Dynergie and digiSchool are committed to helping young people succeed in their educational journeys.

digiSchool

As a leader in digital education, digiSchool develops educational web and mobile apps. Today, their tools are used by more than 3 million users per month in France.

Helping young people succeed in their educational journey.

Education is the cornerstone of society.

Over the years, habits have changed. Students struggle to find user-centered solutions that will help them move toward success and the most suitable career path.

digiSchool’s goal is to provide educational resources that are accessible to everyone.

That is why their teams wanted to work toward maximizing the impact of their solutions in order to:

  • Combating school dropout.
  • Promote career guidance and transition into the workforce.
  • Restore self-confidence and expand the range of possibilities.

Transitioning from a startup to a European leader.

As part of its growth, digiSchool needed to develop a structured financial strategy to ensure the success of its innovation project.

our response

CIR/CII Compliance

Our methodology was based on three pillars:

  • Understanding the technical challenges of projects
  • Ongoing monitoring of financing mechanisms and their developments to increase financing opportunities.
  • Regularly obtaining tax rulings to officially confirm the eligibility of its projects for the CIR and CII tax credits prior to filing its tax returns.

The results

The results of activating various service counters

- OSÉO: business start-up grants of €100,000 in 2008 and €240,000 in 2010

- Investing in the Future: the program for higher education and research: €800,000 secured

- Fundraising: fundraising support: €3 million raised in 2014 and €14 million raised in 2016.

- Tax: comprehensive tax planning: JEI status obtained, CIR & CII tax exemptions, tax audit fully approved.

In conclusion.

Over to Thierry Debarnot,

co-founder at digiSchool

“Dynergie helped us thanks to the high level of scientific expertise of their teams. They fully understood the technical challenges of our projects.”

They rose to the challenge

I'm getting to know the team
Justine GRATALOUP
Senior Consultant in Innovation Financing – Social Sciences and Humanities, Social and Solidarity Economy – PhD in Management Sciences & Partner – Lyon
Hugo CHARBONNIER
Head of the Innovation Financing Division – Social Sciences and Humanities, Information Technology – Partner – Lyon

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