Name

VENT DE VOYAGE

Legal name

Vent de Voyage

Website

https://ventdevoyage.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dinard

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Product sales: One-time purchase of finished goods including bags (sail bags, handbags, backpacks, beach bags, travel bags), accessories (pouches, toiletry bags, glasses cases, wallets), and home decor (armchairs, cushions, storage baskets, mirrors, lampshades).
2. Custom and personalized orders: Custom-made bags and accessories created from customer's own sails or from workshop inventory. Personalization options include numbers, colors, leather handles, and spinnaker additions. Turnaround time 1-3 weeks.
3. Gift cards: Gift cards sold in denominations of €100, €150, €200, and €300. Cards valid for 6 months. Also available in-store with custom amounts.
4. Corporate gifts: B2B corporate gift solutions offering sustainable branded merchandise made from recycled sailcloth.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Vent de Voyage transforms recycled boat sails into handmade bags, luggage, accessories, and home decor items in its Dinard workshop. The company designs and cuts sails recovered from boats to create finished textile products, sold directly to consumers through its own stores and website, with optional custom-made services and corporate gift collections.

Product overview

Vent de Voyage is a French artisanal company founded in 2000 that crafts bags, luggage, accessories, and home decor items from recycled boat sails. The product portfolio centers on sail bags (handbags, tote bags, beach bags, travel bags, backpacks, shopping trolleys) supplemented by sailing accessories (pouches, toiletry bags, wallets, key rings) and home decor (cushions, mirrors, lampshades, armchairs, Breton bowls). Products are handmade in their Dinard workshop by 5 seamstresses and sold through two retail stores in Saint-Malo and Dinard, with customization services for personalized sails. The company also offers corporate gift solutions and hotel collections.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Made By Bobine: Sub-brand for wooden stools created in collaboration with a partner artisan

Products and services

• Handmade bags and accessories from recycled boat sails Handmade bags, luggage, and fashion accessories cut and assembled from decommissioned boat sails, sold to individual consumers through the company's stores and website. Each item is unique in pattern and color due to the recycled sailcloth material.
• Home decor items from recycled boat sails Decorative pieces and home accessories made from recycled sailcloth, offered alongside the bag and accessory ranges.
• Custom-made products Tailor-made products in recycled sailcloth produced to a customer's specifications, leveraging the workshop's in-house cutting and sewing capabilities.
• Corporate gift collection Curated selection of recycled sailcloth accessories and bags positioned as corporate gifts, presented and packaged for business clients.
• Hotel collection Custom-made recycled sailcloth interior products — including curtains and decor items — designed for hotels and hospitality venues.
• Gift cards Prepaid gift cards denominated in EUR that customers can redeem against purchases on the company's e-commerce site.

Quantifiable outcome

• Products designed to last - customer testimonials report using bags for 10+ years

Named customers3 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

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• FermobminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on shopping trolley (caddie) designs. Fermob x Vent de Voyage caddies available in Batyline colors (blue, yellow, red). Joint product development for functional market carts.
• Morgane ChouinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArtist collaboration on decorative items including barometers, frames, mirrors, and Breton bowls. Morgane Chouin designs marine-themed artwork for products.
• Made by BobineminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership for stool (tabouret) products. Products include Lola, Marin, Alice, Marguerite, Jeanne, and Mulot designs sold through Vent de Voyage.
• Les Pieds dans l'eauminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerManufacturer of barometers decorated by Morgane Chouin for Vent de Voyage. Barometers indicate weather trends for bathing or sailing activities.
• AirborneminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on armchair designs. Vent de Voyage x Airborne armchair collection including AA model in various sailcloth designs (terracotta, white/black, white/navy).
• Gilles LamiréminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollection collaboration with sailor Gilles Lamiré. Skipper Vent de Voyage x Gilles Lamiré special edition products including bags with personalized designs.
• Laëtitia LebaillyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArtist collaboration for collection products. April 2022 collection featuring Laëtitia Lebailly designs.
• Mondial RelayminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDelivery partner for mainland France orders. Free delivery for orders over €50.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Patagonia: Large established outdoor and lifestyle brand with a bag and accessories line grounded in environmental activism and durable design. Overlaps on sustainability narrative and bag category but operates at vastly broader scale.
• Longchamp: French heritage luxury bag and luggage maker. Comparable French positioning and bag category, but serves a much broader luxury market without the upcycled-material or artisan-workshop differentiator.
• Herschel Supply Co. Canadian lifestyle bag and backpack brand. Comparable lifestyle bag assortment and DTC distribution, but without the recycled-sail or Made-in-France artisan positioning.
• Fjällräven: Swedish outdoor brand with a flagship backpack (Kånken) and broader bag line. Comparable durable, lifestyle-oriented bag offering, but at much larger scale and without upcycled inputs.
• Eastpak: Established European bag and backpack brand. Comparable product category (backpacks, travel bags, casual carry) but mass-market positioning and pricing, contrasting with Vent de Voyage's artisan premium positioning.

Direct peers

• Paravel: US-based sustainable travel brand selling bags, luggage, and accessories made with recycled materials. Comparable DTC sustainable-lifestyle positioning and product category overlap (totes, travel bags, accessories).
• Freitag: Swiss brand best known for messenger bags made from recycled truck tarpaulins. Closely comparable concept: industrial-material upcycling into bags and accessories with strong brand storytelling and DTC retail.
• Écoalf: Spanish sustainable fashion brand that upcycles ocean plastics and other waste into apparel and accessories. Directly comparable on circular-economy positioning, recycled-material product line, and sustainability storytelling.
• Baggu: US DTC bag brand known for reusable, recycled-nylon totes and backpacks. Comparable DTC model, sustainability positioning, and core product category of lightweight fabric bags.

Emerging players

• Faguo: French sustainable fashion brand producing shoes and apparel with a tree-planting sustainability program. Comparable French sustainable-fashion positioning and Made-in-France ethos, overlapping on eco-conscious consumer base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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