What Plateforme does

Plateforme, operating under the legal entity LES ESPRITS ECLAIRES SAS, is a French corporate speakers bureau headquartered at 1 rue de Stockholm, 75008 Paris. The agency matches large enterprises with high-profile speakers and facilitators for internal events, conventions, and corporate conferences. Its curated roster spans Olympic champions (Tony Estanguet, Clarisse Agbegnenou), Nobel laureates (Philippe Aghion, Economics 2025), former government ministers (Muriel Pénicaud), philosophers, and industry experts. The firm was incorporated in 2020 as a simplified joint-stock company (SAS) with €2,500 in capital and operates with approximately 17 employees. A sub-brand, 'Les Esprits Éclairés,' launched in 2022, positions a curated collection of intellectuals focused on sustainability, consciousness, and societal change.

The company runs a website-centric platform comprising a categorized speaker catalog, an interactive multi-step personality-matching questionnaire, and a direct request form. Services span speaker selection, availability verification, budget negotiation, contract drafting, and post-event debriefing, with dedicated account management (notably Maud Guillat). Marketing channels include a blog, LinkedIn, Facebook, and a YouTube channel (@agenceplateforme). Named enterprise clients include GRDF, Alptis Assurances, REXEL France, and BNP Paribas Sud-Est. There is no app, no API, no proprietary technology stack, and no disclosed external funding.

The business model is professional services-based: revenue is generated through placement fees and commissions on speaker engagements, with bespoke pricing that is not publicly disclosed. Distribution is direct to enterprise through the website, email ([email protected]), and account-manager outreach. The company is privately held, closely held, with no disclosed parent company, subsidiaries, investors, M&A activity, or partnerships.

Name

Plateforme

Legal name

LES ESPRITS ECLAIRES

Website

https://plateforme.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Plateforme is a French corporate speakers bureau that matches large enterprises with high-profile personalities — including Olympic champions, Nobel laureates, and former ministers — for internal events and conferences, operating from Paris with approximately 17 employees and a curated digital catalog plus account-manager-led matching service.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Speaker placement and event coordination services: Plateforme generates revenue by placing conference speakers and facilitators at corporate events. The agency curates a network of high-profile personalities including athletes, politicians, scientists, philosophers, and entrepreneurs, and matches them with corporate clients seeking inspirational speakers for internal events, conventions, and conferences. Revenue is generated through service fees and commissions on speaker engagements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Plateforme is a Paris-based corporate speakers bureau that curates a network of high-profile personalities — Olympic champions, Nobel laureates, ministers, scientists, philosophers, and entrepreneurs — and places them at corporate events, conventions, conferences, and team-building workshops. The agency delivers end-to-end service including speaker matching, availability verification, budget negotiation, contract drafting, on-day follow-up, and post-event debriefing, supported by a themed online speaker catalog and a guided personality-matching tool on its website.

Product overview

Plateforme is a corporate speaker agency offering a unified platform for booking inspiring speakers and personalities for company events. The core service includes a speaker catalog with expert profiles across diverse themes (leadership, resilience, innovation, ecology, sports), paired with a personalized matching service. The agency provides end-to-end event support including speaker selection, contract drafting, availability negotiation, and event-day follow-up. Additional offerings include the 'Les Esprits Éclairés' curated collection of intellectuals, a personality search tool for matching needs, and corporate workshop/conference services. The platform operates through a website-based booking interface without a technical product ecosystem.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Les Esprits Eclairés: A collection of speakers focused on awakening consciousness, imagining sustainable futures, and inspiring change

Products and services

• Agence Plateforme — Corporate Speaker Booking Service A corporate speaker agency that matches businesses with inspiring speakers and personalities — including Olympic champions, Nobel laureates, former ministers, scientists, philosophers, and entrepreneurs — for company events, conventions, conferences, and team-building workshops. Service includes speaker selection, availability verification, budget negotiation, contract drafting, on-day follow-up, and post-event debriefing, delivered through a dedicated account manager.
• Corporate Workshops and Conferences Workshop and conference services for enterprises, offering team-building events and full event organization with inspiring speakers drawn from the agency's curated roster. Designed for corporate clients running internal workshops, conventions, or themed conferences.
• Les Esprits Éclairés Collection A curated collection of thought leaders and intellectuals featured by the agency, focused on awakening consciousness, imagining sustainable futures, and inspiring change. Marketed as a distinct sub-brand for corporate clients seeking speakers around societal and environmental transformation themes.

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• London Speaker Bureau: A long-established international speakers bureau representing high-profile business, political, and thought-leadership personalities for corporate events. Directly comparable business model to Plateforme, with a similar curated-roster and corporate-event focus but operating globally from London.
• Harry Walker Agency: One of the oldest and most prestigious U.S. speakers bureaus, representing political figures, Olympic athletes, business leaders, and Nobel laureates. Highly comparable to Plateforme in talent tier and corporate-event placement model, though serving primarily the U.S. market.
• Leading Authorities: U.S.-based speakers bureau focused on placing top-tier business authors, politicians, and experts at corporate and association events. Comparable curated-roster model and end-to-end booking service similar to Plateforme's value proposition.
• Speakers Corner: International speakers bureau with offices across multiple geographies, representing business leaders, athletes, and experts for corporate events. Operates a similar high-touch matching and full-service model as Plateforme.
• Washington Speakers Bureau: Established U.S. speakers bureau specializing in political, business, and motivational speakers for corporate and association audiences. Comparable curated roster and corporate booking workflow.
• Premiers Orateurs: French speakers agency representing high-profile personalities for corporate events and conferences. Direct competitor to Plateforme in the French market with a similar curated-roster and corporate-event focus.

Broad incumbents

• GL Events: Major French event-management and venue-services group operating across exhibitions, conferences, and corporate events. Overlaps with Plateforme's conference-services space but at much larger scale and with a portfolio approach rather than a niche speakers focus.

Regional players

• Evenium: French-headquartered event-management software and services provider for corporate events and conferences. Comparable French market focus and corporate-event orientation, though more software-oriented than talent-curation.
• Cicérone: French speakers bureau offering corporate conferences, themed interventions, and speaker placement services. Directly comparable offering to Plateforme in the French market, focused on similar enterprise client profiles.

Emerging players

• Big Speak: Digital-first speakers bureau marketplace that uses an online platform to match corporate clients with speakers. Represents the digital disruption risk to traditional relationship-led bureaus like Plateforme.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@agenceplateforme
• Facebookfacebook.com/PlateformeAgence/?locale=fr_FR
• LinkedInfr.linkedin.com/company/plateforme

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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