LA MANUFACTURE DE PROJETS

What LA MANUFACTURE DE PROJETS does

La Manufacture de Projets is an independent, founder-owned corporate event production agency headquartered in Paris, France. Founded in 2017 by Sébastien Perchais — a communications professional with over 20 years of event consulting experience and 14 years as an agency director — the company operates as a boutique, "human-sized" structure offering bespoke design and production of corporate events including conventions, seminars, inaugurations, evenings, ceremonies, general assemblies, product launches, and road shows. The agency's service offering is organized into three interconnected pillars: Conseil & Création (strategic advisory, scenography, content management, artistic direction), Management de Projet (pilot committee facilitation, scheduling, budget management), and Management de Production (audiovisual and digital content, technical and logistical direction, coordination of a vetted talent network).

The company serves exclusively B2B enterprise clients, with a client roster spanning luxury (Louis Vuitton, LVMH), retail and fashion (Galeries Lafayette, H&M, Uniqlo, Undiz), banking and finance (BNP Paribas, Caisses d'Epargne), automotive (Peugeot, Renault), telecommunications (Orange), aerospace and transportation (Thales, Alstom, RATP), energy (Areva), electronics (Panasonic), and food and beverage (McDonald's, PepsiCo). Revenue is generated entirely through project-based professional services engagements — each event is a one-off contract rather than a recurring relationship — with pricing structured on a quote basis tied to scope, scale, and production requirements. There is no proprietary technology platform, no SaaS product, and no recurring software or licensing revenue stream; the underlying "product" is the firm's ability to mobilize creative talent, scenography capabilities, and operational execution on a per-event basis.

The go-to-market model is direct B2B sales targeting enterprise communications and marketing functions. Distribution is single-channel (no resellers, no intermediaries) and currently limited to the Paris and broader French market, supported by a digital presence across LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and a portfolio-style website. The agency also maintains a recurring collaborative partnership with Dragonfly Communication, which provides consulting and editorial direction on selected engagements. The firm maintains two Paris offices — a registered headquarters at 157 rue Pelleport (75020) and operational offices at 10 rue Lucien Sampaix (75010) — and is not part of any larger group, has no disclosed external investors, no subsidiaries, and no public listing.

Name

LA MANUFACTURE DE PROJETS

Legal name

La Manufacture de Projets

Website

https://manufactureprojets.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Short description

La Manufacture de Projets is an independent, founder-owned Paris-based agency that designs and produces bespoke corporate events — conventions, seminars, inaugurations, ceremonies, and product launches — for enterprise clients across luxury, retail, banking, automotive, and other sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Event Services

akta.pro primary industry

Event Production & Technical Services (AV, Lighting, Staging) (BPAFAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate Event Production & AV Services (HSACADAB), Event Production & Technical Services (AV/Lighting/Staging) (MPAAAGAB)

Keywords

• Corporate event design
• Event production services
• Event consulting agency
• Scenography design
• Convention management

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Event Design and Production Services: Professional services revenue from designing and producing custom corporate events. Services include strategic consulting, scenography, artistic direction, content management, project management, and operational production. Revenue is project-based, one-time per event rather than recurring.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

La Manufacture de Projets designs and produces custom corporate events on a project basis, delivering strategic consulting, creative scenography and artistic direction, full project management, and operational production (audiovisual, digital, technical, and logistical). The agency serves as a single integrated service provider for corporate gatherings such as conventions, seminars, inaugurations, general assemblies, ceremonies, product launches, road shows, and symposiums for French and international enterprise clients.

Product overview

La Manufacture de Projets is an independent, human-sized event planning and production agency founded in 2017 by Sébastien Perchais. The company operates as a single integrated service offering rather than a platform architecture, providing a comprehensive suite of custom corporate event services under three interconnected pillars: Conseil & Création (strategic advisory and creative design), Management de Projet (project management), and Management de Production (production management). The agency works collaboratively with clients throughout all project phases, from initial concept through operational execution, specializing in corporate events such as conventions, seminars, inaugurations, evenings, and ceremonies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Conseil & Création (Consulting and Creative Design) Strategic advisory and creative services for corporate events, including strategic recommendation, scenography, content management, and artistic direction. Targets enterprise clients seeking tailored event solutions that express their unique strategic objectives.
• Management de Projet (Project Management) End-to-end project management for corporate events, including pilot committee facilitation, schedule establishment, commitment definition and compliance, and budget management and optimization. Conducted in close collaboration between the agency and the client on a four-hands basis.
• Management de Production (Production Management) Operational production management for corporate events, including audiovisual and digital content production, general fittings, technical direction, logistics direction, and supplier coordination. Leverages a curated network of selected talents for production execution.

Named customers20 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Dragonfly CommunicationminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCollaboration partner on consulting and editorial direction (rédaction en chef) for events. Worked together on Spie batignolles events including Le Village Des Innovations and Connexions conventions, providing consulting and chief editorial services.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Hopscotch: French communication group with a strong event and experiential practice serving enterprise clients across industries. Operates with comparable scope (consulting, creative, production) for corporate conventions and brand events, though at a larger scale than La Manufacture.
• Braaxe Events: French boutique event agency offering corporate event design and production services comparable in scope and scale to La Manufacture, targeting similar enterprise clients in the French market.
• Mazarine: Paris-headquartered agency group with a dedicated event and experiential practice serving luxury and corporate brands. Comparable in serving LVMH-tier French enterprise clients with bespoke event design and production services.
• Auditoire: Paris-based corporate and brand event agency with comparable boutique positioning and premium client roster. Closely matched business model — bespoke event design, scenography, and operational production — making it the most directly comparable peer to La Manufacture de Projets.

Broad incumbents

• Publicis Live: Publicis Groupe's global experiential and event production arm with strong Paris presence. Competes for the same corporate conventions, seminars, and brand events from French enterprise clients but offers international scale and integrated holding-company services that La Manufacture cannot match.
• Havas Events: Havas's dedicated experiential and corporate event production network operating in France and globally. A larger incumbent with broader capabilities (creative, PR, media) that competes for the same French enterprise event mandates as La Manufacture de Projets, but as part of a holding-company portfolio.
• GL Events: Major French-listed event services group spanning venue management, staging, and event production. A much larger incumbent that competes on production infrastructure for large-scale corporate events that La Manufacture also targets, with broader service portfolio.

Emerging players

• Capgemini Invent Event Practice (and similar consultancy event arms): Large consultancy practices increasingly bundle internal corporate event production for transformation, kick-off, and stakeholder events. Represents an emerging adjacent competitor for the same enterprise communications budgets that La Manufacture addresses.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/La-Manufacture-de-Projets-595498880781204
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/la-manufacture-de-projets/about
• Instagraminstagram.com/lamanufacturedeprojets

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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