CIUS

Name

CIUS

Legal name

CIUS - Centre d'Innovation et d'Usages en Santé

Website

https://ciusante.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Innovation Services (Living Lab)

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (541690), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54), Continuing Care Retirement Communities (623311)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Makerspace, Innovation Lab & Fab Lab Operations (Tools, Safety, Programming) (EDAEAGAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Continuing Care at Home (CCaH) / Virtual CCRC Programs (HLADAEAH), Technology & Digital Skills for Seniors (Devices, internet safety, telehealth) (EDAAAMAH)

Keywords

• Healthcare innovation labs
• Living lab services
• Assistive technology
• Accessibility software
• Health innovation consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Nice

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership and Association Fees: CIUS operates as an association (non-profit) collecting membership fees from members who join the collective. Members receive access to innovation spaces, project support services, and network benefits.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CIUS operates a collaborative healthcare innovation Living Lab that federates public and private actors to co-design, test, and disseminate innovations in health, autonomy, well-being, and smart ageing. It provides access to seven specialized experimentation laboratories, training programs in Innovation & Design in Healthcare, project support from project managers and occupational therapists, and the Ability Browser assistive web browser for users with motor disabilities.

Product overview

CIUS (Centre d'Innovation et d'Usages en Santé) is a shared healthcare innovation laboratory rather than a traditional product company. Their primary offerings consist of seven specialized use and experimentation laboratories focused on health, autonomy, and smart ageing innovation: Autonomy Lab, Medical Office and Waiting Room Lab, Clean Rooms (partnership with Genbiotech), Rehabilitation and Functional Rehabilitation Lab, EHPAD Nursing Home Lab, and Memory Lab (at Institut Claude Pompidou). They also provide training programs in Innovation & Design in Healthcare. The sole named product offering is Ability Browser, a head-movement-controlled web browser developed to enable internet access for people with motor disabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ability Browser: A specialized web browser that allows persons with motor disabilities to navigate the internet using head movements, in partnership with Access-Man.

Products and services

• Ability Browser

Quantifiable outcome

• 98% satisfaction rate for Module 1 training, 99% for Module 2 training, with 0% abandonment rate for both modules
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GenbiotechcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership providing access to clean room infrastructure at Sophia Antipolis technopole. CIUS federates project communities while Genbiotech provides biotechnology research facilities including clean rooms. These quality infrastructures are very rare at this scale in southern France and available to interested researchers and startups.
• CHU NicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCHU Nice partners with CIUS through the Memory Lab at Institut Claude Pompidou. CHU Nice provides institutional backing and clinical expertise for memory and cognitive disorders research activities.
• URPS Médecins Libéraux Provence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with regional union of liberal physicians for the Medical Practice and Waiting Room Lab. Jointly develops innovations for improving patient journey and healthcare access.
• Département d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Médecine Générale de la Faculté de Médecine de NicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership enabling training of future healthcare professionals through immersive practice and co-design of innovations with users in care settings.
• Région Sud (South Region)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional government support for digital mediation network 'Sud Labs' and various health innovation initiatives including telemedicine deployment guide.
• Conseil Départemental des Alpes-MaritimescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDepartmental council supports the Autonomy Lab created to help entrepreneurs develop autonomy and home support innovations with support from the Departmental Council and CHU Nice.
• CoBTeK-lab (Cognition Behavior Technology), Université Côte d'AzurcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch team created in 2012 with CMRR and INRIA developing research on use of information and communication technologies for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental pathologies.
• CCAS de NicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Centre Communal d'Action Sociale de Nice for EHPAD Valrose connected rooms enabling scientific observation of life rhythms to evaluate behaviors.
• ARS (Agence Régionale de Santé)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional Health Agency partnered with CIUS, regional council, FHF, and URPS organizations to co-develop telemedicine deployment guide for territorial communities.
• FHF (Fédération Hospitalière de France)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in telemedicine deployment guide co-construction initiative targeting territorial communities and healthcare professionals.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Cap Digital: Cap Digital is a French digital transformation and innovation cluster in Île-de-France. Comparable to CIUS as both run innovation cluster models with public-private ecosystems, but Cap Digital covers broader digital sectors while CIUS is health-specialized.
• Lyonbiopôle: Lyonbiopôle is a French health innovation cluster in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes focused on infectious diseases, immunology, and medical technologies. Comparable to CIUS as both are publicly backed French health innovation clusters federating public/private partners, though with different therapeutic focus and regional base.
• Medicen Paris Region: Medicen is a French health innovation cluster in Île-de-France supporting innovative health projects. Comparable to CIUS as both act as health innovation clusters connecting startups, hospitals, academia, and public authorities, but Medicen focuses on the Paris region and biomedical/biotech, while CIUS is in PACA with autonomy/smart ageing emphasis.
• Living Lab Catalonia / Fundació TIC Salut Social: TIC Salut Social is a Catalan health innovation and Living Lab organization applying user-centered methodologies to digital health. Comparable to CIUS as both follow the Living Lab methodology for health innovation with public-sector backing, but in different geographies (Spain vs. France).

Direct peers

• ECHAlliance (European Connected Health Alliance): ECHAlliance operates a global health innovation network connecting ecosystems, Living Labs, and stakeholders. Comparable to CIUS as both run multi-stakeholder health innovation ecosystems with a Living Lab approach, although ECHAlliance focuses on international coordination while CIUS is regionally anchored.
• Agoranov: Agoranov is a French public deep-tech and health-tech incubator in Paris. Comparable to CIUS as both accelerate health innovation startups using co-design and partner ecosystems, though Agoranov is a more classical incubator while CIUS provides physical experimentation labs.
• France Living Labs (AFL): France Living Labs is the French national association of Living Labs. Comparable to CIUS as it is the national-level network aggregating entities following the same Living Lab methodology, with CIUS being a member-type peer within the French Living Lab ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• EIT Health: EIT Health is a large European health innovation network funded by the EU. Comparable to CIUS as both connect health innovation actors across Europe, but EIT Health is a much larger umbrella organization while CIUS is a regional Living Lab operator.

Others

• Universités Côte d'Azur (CoBTeK-lab): CoBTeK-lab is a research laboratory at Université Côte d'Azur focusing on cognition, behavior, and technology in neuropsychiatric disorders. Listed as an OTHERS peer because it is an existing CIUS partner rather than a competitor, but exerts similar functions in health innovation research and is a thematically related institution.
• EURORDIS - Rare Diseases Europe: EURORDIS is a European non-profit alliance for people with rare diseases. Comparable to CIUS only on the disability/patient-engagement axis, not as a direct operational peer; considered an adjacent ecosystem participant in the broader health innovation landscape.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/CIUS_Healthcare
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ciuslab

Compliance1 record

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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