Silicoop

What Silicoop does

SILICOOP is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) founded on February 9, 2022, headquartered in Toulouse under the SIREN 910 508 373 registration, with Edouard LAFON as publication responsible. Its stated mission is to encourage and develop an efficient circular economy within the European electronics industry. The association acts as a convening body connecting companies, citizens, educational institutions, and research labs around the environmental and societal impacts of electronics, supply chain sustainability, and regulatory adaptation. It is incubated by Première Brique and operates as a registered training organization with DREETS OCCITANIE (#76311396731).

Name

Silicoop

Legal name

Association loi 1901 SILICOOP

Website

https://sili.coop

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SILICOOP is a French non-profit association based in Toulouse that advances the circular economy in the European electronics industry through its flagship "La Fresque de l'Électronique" awareness workshop, training modules, eco-design consulting, and planned eco-designed circuit board manufacturing, serving companies, citizens, educational institutions, and local authorities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Toulouse

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, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: Association receives support through membership fees from individuals and organizations who wish to contribute to the development of circular economy in European electronics.
2. Workshop fees: Revenue from La Fresque de l'Électronique workshops with tiered pricing: reduced rates for members (8-10€), standard rates for individuals (15-20€), and professional rates for organizations (50€). Some workshops are free.
3. Consultancy and training services: Provides customized consulting services to local authorities and companies for circular economy, eco-design advice, and assistance with new regulatory constraints. Also developing training modules as part of an 'usine-école' (factory-school) program.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Silicoop is a French non-profit association that runs awareness workshops (notably 'La Fresque de l'Électronique'), provides training modules ('Usine-École'), and offers consulting and diagnostic services on circular economy, eco-design, and extending the useful life of electronic products. It also designs and manufactures eco-designed electronic circuit boards and assists organizations (companies, local authorities, SMEs) with new regulatory constraints related to electronics sustainability.

Product overview

Silicoop is an association (loi 1901) offering a portfolio of awareness, training, and consulting services centered on circular economy in the European electronics industry. Its core offerings include 'La Fresque de l'Électronique' (a collaborative workshop), conferences on environmental impacts, 'Usine-École' training modules, eco-design consulting, and eco-designed electronic circuit manufacturing services. These offerings work together to address the electronics industry's sustainability challenges through education, awareness-raising, and practical implementation support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• La Fresque de l'Électronique: A collaborative and engaging workshop designed to raise awareness about the environmental impacts of electronics and to reflect on solutions that can be implemented to mitigate them. Part of the movement initiated by La Fresque du Climat.

Products and services

• La Fresque de l'Électronique A collaborative and engaging workshop designed to raise awareness about the environmental impacts of electronics and brainstorm solutions to mitigate them. It draws inspiration from the Climate Fresco (Fresque du Climat) movement. Targeted at companies, individuals, and educational institutions.
• Conférences sur les impacts environnementaux et sociétaux de l'électronique Conferences addressing the environmental and societal impacts of electronics and the challenges of circular economy in the electronics sector. For companies, institutions, and the general public.
• Modules de formation 'Usine-École'
• Conseil et diagnostic en économie circulaire
• Conception et fabrication de cartes électroniques éco-conçues
• Accompagnement aux nouvelles contraintes réglementaires
• Développement d'offres pour collectivités et entreprises

Quantifiable outcome

• La Fresque de l'Électronique has been delivered at multiple venues including ENAC, Artilect, Halles de la Transition, IUT Paul Sabatier, and Académie du Climat Paris

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, moderate and minor.

• Première BriquecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerToulouse-based incubator that provides support and guidance to the SILICOOP association. Represents a key institutional partnership for the development and growth of the organization.
• TetaneutralcoreTechnology or IntegrationAssociation providing hosting services for Silicoop's website and infrastructure. Also hosts Silicoop's Mastodon social media account. Both are associations under the 1901 law.
• Journées Nationales de la RéparationmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational event promoting repair culture where La Fresque de l'Électronique was delivered as part of the program, expanding reach to repair-focused audiences.
• Université de ToulousemoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership through the Futurs Proches festival where La Fresque de l'Électronique was presented at IUT Paul Sabatier, connecting with university community.
• ENAC AlumniminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with ENAC Alumni for early testing and launch of La Fresque de l'Électronique, including a session on February 29, 2024.
• ToulibremoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation organizing Capitole du Libre events where Silicoop held a stand and presented prototype of La Fresque de l'Électronique.
• ArtilectmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerToulouse-based space that regularly hosts La Fresque de l'Électronique workshops, serving as an ongoing venue partner for awareness activities.
• Les Halles de la TransitionmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerToulouse venue that hosts La Fresque de l'Électronique workshops, connecting with the transition and repair community.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• WEEE Forum: International association of producer responsibility organisations for waste electrical and electronic equipment. Operates at the intersection of electronics circularity and policy that SILICOOP also targets, but at a producer-policy level rather than awareness/training.
• ADEME: French public agency for ecological transition including waste, circular economy, and eco-design. Much larger incumbent that finances and shapes the same corporate and territorial sustainability agendas that SILICOOP supports.
• The Shift Project: French think tank on the ecological transition of the digital and energy sectors. Larger, broader mandate but overlapping audience (French companies, public bodies) and overlapping training/awareness channels on digital sustainability.

Emerging players

• Zero Waste France: French non-profit promoting waste-reduction practices among consumers, businesses, and local authorities. Adjacent mission on electronics and product lifespan with a comparable French non-profit operating model and partial audience overlap.

Direct peers

• La Fresque du Climat: French association behind the Climate Fresco workshop movement, on which SILICOOP explicitly modeled La Fresque de l'Électronique. Operates the same collaborative awareness-workshop format for climate literacy that SILICOOP adapts to electronics.
• Institut du Numérique Responsable: French institute promoting responsible digital practices across organizations. Closely aligned mission — reducing the environmental footprint of digital/electronic systems — and a comparable audience of French companies, public bodies, and training participants.
• Repair Café International: International non-profit coordinating a network of community repair events. Shares the workshop-driven, volunteer-enabled, community-activist model and the circular-electronics mission that SILICOOP pursues.
• Halte à l'Obsolescence Programmée (HOP): French non-profit focused on extending product lifespan and combating planned obsolescence — directly overlapping with SILICOOP's electronics circular-economy and product-longevity advocacy.
• Circle Economy: Dutch-based international foundation providing circular-economy research, advisory, and training for organizations. Operates in the same circular-economy advisory/training niche that SILICOOP targets for electronics, with a broader sectoral footprint.
• GreenIT.fr: French non-profit association promoting sustainable digital and IT practices. Operates in the same French non-profit ecosystem with overlapping awareness, training, and corporate advisory offerings around digital/electronics environmental impact.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/silicoop

Compliance2 records

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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