Overjoyed

What Overjoyed does

Overjoyed (DBA: Collectif Overjoyed) is a privately held French communications collective founded in 2019 and headquartered in Paris at 47 boulevard Barbès, with additional offices in Lyon and Bordeaux. It provides professional communication and media relations services to performing arts ("spectacle vivant") clients — theaters, national scenes, dance companies, festivals, cultural institutions, and individual artists — operating as a sales-led B22B professional services firm. The team consists of approximately 7 people, with 5 named members including founder Marie-Pierre Bourdier, alongside an artistic director, two communications/PR specialists, and a developer.

The firm's offering spans four functional pillars: identity definition (visual and editorial identity, discourse platform), content creation (text, images, video for artistic dossiers and digital presence), project communication (community management, press and public relations, events), and funding trajectory development (monitoring of public/private funding sources, dossier drafting, budget co-construction). Engagements are project-based and quote-based rather than SaaS or subscription-based. Notable client references include the Ministère de la Culture, Centre National de la Danse, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Danse de Paris, Théâtre National de la Criée, Comédie de Caen, Festival Cadences Arcachon (multi-year since 2021), OPSIS streaming platform, structure production (Pascal Rambert), and the Théâtre du Peuple de Bussang.

The underlying "technology" is human expertise rather than a software platform — no proprietary product, public API, SDK, or AI capability is disclosed. The business model is services revenue from project-based engagements in a single-country (France) geographic footprint, with no disclosed funding rounds, external investors, or parent company. Owner-operating under a collective model, Overjoyed combines backgrounds from communication agencies, cultural institutions, and the artistic world to deliver long-term personalized communication support, with distribution occurring through direct client engagement supported by content marketing (blog, social media, monthly newsletter) and active participation in performing-arts festivals including the Festival d'Avignon.

Name

Overjoyed

Legal name

Overjoyed

Website

https://overjoyed.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Overjoyed is a Paris-based communications collective (with offices in Lyon and Bordeaux) providing project-based media relations, content creation, identity development, and funding strategy services to French performing arts clients — theaters, national scenes, festivals, cultural institutions, and individual artists. Founded in 2019 by Marie-Pierre Bourdier, it operates as a 7-person independent professional services firm.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Communication Services: Professional communication and media relations services provided to performing arts organizations, cultural institutions, and artists on a project basis.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Overjoyed is a collective of independent communication professionals providing project-based communication, media relations, content creation, and funding trajectory support to performing arts organizations, cultural institutions, festivals, and individual artists in France. Their services cover identity definition, editorial and visual content production, press and public relations, community management, event communication, and identification/co-construction of public and private funding dossiers.

Product overview

Overjoyed is a collective of independent communication professionals serving the performing arts (spectacle vivant) sector in France, with offices in Paris, Lyon, and Bordeaux. They offer a comprehensive suite of communication services including strategic identity definition (visual and editorial identity), content creation (text, images, videos for artistic dossiers and digital presence), project communication (community management, press relations, events), and funding trajectory support (identifying public and private funding sources, budget co-construction). Rather than a software product, Overjoyed provides personalized communication consulting and media relations services for artists, cultural institutions, and performing arts organizations. They work with emerging and established artists, cultural institutions, and event organizers to create lasting connections between artistic projects and diverse audiences.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Identity Definition Services (Affirmer une identité)
• Content Creation Services (Créer un contenu)
• Project Communication Services (Communiquer un projet)
• Funding Trajectory Services (Déployer une trajectoire)

Named customers14 records

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

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• La Garance - Scène nationale de CavailloncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing partnership where Overjoyed provides media relations services for La Garance's programming, including the annual 'Festival confit!' and the 'Ça mijote' network creation project.
• Festival Cadences ArcachoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-year communication and media relations partnership since 2021 for this major dance festival in the Arcachon region.
• OPSIScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing partnership for communication strategy and media relations for the streaming platform dedicated to performing arts.
• structure productioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing partnership for communication and media relations supporting Pascal Rambert's production company across seasons.
• SobanovaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the Sobanova Dance Awards competition, providing coaching and communication support to winning choreographers.
• La Manufacture - CDCN BordeauxcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Festival Pouce! - a young audience dance festival, providing communication and press relations.
• L'Onde - Théâtre Centre d'ArtminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunication support for the Immersion Danse festival celebrating its 20th anniversary.
• Théâtre du Peuple de BussangcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing communication and press relations partnership for the historic People's Theatre's seasonal programming including the 130th anniversary celebrations.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Oxygen RP: French PR and influence agency active in culture, entertainment, and lifestyle. Comparable to Overjoyed as a French agency with performing-arts and cultural-sector communications offerings.
• Hopscotch: Major French PR and communications group that counts Overjoyed as a client reference and operates in the same cultural and live-events communications space. Comparable as a French PR provider with performing-arts client experience, though at substantially larger scale.
• Wellcom: Established French PR and communications agency with strong lifestyle, culture, and entertainment sector exposure. Directly comparable given the shared French-market focus on cultural and creative-industry clients.
• Théâtre & Publics: French communications consultancy specialized in theater and live performance. Directly comparable to Overjoyed given the same vertical focus on spectacle vivant and a similar boutique, Paris-based service profile.
• Zmirov Communication: French independent communications agency serving cultural, lifestyle, and entertainment clients. Directly comparable given shared positioning as a French independent agency supporting cultural and arts-sector organizations.
• Taddeo: Paris-based PR and communications agency with significant cultural-sector and live-events experience. Comparable to Overjoyed as a French agency serving performing-arts and cultural clients, though with broader sector coverage.
• 14 Septembre: French cultural communications and PR agency specialized in arts, culture, and live performance. Directly comparable given a near-identical vertical focus and a similar boutique, French-market positioning.

Others

• Cision: Global PR software, media intelligence, and communications-services platform. Adjacent to Overjoyed through the press-relations workflow layer (media lists, monitoring), but not a direct competitor; rather an enabler whose tooling overlaps with parts of Overjoyed's PR practice.

Broad incumbents

• BCW (Burson Cohn & Wolfe): Large global communications group with cultural-sector and live-events experience. Comparable as a broad incumbent whose PR offering intersects with Overjoyed's services but at enterprise scale across multiple industries.
• FleishmanHillard: Global communications agency with a Paris office and broad cultural, entertainment, and public-affairs practice. Comparable as a larger incumbent offering PR services that overlap with Overjoyed's, but as part of a much wider portfolio rather than a performing-arts specialist.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mpbourdier
• Facebookfacebook.com/agenceoverjoyed
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/overjoyed
• Instagraminstagram.com/collectif_overjoyed

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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