What deRabane Inc. does

deRabane Inc. (formerly DRAKKAR Digital) is an integrated communications, marketing, and technology agency founded in Montreal in 2014 and rebrand-completed in February 2026. The firm delivers services across six complementary 'fibres' of expertise—strategic, creative, public (PR), digital, media, and events—structured around three core pillars of communications, marketing, and technology. Its client base spans more than 100 organizations across Quebec, Canada, the United States, and France, including enterprise accounts such as AWS, BNP Paribas Canada, Devolutions, Vegpro International, and Avianor, alongside nonprofit and association clients including Le Devoir, FCCQ, SLA Québec, and Doctors of the World Canada.

The agency operates two proprietary technology platforms. Omerlo, launched in 2020, is a modular media platform enabling the design, management, and multi-channel distribution of digital content across Web, iOS, and Android applications, deployed for clients such as Le Devoir. The Talent division (deRabane Talent) is a professional recruitment agency combining headhunting, talent acquisition, and retention services with marketing-powered employer branding. Standard third-party tooling (Google Analytics, Google Ads, Microsoft, Pantheon, Didomi) supports operational delivery. No proprietary AI/ML capabilities are disclosed.

deRabane generates revenue through project-based and retainer professional services engagements sold via direct B2B sales across two offices—Montreal (headquarters at 296 Saint-Paul Street West) and Paris (4 rue Maitre Albert, 75005). The 2024 acquisition of Zone franche, a Montreal-founded PR agency with Paris presence since 2016, expanded transatlantic capacity. The firm is privately held, founder-led by President Simon Lauzier, with Vice-President Marc-Olivier Deschamps, and no external institutional funding is disclosed.

Name

deRabane Inc.

Legal name

deRabane Canada Inc.

Website

https://derabane.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Short description

deRabane Inc. is a Montreal-founded, privately held integrated communications, marketing, and technology agency serving 100+ enterprise, nonprofit, and consumer-brand clients across Canada, the United States, and France through six service disciplines and proprietary platforms Omerlo and Talent.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Marketing & Communications Services

NAICS

Advertising Agencies (541810), Public Relations Agencies (54182), Media Representatives (541840)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

Integrated Full-Service Creative Agencies (MPAAAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Digital Creative & Experience Design Agencies (Web/App/UX) (MPAAAAAD)

Keywords

• Communications agency
• Marketing services
• Public relations
• Digital strategy
• Event management

Headquarters

HQ city

Montreal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services: Full-service communications, marketing, and technology agency providing integrated professional services to institutional, business, and consumer brand clients. Services structured around three core pillars: communications, marketing, and technology with six complementary fibres of expertise.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

deRabane is an integrated communications, marketing, and technology agency that delivers professional services through six complementary fibres of expertise: strategic, creative, public, digital, media, and events. The agency serves institutional organizations, technology companies, and consumer brands across Quebec, Canada, the United States, and France, combining strategy, content creation, media relations, digital platforms, and event management into unified client mandates.

Product overview

deRabane is a communications, marketing, and technology agency that operates through six complementary fibres of expertise: strategic, creative, public, digital, media, and events. The agency is structured around three core pillars—communications, marketing, and technology—and supports organizations operating in Canada, France, and internationally. The agency leverages two proprietary platforms: Omerlo (a modular media platform for content management and multi-channel distribution) and Talent (a recruitment and employer branding division). This integrated structure enables deRabane to deliver tailored, coherent support to organizations across various ecosystems and industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Omerlo: A media platform designed as a strategic lever for distribution, visibility and reach, allowing organizations to create, manage and distribute digital content across Web and mobile applications
• Talent

Products and services

• Omerlo Media Platform Modular media platform enabling organizations to design and operate digital media properties including press, network, organizational, and event publications. Provides content creation, management, and multi-channel distribution across web, iOS, and Android applications for media and communications clients.
• deRabane Talent

Quantifiable outcome

• 4.6M+ impressions generated for Quandela quantum computing launch event
• +11 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Zone franchecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Public relations agency founded in Montreal in 2010 and established in Paris since 2016, acquired by deRabane in 2024 to reinforce transatlantic footprint and expand capacity for complex mandates on both sides of the Atlantic.
• OmerlocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerModular and customizable media platform launched in 2020 as a strategic lever for distribution, visibility, and reach. Enables media organizations to create, manage, and distribute digital content across web and mobile applications.
• Talent (deRabane Talent)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRecruitment and employer branding division bringing together expertise in headhunting, talent acquisition, and retention combined with marketing efficiency to attract best talents for client organizations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BleuBlancRouge: Montreal-based integrated creative and communications agency with similar full-service positioning across strategy, creative, digital, and media. Comparable to deRabane in Quebec market footprint and mid-to-large enterprise client focus.
• HK Strategies: Montreal-headquartered integrated communications agency offering public relations, digital, creative, and strategic communications. Closely comparable to deRabane in service breadth, Quebec institutional client base, and integrated model positioning.
• Citoyen Optimum: Montreal-based integrated communications and public relations agency serving institutional, technology, and consumer clients. Directly comparable to deRabane in Quebec/Canadian market presence and combined marketing-PR service model.
• TACT Intelligence Relationnelle: Quebec-based communications and public relations agency serving institutional and corporate clients. Comparable to deRabane in regional focus, PR-centric offering, and institutional client segments in Quebec and Canada.
• Lg2: Quebec-based independent full-service creative and marketing agency serving major Quebec and Canadian brands. Lg2 is a direct comparable to deRabane in size, scope (strategy, creative, digital, media), and Quebec market positioning, competing for the same institutional and enterprise client roster.
• Sid Lee: Montreal-headquartered integrated creative agency with offices in multiple geographies including Paris. Sid Lee competes with deRabane on integrated creative mandates, digital experience, and brand strategy for enterprise clients, though at significantly larger scale following its kyu collective affiliation.

Broad incumbents

• Havas Canada: Canadian arm of global holding company Havas, offering integrated creative, media, digital, and healthcare communications. Competes with deRabane on integrated mandates but at much larger scale and with broader network capabilities across additional markets.
• Publicis Canada: Canadian operations of Publicis Groupe, one of the world's largest advertising holding companies with Montreal presence. Overlaps with deRabane in integrated creative, media, digital, and PR services but operates at significantly larger scale with global network reach.
• Edelman: Global public relations and communications firm with Canadian and French operations. Competes with deRabane's PR (Zone franche) and integrated communications capabilities but at much larger scale with broader geographic reach and global brand client roster.

Emerging players

• Adviso: Quebec-based digital marketing and performance agency specializing in digital strategy, media, SEO, and analytics. Comparable to deRabane's digital fibre but with specialist focus on performance-driven digital marketing rather than integrated full-service positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries3 records

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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