What Le Tremplin does

Le Tremplin (legal name LE TREMPLIN DES ÉLUS SAS) is a Paris-based training organization founded in 2019 by Antoine Fabry that addresses the structurally low training participation rate among France's approximately 500,000 local elected officials (mayors, deputy mayors, councilors, and municipal secretaries). According to the source material, only about 5% of local elected officials received training during their terms between 2014 and 2020, despite increasing complexity in local governance and decentralization. The company is headquartered at 24, rue de l'Est, hosted by the cooperative space La Ruche, and is approved by the Direction Générale des Collectivités Locales as a training organism for elected officials.

The company operates a dual-delivery model combining (1) customized in-person training sessions delivered locally within an average of 22-30 km of elected officials' locations, and (2) an asynchronous online video platform at videos.tremplindeselus.fr offering monthly themed short-form videos (approximately 10 minutes each), downloadable transcripts and documents, and an online voting mechanism for topic selection. Training is delivered by a network of 300+ trainers including lawyers, consultants, and public service managers. As of recent reporting, the platform has enrolled over 16,000 elected officials and 4,500+ have been trained in-person since founding, with a 4.7/5 satisfaction rating on the official MonCompteFormation platform.

Le Tremplin generates revenue through three primary streams: inter-collectivité in-person training at €300 TTC per day per participant; intra-collectivité custom training priced per municipality (based on participants and population); and online video platform subscriptions. Training is financed either through municipality budgets or via the DIF-Élu scheme (Individual Right to Training for Elected Officials, managed by the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations), which provides €400 annually per elected official plus supplementary credits. The go-to-market relies heavily on formal partnership conventions with departmental Associations of Rural Mayors (AMRs), with 8+ such partnerships signed across France; 90% of the company's officials come from municipalities with fewer than 3,500 inhabitants. The company is privately held with no disclosed external funding or revenue figures.

Name

Le Tremplin

Legal name

LE TREMPLIN DES ÉLUS SAS

Website

https://tremplindeselus.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Founded in 2019, Le Tremplin provides in-person and online video training for France's local elected officials, focusing on rural municipalities. The Paris-based company partners with departmental Associations of Rural Mayors and serves over 16,000 enrolled officials across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Training Services for Local Government

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Training Delivery Providers (In-Person, Virtual, Train-the-Trainer) (BPACANAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Training Delivery Services (Onsite/Virtual Instruction, Workshops, Coaching) (BPAEANAN)

Keywords

• Elected official training
• Local government education
• Video training platform
• Civic training services
• Public sector training

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. Formation inter-collectivités: In-person training sessions organized locally, open to elected officials and municipal secretaries from different communes. Billed at 300€ TTC per day per participant. Revenue recognized at the end of each training session.
2. Formation intra-collectivité: Custom training organized for a single municipality. Pricing is adapted to needs, number of participants, and population size. Billed via convention and financial proposal, paid by the municipality or through DIF-Élu.
3. Abonnement plateforme vidéo: Online video training platform available via subscription (commune-wide or individual elected official subscription). Can be financed by the municipality budget or via DIF-Élu. Partnership agreements provide reduced rates.
4. Financement DIF-Élu: Training financed through the Individual Right to Training for Elected Officials (DIF-Élu), managed by the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, providing 400€ annually per elected official plus additional credits. Le Tremplin handles administrative procedures on behalf of trainees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Le Tremplin delivers training services for France's local elected officials through two channels: (1) customized in-person training sessions (Formations sur-mesure) organized on-demand in municipalities, available as inter-collectivité sessions (open to officials from multiple communes at 300€ TTC/day) or intra-collectivité sessions (custom content and pricing for a single municipality), and (2) an online video training platform (videos.tremplindeselus.fr) publishing a new themed training module monthly with 24/7 access, short videos with transcripts, and topic-voting. All training is approved by the Direction Générale des Collectivités Locales and eligible for financing via municipality budgets or the DIF-Élu scheme.

Product overview

Le Tremplin operates as a dual-offering training organization for local elected officials in France: (1) an online video training platform (videos.tremplindeselus.fr) providing monthly themed content with 24/7 accessibility and (2) customized in-person training sessions (Formations sur-mesure) that can be organized locally across territories. The company was founded in 2019 and serves both inter-collectivity (open to multiple communes at 300€/day) and intra-collectivity (custom single-organization) training formats, with financing support through DIF-Élu and collective budgets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plateforme de formation en ligne (Online Video Training Platform) Online video training platform at videos.tremplindeselus.fr offering monthly themed content for local elected officials (mayors, deputy mayors, councilors, municipal secretaries). Includes short animated videos (~10 minutes each) with transcripts and downloadable supporting documents, accessible 24/7 across devices, with new themes released monthly. Financed via municipality budgets or DIF-Élu.
• Formations sur-mesure (Custom In-Person Training) Customized, mobile, in-person training sessions organized locally on-demand for local elected officials. Sessions include a needs assessment prior to delivery and a personalized pedagogical proposal. Available in two sub-formats: inter-collectivité (open to officials from multiple communes) and intra-collectivité (dedicated to a single municipality with adapted content and pricing). Delivered within an average of 22-30 km of officials' locations.
• Formation inter-collectivités (Inter-Municipality Training) In-person training sessions organized locally, open to elected officials and municipal secretaries from different communes. Priced at 300€ TTC per day per participant. Revenue recognized at the end of each session. Registration via online form.
• Formation intra-collectivité (Intra-Municipality Training) Training requested for a single municipality, with customized content and pricing adapted to identified needs, number of participants, and the population size of the territory. Contract executed via convention and financial proposal, paid by the municipality or financed through DIF-Élu.

Quantifiable outcome

• 4.7/5 trainee satisfaction rating on MonCompteFormation
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Association des Maires Ruraux du Cher (AMR18)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 June 2022Convention signed with AMR18 (94 members) including: on-demand in-person training in the territory, video platform subscriptions at preferential rates, webinars for secretaries and officials on training rights, and training needs diagnostics. Partnership designed based on AMR18 bureau's expectations.
• Association des Maires Ruraux de Charente-Maritime (AMR17)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 March 2022Partnership signed March 25 at Matha to propose training to AMR17 members. Le Tremplin provides tailored in-person training and platform access. AMR17 president Bernard Goursaud highlighted the importance of training given the diversity of elected official profiles and complexity of legal texts.
• Association des Maires Ruraux des Deux-Sèvres (AMR79)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 February 2022Partnership signed on 23 February to accelerate training of rural elected officials. First training session held in Saint-Christophe-sur-Roc, convention signed by AMR79 president Yves Attou and co-founder Antoine Fabry.
• Association des Maires Ruraux de l'Allier (AMR03)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConvention partnership signed to provide training adapted to the needs and specific challenges of AMR03 member municipalities. Training offered to members of deliberative assemblies of member communes.
• Association des Maires Ruraux de Seine-MaritimecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership signed to help rural mayors in Seine-Maritime access training and develop their competencies.
• Association des Maires de l'AveyroncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to accelerate training of elected officials in response to the civic vocation crisis facing rural municipalities in Aveyron.
• Association des Maires Ruraux du Gard (AMRG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConvention partnership signed with AMR Gard to provide training to member municipalities. AMR Bureau invited to sign convention at the town hall of Saint-Sébastien-d'Aigrefeuille.
• Association des Maires Ruraux de l'Yonne (AMR89)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to provide training to rural elected officials in the Yonne department through tailored programs and the online platform.
• La Ruche (Espace coopératif dédié aux transitions écologiques et citoyennes)minorOthersLe Tremplin is hosted by La Ruche, a cooperative space dedicated to ecological and civic transitions, located at 24 rue de l'Est, 75020 Paris.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• OpenClassrooms: French-founded online professional education platform with subscription-based video learning. Comparable asynchronous video training infrastructure and freemium pricing model, though targeting a different (professional/upskilling) persona.
• 360Learning: French-founded collaborative learning platform for enterprises and organizations. Comparable technology-enabled training delivery model and French roots, though focused on B2B enterprise learning rather than elected officials.

Direct peers

• IdealCO: French online training platform dedicated to elected officials and territorial actors. Closest direct peer to Le Tremplin, offering video-based training modules for mayors and councilors across France with a comparable target persona and digital delivery model.
• MNT (Mutuelle Nationale Territoriale): Mutual insurance organization serving French territorial civil servants and elected officials. Provides complementary training and services to the same local-government persona and overlaps with Le Tremplin's intra-collectivité training offerings.
• ADIAJ (Association pour le Développement de l'Information et de la Formation des Élus): Association specialized in training and information for elected officials across France. Long-standing direct peer offering customized training programs for local government representatives with similar delivery model and target persona.

Broad incumbents

• CNFPT (Centre National de la Fonction Publique Territoriale): State-funded national training institution for French territorial civil servants. Trains municipal agents (rather than elected officials) at massive scale across France, representing the dominant public-sector training incumbent whose mandate-adjacent positioning overlaps with Le Tremplin's elected-official focus.
• Sciences Po Formation Continue / Executive Education: Executive and continuing education arm of Sciences Po, offering training programs for public decision-makers including elected officials. Broader incumbent with deeper brand prestige but less specialized in rural elected-official training than Le Tremplin.

Regional players

• IFORE (Institut de Formation de l'Environnement): Specialized French public-sector training institute. While focused on environmental public policy training for territorial actors, overlaps with Le Tremplin's public-sector training category and rural-territory mission.

Others

• Compte Personnel de Formation (MonCompteFormation): Official French government platform aggregating eligible training offerings for citizens including elected officials. Not a direct competitor but the marketplace where Le Tremplin's training is listed and rated (4.7/5), making it a critical channel and reference benchmark.
• Association des Maires de France (AMF): National association representing French mayors. While not a commercial training provider, AMF organizes informational and training events for elected officials and could expand into direct training, representing a potential ecosystem-level competitor or partner.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/le-tremplin-la-plateforme-de-formation-pour-les-%C3%A9lus-locaux

Compliance2 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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