[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":263},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article-\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Fconstel-levee-de-fonds":3,"related-\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Fconstel-levee-de-fonds":88},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"category":74,"categoryLabel":75,"cover":76,"date":77,"description":78,"extension":79,"featured":80,"meta":81,"navigation":82,"path":83,"readTime":84,"seo":85,"stem":86,"tag":75,"__hash__":87},"blog\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Fconstel-levee-de-fonds.md","Constel raises €1 million to democratize mentoring","Équipe Constel",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":67},"minimark",[10,14,17,22,25,28,32,35,51,57,60,64],[11,12,13],"p",{},"A major milestone in our journey: Constel (then Constel Education) has closed a €1 million funding round to accelerate the democratization of mentoring in higher education and beyond.",[11,15,16],{},"The round brought together leading partners: Bpifrance, the Île-de-France Region and the education research company Humans Matter, alongside several business angels.",[18,19,21],"h2",{"id":20},"why-this-round","Why this round",[11,23,24],{},"Our founding conviction is simple: mentoring has a real positive impact, yet it remained insufficiently democratized in higher education — even though institutions are well aware of the need to improve the student experience.",[11,26,27],{},"To meet that need, we built a turnkey platform and methodology that lets institutions launch and run peer mentoring programs. At the time of the round, the platform brought together 8,000 users across institutions such as Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas and IÉSEG School of Management.",[18,29,31],{"id":30},"what-this-funding-enables","What this funding enables",[11,33,34],{},"The funds raised serve four priorities:",[36,37,38,42,45,48],"ul",{},[39,40,41],"li",{},"Accelerate growth in the French market.",[39,43,44],{},"Kick-start international expansion.",[39,46,47],{},"Address the professional training sector.",[39,49,50],{},"Strengthen our technological edge, in particular the matching algorithm and a smoother dashboard.",[52,53,54],"blockquote",{},[11,55,56],{},"We need to reinvent the student experience to meet the new challenges of education.",[11,58,59],{},"Beyond the capital, this round marked the start of a close collaboration with Humans Matter, to run higher-impact projects together in the world of learning.",[18,61,63],{"id":62},"an-ambition-taking-shape","An ambition taking shape",[11,65,66],{},"Over four years, the mentoring market has grown strongly, driven by increasingly pressing challenges around onboarding, upskilling and team cohesion. This round was a first step toward a broader ambition: making mentoring an accessible, structured lever, in higher education as well as the professional world.",{"title":68,"searchDepth":69,"depth":69,"links":70},"",2,[71,72,73],{"id":20,"depth":69,"text":21},{"id":30,"depth":69,"text":31},{"id":62,"depth":69,"text":63},"news","News","\u002Fimages\u002Fconstel-levee-de-fonds.webp","2024-01-17","Constel has raised €1M from Bpifrance, the Île-de-France Region and Humans Matter to accelerate its growth and roll out mentoring internationally.","md",false,{},true,"\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Fconstel-levee-de-fonds","4 min",{"title":5,"description":78},"en\u002Fblog\u002Fconstel-levee-de-fonds","vfpK-OVUSY6WcwwmVPbvuzhiuF28gGK-zvauFr-9YJ4",[89,199],{"id":90,"title":91,"author":6,"body":92,"category":74,"categoryLabel":75,"cover":191,"date":192,"description":193,"extension":79,"featured":80,"meta":194,"navigation":82,"path":195,"readTime":84,"seo":196,"stem":197,"tag":75,"__hash__":198},"blog\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Fle-mentorat-etudiant-tremplin-reussite.md","Student mentoring, a springboard for success in higher education",{"type":8,"value":93,"toc":185},[94,97,100,105,109,112,115,120,124,127,142,145,149,152,172,176,179,182],[11,95,96],{},"“Thank you, you've given me back my faith in maths.” That sentence, said by a prep-school student at the end of a session, was enough to convince Paul Cartier that a student able to explain things to another student could unlock situations where nothing else worked. It's the starting point of Constel, and it's also the whole point of student mentoring: turning an isolated struggle into a path to success.",[11,98,99],{},"Student mentoring isn't just one more private lesson. It's a trust-based relationship, built over time, between someone who has already been through a journey and someone just starting it. As a guest on the show “La France Bouge” on Europe 1, Paul Cartier looked back on what makes this kind of support so powerful — and what it takes for it to work.",[101,102],"video-embed",{"src":103,"title":104},"https:\u002F\u002Fdai.ly\u002Fx8769cd","Paul Cartier (Constel) on Europe 1 — La France Bouge",[18,106,108],{"id":107},"why-peer-mentoring-unlocks-situations","Why peer mentoring unlocks situations",[11,110,111],{},"The great strength of student mentoring lies in shared experience. A mentor who went through the same track knows the real stakes: the pressure of competitive exams, the pace, the methodological traps, the moments of doubt. They don't just explain an exercise — they give meaning to the effort.",[11,113,114],{},"This closeness builds a trust few programs can replicate. As Paul Cartier puts it, there's “a question of chemistry” in mentoring: the relationship only truly works when the pair clicks. It's that trust that lets the mentee look ahead, keep going over time, and carry on when motivation dips.",[52,116,117],{},[11,118,119],{},"The real turning point isn't the right answer to an exercise — it's a student who regains confidence because someone who succeeded before them believes they can do it.",[18,121,123],{"id":122},"mentoring-and-tutoring-two-different-things","Mentoring and tutoring: two different things",[11,125,126],{},"Mentoring and tutoring are often confused. Yet the distinction is essential to build an effective program.",[36,128,129,136],{},[39,130,131,135],{},[132,133,134],"strong",{},"Tutoring"," is academic assistance: helping someone understand a specific point, revise, or fill a gap.",[39,137,138,141],{},[132,139,140],{},"Mentoring"," goes further: it's holistic support, explanation and perspective. It gives meaning to studies as a whole.",[11,143,144],{},"Stéphane Braconnier, president of Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas, made this observation on Europe 1: students today are more autonomous and more comfortable with digital tools, but the “nomadization” of studies — one class in person, the next remote, from a hallway or from home — also leaves them more isolated. And paradoxically, more autonomy comes with a stronger demand for support. Mentoring answers precisely that need.",[18,146,148],{"id":147},"what-sets-a-good-mentoring-program-apart","What sets a good mentoring program apart",[11,150,151],{},"Not all mentoring approaches are equal. Three criteria make the difference between a serious program and a simple introduction.",[36,153,154,160,166],{},[39,155,156,159],{},[132,157,158],{},"Match quality."," Since the relationship rests on chemistry, the right pairing is decisive. At Constel, mentor\u002Fmentee matching relies on AI to increase the chances the relationship takes hold from the very first sessions.",[39,161,162,165],{},[132,163,164],{},"The ability to sustain engagement."," Many programs run out of steam after a few sessions: the mentor gets distracted, the mentee no longer dares to reach out, and the relationship fades. That's where the real outcome is decided. Constel is designed to keep pairs active over time — reminders, check-ins, nudges at the right moment — so the mentor\u002Fmentee relationship lasts to the end of the program rather than fizzling out.",[39,167,168,171],{},[132,169,170],{},"Following the relationship."," Once the pair is formed, it still needs help to last. Constel supports the mentor\u002Fmentee relationship over time rather than stopping at the introduction: it's that follow-up that turns a successful first contact into genuine support.",[18,173,175],{"id":174},"from-student-mentoring-to-lifelong-mentoring","From student mentoring to lifelong mentoring",[11,177,178],{},"Mentoring doesn't end when studies do. The same logic — a trusted pair, support over time — now runs through higher education and the workplace alike. Paris-Panthéon-Assas, for instance, signed an agreement with the Paris Bar so that lawyers mentor law students, extending support into the professional world.",[11,180,181],{},"It's this continuity that Constel aims to equip: structured, supported mentoring, from the first day of prep school to entering the workforce. Student mentoring isn't a parenthesis — it's the first link in a chain of support.",[11,183,184],{},"What matters most is captured by Paul Cartier's own journey: a successful mentoring program is, first and foremost, a student who regains faith in their chances. The rest — the tools, the matching, the follow-up — serves that turning point.",{"title":68,"searchDepth":69,"depth":69,"links":186},[187,188,189,190],{"id":107,"depth":69,"text":108},{"id":122,"depth":69,"text":123},{"id":147,"depth":69,"text":148},{"id":174,"depth":69,"text":175},"\u002Fimages\u002Fle-mentorat-etudiant-tremplin-reussite.jpg","2026-06-02","Why peer student mentoring unlocks situations in prep school and at university alike, and what sets a good support program apart.",{},"\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Fle-mentorat-etudiant-tremplin-reussite",{"title":91,"description":193},"en\u002Fblog\u002Fle-mentorat-etudiant-tremplin-reussite","ONqQjnuUDWEJkFvIW9mkEuorBV3cXMvcWhTm6-y1ZGs",{"id":200,"title":201,"author":6,"body":202,"category":74,"categoryLabel":75,"cover":255,"date":256,"description":257,"extension":79,"featured":82,"meta":258,"navigation":82,"path":259,"readTime":84,"seo":260,"stem":261,"tag":75,"__hash__":262},"blog\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Fconstel-mentorline-rapprochement.md","Constel Mentoring and Mentorline join forces to build a European mentoring champion",{"type":8,"value":203,"toc":249},[204,207,210,214,217,220,224,227,232,236,239,242,246],[11,205,206],{},"Professional mentoring in Europe reaches a new milestone. Constel Mentoring is integrating Mentorline, a recognized player in professional mentoring, to create a new reference player on the continent.",[11,208,209],{},"This combination answers a shared conviction: companies and higher education institutions need mentoring tools that are reliable, manageable and designed for the European context — far from the North American solutions that still dominate the market.",[18,211,213],{"id":212},"a-new-group-at-european-scale","A new group at European scale",[11,215,216],{},"Combined, the new group brings together 45,000 active users and more than 40 corporate and higher education clients across France, the Benelux and Switzerland. Among them: the French Social Security, Hôpital Foch, CCI France Suisse, Inovexus Ventures, Mars, Courir, Banque du Luxembourg, Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas and CentraleSupélec.",[11,218,219],{},"This critical mass is a game changer. It allows us to invest more in the platform, broaden our support and meet the needs of organizations of every size, from large groups to education institutions.",[18,221,223],{"id":222},"a-sovereign-made-in-france-alternative","A sovereign, “Made in France” alternative",[11,225,226],{},"In a market still largely occupied by solutions from North America — often poorly suited to European cultural and regulatory specifics — this combination asserts a sovereign alternative. The platform remains built to European standards for data protection and diversity, a decisive issue for the public, healthcare and large-account sectors.",[52,228,229],{},[11,230,231],{},"Our ambition is clear: democratize mentoring at scale, so that everyone can be supported by a mentor and HR teams have more manageable tools.",[18,233,235],{"id":234},"what-it-changes-for-organizations","What it changes for organizations",[11,237,238],{},"The shared platform, available as SaaS and on mobile, centralizes the entire mentoring process: collecting goals, automatic AI matching, scheduling, tracking and impact measurement. Integrating Mentorline particularly strengthens one key area: training and upskilling mentors within organizations.",[11,240,241],{},"Mickael Bokobza, head of Mentorline, joins the venture and will now focus on this challenge — supporting the upskilling of internal mentor communities, an essential building block for programs to last over time.",[18,243,245],{"id":244},"whats-next","What's next",[11,247,248],{},"This combination marks the start of a new phase, with a clear ambition: to build the European leader in digital mentoring. For HR and L&D leaders, it's the promise of a stronger tool to structure, run and measure their programs.",{"title":68,"searchDepth":69,"depth":69,"links":250},[251,252,253,254],{"id":212,"depth":69,"text":213},{"id":222,"depth":69,"text":223},{"id":234,"depth":69,"text":235},{"id":244,"depth":69,"text":245},"\u002Fimages\u002Fconstel-mentorline-rapprochement.jpeg","2025-11-09","Constel Mentoring integrates Mentorline: a new group of 45,000 users and 40+ clients to build a European leader in digital mentoring.",{},"\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Fconstel-mentorline-rapprochement",{"title":201,"description":257},"en\u002Fblog\u002Fconstel-mentorline-rapprochement","LR8cPN8AjTZ57gwKLpHaHl39OQePdlmmQxgkxhQ5E80",1780412326037]