Centre de Découverte Mer et Montagne

Name

Centre de Découverte Mer et Montagne

Legal name

Centre de Découverte Mer et Montagne (CDMM)

Website

https://mermontagne.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Nice

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Leisure activities and programs: Revenue from holiday programs, day activities, nature club, and overnight stays for young people aged 8-16 years. Programs offered during school holidays and throughout the year.
2. School programs and educational services: Educational interventions for schools, classes, and teaching institutions with programs aligned with national education objectives under article D.551-1 of the Education Code.
3. Corporate team-building events: Original activities for companies that combine entertainment, personality revelation, team bonding, and sustainable development.
4. Merchandise sales: Sale of souvenir merchandise including organic cotton t-shirts priced at 10 euros for children sizes 8-16 years.
5. Membership and donations: Annual membership subscriptions and donation collection via HelloAssoc platform.
6. Expertise and consulting services: Site valorization, educational strategies, faunistic and floristic field studies, and accompaniment services for environmental change.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

CDMM is a non-profit environmental education association that delivers hands-on marine and mountain ecosystem discovery programs for youth, families, schools, and corporate groups. Its core offerings include holiday leisure programs for children aged 8-16, weekly nature clubs, multi-day stays, school interventions aligned with national curriculum, evening conferences, and corporate team-building activities centered on sustainable development. The organization also coordinates the Mediterranean Environment Network (REM) and provides environmental consulting, site valorization, and faunistic/floristic field studies.

Product overview

Centre de Découverte Mer et Montagne (CDMM) is an environmental education association founded in 1991, offering a portfolio of three interconnected service pillars: Loisirs (leisure activities for youth including Activités jeunes, Club Nature, Séjours, Sorties Nature, and Ateliers thématiques), Education (school programs and conferences for public audiences), and Expertise (environmental consulting, Mediterranean network management, pedagogical tools, and corporate team-building). The organization operates from Nice, France, and specializes in marine and mountain environmental awareness. Notable programs include the Club Nature for children 8-11 years old, summer vacation programs for youth 8-16, and the Classes Méditerranée educational initiative across the Mediterranean region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Activités jeunes (Loisirs pour les jeunes) Educational leisure activities for youth aged 8 to 16 during school holidays, including animations, outings, workshops, and nautical activities organized as day programs lasting 1, 2, or 5 days.
• Club Nature Weekly nature club for children aged 8 to 11, running Wednesdays from 9h00 to 17h00 during school terms (September to June), featuring field trips and discovery activities to foster environmental awareness and responsible citizenship.
• Séjours Multi-day camps for children aged 10 to 16 (5 to 8 days), combining scientific, recreational, artistic, sporting, and nautical activities at sea or mountain locations.
• Sorties Nature Discovery outings including guided underwater hiking (randonnée palmée), sea kayaking, coastal hiking, and transparent kayak excursions led by marine environment specialists.
• Ateliers thématiques Thematic workshops covering biodiversity, climate change, freshwater ecosystems, waste reduction, and health-environment topics for various audiences.
• Actions Scolaires Educational programs for schools with tailored curricula aligned with teacher objectives, including classroom sessions, activities at CDMM premises, and field excursions, delivered under Article D.551-1 of the Education Code.
• Conférences Evening discussion sessions on environmental issues featuring specialist speakers, aimed at public education and awareness.
• Réseau Environnement Méditerranée Mediterranean environmental network enabling collaboration, mobilization, and joint action among environmental organizations across the Mediterranean region, coordinated by CDMM.
• Expositions et outils pédagogiques Exhibitions and pedagogical tools for environmental discovery, including audio-guided displays such as the 'Quand les baleines marchaient' exhibition and pedagogical tools developed for visually impaired audiences.
• Offre Entreprise (TEAM Building) Corporate team-building activities aligned with sustainable development goals, combining recreation, team bonding, and environmental responsibility for companies.
• Expertise and Consulting Services Expertise services including site valorization, educational strategies, faunistic and floristic field studies, and accompaniment services for environmental change projects.
• Classes Méditerranée Collaborative educational program connecting schools across the Mediterranean with environmental actors to engage youth in ocean protection and plastic reduction initiatives.

Quantifiable outcome

• 300+ children and 2100+ child-days of annual attendance at leisure center
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Interreg Marittimo - Project NeptunecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019CDMM became a partner in the Interreg Marittimo Project Neptune in 2019, a transnational collaboration focused on maritime environmental initiatives in the Mediterranean region.
• Réseau Environnement Méditerranée (REM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCDMM is the carrier organization of the Mediterranean Environment Network (formerly Réseau Euro-méditerranéen), which celebrated 10 years in 2009. The network connects environmental organizations around the Mediterranean for collaboration, mobilization, and collective action.
• CNES (Centre National d'Études Spatiales)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of the 'Journée Spatial et préservation du littoral' event with Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur, focusing on space technology applications for coastal preservation.
• Métropole Nice Côte d'AzurcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer with CNES of the coastal preservation event, bringing together local government support for environmental initiatives.
• Ludovic CHARFAZ (Parrain)minorOthersParrain (godfather/patron) of CDMM since 2023. Cold-water swimming champion and IISA competitor who supports environmental preservation awareness through his athletic challenges.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• France Nature Environnement (FNE): French federation of environmental associations coordinating member organizations, including accredited environmental education providers — broad incumbent comparable to CDMM as an accredited environmental protection association.
• LPO France (Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux): Major French nature protection association delivering school programs, volunteer outings, and species-focused education — comparable to CDMM on association model, school-program approvals, and field-based pedagogy, though focused on birds/biodiversity more broadly.
• Surfrider Foundation Europe: European ocean protection NGO with strong French presence running coastal education, awareness campaigns, and volunteer mobilization — broad peer in marine environmental education with overlap on coastal preservation topics CDMM covers.
• WWF France: Large-scale French environmental NGO operating educational, advocacy and corporate partnership programs — adjacent competitor for corporate CSR euros and public environmental awareness spend, overlapping with CDMM's expertise pillar.

Direct peers

• Nausicaá: Boulogne-sur-Mer national sea centre providing marine environmental education and public exhibits — directly comparable to CDMM on marine environmental pedagogy and family/youth audience, but at national-scale attendance.
• Aquarium de Paris: Major Parisian aquarium delivering marine environmental education, school programs, and biodiversity exhibits — comparable to CDMM on marine education pedagogy, though operating at higher public-visitor scale.
• Océanopolis: Brest-based ocean discovery centre focused on marine environmental education and public aquarium programs — closely comparable to CDMM's marine-focused education mission, though operated at larger scale and as a public-interest facility.
• GRAINE (Groupement Régional d'Animation et d'Information sur la Nature et l'Environnement): French regional networks supporting environmental education providers, including curriculum-linked school interventions and network coordination — comparable to CDMM's hybrid of on-the-ground education and Mediterranean-wide network stewardship.
• Marinarium de Concarneau: Concarneau-based marine biology discovery centre offering school and family educational programming around marine ecosystems — directly comparable to CDMM's marine-focused educational mission for youth and the general public.
• CPIE (Union nationale des Centres Permanents d'Initiatives pour l'Environnement): French national network of environmental education associations delivering school programs, nature outings, and community awareness — directly comparable to CDMM's education-then-expertise model for environmental awareness in a French association context.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCXdA-1esx1q4q66oYp2HSfQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/Centre-de-D%C3%A9couverte-Mer-et-Montagne-191079794242983
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/centre-de-d%C3%A9couverte-mer-et-montagne
• Instagraminstagram.com/cdmmenvironnement

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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