About Us

LumApps is a modern intranet packaged solution that enables employees to feel connected to their organization and engaged in their work, from anywhere.

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Our Mission

LumApps teams across the world all share the same objective. We help employees to meaningfully connect with their company, to feel a sense of “place,” of purpose, of belonging in this digital world.

We are your digital HQ – the one place where employees gather to be informed and inspired, to collaborate and share knowledge, to do great work, and even find purpose or discover the next big idea to fuel your business.

To achieve this, LumApps teams think customer-centric:

We put user needs first and incorporate customer feedback
We practice what we preach, by synergizing and promoting internal innovation
By finding new ways of working internally, we’re able to create solutions we’re passionate about, that others will love too.

Because ultimately, our mission is to make people feel that they belong and have a purpose.

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Sébastien Ricard, LumApps CEO →

Our Values

Be Bold, Do Amazing Things

Greatness is not achieved through lukewarm ideas. At LumApps, we’re encouraged to aim high and take a strong stance. Our solutions reflect adventurous choices and new tactics

One Team, Same Mission

Our company keeps growing, but our team shares the same mission. Every day, we work together to achieve shared goals through collaboration and solidarity.

Say What You Mean, Do What You Say

Transparency is important to us. Trust holds us together, and moves us forward with excellence and integrity.

Always Be Evolving

Time to jump in the deep end! We combine tech expertise with customer feedback and in-house experimentation to keep our solutions fresh and innovative.

Analyst Recognition

LumApps named a Leader in Intranets

You've found your new intranet home! LumApps is named a Leader in intranet solutions by both Forrester and Gartner Magic Quadrant. We integrate with Google Workspace and Microsoft Teams so your employees have a seamless intranet experience that feels like home.

Proud to be named a Leader in Intranet Solutions by Gartner and Forrester.

Our History

LumApps is a SaaS platform dedicated to employee experience founded in 2015, based in Austin, Paris, Lille, London, Tokyo, and headquartered in Lyon. LumApps founders have brought their experience as leaders in cloud technology to develop and offer social and mobile solutions for organizations.

‍LumApps engages, enables, and empowers employees through a unique communication, giving employees instant access to information and knowledge.

Our platform connects employees to information and business applications in order to promote efficiency, and employee engagement. It provides a unique experience to every employee, wherever they are.

2012

LumApps founders leveraged their experience as cloud specialists to start a SaaS company intranet to help companies transition to G Suite. The startup then counted a dozen employees based in Lyon’s suburb, Tassin-la-Demi-Lune

2015

LumApps builds its first new generation intranet for a large enterprise customer with an Internal communication SaaS platform based on the initial needs of our historic customer, Veolia.

2016

LumApps is now a growing startup of around 50 employees and opens a second office in Paris and sends a few intrepid LumApps travelers to the United States to start laying the foundations of the bigger projects.

LumApps intranet is recommended by Google.

LumApps has 25% of the Top 100 French Apps Customers.

2017

LumApps receives the Google Cloud Partner Innovation Award from Google.

LumApps raises $8M in a Series A round to grow its teams and open new geographic markets.

The startup expands and opens new offices in London, New York, San Francisco, Austin and Tokyo.

2018

LumApps raises $24M in a Series B round.

Airbus becomes one of LumApps’ biggest customers.

The company doubled in size with over 100 employees worldwide!

2019

After three years in hypergrowth,LumApps signs more big deals, including a top American bank, Motorola Solutions and Japan Airlines.

LumApps becomes a Microsoft Partner.

2020

LumApps raises $70M in funding round led by Goldman Sachs, leading to a total of $100M to date. Thanks to this investor support, our startup has now tripled in size with over 250 employees!

January 2020 saw our first ever global seminar in Marrakesh, Morocco, uniting over 200 employees from all global offices – a truly impressive event that shows just how far we’ve come!

LumApps is nominated for the first time among the French Tech Next40 best-in-class promotion, in recognition of its economic results and the technology offered by LumApps

2021 - 2022

LumApps completed its first acquisition in June 2021, launching a Video management solution, LumApps Play

LumApps acquires in May 2022 an HR automation solution to further develop the Employee Experience with orchestrated Journeys

LumApps is named Next40 by the French Tech for the second year in a row, representing the rising star startups and scale ups of the French tech ecosystem

In December 2022, LumApps acquired the French startup Vizir, an innovative no-code digital assistant solution (or "predictive chatbots") to automate non-business tasks and facilitate employees' access to knowledge, resources and third-party applications at a lower cost, from their LumApps platform.

2023

In February 2023, LumApps was nominated for the third consecutive year by the French Tech, ranking this year among the Next120.

LumApps acquired Teach on Mars, a pioneer in mobile-first microlearning solutions, to offer mobile-first learning and employee training in its platform.

LumApps was named a Leader in the first-ever Gartner Magic Quadrant for Intranet Packaged Solutions.

2024

Bridgepoint Europe VII (“BE VII”), the leading mid-market fund, makes a strategic investment as primary investor in the future of LumApps, in a deal valued at $650m.

LumApps was named a Leader in the Forrester Wave: Intranet Platforms, Q2 2024.