Halle Tropisme

Name

Halle Tropisme

Legal name

SCIC Tropisme

Website

https://tropisme.coop

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural Venue and Coworking Space

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131), Other Performing Arts Companies (711190), Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (71111), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Multipurpose Event Center Operations (Civic Centers, Community Event Complexes) (MPAGALAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Performing Arts & Cultural Event Venues (Theaters, Museums) (THAHAAAG), Performing Arts Centers & Presenters (Programming/Booking) (MPAGABAM)

Keywords

• Cultural third place
• Creative coworking space
• Artist studio rentals
• Event venue hosting
• Community arts venue

Headquarters

HQ city

Montpellier

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Café Tropisme Restaurant Operations: Full-service café-restaurant with local food sourcing, wine bar, and seasonal programming. Open daily with terrace seating for 300+ persons, generating revenue through food and beverage sales.
2. Workspace and Atelier Rentals: Rental of private/shared offices (200+ creative professionals) and artist ateliers (60+ artists) in 10,000m2 facility. Atelier pricing starts from €158 HT/month for 10m2.
3. Event Privatization Services: Rental of modulable spaces for corporate events (seminars, team days, professional evenings) for 10-1000 persons. Includes technical equipment, catering coordination, and event planning services.
4. Tropizz' Pizza Truck: Wood-fired pizza truck operating on weekends and during major events, serving pizzas and snacks on-site.
5. Birthday Party Services: Three party packages (Trokid's €6, custom €8, custom+games €10) plus bus rental at €150 for children's birthday celebrations.
6. Workshop and Training Fees: Various paid workshops including dance classes (Booty Therapy €20/class, €70 for 5), jewelry workshops (€65-€159), and creative classes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Halle Tropisme operates a 10,000m2 cultural third-place venue in Montpellier combining coworking offices for more than 200 creative entrepreneurs, 1,800m2 of artist ateliers for 60+ artists, a full-service café-restaurant, a wood-fired pizza truck, and modular event spaces. The venue hosts 600-900 cultural events annually including concerts, exhibitions, workshops, and festivals (with Festival Tropisme attracting 35,000 visitors in 2024), and offers event privatization for corporate and private functions of 10-1000 persons.

Product overview

Halle Tropisme is a 10,000m2 cultural third-place (tiers-lieu) in Montpellier, France, operated by the cooperative Illusion & Macadam. The venue operates as a unified platform combining multiple integrated services: Café Tropisme serves as the main restaurant and social hub; Le Camion Tropizz' provides wood-fired pizza; Les Ateliers Tropisme offers 1800m2 of artist workshop spaces; Les Ponts, La Galerie, La Menuiserie, and Le Bus provide event venues; the Village Entrepreneurial provides workspaces for 200+ creative industry professionals. Additional services include privatization for events, birthday parties, and community programs like urban farming (CulturÔtoits), flea markets (Pépite), and food aid (Linkee). The venue also runs international programs including Euro-Africa Biennales, artist residencies, HipHop Africa Connexion, and Création Botswana, hosting over 600 events annually.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CLUBISM: Musical brand dedicated to electronic music aesthetics, launched by Halle Tropisme.
• Pépite
• Tropizz

Products and services

• Café Tropisme Full-service café-restaurant at the heart of Halle Tropisme serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner with tapas, grills, natural wines, and craft beers, plus regular themed events. Open daily with a 300+ seat terrace and locally sourced menu.
• Le Camion Tropizz' Wood-fired pizza truck operating on the Tropisme grounds during weekends and major events, serving red or white pizzas, paninis, croque-monsieurs, and hot-dogs for eat-in or takeaway.
• Les Ateliers Tropisme (Artist Studio Rentals) Rental of 20 individual and shared artist studios ranging from 17m² to 98m² with high ceilings and natural light, starting from €158/month HT. Includes electricity, heating, WiFi, 24/7 access, parking, shared facilities (100m2 modular workshop, 225m2 dance studio, 60m2 gallery, podcast studio, fablab with 3D printing and laser cutting, scenography workshop).
• Village Entrepreneurial (Workspace/Office Rentals) Private or shared office rentals for more than 200 creative-industry professionals in sectors including audiovisual, video games, 3D animation, communication, publishing, visual arts, architecture, web, design, photography, gastronomy, and consulting. Includes 24/7 access and shared services.
• Event Privatization Services Modular event venue rental for corporate seminars, team days, professional evenings, screenings, and private celebrations for 10-1000 persons. Includes 7 meeting rooms, 2 plenary spaces, the café-restaurant with terrace, technical equipment, and event planning support across spaces such as Les Ponts (main stage on former military bridges), La Galerie, La Menuiserie, and Le Bus.
• Children's Birthday Party Services (Goûters d'anniversaire) Children's birthday celebration packages with three formula options (Trokid's formula €6 with juice and cupcake, custom cake €8, custom plus games €10) prepared by in-house pastry chef Lucie Lacoste, with optional super bus rental at €150.
• Booty Therapy Dance Classes Recurring paid dance workshops offered on-site at Halle Tropisme, with single classes at €20 and a 5-class pass at €70. Reduced or inclusive pricing (€10) is available on request, and children's workshops are offered at €7 per child.
• Jewelry Workshops (Wax and Metal) Hands-on creative jewelry-making workshops held at Halle Tropisme. Wax jewelry pieces priced €119-€159 and metal jewelry €65-€130 depending on complexity, with optional gold plating extra.
• Pépite Flea Market (Vide-Grenier) Recurring community flea market held at Halle Tropisme with 20-35 vendors per event, offering booth rentals at €8 (non-motorized individuals), €18 (motorized individuals), and €22 (professionals), with reduced rates for residents and students. Includes nighttime summer editions.
• CulturÔtoits Urban Farm Montpellier's first rooftop hydroponic farm installed at Halle Tropisme, offering short-circuit direct food sales from the greenhouse market garden and educational visits to discover urban agriculture.

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Montpellier Méditerranée MétropolecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary landlord and project initiator, having selected illusion & macadam cooperative to organize and manage Halle Tropisme as part of the Cité Créative cluster development. Provides ongoing operational support for cultural programming.
• Ville de MontpelliercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal partner and property owner delegation, supporting cultural programming and Cité Créative development.
• SERM (Société d'Equipement de la Région Montpelliéraine)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUrban development company involved in Cité Créative project implementation and site development.
• SA3M (Société d'Animation de Montpellier Méditerranée)majorGTM or Marketing PartnerMetropolitan animation company supporting cultural event promotion and tourism development.
• Illusion & Macadam (Cooperative)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe parent cooperative that created and operates Halle Tropisme, with nearly 20 years of experience in cultural sector development. Provides organizational infrastructure, staff, and strategic direction.
• Smart FranceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperatives organization supporting independent workers, sharing resources and values with Tropisme's creative community approach.
• NovessminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperative enterprise support organization, aligned with Tropisme's cooperative values.
• ESMA (Ecole Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArt school partnership for student exhibitions and creative industry talent development.
• Les ScopminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of cooperative companies sharing values and support structures with the Tropisme cooperative model.
• ESMA (Ecole Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArt school partner hosting student exhibitions and collaborative projects at the venue.
• Les Samedis Solidaires NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation network occupying Café Tropisme during closure periods to run solidarity initiatives.
• Association Cap Gély FiguerollesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal association collaborating on Gipsy Party summer events, co-organizing Festival International Mosaïque Gipsy Bohème.
• HipHop Africa Connexion Partners (237 BMX Cameroon, HipHop Asili Festival Tanzania, Surf Ghana, Africa Breaking Academy, DUNK Grassroot Ghana)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational program supporting African cultural operators in Cameroon, Tanzania, and Ghana to strengthen their economic models and develop networks. Includes BMX sports facilities, dance festivals, skateparks, and music studios.
• Biennale Euro-Africa Partners (50+ organizations)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of 50+ partners engaged in rich collaborative programming for the Euro-Africa Biennale celebrating Africa-Europe cooperation.
• National Arts Council BotswanamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment arts council partner for Création Botswana fashion entrepreneurship program, with Alliance Française de Gaborone and French Embassy.
• LinkeeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFood aid association distributing weekly baskets to students every Wednesday at Tropisme, fighting food waste.
• CulturÔtoitsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUrban farm providing short-circuit food sales from hydroponic greenhouse on Tropisme roof.
• La Ruche qui dit OuiminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDirect purchasing network connecting consumers with regional farmers, with weekly orders available at Tropisme.
• Secours PopulaireminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSolidarity station distributing food aid vouchers and vacation assistance, plus chine sales supporting the association.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• La Villette: Major Parisian cultural campus combining Cité des Sciences, Cité de la Musique, and large event programming in former slaughterhouses. Comparable multipurpose cultural venue at significantly larger scale, with broader institutional remit.
• Station F: Largest startup campus in the world, located in a former railway depot in Paris. Overlaps with Halle Tropisme's coworking/entrepreneur-residency function at much greater scale, but is broader and not arts-specialized.

Direct peers

• La Vapeur: Dijon music and contemporary creation venue hosting concerts, residencies, and cultural mediation programs. Comparable in offering artist development and a year-round performance calendar within a single dedicated facility.
• La Recyclerie: Paris third-place built on a former Petite Ceinture railway station, combining a café-restaurant, urban farm, coworking, workshops, and weekend programming. Highly comparable mix of food, creative workspace, and community-led cultural events.
• Stereolux: Nantes cultural venue run by a SCIC (cooperative) blending concerts, digital arts, residencies, and creative-industry support. Directly comparable in cooperative governance and the combination of performance, creation, and industry services.
• Le Centquatre (104): Large public cultural center in Paris (former Pompes Funèbres Municipales) combining exhibitions, residencies, performances, coworking, and F&B. Closely comparable to Halle Tropisme as a repurposed public building hosting artists, entrepreneurs, and a year-round cultural program.
• Mains d'Œuvres: Cultural alternative venue in Saint-Ouen offering concerts, exhibitions, residencies, and shared workspace for artists and associations. Comparable in scale, mixed-use positioning, and resident-creator model.
• La Gaîté Lyrique: Paris venue dedicated to digital arts and contemporary music in a restored 19th-century theater, mixing residencies, exhibitions, concerts, and workshops. Comparable model of a heritage building transformed into a multi-use cultural and creative-industry hub.
• Ground Control: Parisian third-place combining F&B, coworking, event programming, and seasonal programming in a former SNCF logistics building. Directly comparable tiers-lieu concept blending hospitality, creative workspace, and public cultural calendar.

Regional players

• NDSM-werf: Amsterdam creative hub on a former shipyard hosting artist studios, workspaces, F&B, and a major events calendar. Highly comparable tiers-lieu concept (workspace + ateliers + events + food) but operating in the Dutch market rather than southern France.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/tropismeMtp
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/tropismefestival/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/TropismeMontpellier
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/halle-tropisme
• Instagraminstagram.com/tropismemtp
• TikToktiktok.com/@halletropisme

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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