Novasol Experts

Name

Novasol Experts

Legal name

Novasol Experts SAS

Website

https://novasol-experts.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Consulting Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (541690)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Soil Testing & Nutrient Analysis Services (AFACAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Soil Health & Biological Testing Services (Microbial Activity, Organic Matter, Respiration) (AFACAKAD), Nature & Biodiversity Reporting (TNFD, natural capital) (EUAHAJAM), Environmental Monitoring, Data & Reporting (Air/Water/Soil) (BPAIAMAC), Soil Testing, pH Adjustment & Soil Amendments (Lime/Gypsum/Organic Matter) (HSAIAGAC)

Keywords

• Soil ecology consulting
• Agricultural advisory services
• Environmental diagnostic services
• Sustainable agriculture consulting
• Soil biodiversity assessment

Headquarters

HQ city

Dijon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Ecological Soil Quality Consulting & Diagnostics: Bespoke consulting engagements evaluating soil ecological quality for clients across agriculture, viticulture, urban development, and industrial remediation. Projects range from individual farm assessments to multi-year public contracts (e.g., Paris La Défense 4-year public procurement).
2. Professional Training Services: Fee-for-service training programs on soil microbiology, agroecology, and ecological quality assessment. Certified Qualiopi provider since July 2021. Pricing from €350 per participant. Satisfaction index of 9/10 reported for 2025.
3. R&D Services: Custom research and development projects for clients including field trials, in vitro testing of agricultural inputs, biostimulant evaluation, new indicator development, and technosol rehabilitation experiments. Eligible for French Research Tax Credit (CIR) as a recognized private research organization.
4. Scientific Expertise & Communication: Expert scientific support, literature synthesis, and science communication services for public institutions, industry consortia, and research organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Novasol Experts is a French ecological consultancy (bureau d'études) that provides soil ecological quality assessment and consulting services. The company diagnoses soil microbial biodiversity (bacteria, archaea, fungi), interprets results against national reference datasets (RMQS, French Atlas of Soil Bacteria), and delivers actionable agroecological recommendations to farmers, viticulturists, urban planners, and industrial site managers. Services are built on 20 years of INRAE public research, operationalized through an exclusive INRAE Transfert license.

Product overview

Novasol Experts is a consulting firm (bureau d'études) offering a comprehensive chain of services for soil ecological quality evaluation. The core offering consists of five interconnected services: Needs Analysis, Study Strategy Development, Scientific Expertise, R&D, and Training & Communication. These are unified through the 'Accompagnement Novasol Experts' four-step process that guides clients from needs assessment through microbiological diagnosis to actionable agroecological recommendations. The flagship diagnostic product is the Soil Microbiological Diagnostic (Packs), which provides biological soil quality assessment using operational bioindicators. The company leverages 20 years of INRAE research in microbial ecology and operates nationally with over 650 soils diagnosed since 2020.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Accompagnement Novasol Experts A four-step consulting process that guides clients from initial needs assessment through study strategy design, microbiological diagnosis, and co-construction of agroecological action levers for soil quality evaluation. Targeted at farmers, viticulturists, urban planners, and industrial site managers in France.
• Analyse des besoins (Needs Analysis) Needs analysis service that helps clients define their soil biodiversity questions, understand the impact of their activities on soil functioning, and establish sustainable site management strategies. Used by farmers, viticulturists, urban planners, and industrial site managers.
• Elaboration des stratégies d'études (Study Strategy Design) Study strategy development service providing experimental design and sampling strategies, bioindicator selection, and rigorous sampling plans tailored to client needs and budgets. Supports agricultural, urban, and industrial clients in planning soil ecological assessments.
• Expertise scientifique (Scientific Expertise) Scientific expertise service based on 20 years of INRAE research in microbial ecology, functional ecology, spatial ecology, and ecological engineering applied to soil quality assessment. Includes scientific synthesis and consultancy for clients and research organizations.
• R&D (Research & Development) Research and development services including in situ/in vitro testing of ecological effects, biostimulant composition analysis, new indicator development, and soil/substrate reconstruction experimentation. Custom R&D projects with eligibility for the French Research Tax Credit (CIR).
• Formation et communication (Training and Communication) Professional training services on soil, biodiversity, and agroecology topics, including theoretical and practical workshops. Qualiopi-certified since July 2021 with a 9/10 trainee satisfaction rating reported for 2025; pricing from €350 per participant.
• Diagnostic microbiologique des sols (Soil Microbiological Diagnostic Packs) Soil microbiological diagnostic packs offering biological soil quality assessment through operational, technically robust, and scientifically objective indicators, interpreted against national referentials. The flagship diagnostic product for agricultural, viticultural, urban, and industrial clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 650 soils diagnosed since May 2020
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered supporting and core.

• Institut Français de la Vigne et du Vin (IFV)supportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Collaboration on a synthesis of viticultural practices and their impact on soil biological quality, presented at the ADEBIOTECH colloquium. Joint presentation combining Novasol Experts' soil expertise with IFV's viticultural knowledge.
• TMCEsupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023TMCE invited Novasol Experts to its annual agronomic technical platform in Pécy (77), attracting ~800 agricultural professionals. Novasol Experts animated a workshop on soil microbiological quality, demonstrating its expertise to a large professional audience.
• TrameBioSolsupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Multidisciplinary citizen participation project led by Flore 54 and Sol&Co aiming to create and restore a brown ecological network (trame brune) in the Nancy area. Battle Karimi (Novasol Experts' scientific director) participated as a speaker. The project integrates soil biodiversity considerations into urban and territorial planning.
• TSE (Third Step Energy)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Collaborative agrivoltaism project evaluating the impact of TSE's photovoltaic canopies on soil physico-chemical and microbiological quality. Novasol Experts contributes soil ecological diagnostic expertise to this innovation project, which aims to assess environmental benefits or impacts of agrivoltaism technology.
• AgronovsupportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2020Agricultural innovation cluster in Burgundy-Franche-Comté that supported Novasol Experts' participation at Les Culturales salon and featured the company's expertise in its Carbon Letter publication.
• INRAE (Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 December 2019Strategic scientific partnership with INRAE's Environment and Agronomy department. Three INRAE researchers provide ongoing scientific consultancy and contribute their expertise in soil microbial ecology, built over nearly 20 years of research. This partnership provides Novasol Experts with continuous access to the latest scientific developments in soil ecology and ensures rigorous, objective interpretation of soil quality data.
• INRAE TransfertcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 December 2019Novasol Experts holds an exploitation license for INRAE know-how and methodologies in soil microbial ecology assessment, granted by INRAE Transfert. This license is the foundation of the company's proprietary diagnostic approach and represents the exclusive transfer of 20 years of public research into an operational private service offering.
• Université de BourgognesupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2019Academic partner providing scientific support alongside AgroSup Dijon. The university contributed to the incubation and development of Novasol Experts through its research ecosystem in Dijon.
• AgroSup Dijon (Institut Agro Dijon)supportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2019Scientific support partner providing access to the INRAE research ecosystem. AgroSup Dijon's director François Roche-Bruyn publicly endorsed Novasol Experts as aligned with agroecological transition goals.
• DECA-BFC (Incubateur Regional)supportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2019Regional business incubator at the Maison Régionale de l'Innovation in Dijon that provided personalized incubation support, mentoring, and hosting for Novasol Experts during the construction and launch of the company.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Veragrow: French firm specializing in urban greening, green roofs, and soil/vegetation solutions for cities. Comparable on urban soil management and renaturation, with overlapping public-sector/real-estate customer base (e.g., Paris-area urban developers).
• Terrasolis: French non-profit/sustainability consultancy promoting agroecological transition and soil carbon. Comparable in soil/agriculture sustainability advisory space, though organized as a non-profit and focused more on farmer training than diagnostics.

Broad incumbents

• Bureau Veritas: Global testing, inspection, and certification major with French roots. Comparable on certification/assessment services (Qualiopi-adjacent) and ESG/biodiversity advisory, though much larger and broader in scope.
• SGS: Global testing, inspection, and certification company with soil and environmental testing services. Comparable as a large incumbent offering soil and agricultural diagnostics, though with industrial-scale labs rather than research-led consultancy.
• Eurofins: Global laboratory testing group with extensive environmental and agricultural soil testing capabilities. Comparable on soil analytical chemistry/microbiology testing services, but operates at vastly larger industrial scale with broader service portfolio.

Direct peers

• EcoAct: Originally French (now part of PwC) climate and environmental strategy consultancy. Comparable as a French-born environmental advisory serving enterprise and government clients on ESG, biodiversity, and sustainability reporting.
• Carbone 4: French climate and sustainability consultancy offering advisory and diagnostics for corporates and public bodies. Comparable as a French scientific advisory rooted in research partnerships, with similar B2B/B2G GTM and policy-aligned methodology.
• Soil Capital: Belgium-based advisory firm focused on regenerative agriculture and soil health economics. Most direct peer in soil-focused sustainability advisory for European agriculture, with overlapping farmer-cooperative customer base.

Others

• Agroscope: Swiss public agricultural research center conducting soil, crop, and ecosystem research. Comparable as a public-sector producer of soil science reference data and methodology; not a commercial peer but parallels INRAE's role in generating the science underlying Novasol's services.
• INRAE: French public research institute and Novasol's core scientific partner. Comparable as the originator of the underlying soil microbial ecology methodology and the source of its reference frameworks; not a commercial competitor but the foundation of the value proposition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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Investments

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