Raiels | Iniciatives que arrelen

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Raiels — Iniciatives que arrelen is a Catalan worker cooperative (S.C.C.L., Societat Cooperativa Catalana Limitada) headquartered in Solsona, Lleida, Spain, that provides territorial development, social innovation, and rural development consulting services to public administration. Founded in 2015 and formally registered as a cooperative in 2019, the firm operates with approximately six employees, four of whom are identified partners (Núria Alamon i Beas, Judit Pardos i Jordana, Núria Serena i Fernàndez, and M. José Ponce i Garcia). The company has completed more than 250 projects over ten years, distributed across nine thematic service areas: Agriculture and Local Product (115 projects), Territorial Strategies (47), Participation and Co-design (25), Commerce (23), Heritage (19), Aging and Care (15), Ecological Transition and Sustainability (10), Tourism (10), and Crafts (4).

The service portfolio spans the full consulting lifecycle — analysis and diagnosis, strategic planning, participatory processes, advisory services, content creation, training, and technical proposal development — delivered directly to clients. There is no technology product, software platform, or proprietary tooling; Raiels' deliverable is structured human expertise applied to territorial challenges. The firm's technology footprint is limited to its public-facing website (WordPress with WPML multilingual support, Google Analytics, social media embeds) and standard GDPR-compliant cookie infrastructure.

The business model is project-based professional services revenue from public sector tenders and direct commissioning. Clients are exclusively public bodies: 73 municipalities (Ajuntaments), 66 county councils (Consells Comarcals), 36 public and private consortiums, 25 natural parks, 24 provincial governments (Diputacions), 15 departments of the Generalitat de Catalunya, plus cooperatives and foundations. Notable clients include the Diputació de Barcelona (Life eCOadapt50 climate adaptation project), Consell Comarcal d'Osona, Ajuntament de Copons, L'Olivera Cooperativa, and Parc Natural del Cadí-Moixeró. Key partners include ARCA, Dies d'Agost SCCL, L'Espigall, and the Talaia Pagesa collaborative network. Raiels is privately held with no external investors, no funding rounds, and no parent company; ownership is collective among its worker-members.

Name

Raiels | Iniciatives que arrelen

Legal name

RAIELS, S.C.C.L.

Website

https://raiels.cat

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Raiels is a Catalan worker cooperative (SCCL) providing territorial development, social innovation, and rural development consulting to public administration clients across Catalonia, with 250+ projects completed over 10 years in agriculture, territorial strategy, participation, commerce, heritage, aging, ecology, and tourism.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rural Development Consulting

NAICS

Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry (115)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Forest Management & Silviculture Services (Cruising, Planning, Compliance) (IMAMAAAD)

Keywords

• Rural development consulting
• Territorial strategy services
• Participatory process design
• Public sector consulting
• Agricultural development services

Headquarters

HQ city

Solsona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Consulting and Professional Services: Project-based consulting engagements with public administrations and territorial development organizations. Services include analysis, diagnosis, strategic planning, participatory processes, training activities, technical proposals, and coordination of activities for territorial development.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Raiels is a Catalan worker cooperative that provides professional consulting services for rural and territorial development. Its work spans nine thematic areas — agriculture and local products, territorial strategies, participation and co-design, commerce, heritage, aging and care, ecological transition and sustainability, tourism, and crafts — covering analysis, diagnosis, strategic planning, participatory processes, training, content creation, and technical proposals for public sector clients across Catalonia.

Product overview

Raiels is a social cooperative (S.C.C.L.) providing comprehensive territorial development consulting services rather than a traditional software product company. The company offers a portfolio of integrated professional services organized across nine main areas of work: Pagesia i Producte Local (agriculture and local products), Estratègies Territorials (territorial strategies), Participació i Codissenys (participation and co-design), Comerç (commerce), Patrimoni (heritage), Envelliment i Cures (aging and care), Transició Ecològica i Sostenibilitat (ecological transition and sustainability), Turisme (tourism), and Artesania (crafts). These services range from analysis and diagnosis to coordination of concrete activities, including advisory services, content creation, training activities, and technical reports and proposals. The company has completed over 250 projects over 10 years of operation, working primarily with public administration clients including municipalities, county councils, provincial governments, and natural parks across Catalonia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Àmbit de Pagesia i Producte Local (Agriculture and Local Product Development) Rural development consulting focused on agriculture and local product promotion for public sector clients, including market analysis, direct sales strategies, networking between producers and restaurants, and support for agricultural producers and cooperatives.
• Estratègies Territorials (Territorial Strategies) Territorial strategy development and planning services for rural areas, including strategic plans, local development frameworks, and strategic management offices for rural municipalities.
• Participació i Codissenys (Participation and Co-design) Participatory processes and co-design methodologies for community engagement in territorial development projects, including Living Labs methodology and participatory program deployment.
• Comerç (Local Commerce Support) Commerce support services for local businesses in rural areas, including commercial strategy development, essential commerce strengthening, satisfaction surveys for new commercial services, and networking support.
• Patrimoni (Heritage) Heritage conservation and valorization consulting, including cultural heritage strategy, museum network action programs, and heritage project planning for public administrations and consortiums.
• Envelliment i Cures (Aging and Care) Aging and care services consulting for rural territories, including programs for elderly population support and community care services in rural areas.
• Transició Ecològica i Sostenibilitat (Ecological Transition and Sustainability) Ecological transition and sustainability services, including environmental planning, renewable energy transitions, sustainable practices, and European Life project implementation for climate change adaptation.
• Turisme (Tourism) Tourism development consulting for rural areas, including territorial tourism strategies and product promotion for rural destinations.
• Artesania (Crafts) Craft sector support and development services for local artisans and producers in rural areas.

Named customers11 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ARCA (Associació d'Iniciatives Rurals i Marítimes de Catalunya)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025ARCA coordinates Rural Action Groups in Catalonia. Raiels collaborates with ARCA on the Life eCOadapt50 project for climate change adaptation, providing methodological support and training to Local Action Group teams for territorial Living Labs.
• Espigall (espigall.cat)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Collaboration on the 'Converses al Tros' project visiting experimental crop plots in Pallars Jussà, providing reference visits for agricultural transition.
• Dies d'Agost SCCLminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Collaboration on communication strategy for the 'Fet a la Terra Alta' initiative, working together on defining and implementing communication actions.
• Talaia Pagesa (Collaborative Network)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Collaborative project involving multiple entities working on agricultural challenges: Neus Monllor, Arran de Terra, Dirk Madriles, Aixalda Sistémica, Isaac Gelabert, among others.
• L'EspigallminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Collaboration on agricultural studies in Pallars Jussà and Pallars Sobirà, working together on qualitative studies of the socioeconomic context for crop viability under climate change.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Red Española de Desarrollo Rural (REDR): National Spanish network coordinating rural development groups and LEADER initiatives; operates at scale across Spain with overlapping LEADER/Living Labs methodology that mirrors Raiels' work with Local Action Groups.
• Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals (CREAF): Catalan ecological and forestry research center with applied projects in rural sustainability, biodiversity, and land-use planning; a broader institutional player that competes for and partners on rural and forestry-related public mandates.
• Barcelona Regional: Public urban and regional planning agency tied to Diputació de Barcelona; operates in territorial strategy at a metropolitan scale with overlapping capabilities in planning, sustainability, and public-sector advisory, but as part of a much broader portfolio.
• CTFC (Centre de Ciència i Tecnologia Forestal de Catalunya): Catalan forestry science and technology center providing applied research, bioeconomy, and rural development services; overlaps with Raiels' forestry bioeconomy and ecological-transition work via public-sector projects.

Direct peers

• Ekolbera SCCL: Catalan cooperative consultancy providing participatory process design, local development, and facilitation services; shares the SCCL model and competes for similar participatory-process tenders from Catalan municipalities and county councils.
• Espigall: Catalan agricultural consultancy that collaborates with Raiels on agricultural studies in Pallars Jussà and Pallars Sobirà; covers similar agricultural-transition, climate-adaptation, and rural-development mandates with public-sector clients.
• ARCA (Associació d'Iniciatives Rurals i Marítimes de Catalunya): Catalan association coordinating Rural Action Groups and Living Labs methodology; a direct partner of Raiels on the Life eCOadapt50 project and operates in the same rural-development ecosystem with overlapping public-sector clients across Catalonia.
• Tarpuna SCCL: Catalan social-economy cooperative providing consulting on cooperative creation, social innovation, and territorial projects; shares the SCCL cooperative structure and works with similar public administrations and social-economy clients across Catalonia.
• Localret: Catalan municipal association providing consulting and capacity-building services to local administrations; serves many of the same municipalities and county councils as Raiels with overlapping territorial-development offerings.

Emerging players

• Fundació Emys: Catalan foundation focused on conservation, environmental education, and rural sustainability in Baix Ter; overlaps with Raiels' ecological transition and sustainability practice area with comparable public and natural-park clients.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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