Chance
Founded 2015 · 9 known investors
Chance is a platform used to discover professional projects and connect people who may want to help them. The visible content is in French, suggesting a French-language market.
Also known as Bilan Chance · Chance SAS
Founders & leadership
Chance was founded in 2015 by Ludovic de Gromard.
Investors · 9
Also in the syndicate · 6
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Chance is a Paris-based French company that provides career guidance and professional retraining services to individuals. Its core product is the "Bilan Chance", a skills-assessment (bilan de compétences) programme run over three months, combining sessions with a coach and online modules on the company's Æcho platform. The company reports an average of 14 sessions and 6 peer connections per participant, at roughly two hours per week.
The methodology, branded "le trèfle™ de Chance", is structured in four steps: clarifying the participant's relationship to work through a CIPA profile built on four pillars; exploring the project through "feedback connections" with experienced people; validating a realistic, personalised CIPA project; and concretising it through "last-kilometre connections" that open doors to specific opportunities. Participants draw on a collective of members who have gone through the same process, matched via the company's targeted-matching AI. Chance also publishes an "Amour Pro" self-assessment test and content on career reconversion.
The company is accredited as an Entreprise Solidaire d'Utilité Sociale (ESUS) by the French state, holds Qualiopi quality certification for skills assessments, and states support from the European Union. It funds scholarships through an annual solidarity dividend on its sales. In 2026 it announced the "First Chance" programme, selected by Google.org, aimed at securing the first job of 100,000 students in the age of AI.
Founding story
Chance was created by Ludovic de Gromard and Clémence Coghlan; Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus serves as its honorary president. Ludovic de Gromard is identified in press coverage as co-founder of the training organisation.
Business model
Chance sells a paid, three-month individual career-assessment programme delivered by coaches and an online platform. The service is positioned within the French regulated bilan de compétences framework, allowing purchase through public and employer-side training funding as well as direct payment. A portion of sales is redistributed as an annual solidarity dividend that funds scholarships for participants in economically vulnerable situations.
The Bilan Chance™ is priced at €1,750 and is eligible for financing through the CPF (personal training account), and in some cases through OPCO, Pôle Emploi, AGEFICE, participants' own funds, or a combination of these.
Traction
The company states that more than 45,000 people have completed its programme and that it has analysed career paths of over 45,000 people over 11 years, with a stated 4.7/5 rating and 75% of participants having implemented their defined project six months on. Members have exchanged 53,626 "coups de pouce" (helping hands), and the community numbers around 20,000 people. Chance reports having helped 794 people move out of economic vulnerability through its guidance activities.
Latest developments
Chance announced that it was selected by Google.org for the First Chance programme, aimed at securing the first job of 100,000 students in the era of AI, with coverage in Ouest France (May 2026). The company was also cited in Le Figaro (January 2026) and Les Echos (March 2026) in articles on career assessment and dissatisfaction at work.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Chance operates in the French career-guidance and vocational-retraining market as a certified training organisation (organisme de formation) delivering bilans de compétences. It differentiates by pairing the regulated assessment with a solidarity-economy status (ESUS) and a member network, and cites analysis of the career paths of more than 45,000 people over 11 years.
Chance combines a standard French bilan de compétences with a peer-network layer: participants obtain introductions to people who have relevant professional experience ("feedback connections") and to contacts who can open specific doors ("last-kilometre connections"), matched by an in-house AI across a collective of about 20,000 members who have taken the same programme. Its proprietary trèfle™ four-step method and CIPA profile, plus its state-recognised solidarity-enterprise status and scholarship funding, further distinguish the offer.
Technology
Delivery combines human coaching with an online platform referred to as Æcho (V10). Chance uses a targeted-matching AI to connect members of its community of roughly 20,000 people for "feedback" conversations and "last-kilometre" introductions, and structures assessment around its proprietary CIPA profile and trèfle™ method.
Go-to-market
Direct-to-consumer acquisition through its website, a free "Amour Pro" test as an entry point, published testimonials and blog/media resources, and press coverage in French national outlets. Partnerships extend reach: coaches join as partner coaches, companies are addressed through a dedicated offer, and the First Chance programme is run with Google.org support. Its solidarity status and public/EU backing also support eligibility for state-funded training budgets.
Individuals in France considering a career change — whether changing occupation, changing work environment, or changing work-life balance — across age groups and cities (testimonials cite participants aged 25 to 55 in Marseille, Paris, Nantes, Bordeaux, Toulouse and Lyon). The announced First Chance programme targets students entering the labour market. The site also has sections addressed to companies and to partner coaches.
Geography
Headquartered in Paris, France, with a French-language service and participants across French cities including Marseille, Nantes, Bordeaux, Toulouse and Lyon. The First Chance programme is described as an international programme launched by the company.
History
The company was created in 2015 and is headquartered in Paris. It raised a Series A in April 2020 and a Series B in February 2022. By 2026 it stated it had analysed the professional paths of more than 45,000 people over 11 years, and announced the First Chance programme selected by Google.org to support 100,000 students entering the workforce in the age of AI.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsPress coverage described the launch of a large international programme by Chance to support students entering working life in the context of AI.
Chance announced that it was chosen by Google.org for First Chance, a programme aiming to secure the first job of 100,000 students in the age of AI.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Chancechance.co · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Chance do?
- French career-transition company offering a three-month, CPF-fundable skills assessment paired with a peer connection network.
- Who founded Chance?
- Chance was founded by Ludovic de Gromard in 2015.
- Who are Chance's investors?
- Chance's investors include Educapital, Hashed, Makers Fund.