Le Booster

What Le Booster does

Le Booster is a French association loi 1901 (non-profit) founded in 2017 and headquartered in Villeurbanne, operating as a territorial accelerator that supports the Territoires Zéro Chommeur de Longue Durée (TZCLD) experimentation in urban priority neighborhoods (QPV). With approximately 10 employees, the organization delivers three integrated activity poles: 'Booster de talents' (mobilizing long-term unemployed residents and building pathways to adapted employment in partnership with employment actors), 'Booster d'activités' (detecting unmet local needs and incubating new socially and ecologically useful activities with EBE), and 'Producteur et diffuseur de savoirs' (capitalizing field learning, producing shared tools, and contributing to public policy evolution). Le Booster serves persons deprived of long-term employment, Entreprises à But d'Emploi (EBE), and local public authorities engaged in the TZCLD framework, operating across Villeurbanne, Métropole de Lyon, and since 2025, Métropole Européenne de Lille.

The organization's underlying 'technology' is a social engineering and territorial development methodology applied to long-term unemployment reduction through EBE creation, rather than a software or AI product; there is no proprietary platform, no API, no SDK, and no app. Revenue derives entirely from institutional funding, grants, and partnerships with public institutions supporting the TZCLD experimentation, with no commercial pricing model. Distribution is community-led: field project managers engage directly with residents, associations, enterprises, and local authorities in target neighborhoods, with EBE serving as the primary partnership network for activity incubation. The organization reports 254 jobs created, 8 major projects, and 500+ persons hired in EBE across its cumulative track record.

Governance is structured around a board of senior figures including a former AXA executive as President, a former PwC France associate as Treasurer, and the President of Entrepreneurs du Monde as Secretary, lending institutional credibility atypical of a 10-person non-profit. Strategic verticals currently include Réemploi & économie circulaire (e.g., the 'Démontés' bike-parts reconditioning project), Bien-vivre dans les quartiers prioritaires (e.g., 'Oh Punaises'), and Alimentation & agriculture urbaine (e.g., 'L'ilot Vert'). The 2025 expansion to Métropole Européenne de Lille marks a geographic replication milestone and a signal of intent to scale the model beyond its historical Lyon-area base.

Name

Le Booster

Legal name

Le Booster

Website

https://lebooster.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Le Booster is a French non-profit association founded in 2017 that supports the Territoires Zéro Chômeur de Longue Durée (TZCLD) experimentation in urban priority neighborhoods, mobilizing long-term unemployed residents and incubating socially useful activities through Entreprises à But d'Emploi across Villeurbanne, Métropole de Lyon, and Métropole Européenne de Lille.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Villeurbanne

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Institutional funding and grants: As an association loi 1901, Le Booster operates primarily through institutional funding, grants, and partnerships with public institutions supporting the Territoires Zéro Chômeur de Longue Durée (TZCLD) experimentation. Revenue derives from supporting the development of employment-focused enterprises in urban priority areas.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Le Booster is a non-profit association that advises and supports key actors of the Territoires Zéro Chômeur de Longue Durée (TZCLD) experimentation in French urban priority neighborhoods (QPV). It delivers three integrated service poles: mobilising long-term unemployed residents toward adapted employment (Booster de talents), incubating new socially and ecologically useful activities with EBE (Booster d'activités), and producing/disseminating field learning to influence public policy (Producteur et diffuseur de savoirs).

Product overview

Le Booster is a single-service organization offering three integrated activity poles focused on territorial development and employment support. The 'Booster de talents' pole mobilizes long-term unemployed residents and builds employment pathways with them. The 'Booster d'activités' pole incubates new socially useful activities based on unmet local needs. The 'Producteur et diffuseur de savoirs' pole capitalizes on field learning and produces shared tools to spread the model to other territories. These three poles work in coordination to support the Territoires Zéro Chômeur de Longue Durée (TZCLD) experimentation in urban priority neighborhoods.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Booster de talents
• Booster d'activités
• Producteur et diffuseur de savoirs Knowledge production and dissemination service that capitalises on field learning, produces shared tools, and contributes to spreading activities to other territories and influencing public policies.

Quantifiable outcome

• 254 jobs created
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MRIE (Maison Régionale de l'Insertion et de l'Emploi)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMRIE is represented by Vice-President Yvon Condamin on Le Booster's board. MRIE is a regional insertion and employment organization that contributes expertise on territorial development and insertion issues, supporting Le Booster's mission within the TZCLD experimentation.
• Entrepreneurs du MondecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMichel Gasnier, President of Entrepreneurs du Monde, serves as Secretary of Le Booster's board. Entrepreneurs du Monde is an association supporting entrepreneurs in precarious situations, bringing expertise in social entrepreneurship and micro-enterprise development to Le Booster's activities.
• Groupe EOSminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCarole Sulski represents Groupe EOS on Le Booster's board. Groupe EOS contributes expertise in business development and support, reinforcing Le Booster's capacity to strengthen EBE governance and develop sustainable activities.
• Territoires Zéro Chômeur de Longue Durée (TZCLD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLe Booster was created in 2017 to support the TZCLD experimentation, which aims to eliminate long-term unemployment through creating useful, sustainable, non-delocalizable jobs. Le Booster advises and supports key actors of this experimentation in urban priority neighborhoods.
• Entreprises à But d'Emploi (EBE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLe Booster accompanies and supports Entreprises à But d'Emploi (EBE) - employment-purpose companies created within the TZCLD framework. Le Booster provides governance strengthening, professionalization of support functions, and strategic development of activities for these enterprises.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Le Mouvement Associatif: National federation representing associations in France across all sectors. Comparable as a peer network of association loi 1901 actors, with relevance for sector-wide advocacy, governance benchmarks, and policy engagement.
• French Impact: National ecosystem coordinated by the French State to accelerate the development of social enterprises and impact-driven structures. Comparable as a broader institutional ecosystem in which Le Booster's EBE support activity is positioned.

Direct peers

• Entrepreneurs du Monde: French association supporting micro-entrepreneurs in precarious situations, both in France and abroad. Comparable as a social-enterprise support organization; also an actual Le Booster board partner through its President serving as Secretary.
• Avise: Resource center supporting the development of social enterprises and the social economy in France. Comparable in its role of providing advisory, methodology, and tooling to social-economy actors — overlapping with Le Booster's 'Producteur et diffuseur de savoirs' pole.
• France Active: National network financing and supporting social enterprises and employment-focused structures in France. Comparable as a B2B/B2G support organization targeting the same social-economy ecosystem Le Booster serves.

Broad incumbents

• Territoires Zéro Chômeur de Longue Durée (TZCLD): National association coordinating the TZCLD experimentation in France. Operates the same policy framework that Le Booster supports at the territorial level, making it the institutional counterpart to Le Booster's field-level work.
• ADIE (Association pour le Droit à l'Initiative Économique): Leading French association providing microcredit and entrepreneurship support to people excluded from traditional banking and employment. Comparable in mission (employment/inclusion) but much larger scale and financial-services oriented.
• Nexem (formerly Coorace): National federation of social-enterprise employers, including work-integration structures (structures d'insertion par l'activité économique). Comparable as an ecosystem actor supporting EBE-like structures at national scale.

Emerging players

• ANDES (Association Nationale de Développement des Épiceries Solidaires): National network of solidarity grocery stores that function as work-integration social enterprises. Comparable as a federator of EBE-like structures serving excluded populations, with overlap in economic model and target beneficiaries.
• La Fonda: French think tank focused on the future of associations and non-profit organizations. Comparable as a knowledge-production actor in the non-profit sector, complementary to Le Booster's 'Producteur et diffuseur de savoirs' pole.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/le-booster-tzc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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