In:expeditions

What In:expeditions does

in:Expeditions SAS is a Paris-based professional services firm founded in 2017 that designs and delivers immersive, low-carbon learning expeditions for family businesses, large enterprises, government bodies, and educational institutions. The company curates expeditions across approximately 25 European cities, organized around eight thematic areas including future professions, new governance, regenerative economy, impact business, mission-driven companies, post-growth, corporate innovation, and new value. Its core methodology is described as "journalistic" — combining investigation, source selection, narrative structuring, immersive experience creation, and post-expedition debriefing — and is delivered by a team of in-house explorers and reporters who broker access to experts, decision-makers, and pioneers on the ground.

The underlying asset is a proprietary cartography of over 2,500 impact projects across 25 European cities, which the company describes as the largest such network in Europe. This dataset feeds both bespoke ("sur-mesure") expeditions and pre-designed Vision Expedition packages — including Paris (from €700 HT/pax), Marseille (from €900 HT/pax), Amsterdam (from €1,800 HT/pax), Copenhagen, Geneva, Berlin, and Bretagne — each with a 10-person minimum and 1–4 day durations. Complementary content products include The Ultimate Guide (Le Guide Ultime) for self-organized expeditions and the Immersion Magazine, distributed via the monthly in:spirations Substack newsletter, which function as top- and mid-funnel marketing assets rather than primary revenue lines.

The business model is direct B2B sales of customized professional services engagements, with per-person unit pricing and multi-year contracting typical for enterprise accounts. The customer roster spans roughly 20 disclosed enterprise, education, government, and family-office logos across at least 14 industries, including L'Oréal, Chanel, Ubisoft, Danone, SNCF, Sony, Bouygues Immobilier, Yves Rocher, GRDF, EDHEC, emlyon, Sciences Po Bordeaux, and the Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires Étrangères. Distribution is primarily direct via the company website and a Typeform intake funnel, with editorial amplification through LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and the Substack newsletter. The company is fully booked for 2026 with custom expeditions moved to a waiting list from September, and is incorporated as an SAS in Paris (RCS 830 860 607 00019) with €1,000 share capital and no disclosed external funding.

Name

In:expeditions

Legal name

in:Expeditions SAS

Website

https://inexpeditions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

in:Expeditions is a Paris-based firm founded in 2017 that designs and delivers low-carbon, multi-day learning expeditions for family businesses, large enterprises, government bodies, and business schools across European cities, drawing on a proprietary network of 2,500 impact projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Experiential Executive Education

NAICS

Tour Operators (56152), Tour Operators (561520)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Outdoor Training & Team-Building Programs (Experiential Learning) (THAAAOAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faculty-Led & Research/Field Study Expeditions (THAKAGAK), Cultural & Environmental Education Expeditions (Citizen Science, Conservation Volunteering) (THAAAOAH)

Keywords

• Immersive learning expeditions
• Executive education programs
• Low-carbon corporate travel
• Impact project mapping
• Sustainability field visits

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Learning expeditions: Organizing immersive, low-carbon learning expeditions for enterprises and institutions. Pricing is per person with minimum group sizes, typically ranging from 1-4 days.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

in:Expeditions designs and delivers immersive, low-carbon learning expeditions across 25 European cities for family businesses, large institutions, and business schools, enabling participants to learn directly from sustainability and impact pioneers via a curated network of 2,500 impact projects. The company applies a journalistic methodology across eight thematic areas to build both custom (Sur-Mesure) and predefined (Vision) expedition programs sold on a per-person basis with a minimum of 10 participants.

Product overview

In:expeditions operates as a unified platform offering immersive, low-carbon learning expeditions (LEX/learnex) primarily accessible by train across European cities. The core offering consists of two product lines: pre-designed Vision Expeditions to specific destinations (Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Geneva, Marseille, Paris, Berlin, Bretagne) with bundled pricing starting at 700-1800€/person, and Custom Learning Expeditions (Sur-Mesure) personalized across 8 thematic areas. The platform is complemented by The Ultimate Guide for self-organized expeditions and the Immersion Magazine featuring editorial content and the in:spirations newsletter. The company has mapped over 2,500 impact projects across 25 European cities since 2017.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Learning Expeditions (LEX / Learnex)

Quantifiable outcome

• Displacements professionnels représentent jusqu'à 90% des émissions de CO2 d'une entreprise - learning expeditions help reduce this footprint through train-based travel

Named customers20 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• in:Expeditions StudiocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016The studio component of in:Expeditions specializes in organizing low-carbon learning expeditions, developing the core methodology and content for client experiences.
• Convention des Entreprises pour le Climat (CEC)minorOthersCEC data is cited as the source for the statistic that professional travel can represent up to 90% of CO2 emissions for a service company.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Climate-KIC: European climate innovation community orchestrating learning journeys and accelerator programs. Shares the audience of sustainability-focused enterprises but delivers via structured programs rather than bespoke travel expeditions.
• Impact Hub: Global network of impact-focused innovation hubs. Reaches a similar audience of impact entrepreneurs and corporate change-makers but as a physical co-working and community infrastructure rather than an expedition operator.
• B Lab: Nonprofit certifying and supporting B Corps globally. Adjacent to in:Expeditions' impact-projects curation, addressing similar corporate audience around credible sustainability practice, but as a certification ecosystem rather than experiential learning operator.

Broad incumbents

• G Adventures: Small-group sustainable travel operator with a strong community-impact narrative and global footprint. Comparable sustainability positioning and curated-trip model, but at consumer scale and broader geographic reach.
• Intrepid Travel: B Corp-certified adventure travel company with explicit climate and sustainability commitments. Comparable low-carbon and impact-aligned narrative, but operates at scale across consumer and small-group segments.
• National Geographic Expeditions: Premium educational travel brand offering expert-led trips worldwide. Overlaps in editorial curation and experiential learning, with much larger scale and broader audience including consumer travelers.
• Outward Bound: Long-established experiential leadership and team-building organization running outdoor and urban programs for corporations. Comparable in using immersive experiences for executive and team learning outcomes.
• Atlas Obscura: Operates a global educational experiences platform and community-driven database of unusual places. Comparable as an experiential/educational travel brand, but at broader scale and without the corporate-only B2B focus or sustainability thesis.
• Road Scholar: Largest U.S. educational travel organization for adults, offering learning adventures across global destinations. Comparable in mission of adult experiential learning, though consumer-led rather than corporate B2B.

Direct peers

• Context Travel: Organizes expert-led, scholar-guided walking seminars and small-group tours in cities worldwide. Most directly comparable in combining curated urban educational content with high-touch B2C/B2B delivery, though without in:Expeditions' sustainability specialization.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/in_expeditions
• Facebookfacebook.com/inexpeditions
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/linkedinexpeditions
• Instagraminstagram.com/inexpeditions

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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