ODYSSEE

What ODYSSEE does

Odyssée is a Paris-based hybrid urban planning agency founded in 2020 that supports public institutions, metropolitan authorities, and private enterprises in executing systemic ecological transformation. The firm operates at the intersection of urban planning, behavioral science, and applied AI, deploying a transdisciplinary team of approximately 53 people across offices in Paris, Toulouse, and Biarritz. Its core clientele includes French ministries (notably the Ministry of Ecological Transition), metropolitan authorities such as Toulouse Métropole and Plaine Commune, public agencies including SOLIDEO and ADEME, and select private-sector clients such as Honda Research Centre and TISSEO.

The company's core products are structured around a proprietary methodology called the Parcours de Vie Résilient, which is operationalized through several offerings: the Graphe de l'Ecologie Territoriale (a knowledge graph codifying territorial ecological data), Comité ECO (a community-based product with 700+ members and 160+ structures), the ECO-Citoyen Programme, and the Carte ECO diagnostic tool. Underlying these products is a technology stack that combines multi-agent simulation modeling of territorial metabolism, optimization models, and structured knowledge representations, developed in collaboration with academic partners INRAE, Gustave Eiffel University (GRETTIA, Lab'Urba), and IRIT (SMAC team). The ITH AKE partnership provides the digital platform infrastructure for these capabilities.

Odyssée's business model is project-based professional services consulting, with revenue generated through public-sector contracts and increasingly private-sector engagements. The firm holds CIR (Crédit d'Impôt Recherche) and JEI (Jeune Entreprise Innovante) certifications, reflecting its R&D-intensive positioning. Notable project budgets include the 5 M€ Comité ECO initiative, indicating meaningful contract scale. Go-to-market is sales-led, anchored in France, with the firm positioning itself as a convening agent that bridges citizen participation, scientific research, and public policy execution in service of ecological transition objectives.

Name

ODYSSEE

Legal name

Odyssée

Website

https://odyssee.co

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Odyssée is a Paris-based hybrid urban planning agency founded in 2020 that uses transdisciplinary expertise and proprietary AI-driven multi-agent modeling to drive systemic ecological transformation for French public institutions, metropolitan authorities, and select private enterprises.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Urban Planning & Ecological Consulting Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainability & ESG Consulting (BPAHACAK)

Keywords

• Urban planning consulting
• Ecological transformation services
• Circular economy advisory
• Territorial ecology modeling
• Regenerative urbanism

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public-sector consulting and project engagement: Odyssée generates revenue through consulting engagements with government ministries, metropolitan authorities, territorial public establishments, and other public bodies. Projects are typically grant-funded (e.g., SOLIDEO, Ministry of Ecological Transition) or contracted by public entities for ecological transformation planning and implementation.
2. Private sector ecological consulting: Engagements with private actors including enterprises seeking ecological transformation support, circular economy advisory, and carbon impact assessment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Odyss\u00e9e is a hybrid urban planning agency that provides systemic, regenerative consulting services for ecological transformation of territories. It advises public institutions and private enterprises on circular economy, mobility, food systems, and territorial metabolism, combining transdisciplinary expertise with proprietary methodologies and data-driven tools. Its engagement model is project-based, anchored in communities and field practice, with measurable environmental outcomes.

Product overview

Odyssée is a hybrid urban planning agency specializing in ecological transformation. Its portfolio combines advisory services (circular economy, mobilization & engagement, agriculture & food systems, flux & organization) with proprietary digital tools and methodologies. The core ecosystem includes the ECO-Citoyen Programme, the Comité ECO association (third-party ecological trust), the Carte ECO digital platform, and ITHAKE (mission-driven startup developing AI planning tools). Key methodologies include Parcours de Vie Résilient for animating circular sectors and the Graphe de l'Ecologie Territoriale as a knowledge graph for training ecological AI. Odyssée also conducts action-research through the BETTER metaprogramme and develops optimized solutions such as signal-based bio-waste collection.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Programme \u00c9CO-Citoyen A 4-year territorial innovation program funded by the French State via SOLIDEO that experiments with and demonstrates the viability of a systemic, bottom-up approach to ecological transformation for Plaine Commune territory.
• Comit\u00e9 ECO A local third-party ecological trust association co-founded by Odyss\u00e9e with Plaine Commune and IRI, whose mission is to weave and activate territorial ecological transformation through a network of local actors.
• Parcours de Vie R\u00e9silient A methodology developed by Odyss\u00e9e for animating territorial ecology through reweaving circular sectors from inhabitants' daily gestures and through chaining synergies.
• Graphe de l'Ecologie Territoriale A knowledge graph and dynamic data reference that represents territorial metabolism statistically and serves as a training foundation for ecological AI.
• Collecte par Signal (Signal-Based Bio-waste Collection) A bio-waste collection solution developed with Universit\u00e9 Gustave Eiffel that reduces CO2 emissions by 28% compared to conventional collection by only collecting from sufficiently filled voluntary drop-off points.
• Parcours Cuisine Contrib' Following the Parcours de Vie methodology, structuring a sustainable, local, and contributory food sector starting from inhabitants' cooking practices.
• Parcours Consommation Following the Parcours de Vie methodology, weaving the threads of a sustainable textile sector through a revitalization catalog and local reuse product development, engaging 30+ structures.
• Programme VILAGIL Programme accompanying Toulouse M\u00e9tropole combining 10 economic projects and 6 research projects on mobility, with citizen participation design, MaaS strategy, and digital strategy.
• Strat\u00e9gie Circulaire Pays Comminges Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es Strategic scheme integrating bio-economy and circular economy for rural re-industrialization of the PETR Pays Comminges Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es territory, valorizing local craft, industrial heritage, and ecological assets.
• Honda EV Fleet Charging Modeling Design of an optimized management model for autonomous electric vehicle fleet charging and intelligent routing in urban environments for the Honda Research Centre.

Quantifiable outcome

• 28% reduction in CO2 emissions for bio-waste collection vs. conventional collection
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• INRAE Centre de MontpelliercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with INRAE Montpellier within the BETTER metaprogram for bio-economy research. Odyssée contributes as a member of the scientific council. Collaboration spans nearly 4 years through joint research activities.
• GRETTIA (Université Gustave Eiffel)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership of nearly 4 years across 2 post-doc programs to develop numerical models of complex territorial systems. Collaboration on multi-agent simulation of territorial metabolism and optimization of third-place networks.
• Lab'Urba (Université Gustave Eiffel)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVincent Loubière of Odyssée serves as an associate researcher within Lab'Urba's 'Urban and Territorial Systems' pole, bridging academic research and operational practice.
• SMAC team (IRIT)coreTechnology or IntegrationCollaboration with IRIT's SMAC team through a post-doc for the development of territorial metabolism simulation models, including multi-agent modeling for third-place network optimization.
• INP de Toulouse (Circulades)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipation in the Circulades Challenge (Défi Clé Circulades) led by the Occitanie region, collaborating on circular economy indicators.
• Université Gustave Eiffel (Chaire d'Économie Circulaire)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSharing research on the Graphe de l'Écologie Territoriale as a training support for ecological AI, conducted through the Chaire d'Économie Circulaire et Mutuelle.
• Mouvement national des Monnaies LocalesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking together to democratize Complementary Local Currencies (MLC) as a driving force for circularity, supporting the ECO local currency component of the territorial ecology approach.
• Association d'agro-écologie et permaculture de l'HéraultminorOthersSharing permaculture know-how and practices through knowledge exchange on sustainable agricultural and territorial design.
• Réseau René! (Scop Toulousaine d'architecture d'intérieur 100% circulaire)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCircular interior architecture firm working on weaving artisan sector supply chains. The René! Network is expanding nationally.
• Triticum (Association paysanne)minorOthersAssociation working for the preservation and redeployment of ancient and climate-adapted wheat seeds. Odyssée supports their action and participates in harvests.
• Comité ECOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThird-party ecological association of Plaine Commune territory, co-founded and designed by Odyssée in collaboration with Plaine Commune and IRI. Odyssée conceives new territorial ecology professions within this structure.
• ITH AKEcoreTechnology or IntegrationMission-driven startup developing the digital infrastructure and ECO platform for the territorial action network. Odyssée co-designed the network principles with ITH AKE for the Eco-Citoyen programme. Collaboration on the Graphe de l'Écologie Territoriale and AI ecological training.
• ADEMEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking with ADEME, ITH AKE and a transdisciplinary group of experts to define nomenclature for the Graphe de l'Écologie Territoriale, aiming to establish it as a major component of territorial digital infrastructure and a mutualized standard for local authorities.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ARUP: Global engineering and urban planning consultancy with strong sustainability and circular-economy practices. Comparable in urban planning, sustainability advisory, and systems design, but operates at vastly larger scale across geographies.
• EY Climate Change and Sustainability Services: Big-4 sustainability and ESG advisory practice serving large enterprises and public institutions globally. Overlaps with Odyss\u00e9e in ESG/sustainability consulting for institutional clients, but as part of a much broader portfolio.

Direct peers

• Auxilia Conseil: French sustainability and responsible-development consulting firm advising public authorities and companies on ecological transition. Comparable consulting-led, mission-driven model and French institutional client base.
• Utopies: Independent French sustainability consulting firm advising companies and territories on ecological transition strategy. Comparable target clients (French corporates and public institutions) and a similar consulting-led, mission-driven positioning.
• Metabolic: Dutch sustainability consultancy working on circular economy, territorial metabolism, and systemic transitions with public and private clients. Comparable methodology (systems thinking, territorial metabolism, circular-sector design) although operating in different geographies.
• Carbone 4: French climate-change and ecological-transition consulting firm advising public and private actors on decarbonization strategy. Highly comparable to Odyss\u00e9e's sustainability and territorial-ecology advisory practice, with similar target clients and consulting model.
• Greenflex: French consultancy specializing in sustainable development and circular economy advisory for enterprises and territories. Closely matches Odyss\u00e9e's circular-economy and ecological-transformation service lines and institutional client base.
• Efficacity: French institute for urban ecological and energy efficiency transition, partnering with local authorities on systemic transformation. Comparable as a research-driven organization delivering systemic urban/territorial ecological projects in France.
• Eurogroup Consulting: French-origin management consultancy with sustainability and public-sector transformation practices. Comparable in serving French territorial authorities and ministries on transformation mandates, but at significantly larger scale.

Regional players

• Transition One: French climate-transition services firm focused on industrial and territorial decarbonization. Comparable in serving French institutional and private clients on ecological transition projects, though with a more energy/industrial emphasis.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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