Planète Grandes Écoles

What Planète Grandes Écoles does

Planète Grandes Écoles (also branded PGE) is a French-language digital media platform and media agency focused on the grandes écoles ecosystem — French elite business schools, engineering schools, IEPs, and universities. The company publishes daily editorial content spanning school news, career advice, entrepreneurship, finance, consulting, audit, marketing, sustainability, sports, technology, and luxury, organized into sections covering actualités, carrière, vie pro, vie étudiante, écoles, entreprises, and analyses (including rankings and surveys). Its audience is primarily French students researching higher-education options and career paths, with secondary audiences of schools seeking media coverage and corporate employers seeking to recruit graduates. The platform is freely accessible, with no paywall or user fees, and operates under the elevenact parent group alongside 8+ sister media and EdTech brands (Mister Prépa, Génération Prépa, Prépa+, StudExam, Objectif AST, Start in Blockchain, Ecoles-Commerce, VivAlternance, Trainy.co) that cover adjacent touchpoints of the French student life cycle from competitive-exam prep to first employment.

The business operates on two revenue streams: (1) advertising and sponsored content displayed on the website and distributed across newsletter and social channels, and (2) employer-branding professional services through its dedicated 'agence-marque-employeur' offering, which helps companies build attractiveness among grandes écoles talent. The company is privately held, headquartered in France, and part of the elevenact group — described on the site as "Une marque d'elevenact." Co-founder Dorian Zerroudi is identified as co-fondateur d'elevenact. Distribution is exclusively digital, spanning the main website, email newsletter, Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, and a Discord community server, targeting students across different preparation tracks and career stages. Founded in or around 2020 with 11-50 employees, the company operates as a niche, category-specific media brand rather than a broad education platform.

Name

Planète Grandes Écoles

Legal name

Planète Grandes Écoles

Website

https://planetegrandesecoles.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Planète Grandes Écoles is a French-language digital media platform and employer-branding agency covering news, rankings, and career guidance for students of French business schools, engineering schools, and universities, operating under the elevenact group alongside sister prep-school and EdTech brands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education Media and Employer Branding

NAICS

Information (51)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Student Media & Publications (Newspaper, Radio, TV) (EDALAHAE)

Keywords

• Higher education media
• School news publishing
• Career guidance content
• Employer branding services
• Sponsored content advertising

Headquarters

HQ city

France

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Advertising and sponsored content: The platform generates revenue through advertising displayed on its website and sponsored content partnerships with schools and businesses in the higher education sector. The site hosts sponsored articles and branded content about grandes écoles and employers.
2. Employer branding services: The company offers employer branding services through its 'agence-marque-employeur' service, helping companies become attractive to top talent from grandes écoles.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Planète Grandes Écoles operates a French-language digital media platform that publishes news, school information, rankings, surveys, career guidance, and professional-development content for students and young professionals. It also offers employer-branding services to schools and companies and monetizes the platform through advertising and sponsored content.

Product overview

Planète Grandes Écoles operates as a unified content and media platform covering French higher education and professional development. The platform aggregates news, analyses, career guidance, and resources across multiple sectors including business schools, engineering schools, entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, and sports. The site features editorial content organized into thematic sections (Actualités, Carrière, Vie Pro, Vie étudiante, Ecoles, Entreprises, Analyses, QVEMA) and provides resources for students preparing for competitive exams and career transitions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Planète Grandes Écoles Website A free-access French-language digital media platform providing news, guidance, and resources about business schools, engineering schools, higher education, career advice, entrepreneurship, and professional development for students and young professionals.
• Agence Marque Employeur An employer-branding service that helps companies become attractive to top talent from grandes écoles and supports employer-brand visibility and graduate recruitment.

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

Six partnerships are on record, tiered sister and minor.

• Mister PrépasisterOthersSister brand under elevenact focused on prep school preparation content
• Génération PrépasisterOthersSister brand under elevenact providing prep school related content
• Prépa+sisterOthersSister EdTech brand offering online mathematics courses for prep students
• StudExamsisterOthersSister brand under elevenact focused on exam preparation
• Ecoles-CommercesisterOthersSister brand focused on business school rankings and information
• TrainyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFeatured advertising partner promoting student services platform through banner advertisements

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Figaro Étudiant: Student-focused vertical of Le Figaro covering grandes écoles, career paths, and rankings. Competes directly for the same student and advertiser audience in France.
• Studyrama: French education media and events company covering grandes écoles, BTS, and student life. Operates a similar advertising-plus-events model with overlapping advertiser clients.
• L'Étudiant: The leading French student media brand covering grandes écoles, prep classes, and career guidance. Directly comparable in audience, content scope, and advertiser base to Planète Grandes Écoles.
• Diplomeo: French online directory and content platform for business schools, engineering schools, and universities. Comparable audience and B2B monetization through school advertising.

Broad incumbents

• Indeed France: Major job-listing platform with a large French presence. Competes for recruitment advertising and visibility among French student and graduate job seekers.
• Glassdoor (France): Global employer-review and salary platform with French operations. Indirectly competes for the same graduate-employer advertising dollars, though with a wider scope and international scale.
• Les Echos: France's leading business newspaper, with extensive grandes écoles, MBA, and career coverage. Reaches the same professional audience and competes for premium B2B education advertisers.

Emerging players

• Major-Prépa: Independent French media focused on prépa classes and grandes écoles admission. Smaller and more prep-focused, but addresses the same core audience with overlapping employer advertisers.
• Welcome to the Jungle: French employer-branding media platform targeting graduates and young professionals. Competes with Planète Grandes Écoles' agence-marque-employeur service for the same employer marketing budgets.
• ChooseMyCompany: French employer-branding and student-review platform used by grandes écoles graduates. Directly comparable on the B2B employer-branding services side of Planète Grandes Écoles' business.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/planetege
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@planete-grandes-ecoles
• Facebookfacebook.com/planetege
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/plan%C3%A8te-grandes-%C3%A9coles
• Instagraminstagram.com/planete_ge
• TikToktiktok.com/@planete_ge?lang=fr

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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