Comète

What Comète does

Comète (legally We Are Comète SAS) is a Paris-based private company founded in 2023 by Anne-Sophie Viard, Célia Louiasil-Senger, and Patricia Udekwe. It operates as a women's executive business club, delivering a 12-month leadership development membership program structured around a 'Personal Board' of 10 vetted peers, facilitated by an executive coach, supplemented by masterclasses, bimonthly Power Talks, monthly expert sessions, in-person meetings, and a 2-day leadership retreat. The community numbers 300+ women leaders across 25 industries and 7 geographies, with 82% at Senior or C-Level seniority and 14 years of average professional experience.

Comète runs two go-to-market motions in parallel: a community-led funnel where prospective members apply online and are onboarded into quarterly cohorts, often via the marrainage member-sponsorship program, and an enterprise field-sales motion in which HR and D&I departments sponsor cohorts of their female leaders. Pricing starts at €3,600 HT per year for enterprise-financed members, with self-financed options available, billed annually on a recurring subscription basis. The offering is Qualiopi-certified as a French training organization, and the 'We Are Comète' mark is being registered with INPI. Named corporate users include CAC40 and prominent scale-up names such as Renault, Novartis, Danone, Safran, BlaBlaCar, Doctolib, Qonto, Uber, Visa, and Lagardère; explicitly named enterprise partners include Uber Eats, Welcome to the Jungle, ManoMano, Quicksign, Serena, KEDGE, and Club Funding.

Comète has no proprietary technology platform; its value is delivered through human facilitation, cohort design, and curated peer matching. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, no external funding rounds are referenced, and ownership remains with the three co-founders. Self-reported outcomes include a 95% member-reported positive career impact, 90–94% recommendation rates, and a two-thirds renewal rate, while the firmographic record lists 121 employees — a figure that appears inconsistent with a 300+ member community at a ~€3,600 price point and likely overstates the core operating team.

Name

Comète

Legal name

We Are Comète

Website

https://wearecomete.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Comète is a Paris-based private executive business club that runs a 12-month women's leadership development membership built around a curated Personal Board of 10 peers, an executive coach, and supplementary masterclasses and events for senior and C-level women leaders.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Annual membership program fees charged to individual members or funded by employer organizations. The primary revenue stream for Comète's leadership development program.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Comète is a private executive business club for women leaders, offering an annual Personal Board Program that matches each member with 10 vetted peers and an executive coach for confidential monthly advisory sessions. The membership bundles peer coaching, masterclasses, bimonthly Power Talks, monthly expert sessions, and an in-person Leadership Retreat, with a parallel Corporate Program extending the same peer-coaching methodology to companies investing in female leadership development.

Product overview

Comète operates as a women's leadership development organization offering a unified membership program built as a private executive business club. The core offering is the Personal Board Program, which matches women leaders with 10 peer advisors and an executive coach for monthly confidential sessions. This is complemented by supplementary services including Masterclasses, Power Talks, Expert Sessions, and Leadership Retreats. For corporate clients, Comète offers an enterprise-facing Corporate Program that extends the same peer-coaching methodology to support organizational D&I objectives and women leader development. The portfolio consists of one integrated membership experience supplemented by a corporate B2B module.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personal Board Program (Annual Membership) A 12-month annual membership for senior women leaders that matches each member with 10 vetted peers who serve as a personal board of advisors, facilitated by an executive coach through monthly confidential sessions. Includes masterclasses, bimonthly Power Talks, monthly expert sessions, and in-person programming, designed for executive women, VPs, SVPs, C-levels, and senior managers seeking confidential peer advisory and leadership development.
• Corporate Program An enterprise-facing 12-month program for companies seeking to develop female leaders, transform organizational culture, and strengthen performance through a 360-degree leadership development approach. Combines peer coaching, executive coaching, masterclasses, and seminars, with dedicated onboarding to identify eligible female leaders and ongoing impact reporting for HR and D&I buyers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% of members report significant positive impact on career trajectory
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• NovartisminorOthersMember company from which Comète members are drawn. Comète serves women leaders from diverse industry-leading companies including Novartis.
• RenaultminorOthersMember company from which Comète members are drawn. Comète serves women leaders from diverse industry-leading companies including Renault.
• DanoneminorOthersMember company from which Comète members are drawn. Comète serves women leaders from diverse industry-leading companies including Danone.
• QontominorOthersMember company from which Comète members are drawn. Comète serves women leaders from diverse industry-leading companies including Qonto.
• UberminorOthersMember company from which Comète members are drawn. Comète serves women leaders from diverse industry-leading companies including Uber.
• Uber EatsminorOthersEnterprise partner investing in their female talent development through Comète membership for their women leaders.
• Welcome to the JungleminorOthersEnterprise partner investing in their female talent development through Comète membership for their women leaders.
• ManoManominorOthersEnterprise partner investing in their female talent development through Comète membership for their women leaders.
• QuicksignminorOthersEnterprise partner investing in their female talent development through Comète membership for their women leaders.
• SerenaminorOthersEnterprise partner investing in their female talent development through Comète membership for their women leaders.
• KEDGEminorOthersEnterprise partner investing in their female talent development through Comète membership for their women leaders.
• Club FundingminorOthersEnterprise partner investing in their female talent development through Comète membership for their women leaders.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• The Athena Network: The Athena Network is a UK-based membership organization for professional women, offering local networking groups, events, and leadership development. It overlaps with Comète on the women-leader audience and peer-networking format, though its model is more regional and event-driven.
• Lean In: Lean In is a nonprofit organization founded by Sheryl Sandberg advancing women in leadership through Circles, education, and community. While Lean In focuses on free grassroots Circles rather than a paid private club, the audience and mission overlap with Comète's peer-coaching model.
• Ellevate Network: Ellevate Network is a global professional community for women, offering peer Circles, mentorship, and events. It is a direct competitor in the women-in-leadership membership space, with a similar subscription model and community-led GTM motion.
• YPO (Young Presidents' Organization): YPO is a global peer community for chief executives offering peer learning groups, leadership development, and networking. Comète mirrors YPO's peer-group and lifelong-learning structure, but is narrowly focused on women in leadership rather than title-based CEOs.
• Chief: Chief is a private membership network for women executives and C-suite leaders, offering peer groups, coaching, and leadership programming. It is the most directly comparable private-club model to Comète, targeting the same high-seniority women-leader demographic with a paid annual membership.
• Vistage: Vistage is the largest CEO and executive peer advisory organization globally, organizing members into small peer groups facilitated by executive coaches. Comète applies the same peer-group-plus-coach model, but narrows the audience to women leaders and adds premium content programming.
• C200: C200 (Committee of 200) is a membership organization for the most successful women business leaders, offering peer collaboration, education, and advocacy. It competes with Comète at the very top of the women-leader pyramid, with a more exclusive, invitation-driven format.

Broad incumbents

• Center for Creative Leadership: CCL is a globally established leadership development provider offering executive education, coaching, and assessment programs. It is adjacent to Comète through shared leadership-development content and executive-coaching methodology, but serves a broader all-gender audience and operates at significantly larger scale.
• Women's Forum for the Economy & Society: The Women's Forum is a global platform convening senior women leaders, policymakers, and executives through summits and initiatives. It addresses the same women-leader audience but operates as a broader, events-driven institution rather than a recurring membership club.

Emerging players

• Forte Foundation: Forte Foundation is a nonprofit consortium focused on launching women into business leadership through education, scholarships, and community. It is comparable to Comète in mission but targets earlier-career women and the MBA pipeline rather than senior executives.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wearecomete
• Instagraminstagram.com/wearecomete

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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