NADEM

What NADEM does

NADEM SAS is a French territorial economic development consulting firm (bureau d'étude) founded in 2019 by Emmanuel NADAUD and headquartered at 7 Rue des Amandiers, 17180 Périgny, near La Rochelle in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. The firm operates as a Société par Actions Simplifiée (SAS) with five employees and is registered under SIRET 951 299 759 00013. NADEM advises local and regional government authorities, private enterprises, and associations on socio-economic diagnostics, strategic development plans, project engineering, and the assembly and follow-up of complex funding dossiers, with specific expertise in European funding programs (FEDER, INTERREG, LEADER).

The firm delivers its services through three interconnected offerings: Études & Stratégies de Développement Territorial (diagnostics and strategic planning), Ingénierie Financière & Gestion de Projets (financial engineering and EU-funded project management), and Laboratoire d'Idées Entreprises & Territoires (applied research in territorial development). NADEM holds the 'Jeune Entreprise Universitaire' label granted through a research convention with the RURALITÉS laboratory at the Université de Poitiers and maintains a partnership with the Fédération de recherche Territoires, lending academic credibility to its qualitative and quantitative methodologies.

Commercially, NADEM follows a project-based, quote-driven consulting model with no publicly disclosed pricing. Distribution is direct: the firm engages territorial actors through field-based relationships and a corporate website (nadem.fr), with no third-party intermediaries or formal channel partners identified. The business is bootstrapped and founder-owned, with no external funding, parent company, or acquisition activity disclosed.

Name

NADEM

Legal name

NADEM SAS

Website

https://nadem.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

NADEM is a five-person French territorial economic development consultancy founded in 2019 in Périgny, advising local governments, enterprises, and associations on socio-economic diagnostics, strategic planning, project engineering, and European funding (FEDER, INTERREG, LEADER) dossiers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Territorial Development Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHALAJ

Survey, Panel & Fieldwork Services

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Research, Analytics & Expert Services

Keywords

• Territorial development consulting
• Socio-economic diagnostics
• Project engineering services
• Financial engineering advisory
• European funding consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

PERIGNY

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

NADEM is a consulting firm (bureau d'étude) that supports territorial actors — local authorities, enterprises, and associations — through socio-economic diagnostics, territorial strategy development, project engineering, financial engineering, and European funding acquisition (FEDER, INTERREG, LEADER). The firm combines field-based qualitative analysis with participatory territorial animation and operates an action-research laboratory in partnership with the Université de Poitiers.

Product overview

NADEM is a consulting firm (bureau d'étude) offering three interconnected service lines: Études & Stratégies de Développement Territorial provides socio-economic diagnostics and territorial development strategies; Ingénierie Financière & Gestion de Projets delivers financial engineering and project management for innovation projects with European funding expertise; and Laboratoire d'Idées Entreprises & Territoires conducts research in territorial development through university partnerships. The firm operates as a single integrated offering rather than a modular product platform, serving territorialcollectivites and enterprises.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Études & Stratégies de Développement Territorial (Territorial Development Studies & Strategies) Conducts socio-economic diagnostics of territories, sectoral and thematic analyses, and quantitative and qualitative studies. Defines territorial strategies and action plans, including economic development strategies, Feder-Leader territorial strategies, and territorial contracts. Includes participatory territorial animation (animation territoriale) for local authorities and enterprises.
• Ingénierie Financière & Gestion de Projets (Financial Engineering & Project Management) Provides advisory services for project structuring and innovation projects, complex dossier assembly and management, and public and private funding research (regional, national, and European — including FEDER, INTERREG, and LEADER). Includes evaluation and follow-up of European projects. Targeted at local authorities and enterprises undertaking development projects.
• Laboratoire d'Idées Entreprises & Territoires (Think Tank — Enterprises & Territories) Conducts research and development (recherche & développement) and action-research in territorial development and economic sciences. Publishes and valorizes work in scientific journals and maintains university partnerships (notably with the RURALITÉS laboratory and the Fédération de recherche Territoires at the Université de Poitiers). Supports the firm's consulting methodology with academic grounding.

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Université de Poitiers - Laboratoire RURALITÉScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNADEM maintains a close research partnership with the RURALITÉS laboratory at the University of Poitiers through a joint research convention. This partnership provides NADEM with academic credibility and research-based methodologies, while the company holds the 'Jeune Entreprise Universitaire' (Young University Enterprise) label granted by this university partnership.
• Fédération de recherche TerritoirescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNADEM maintains close relations with the 'Fédération de recherche Territoires' research federation, contributing to the company's research-based approach to territorial development consulting.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• EY France: Big 4 firm providing public sector consulting, including territorial strategy, EU funding advisory, and project engineering. Similar functional offering to NADEM but typically winning regional and national-level mandates that NADEM cannot pursue at its current scale.
• PwC France: Big 4 firm with a public sector and territories advisory practice covering strategy, transformation, and EU-funded programme management. Competes with NADEM on overlapping service lines but serves much larger territorial authorities and ministries.
• Deloitte France: Global consultancy with a public sector practice advising French local authorities on strategy, transformation, and EU-funded project delivery. Comparable capability set to NADEM but at significantly larger scale and scope across the full public sector value chain.
• KPMG France: Big 4 firm with a substantial public sector and territorial advisory practice serving French collectivités and EU-funded projects. Overlaps with NADEM on strategy and financial engineering mandates but competes with much broader resources and at larger contract sizes.
• BearingPoint France: Management and technology consultancy with a strong European public sector practice advising governments and agencies on strategy, funding, and transformation. Comparable to NADEM in EU funding and public project expertise but with broader international delivery capability.

Direct peers

• Algoé: French strategy and management consulting firm with a strong public sector and territorial transformation practice. Directly comparable to NADEM in advising local authorities on strategy, organisation, and complex project delivery, though at a larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Futuribles: French prospective and territorial foresight consultancy producing strategic analyses for public and private actors. Comparable to NADEM through its territorial diagnostic and prospective methodology, though oriented toward forward-looking scenarios rather than EU funding execution.
• Espelia: Paris-based consultancy specialised in public sector economics, territorial strategy, and evaluation of public policies. Closely mirrors NADEM's diagnostic and strategic advisory work for collectivités, including sectoral analysis and financial engineering of public projects.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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