Our story

Our mission: to reinvent training management

Simbel was co-founded in 2021 in Paris by Loïc Jourdain and Charles Gras, with a simple belief: that training management should be simple for HR teams, impactful for employees, and serve the company's strategy. Five years later, Simbel serves 125+ clients in France and Europe.

"Training management kills training. Training teams spend 80% of their time on low-value tasks. We are building Simbel to change that."

Loïc Jourdain and Charles Gras · Simbel co-founders

Five years in the making

From the vision of two co-founders to the leading platform for mid-sized and large enterprises.

2021Founded in ParisLoïc Jourdain (formerly Stootie, Side) and Charles Gras (formerly 360Learning, Roland Berger) launch Simbel: a dedicated, structured, and automated infrastructure for training.
2022€4M Seed Round and MarketplaceBrighteye Ventures and Speedinvest invest €4M. Launch of the content Marketplace, 1500+ courses enriched with reviews.
2023TMS and LMS PlatformSimbel becomes the only all-in-one TMS and LMS platform. Qualiopi certification as a training organization.
2024Enterprise ScaleMulti-entity deployment for a major account. Structuring of Product and Customer Success teams.
2025Rule EngineNative automation of 25 administrative tasks per session: from 6.5h to 1.6h of management. Enterprise multi-entity deployments.

Our investors

The Seed round in November 2022 brought together two leading European funds, which support Simbel in its long-term strategic choices.

Brighteye Ventures

Europe's leading 100% EdTech fund, with over 70 investments in the sector. Brighteye supports Simbel in scaling up its European Learning enterprise.

Speedinvest

One of Europe's most active early-stage funds in B2B SaaS, with expertise in GTM and internationalization. Speedinvest supports Simbel in its European expansion choices.

Our vision

Let training management stop hindering training

And for it to become what it should be for HR and L&D teams: a simple, impactful, and strategic performance lever.

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5+
years in business
30+
employees, headquartered in Paris
125+
customers, 250,000 users
+40
customer NPS, continuously measured