Edomapper, the digital guidance advisor who will change the lives of high school students

An intuitive platform that brings together all the training accessible to high school students to facilitate their choice of higher education. It is the bet of Edomapper, a young shoot that greatly hopes to simplify this crucial process. She has just closed a round table up to 5 million euros.

Respond to a societal issue

Because selecting adequate training can be similar to a real obstacle course. Not only because the stress accumulated is immense, but also because the current methodology tends to strengthen the inequalities of the opportunities.

The observation is clear: each year on Parcoursup, 900,000 young people try their chances. Only 700,000 of them are baccalaureate holders, the remaining 200,000, they did not find their account in the previously chosen training and try to find a shoe at their foot. So, It is estimated that the overall annual cost of bad guidance decisions are estimated at 2 billion eurosindicates Edumapper. The platform, which has just been made public, lists more than 25,000 post-bac training in Master available in Francebut also abroad.

“” Each training is accompanied by precise information on access conditions: required level, type of baccalaureate, academic prerequisites, but also financial aspects such as cost, scholarship possibilities or possible free free », Lists the leader. Better still, the site details the content of each training, in addition to its precise outlets, whether additional studies or professions.

Edomapper relies on data science

The platform has made massive investments in data science. A discipline which allows him, for example, to estimate the chances of a student to access this or that training according to his notes and specialties. The idea is to “ Customize the chances »»summarizes Sébastien de Lafond.

And precisely, he can rely, alongside two of the other co -founders, Julien Cheyssial and Jordan Sanial, on his technological expertise acquired during a previous entrepreneurial adventure. Indeed, the three men are the source of better agents, a platform that has turned the real estate sector upset by providing consumers reliable and transparent information on market prices. It was bought for 200 million euros by the Axel Springer press group in September 2019.

Valentine Mandon completes the founding team. In particular, in 2017, she created the Association to support students from ZEP and rural areas to access Sciences Po. They are accompanied by a team of researchers from the prestigious Borelli center. “” They will analyze student courses and identify those who lead to success, as well as those who have difficulties. Mathematics and science are at the heart of our approach “, Assures the entrepreneur.

A ” mission »Free for high school students

Describing itself as a “ mission “, Edomapper even obtained the DeepTech label, demonstrating the important technical capacities deployed to offer a quality service. Moreover, the objective is above all to complete Parcoursup, not to oppose it, notes Sébastien de Lafond, with information on the easier training to digest.

With this in mind, Edumapper will be completely free for high school students and their families. “” We do not want an access barrier, the product is made for them He says. The company rather adopts a B2C2B model: public or private institutions are all referenced free of charge, but, if they wish, they can pay to put themselves forward and attract more students.

“” The goal is to create a winning dynamic for everyone. It is not that certain training courses benefit from the detriment of others, but rather of promoting the right balance “Specifies the manager. Because By helping students choose studies adapted to their profile and their aspirations, training also wins. Edomapper is thus intended to transform the orientation in depth.

“” Our ambition is that everyone is winning: students, their families and quality training. On the other hand, inexpensive establishments, at excessive costs and non -existent outlets are likely to be highlighted “, He points out.

Cadors investors in French Tech at the rendezvous

The concept already convinces and Edomapper can boast of having made a good fundraising in a very difficult context for the French Tech ecosystem. This first round table is mainly funded by the venture capital fund Daphni, which notably accompanied Backmarket or Swile from their beginnings. Eurazeo (via the HEC Ventures fund), Ring Capital and Kima Ventures, Xavier Niel’s fund, complete the operation, in addition to a handful of entrepreneurs.

The funding will allow the company to strengthen its teams to pass its number of employees from 7 to 20, in particular by recruiting specialists from data science. It must also invest in marketing, especially on social networks. And if it is only in an embryonic stadium, Edumapper is already far away and hopes to establish herself as a must in the education system in France, and beyond.