atis association

What atis association does

ATIS — Association Territoires et Innovation Sociale — is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) founded in 2010 and headquartered in Bordeaux, operating as a regional social-innovation incubator across the Nouvelle-Aquitaine territory. The organization supports the emergence and development of social enterprises (Entreprises Sociales et Solidaires) with high social impact, economic sustainability, and job-creation potential. It targets project leaders at the idea stage as well as established ESS structures, including those from other French regions seeking to implant in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, and operates across 20+ thematic areas including agriculture, food, circular economy, employment, environment, healthcare, mobility, and digital.

The core offering is a portfolio of 10 human-centered accompaniment programs delivered in person across four physical offices (Bordeaux, Périgueux, Damazan, Poitiers). The lifecycle runs from upstream idea validation (Premiers pas, 3 months) through territorial incubators (Incubateur Gironde, Incubateur Lot-et-Garonne, Emergence Périgord, POPIncub Poitou-Charentes) to downstream acceleration (Projection, 9 months), with additional programs for collective action (Coopération, Agir et Entreprendre pour le territoire), territorial implantation (S'implanter en Nouvelle-Aquitaine), and a flagship "reverse methodology" program (La Fabrique à initiatives) that detects territorial social needs before qualifying projects. ATIS reports having created 100+ activities since 2010 with an 83% sustainability rate and accompanies approximately 100 entrepreneurs per year.

The business model is that of a publicly funded association: services are delivered free of charge to beneficiaries, and revenue (none disclosed) is derived from regional council subsidies (Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine), EU structural funds (ERDF), departmental and metropolitan co-financing (Conseil Départemental de Gironde, Bordeaux Métropole), and program-specific grants from foundations and partners (France s'engage, Fondation Entreprendre, AG2R LA MONDIALE, Terre & Fils, Fondation RTE). ATIS co-ports several programs with strategic partners including France Active Aquitaine, France Active Poitou-Charentes, Coop Alpha, and L'Avise, and is led by Elise DEPECKER as Directrice de la publication. There are no technology products, proprietary platforms, AI capabilities, patents, or external equity investors associated with the organization.

Name

atis association

Legal name

ATIS – Association Territoires et Innovation Sociale

Website

https://atis-asso.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Short description

ATIS is a French non-profit association founded in 2010 that incubates and accelerates social enterprises across the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It delivers free, publicly funded accompaniment programs in four offices to roughly 100 social entrepreneurs per year across 20+ thematic areas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Enterprise Incubation Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPADACAN

Technical Assistance, Policy Lending & Capacity Building Programs

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/International Financial Institutions & Development Banks

Keywords

• Social enterprise incubation
• Territorial innovation programs
• ESS acceleration support
• Social entrepreneurship coaching
• Rural entrepreneurship development

Headquarters

HQ city

Bordeaux

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Public funding and subsidies: ATIS operates as a non-profit association funded primarily through public funding, regional subsidies, and partnerships with territorial collectivities. The association provides free support services to social entrepreneurs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ATIS is a French non-profit association that runs a portfolio of incubation, pre-incubation, and acceleration programs for social enterprises in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its core offering centers on La Fabrique à initiatives, which uses a reverse methodology to identify territorial social needs and co-construct social enterprise projects, alongside regional incubators (Gironde, Lot-et-Garonne, Dordogne/Périgord, Poitou-Charentes), and complementary programs (Premiers pas, Projection, Coopération, Agir et Entreprendre pour le territoire, S'implanter en Nouvelle-Aquitaine).

Product overview

ATIS (Association Territoires et Innovation Sociale) is a non-profit association that is not a technology product company but rather an ecosystem support organization. It offers a portfolio of accompaniment programs for social entrepreneurs across Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The core offering consists of La Fabrique à initiatives (a reverse-methodology territorial innovation program), multiple regional incubators (Gironde, Lot-et-Garonne, Dordogne/Périgord, Poitou-Charentes), acceleration programs (Projection, Premiers pas), and thematic programs (Coopération, Agir et Entreprendre pour le territoire, S'implanter). These programs are delivered in person and are not SaaS or technology products but rather human-centered support services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• La Fabrique à initiatives: A national program for detecting and accompanying social enterprise projects from territory needs identification through to launch
• Incubateur Gironde
• Incubateur Lot-et-Garonne
• Projection
• Premiers pas
• Agir et Entreprendre pour le territoire
• Programme Coopération
• S'implanter en Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Products and services

• La Fabrique à initiatives
• Incubateur Gironde
• Incubateur Lot-et-Garonne
• POPIncub Poitou-Charentes
• Emergence Périgord
• Premiers pas
• Projection
• Programme Coopération
• Agir et Entreprendre pour le territoire
• S'implanter en Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Named customers10 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

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• France Active AquitainecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-porting partner for Emergence Périgord incubator alongside Coop Alpha. Contributes to the emergence and development of innovative and collective activities for sustainable and solidarity-based territories.
• France Active Poitou-CharentescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partner for POP (PopIncub) program that combines territorial expertise and sector expertise to offer comprehensive support for social innovation project emergence.
• L'AvisecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational program partner for Fabrique à initiatives. L'Avise animates the national network and provides methodology and resources for the program.
• Coop AlphacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-porting partner for Emergence Périgord incubator alongside France Active Aquitaine and ATIS.
• PLOUCSminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-laureate with ATIS and Collectif Trois-tiers of the 'Entreprendre la ruralité' call for projects.
• Collectif Trois-tiersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-laureate with ATIS and PLOUCS of the 'Entreprendre la ruralité' call for projects for rural entrepreneurship development.
• CRESS Nouvelle-AquitaineminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChamber of Social and Solidarity Economy in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Member of the Terres de Coop consortium supporting the Cooperation program.
• INAEminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of the Terres de Coop consortium supporting the Cooperation program (Faire Ensemble, Coopérons).
• Bordeaux MétropoleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal government partner supporting the Fabrique à initiatives program with co-financing.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• France Active: National network financing and supporting social and solidarity-economy (ESS) enterprises through regional branches. France Active Aquitaine and France Active Poitou-Charentes already co-port ATIS's incubators, making it both the closest operational peer and the most credible strategic threat.
• Avise: National agency that animates the Fabrique à initiatives network of which ATIS is a member. Operates as a national coordinating body and resource hub for ESS incubators, providing methodology, training, and visibility to ATIS and similar regional players.
• France s'engage: Program supporting high-impact social utility structures with public-interest recognition. Several France s'engage laureates have expanded into Nouvelle-Aquitaine using ATIS's 'S'implanter' territorial implantation support, putting the two organizations in direct referral flow.
• Antropia (ESSEC): Social enterprise incubator and accelerator based at ESSEC business school, supporting impact entrepreneurs across France. Operates the same pre-incubation-to-acceleration lifecycle that ATIS does, with comparable cohorts of social entrepreneurs.
• ADIE: Association pour le Droit à l'Initiative Économique, a national association financing and supporting entrepreneurship among underserved populations. Shares the non-profit, public-funded model of structured accompaniment for entrepreneurs who lack access to mainstream support.
• Makesense: International community supporting social entrepreneurs through incubation programs, open-source methodologies, and an active network. Targets the same social-entrepreneur persona as ATIS and represents a comparable operational model.
• BGE: Boutique de Gestion network supporting business creation and entrepreneurship across France. Operates with the same non-profit, locally-rooted incubation model as ATIS, though typically with a broader sectoral scope.
• La Fonda: Think tank dedicated to supporting the development of associations and ESS organizations across France. Operates as a knowledge and capacity-building partner for the same non-profit ecosystem in which ATIS delivers programs.

Broad incumbents

• Initiative France: National federation of business-creation support associations with regional platforms. Broader than ATIS in scope (serving all entrepreneurs, not only ESS) but uses a comparable local-incubator-plus-grant-financing structure with public-private co-funding.
• Le Mouvement Associatif: National federation representing associations in France, with regional chambers including CRESS Nouvelle-Aquitaine (an ATIS partner). Provides policy advocacy, training, and ecosystem support at a sectoral level rather than direct incubation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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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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