîte à Indés is a French private company (Société LA BOÎTE À INDÉS, SAS) headquartered in Dardilly, near Lyon, founded in 2019 and operating since 2021 under the La Boîte à Indés Académie brand. It runs a mutualised Qualiopi hosting platform that allows independent trainers, coaches, consultants, and micro-entrepreneurs in France to deliver training programmes eligible for reimbursement by French professional training funds, without each trainer having to obtain an individual Qualiopi certification. The company obtained its own Qualiopi certification in March 2021 (renewed in April 2025) and absorbs the administrative, regulatory, and quality-compliance burden for hosted trainers while the trainers retain intellectual property and client relationships.
The platform is built on a WordPress-based web infrastructure (laboite-a-indes.fr, academie.laboite-a-indes.fr, espaceformateur.laboite-a-indes.fr) hosted on OVH, with an integrated trainer onboarding portal, subscription management, training catalogue (catalogueformpro.com), and a Coût Simulator that matches prospective trainers to a hosting tier. Revenue is generated through three tiers of annual subscription (Occasionnel €150 HT/year, Régulier €550 HT/year, Exclusif €1,650 HT/year) combined with a tiered commission of 20%, 16%, or 12% on the hosted trainer's annual training turnover, plus ancillary fees for CLOE certification (€140 HT/trainee) and session cancellations (€150 HT). The company employs roughly five people, with Pauline Klein as Director of Publication and Jérémy Cottaz as CTO.
Go-to-market is community-led and direct-to-consumer: trainers self-subscribe online through the Académie portal, while marketing is driven through an active blog, a public webinar series called the Acad(mooc)café (covering AI tools, sales, intellectual property, productivity, and entrepreneurship), social channels on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram, and a newsletter. Enterprise clients with internal trainer teams or recurring sub-contractor needs are handled via direct contact and custom quotes. The company has also cultivated a marketing-partner ecosystem with entities including INPI, Jump, Freelance Stack, Digi Atlas, DLCC Office Management, and La Fabrique à Neurones to extend its educational content reach.
La Boîte à Indés firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- La Boîte à Indés
- Legal name
- Société LA BOÎTE À INDÉS
- Website
- https://laboite-a-indes.fr
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2021
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- La Boîte à Indés is a French SAS that operates the Académie, a mutualised Qualiopi certification hosting platform enabling independent trainers, coaches, and micro-entrepreneurs to deliver fund-eligible training in France without obtaining their own individual certification. It earns revenue through tiered subscriptions, commissions on hosted training turnover, and ancillary certification fees.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
La Boîte à Indés industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Professional Training Certification Services
- NAICS
- Educational Services (611), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)
- SIC
- Services-Educational Services (8200)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Credentialing, Certification Prep & Exam Training (BPACANAJ)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Assessment, Certification & Qualifications Frameworks (BPADAKAL), National/State Examination Boards & Testing Agencies (EDADAFAA)
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Where La Boîte à Indés is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Dardilly
- HQ country
- France
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
La Boîte à Indés business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Commission sur CA Formation (Commission on Training Revenue): La Boîte à Indés takes a commission percentage on the annual training revenue (CA formation HT) generated by each hosted trainer. Three tiers: 20% for Occasionnel (<10,000€ CA), 16% for Régulier (≥10,000€ CA), and 12% for Exclusif (≥27,500€ CA). The trainer retains ownership of their intellectual property and is responsible for commercialising their sessions.
- Forfait Annuel Académie (Annual Academy Membership Fee): Annual subscription fees for access to the Academy platform and shared Qualiopi certification: 150€ HT/year for Occasionnel, 550€ HT/year for Régulier, and 1,650€ HT/year for Exclusif. Billing is annual via automatic card payment. These fees are separate from and in addition to the commission on training revenue.
- Certificat CLOE (CLOE Certification Exam): The company offers access to the CLOE certification tool at 140€ HT per trainee, charged to enterprise clients that use the Academy's training hosting services for their internal trainer teams.
- Annulation de Session (Session Cancellation Fee): A 150€ HT cancellation fee is charged for sessions cancelled fewer than 10 days before the first training date (unless rescheduled), applied to enterprise clients using the Academy's training hosting services.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Annual | Formateur Occasionnel: 150€ HT/year + 20% commission on training CA |
| Subscription | Annual | Consultant, Coach, Formateur (Régulier): 550€ HT/year + 16% commission on training CA |
| Subscription | Annual | Formateur Exclusif: 1,650€ HT/year + 12% commission on training CA |
| Other | Annual | ENTREPRISES (Multi-trainer enterprise hosting): Custom pricing on enquiry |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels7 records
La Boîte à Indés product offering
Product offeringCore offering
La Boîte à Indés provides a mutualized Qualiopi certification hosting service that lets independent trainers, coaches, consultants, and micro-entrepreneurs in France deliver Qualiopi-certified training programmes under the company's organizational certification, enabling their enterprise clients to claim reimbursement from French training funds. The Académie platform also serves enterprises with internal trainer teams or that regularly subcontract training, providing the administrative infrastructure (programme formatting, regulatory monitoring, trainee document distribution, accessibility partnerships) and access to the CLOE language certification tool for trainees.
Product overview
La Boîte à Indés operates La Boîte à Indés Académie as its core product—a Qualiopi certification hosting platform for independent trainers and coaches in France. The platform offers three service tiers: Formateur Occasionnel (150€ HT/an, 20% commission), Consultant/Coach/Formateur Régulier (550€ HT/an, 16% commission), and Formateur Exclusif (1,650€ HT/an, 12% commission). The mutualized hosting model allows trainers to dispense certified Qualiopi training under the academy's certification while retaining intellectual property of their training materials. The platform also provides a Cost Simulator tool for pricing decisions and hosts educational webinars on business topics.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- La Boîte à Indés Académie — Qualiopi Hosting Platform Mutualized Qualiopi certification hosting service that allows independent trainers, consultants, coaches, and micro-entrepreneurs in France to dispense Qualiopi-certified training programmes under La Boîte à Indés' organizational certification, with full administrative support including programme formatting, trainee document management, regulatory monitoring, and accessibility partnerships.
- Hébergement Qualiopi Mutualisé (Mutualized Qualiopi Hosting) Core hosting service allowing independent trainers to dispense certified training under La Boîte à Indés' certification, with administrative support including program formatting, trainee document management, regulatory monitoring, and quality partnerships.
- Hébergement Entreprises — Multi-trainer structures Custom-priced Qualiopi hosting tier for enterprises that regularly use training sub-contractors or have internal trainer teams. Includes access to the CLOE certification exam and is supported by direct contact onboarding rather than self-serve signup.
- Certificat CLOE (CLOE Certification Exam) Usage-based language certification exam offered at 140€ HT per trainee to enterprise clients that use the Academy's training hosting services for their internal trainer teams.
Quantifiable outcome
- Trainers retain ownership of intellectual property and client relationships while benefiting from shared certification
- +1 more outcomes
Companies that use La Boîte à Indés
Customer profileSegments2 records
Ideal customer profiles2 records
La Boîte à Indés technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration16 records
AI capability2 records
Feature4 records
La Boîte à Indés partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.
- JumpminorJump is a portage salarial company. La Boîte à Indés collaborated with Jump to host a webinar ('Et le portage salarial dans tout ça?') addressing the relationship between Qualiopi hosting and portage salarial as alternative or complementary status options for independent trainers.
- Bruno Guy / Freelance StackminorBruno Guy, founder of Freelance Stack (a deals and resources platform for entrepreneurs), partnered with La Boîte à Indés to deliver a webinar on prospecting tools and automation ('Les outils fondamentaux pour une prospection efficace'). He is featured as an expert partner contributing educational content.
- Digi AtlasminorDigi Atlas partnered with La Boîte à Indés to deliver a webinar on digital marketing levers for independent professionals ('Les 10 leviers du marketing digital pour ton activité d'indépendant').
- DLCC Office Management (Catherine Courtois & David Lapp)minorDLCC Office Management (led by Catherine Courtois and David Lapp) partnered with La Boîte à Indés to deliver a webinar on reconciling with administrative management for independent professionals. They also offer services potentially relevant to the Academy's member community.
- INPI (Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle)minorThe INPI partnered with La Boîte à Indés to host a webinar on intellectual property for independent professionals ('Toi et ta propriété intellectuelle avec l'INPI'). The INPI is a French government body providing IP expertise and education.
- La Fabrique à NeuronesminorLa Fabrique à Neurones partnered with La Boîte à Indés to deliver a webinar on boosting cognitive performance ('performances cognitives : comment les booster').
- OVH SAScoreOVH SAS provides web hosting services for the La Boîte à Indés website and platform. OVH is a major European cloud and web hosting provider.
Scale indicators1 record
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
La Boîte à Indés competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Demos: Major French professional training group with Qualiopi-certified programmes across multiple domains. Comparable as a French Qualiopi-certified training provider serving enterprise clients, though Demos operates at significantly larger scale and as a direct training delivery organisation.
- Bureau Veritas Certification: International testing, inspection and certification organisation with a French presence certifying training organisations against Qualiopi standards. Comparable as a competing Qualiopi certification body, though Bureau Veritas operates at global scale rather than as a trainer-hosting platform.
- Cegos: One of the largest corporate training organisations in France and globally, offering a broad portfolio of professional development and certification programmes. Comparable as a French training-services player, but Cegos is a major incumbent delivering training directly rather than hosting independent trainers.
- AFNOR Certification: France's primary national standards and certification body, accredited to issue Qualiopi certifications to training organisations. Comparable as a key player in the French Qualiopi ecosystem, though AFNOR operates as an upstream certification body rather than a hosting platform for trainers.
Emerging players
- Didask: French AI-powered digital training platform that helps organisations design and deploy training programmes. Comparable because it serves the same French enterprise training market and competes for similar L&D budgets, though Didask is a content/design platform rather than a certification host.
- Skills4All: French online training platform focused on professional upskilling and certification, offering Qualiopi-eligible programmes. Comparable as a French digital training player targeting similar independent learners and enterprise L&D buyers, with overlapping Qualiopi positioning.
- 360Learning: Collaborative learning platform serving L&D teams, with a strong French presence. Comparable because it serves a similar buyer persona (training professionals and L&D teams) and operates in the French training-administration space, though 360Learning focuses on LMS/collaboration rather than Qualiopi hosting.
Direct peers
- Formaeva: French consultancy specialising in Qualiopi certification support and training-organisation compliance. Directly comparable because it serves the same independent-trainer and small-training-organisation market segment, helping them navigate Qualiopi requirements — though Formaeva is more advisory-focused whereas La Boîte à Indés provides full hosting.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
La Boîte à Indés social profiles
Digital presenceLa Boîte à Indés compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance2 records
La Boîte à Indés financial estimates
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Valuation estimate
La Boîte à Indés leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles2 records
La Boîte à Indés funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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La Boîte à Indés M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about La Boîte à Indés
What does La Boîte à Indés do?
La Boîte à Indés provides a mutualized Qualiopi certification hosting service that lets independent trainers, coaches, consultants, and micro-entrepreneurs in France deliver Qualiopi-certified training programmes under the company's organizational certification, enabling their enterprise clients to claim reimbursement from French training funds. The Académie platform also serves enterprises with internal trainer teams or that regularly subcontract training, providing the administrative infrastructure (programme formatting, regulatory monitoring, trainee document distribution, accessibility partnerships) and access to the CLOE language certification tool for trainees.
Is La Boîte à Indés a public or private company?
La Boîte à Indés is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was La Boîte à Indés founded?
La Boîte à Indés was founded in 2021. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is La Boîte à Indés based?
La Boîte à Indés is headquartered in Dardilly, France, in the Europe region.
How does La Boîte à Indés make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Commission sur CA Formation (Commission on Training Revenue) is the primary driver. The others are forfait Annuel Académie (Annual Academy Membership Fee), certificat CLOE (CLOE Certification Exam) and annulation de Session (Session Cancellation Fee).
Who are La Boîte à Indés's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Demos, Bureau Veritas Certification, Cegos and AFNOR Certification. Emerging players are Didask, Skills4All and 360Learning. Formaeva is listed as a direct peer.
Does La Boîte à Indés have an API?
No public API is recorded for La Boîte à Indés.
What industry is La Boîte à Indés in?
La Boîte à Indés's product category is Professional Training Certification Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPACANAJ, Credentialing, Certification Prep & Exam Training, with a secondary code of BPADAKAL, Assessment, Certification & Qualifications Frameworks. Its NAICS code is 611 and its SIC code is 8200.