La Scientothèque

What La Scientothèque does

La Scientothèque is a Belgian non-profit association (ASBL) founded in 2001 and headquartered in Ixelles, Brussels. It runs STEAM (Sciences, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) education programs aimed at reducing social inequalities, serving children and adolescents aged roughly 4 to 20, their teachers, schools, and youth associations across French-speaking Belgium, the German-speaking Eastern Cantons, and the Brussels-Capital Region. Its workforce stands at approximately 12 multidisciplinary staff, including physicists, engineers, biologists, psychopedagogues, and a dedicated AI pedagogy specialist.

The organization's core offerings include FabULaB'Kid, a FabLab-style makerspace; ESERO Belgium, the national coordination of the European Space Agency's ESERO education program; STEMentiel!, an in-service teacher-training hub co-built with ULB and HE2B; Digit'All, low-cost digital workshops; HELP DESK, a free support line for teachers; vacation camps; and an evolving library of online pedagogical resources covering digital sciences, aeronautics, robotics, and AI. Technical delivery leans on widely adopted educational platforms and hardware — Scratch, Thymio, Micro:bit, Raspberry Pi, Minecraft Education, Tinkercad, Inkscape, Teachable Machine, and Quick Draw — selected for accessibility rather than proprietary infrastructure.

La Scientothèque operates as a subsidized ASBL rather than a commercial vendor. Revenue is assembled from financial, material, and skills-based donations, public subsidies (Federation Wallonie-Bruxelles, EU programs such as Erasmus+ and Creative Europe), and small workshop fees (e.g., roughly €30 per group per activity for Digit'All). Pricing is intentionally modest to preserve access, and the organization is structurally dependent on grant cycles and donor support, with no equity funding, M&A activity, or revenue disclosure in the input material.

Name

La Scientothèque

Legal name

La Scientothèque

Website

https://www.lascientotheque.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Belgian non-profit (ASBL) founded in 2001 delivering STEAM education to youth aged 4–20 and training teachers across French- and German-speaking Belgium, coordinating ESA's ESERO program and operating the FabULaB'Kid makerspace and online resource library.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

STEAM Education Services

NAICS

All Other Schools and Instruction (61169), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Electives & Enrichment Curriculum (Arts, Music, PE, CTE Exploratories) (EDAGAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Creator Tools & Content Pipelines for Immersive Learning (VR lesson builders, 3D asset workflows) (EDAFAJAL)

Keywords

• STEAM education programs
• Youth science workshops
• Teacher training services
• After-school homework support
• Digital fabrication lab

Headquarters

HQ city

Ixelles

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Financial Donations: Corporate financial donations supporting science and digital education for youth from disadvantaged backgrounds, teacher support for digital tools, and pedagogical resource development.
2. Material Donations: Corporate donations of computer equipment to reduce digital divide and support schools in implementing digital tools.
3. Skills Sponsorship: Corporate skills sponsorship where companies provide employees to develop pedagogical resources and collaborate with European education network.
4. Subsidy Funding: Project-based subsidies and funding for educational initiatives including ESERO Belgium coordination, European projects, and local educational programs.
5. Workshop Fees: Fee-based workshops for associations: 30 euros per group per activity for Digit'All program modules.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

La Scientothèque is a Belgian non-profit (ASBL) that delivers hands-on STEAM (Sciences, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) education to youth aged 4-20 and supports education professionals through workshops, after-school programs, vacation science camps, teacher helpdesks, and pedagogical resources. Its portfolio includes the FabULaB'Kid didactic fabrication laboratory, coordination of the ESERO Belgium program for the European Space Agency, the STEMentiel! curriculum-aligned resource hub, and the Digit'All workshop program covering programming, robotics, AI, and space education.

Product overview

La Scientothèque is a Belgian non-profit organization (ASBL) whose primary mission is to reduce social inequality by supporting young people aged 4-20 and education professionals through an interdisciplinary STEAM approach centered on experimentation. The organization offers a comprehensive portfolio of interconnected programs: (1) After-school support programs (écoles de devoirs) and workshops for youth; (2) Vacation science camps including Mission X astronaut training, Cansat satellite building, and Minecraft lunar missions; (3) Professional development services including the DIGIT HELP helpdesk and HELP DESK for teachers; (4) The FabULaB'Kid — a specialized Fablab for youth with 3D printers, laser cutters, and CNC machines; (5) ESERO Belgium — coordination of the European Space Agency's educational program; (6) STEMentiel! — turnkey pedagogical resources adapted to FWB curricula with professional classroom visits; (7) Digit'All workshops for associations covering programming, AI, and Fablab tools; (8) Thematic modules covering AI education (with Quick Draw, Teachable Machine, Scratch), robotics (Thymio, Scratch), aeronautics (REStARTS), and Smart Cities (SteamCity); and (9) The La Rentrée des Sciences annual event. The FabULaB'Kid serves as the physical hub where these programs converge, while the AI Pedagogical Resources and CAI learning community serve as complementary digital platforms supporting the overall educational mission.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• STEMentiel!: An educational project providing ready-to-use pedagogical resources for schools and associations to discover STEM disciplines, with activities focused on sustainable development, space, and digital topics.
• ESERO Belgium
• fabULaB'Kid
• Digit'Camp
• Digit'All

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

AI capability7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• European Space Agency (ESA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerESA's European Space Education Resource Office (ESERO) program is coordinated in French and German-speaking Belgium by La Scientothèque and ULB's Experimentarium de Physique. Provides resources and projects connecting science education with space context.
• Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-coordinator of ESERO Belgium and host of FabULaB'Kid at the Experimentarium de Physique campus. Provides academic expertise and facilities for STEAM education programs.
• Haute École Bruxelles Brabant (HE2B)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner in the STEMentiel! project developing educational resources aligned with Belgian curricula for schools and associations.
• STEMENTIELcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational hub dedicated to STEM approach. La Scientothèque is involved in this initiative aimed at revealing the potential of STEM education to schools and associations.
• Diversi'clicsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerTraining ecosystem for digital inclusion. Community partner in the STEAM education network focused on reducing digital divide.
• SteamCity ConsortiumsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerErasmus+ co-funded project with 7 European organizations. La Scientothèque is a partner in this initiative linking STEAM education to urban challenges through citizen experimentation.
• REStARTS ProjectsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject raising awareness of European aeronautical research through School-Labs. La Scientothèque tested pedagogical resources developed for teaching aeronautics in schools.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Cap Sciences: Bordeaux-based science center operating exhibitions, workshops and teacher training on science and digital topics. Comparable in facilitating STEAM workshops, teacher professional development, and educational programming for youth, although with a larger physical venue footprint.
• Technopolis: Belgian science museum and interactive center in Mechelen offering hands-on STEM workshops for school groups and families. Close geographic and mission peer: Belgian STEAM engagement, school group workshops, and youth-focused experimentation spaces, though delivered through a paid ticketed museum model rather than a non-profit donation model.
• La Main à la Pâte: French foundation dedicated to inquiry-based science education in primary and secondary schools, providing free pedagogical resources and teacher training. Highly comparable to La Scientothèque in mission (improving science teaching, reducing inequalities), audience (teachers and youth), and free/grant-funded delivery model.
• Les Petits Débrouillards: French non-profit network running hands-on science workshops for children and youth, with a strong focus on disadvantaged audiences and STEAM experimentation. Directly comparable in non-profit status, target age group, workshop-based delivery, and social-mission framing.

Broad incumbents

• Science Centre NEMO: Largest science center in the Netherlands, offering interactive STEM exhibitions and teacher resources. Comparable in STEAM education mission and teacher engagement focus, but at a much larger institutional scale with a paid museum model.
• Experimentarium: Danish science center delivering hands-on STEM exhibits and educational programs for schools and families. Comparable in mission and pedagogy, though it operates at significantly larger scale through a dedicated science center venue and national reach.
• Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles — Direction générale de l'Enseignement: Public education authority governing francophone Belgian schools and curriculum. Relevant as a counterpart and potential commissioning body for La Scientothèque's STEAM curriculum integration. Comparable as the institutional environment in which the company operates, though not a peer in the commercial sense.
• Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie: France's largest science museum and education facility, offering exhibitions, workshops, digital content and teacher resources. Comparable as a large-scale STEAM education provider combining physical exhibits with pedagogical resources, though with a vastly larger institutional footprint than La Scientothèque.
• Fondation C.Génial (Fondation pour la culture scientifique et technique): French foundation promoting STEM in schools, partnership-driven and funded by corporate sponsors and ministries. Comparable in operating as a philanthropic STEAM-education intermediary between schools, corporates, and government, with a national scope — a useful benchmark for La Scientothèque's potential scale-up.

Regional players

• STEM Learning UK: UK-based non-profit providing STEM teaching resources, teacher CPD and enrichment programs (including the UK ESERO). Comparable in offering curriculum-aligned STEM resources, teacher training, and ESERO coordination, though operating in a different geography with a more national scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/LaScientotheque

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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