Semana
AcquiredEntrepreneur First '20Paris, FR · Founded 2020 · 113 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
deskbird is a hybrid workplace management platform for booking desks, meeting rooms, parking, and managing visitors, along with real-time space usage analytics. It serves companies from 250 to over 10,000 employees, integrating with tools like Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Google Calendar, and Slack to help optimize office space and reduce real estate costs.
Also known as deskbird
Founders & leadership
Semana was founded in 2020 by Albert Reynaud and Valerio Volpati.
Investors · 2
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Semana was a workspace management company for hybrid teams. Its former domain, semana.io, now serves content for deskbird, an all-in-one workplace management platform. As presented on those pages, the product covers desk booking, meeting room booking, parking, visitor management, ticketing and digital signage in a single employee-facing app ("Workplace Experience"), alongside an analytics layer ("Workplace Intelligence") that reports real occupancy and attendance across sites, and an "Agentic Workplace" layer that connects the platform to Microsoft Copilot and other AI tools to answer questions, surface insights and automate routine tasks.
The platform is positioned for organizations with 250 to more than 10,000 employees and is described as built for multi-location complexity, enterprise security requirements and company-wide rollouts. Marketed capabilities include seeing which colleagues will be in the office, two-click desk booking near colleagues, automatic check-ins that release no-show desks in real time, floor- and zone-level utilization views, and identification of underused space ahead of lease renewals. The site states the platform is available on any device and in nine languages (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Ukrainian, Dutch, Polish and Czech), with a stated 99.8% uptime and a two-hour maximum support response time for enterprise customers.
Business model
B2B software-as-a-service sold to employers managing hybrid offices, with modular purchasing so customers pay only for the modules they use (desk, room, visitor, workforce). Straightforward plans are offered for growing teams, while enterprise customers receive custom pricing and SLAs [1][2].
Traction
Vendor-stated traction includes 250,000 users, more than 10,000 workplace teams across 80+ countries, and 1,000+ hybrid workplaces managed. Published case studies report 14 of 20 offices using the product at 4flow (1,500 employees), a 36% increase in office attendance at Nexters (700+ employees), 28% desk utilization improvement at Raiffeisen-Volksbank eG (300 employees), 80% adoption across 800+ employees at ILF Austria, and over 90% adoption with flex desk sharing at VU Amsterdam (100+ employees, 120 migrated). Service metrics cited are 99.8% uptime and 99.4% CSAT [0][1][2].
Latest developments
Current site content promotes an "Agentic Workplace" module connecting the platform to Microsoft Copilot and other AI tools for question answering, insight surfacing and task automation, alongside the Workplace Experience and Workplace Intelligence product lines [0][2].
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, risks & controversies
Market position
The site claims a #1 G2 rating, ratings of 4.5 across 300+ reviews and 4.6 across 440+ reviews, use by more than 10,000 workplace teams in over 80 countries, 1,000+ managed hybrid workplaces and 250,000 users, and states that named enterprises including Airbus, Samsung and Decathlon use the product. These figures are vendor-stated and not independently verified in the sources provided [0][1][2].
Positioning emphasizes employee adoption (a stated 90%+ daily adoption rate), modularity rather than a monolithic suite, deep integration into existing collaboration and HR tools so no new login or habit is required, and occupancy data based on measured usage rather than booking intent. Compliance credentials cited include GDPR compliance, SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 certification, with EU hosting [0][1][2].
Technology
Cloud-hosted workplace management platform with mobile and web clients, native integrations into Microsoft Teams, Slack, Outlook, Google Calendar, Microsoft 365, Google and HRIS systems, and single sign-on for user management. Real-time analytics report booking patterns and space usage, and automatic check-ins release unoccupied desks. The platform connects to Microsoft Copilot and other AI tools. Data is hosted in the EU on Google Cloud servers in Frankfurt, Germany, with granular privacy controls and anonymization of booking data after a set period [1][2].
Go-to-market
Self-service and sales-led motions run in parallel: the site offers a free start and a product tour alongside "book a demo" calls to action, and promotes distribution through Microsoft Teams. Marketing leans on customer success stories, G2 ratings and compliance certifications; onboarding is described as taking a few days with light IT effort [0][1][2].
Companies with roughly 250 to over 10,000 employees running hybrid or flexible office models, including multi-site enterprises; customer references span logistics consulting (4flow), gaming (Nexters), banking (Raiffeisen-Volksbank eG), IT consulting (ILF Austria) and higher education (VU Amsterdam) [0][1][2].
Geography
Customers are claimed in more than 80 countries; referenced case studies are concentrated in Europe (Germany, Austria, the Netherlands). The site is published in French and English, the product is localized into nine languages, and data is hosted in Frankfurt, Germany [0][1][2].
Risks & controversies
No controversies are reported in the available sources. Most quantitative claims (adoption rates, user counts, cost-reduction figures) originate from company-controlled web pages and are not independently corroborated. Note also that several unrelated entities share the Semana name, including the Colombian news magazine Semana, which is not connected to this company.
Compiled by commissioned research from 6 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 · 1
launches, deals, and filingsProduct line promoted on the semana.io site that links the workplace platform to Microsoft Copilot and other AI tools to answer questions, surface insights and automate routine tasks.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 6
primary sources listed
- Semanasemana.io · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Semana do?
- Paris-founded hybrid workplace startup whose semana.io domain now hosts deskbird's desk, room and office analytics platform.
- Who founded Semana?
- Semana was founded by Albert Reynaud, Valerio Volpati in 2020.
- Who are Semana's investors?
- Semana's investors include Entrepreneur First, Faraday Venture Partners.
- Where is Semana headquartered?
- Semana is headquartered in Paris, FR.