Name

Cyathea

Legal name

Cyathea

Website

https://cyathea.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Consulting

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Nature & Biodiversity Reporting (TNFD, natural capital) (EUAHAJAM)

Keywords

• Environmental consulting
• Ecological assessments
• Biodiversity inventories
• Environmental impact studies
• Regulatory compliance services

Headquarters

HQ city

Réunion

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Environmental Consulting: Consulting fees for environmental studies, regulatory dossiers, ecological inventories, construction site monitoring, and ecological follow-up services for development projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Cyathea is an environmental consulting firm (bureau d'études en environnement) providing ecological expertise and environmental integration services for development projects. It conducts naturalist inventories (terrestrial fauna and flora), prepares regulatory dossiers, and performs construction site and ecological monitoring across the Indian Ocean region (Réunion, Mayotte, Comoros). The firm serves government agencies, public institutions, and private developers with environmental impact assessments and biodiversity studies.

Product overview

Cyathea offers a comprehensive suite of environmental consulting and ecological expertise services organized around three core pillars: upstream environmental assessments (naturalist inventories, regulatory frameworks, scientific studies), environmental sensitivity evaluations, and environmental compliance services (regulatory dossiers, construction site monitoring, ecological follow-up). The company specializes in tropical island environments, particularly in the Indian Ocean region (Réunion, Mayotte, Comoros). Their service portfolio includes naturalist inventories, management plans, phytosanitary diagnostics, protected species derogations, and agronomic studies. Beyond client services, Cyathea produces scientific publications including illustrated field guides for species identification (crabs of Réunion, protected fauna of Mayotte) and comprehensive atlases documenting biodiversity in the Comoros archipelago. The company operates as a single unified consultancy rather than a modular software platform, delivering all services through expert human consulting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Environmental Impact Assessment Services Expertise in upstream environmental assessments including naturalist inventories of terrestrial fauna and flora, regulatory framework analysis, and scientific studies for project environmental impact evaluation. Provided to project developers and public authorities in the Indian Ocean region.
• Regulatory File Preparation (Dossier réglementaire) Preparation of regulatory dossiers for environmental authorization and compliance with French environmental regulations. Provided to project developers requiring environmental permits.
• Naturalist Inventory (Inventaire naturaliste) Field expertise in fauna and flora inventories for environmental assessment and biodiversity studies. Provided to project developers and public authorities in tropical island environments.
• Construction Site Monitoring (Suivi de chantier) Environmental monitoring of construction operations during the works phase to ensure compliance with environmental commitments. Targeted at construction and infrastructure project developers.
• Ecological Monitoring (Suivi écologique) Ongoing ecological follow-up services during the project exploitation phase to assess and mitigate environmental impacts. Targeted at operators of development projects requiring post-construction ecological oversight.
• Management Plan (Plan de gestion) Development of management plans for natural areas and species conservation. Provided to land managers, conservation authorities, and public agencies responsible for protected areas.
• Phytosanitary and Biomechanical Diagnostics (Diagnostic phytosanitaire et biomécanique) Expert diagnosis of plant health and tree biomechanical stability for risk assessment. Targeted at landowners, municipalities, and project developers requiring tree safety assessments.
• Schema and Planning (Schéma et planification) Environmental planning and scheme development for territorial development projects. Targeted at public authorities and territorial planners.
• Protected Species Derogation (Dérogation espèce protégée) Derogation applications and negotiations for projects affecting protected species under French law. Targeted at project developers requiring authorization to impact protected species.
• Agronomic Studies (Etude agronomique) Agricultural land studies and assessments for land use planning and agricultural projects. Targeted at agricultural developers, landowners, and public planning authorities.
• Atlas des amphibiens et reptiles terrestres de l'archipel des Comores Published scientific atlas documenting amphibian (2 species) and terrestrial reptile (31 species) biodiversity of the Comoros archipelago. Targeted at conservation professionals, scientific institutions, and government agencies.
• Référentiel illustré de la faune terrestre protégée de Mayotte Illustrated reference guide documenting 226 protected terrestrial animal species in Mayotte across 8 taxonomic groups. Targeted at environmental professionals, government agencies, and educational/scientific users; produced for DEAL de Mayotte.
• Les crabes de la Réunion Illustrated field guide for the identification of freshwater, brackish, terrestrial, and coastal crabs encountered during ecological expertise in Réunion. Targeted at environmental professionals, naturalists, and researchers.

Named customers10 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ECO-MEDcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company and part of the same corporate group. ECO-MED Océan Indien shares team members with Cyathea and collaborates on ecological expertise projects. Both companies operate under common management and share administrative resources.
• EODD ingénieurs conseilscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company within the same corporate group, referenced as a sister company on the Cyathea website. Part of the environmental consulting group serving the Indian Ocean region.
• GEPOMAYminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for bird-related expertise in the illustrated fauna reference of Mayotte project. Provided ornithological data for the protected species guide.
• SRAMminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for arthropod expertise in the Mayotte protected fauna reference project. Contributed expertise on arthropod species documentation.
• OCEA Consult'minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for aquatic fauna expertise in the Mayotte protected fauna reference project. Provided expertise on aquatic species documentation.
• Muséum Zoologique de MunichminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational scientific collaborator for the Comoros herpetology atlas project. German partner contributing zoological museum expertise.
• Union des Comores (Anjouan, Grande Comore, Mohéli)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partner for Comoros archipelago biodiversity documentation. Collaborated on the amphibian and reptile atlas for the four islands of the archipelago.
• BEST-RUP (Fonds européen)minorOthersEuropean BEST-RUP fund co-financed the Comoros herpetology atlas project. Regional biodiversity conservation funding mechanism.
• Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund (CEPF)minorOthersInternational conservation funding mechanism that co-financed the Comoros amphibian and reptile atlas project.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ECO-MED (Oc\u00e9an Indien): Direct sister company under the same corporate group, sharing team members and management with Cyathea and providing complementary ecological expertise services across the Indian Ocean. Operates as the closest organizational and operational peer.
• EODD ing\u00e9nieurs conseils: Sister company in the same corporate network; provides broader environmental engineering and consulting services and recruits jointly with Cyathea for biodiversity and regulatory project manager roles, making it a structurally aligned peer.
• Biotope: One of the largest French independent ecology-focused consultancies, delivering biodiversity studies, naturalist inventories, and environmental impact assessments — directly comparable in service mix to Cyathea, but at national scale.
• Ecosp\u00e8re: French environmental consultancy specializing in ecology, natural heritage inventories, and regulatory environmental dossiers — a comparable niche player with similar B2B/B2G customer mix.
• ASCONIT Consultants: Independent French environmental consultancy focused on ecological engineering, biodiversity assessments, and environmental impact studies for public and private clients — closely comparable service offering.
• Calidris Environnement: French environmental consultancy delivering naturalist inventories, impact studies, and regulatory dossiers for infrastructure projects — directly comparable scope and customer type.
• Natural Solutions: Independent ecology and natural heritage consultancy in France providing biodiversity diagnostics, regulatory dossiers, and ecological monitoring — closely aligned service portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• Bureau Veritas: Global testing, inspection, and certification firm with a substantial environmental services practice in France including environmental impact assessments and compliance — broader portfolio but overlapping capabilities.
• Egis: Major French engineering group with environmental consulting capabilities supporting infrastructure projects — competes for environmental mandates on large public infrastructure but offers a much broader portfolio.
• Artelia: Large French engineering and project management group with environmental consulting capabilities for infrastructure, energy, and urban development — competes for environmental impact studies on major projects.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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