# Start It Up

> START-IT-UP is a French social-media agency founded in 2017, specializing in social-media strategy, community management, content production, social advertising, social selling and influencer marketing; it was acquired and integrated into Periscope in 2024–2025.

Company page on Leadbay: https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/company/agencestartitup.fr · loaded 2026-10-30

## At a glance

- Website: https://agencestartitup.fr
- Team based in: Paris (Leadbay's record; Sources disagree: Cournon-D’Auvergne (agencestartitup.fr, a company database))
- Incorporated: Paris, France (register)
- Registry: SIREN 952 137 354
- Founded: 2017 (lecourrierdesentreprises.fr and 2 more)
- Founders: Pauline Gubert, Adrien Coussonnet
- Industry: Public Relations and Communications Services
- Employees: 6 (employees and founders, investors not counted; agencestartitup.fr and 1 more)
- Backed by: Periscope
- Seen in its site's code: Google Tag Manager (googletagmanager.com/gtm.js), Meta Pixel (connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js), WordPress (/wp-content/), Google Workspace (MX alt2.aspmx.l.google.com), Brevo (TXT brevo.com) (read 2026-10-30)
- Email: info@agencestartitup.fr
- Address: 4 RUE JACQUES LOUVEL-TESSIER, 75010, PARIS, fr

## What it sells, to whom

- START-IT-UP is a French social-media agency founded in 2017, specializing in social-media strategy, community management, content production, social advertising, social selling and influencer marketing; it was acquired and integrated into Periscope in 2024–2025. ([agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/), [agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/agence/), [agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/lagence-periscope-rachete-lagence-auvergnate-start-it-up/))

## Products and services

- Social-media consulting and strategy ([agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/), [agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/solutions/), [agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/bonjour-explore-france/))
- Community management ([agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/), [agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/solutions/), [agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/bonjour-explore-france/))
- **Social-media content creation**: graphics, photography and video ([agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/), [agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/solutions/), [agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/bonjour-explore-france/))
- Social ads and paid social campaigns ([agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/), [agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/solutions/), [agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/bonjour-explore-france/))
- Social selling and LinkedIn lead generation ([agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/), [agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/solutions/), [agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/bonjour-explore-france/))
- E-influence / influencer campaigns ([agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/), [agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/solutions/), [agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/bonjour-explore-france/))
- Video production and photography shoots ([agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/), [agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/solutions/), [agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/bonjour-explore-france/))
- Social-media training ([agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/), [agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/solutions/), [agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/bonjour-explore-france/))
- A 90 m² photo/video studio in Clermont-Ferrand, also available for rental ([agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/), [agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/solutions/), [agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/bonjour-explore-france/))

## Customers and markets

- **Customers**: Michelin Agriculture, Noreva, Onagrine, Caisse d’Épargne d’Auvergne et du Limousin, Aéroport de Clermont / Vinci, Capillum, Quantel Medical, Corteva Agriscience, Glisshop, Leroy Merlin, Barreau de Paris, CBRE, Topicrem, YESforLOV ([agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/), [agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/references/))
- **Markets**: France, with historical operating presence in Clermont-Ferrand, Lyon and Paris; the solutions page says the agency serves companies throughout France. ([agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/), [agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/solutions/), [agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/lagence-periscope-rachete-lagence-auvergnate-start-it-up/))
- **Markets**: B2B companies seeking social-media strategy, community management, content, paid social, LinkedIn lead generation, influencer campaigns and training. ([agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/), [agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/solutions/), [agencestartitup.fr](https://agencestartitup.fr/lagence-periscope-rachete-lagence-auvergnate-start-it-up/))

## Team

- Pauline Gubert, Co-fondatrice
- Adrien Coussonnet, Co-fondateur

Backed by: Periscope

## Latest news

- 2025-01-15 · [L'AGENCE PERISCOPE RACHETE L’AGENCE AUVERGNATE START IT UP - Pélo Média](https://pelo-media.tv/lagence-periscope-rachete-lagence-auvergnate-start-it-up/) (pelo-media.tv)
- 2023-04-17 · [Periscope et Start it up s'associent,  deux agences com' des soeurs](https://mclermont.fr/news/locales/19365/periscope-et-start-it-up-s-associent-deux-agences-com-des-soeurs) (mclermont.fr)
- 2023-04-03 · [Les agences Periscope et Start It Up s'associent - Image - CB News](https://www.cbnews.fr/conseil/les-agences-periscope-start-it-up-s-associent) (cbnews.fr)

## Where to find more

- [This page in Markdown, for agents](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/company/agencestartitup.fr.md)

## Decision makers

- [Pauline Gubert](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/pauline-gubert--agencestartitup.fr.md), Co-fondatrice
- [Adrien Coussonnet](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/adrien-coussonnet--agencestartitup.fr.md), Co-fondateur

Work emails and direct phones come with a Leadbay account: https://wow.leadbay.ai/?register=true

Where it comes from: 21 sites read (agencestartitup.fr, lareclame.fr, strategies.fr, fr.linkedin.com, pelo-media.tv, mclermont.fr, cbnews.fr, aleou.fr, …), the French register and the BODACC.

## Best angle

2026-10-01 · Traffic: Site visits up 39% in 3 months, 639 a month (1 source)

## Best way in

- Message on X: The company's own account

## Signals: what happened

- 2026-10-01 · Traffic: Site visits up 39% in 3 months, 639 a month (1 source: [A company database](https://agencestartitup.fr/))
- 2026-03-06 · Product: dans l'ombre des néons clignotants des centres commerciaux, dix-neuf fédérations – dont Perifem, la Fédération Technique du Commerce, FCD, FCA, CDCform, PROCOS - Pour Un commerce Qui Donne Envie (1 source: [fr.linkedin.com](https://fr.linkedin.com/posts/sartitup_seuilsd%C3%A9nergieunmurinvisible-nowyouknow-activity-7435579988252364800-R3PX))
- 2025-01-15 · News: L'AGENCE PERISCOPE RACHETE L’AGENCE AUVERGNATE START IT UP (1 source: [pelo-media.tv](https://pelo-media.tv/lagence-periscope-rachete-lagence-auvergnate-start-it-up/))
- 2024-07-23 · News: L'agence auvergnate Periscope rachète Start it up (1 source: [ourscom.fr](https://ourscom.fr/actualites/agences/lagence-auvergnate-periscope-rachete-start-it-up))
- 2023-04-03 · News: Periscope et Start it up s'associent,  deux agences com' des soeurs (2 sources: [cbnews.fr](https://www.cbnews.fr/conseil/les-agences-periscope-start-it-up-s-associent), [mclermont.fr](https://mclermont.fr/news/locales/19365/periscope-et-start-it-up-s-associent-deux-agences-com-des-soeurs))
- 2019-02-07 · Interviews: START IT UP (1 source: [podcasts.apple.com](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/start-it-up/id1450962520))
- 2018-07-26 · News: L’agence Start It Up donne du sens aux réseaux sociaux (1 source: [lecourrierdesentreprises.fr](https://www.lecourrierdesentreprises.fr/lagence-start-it-up-donne-du-sens-aux-reseaux-sociaux/))
- 2017-10-30 · News: חשבת על רעיון מדהים ואפילו קיבלת מימון (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/start-it-up_start-it-up-activity-6330903334127493120-k7zh))

## Solvency

From the national register (INSEE, INPI) and the BODACC, read 2026-10-30. SIREN 952137354.

- Status: active, registered 2023-04-24 · SAS
- Procédures collectives: none in the BODACC (no sauvegarde, redressement or liquidation judiciaire)
- Accounts filed (comptes déposés): none published in the BODACC
- Legal officers: Maxime Robert-Colin, Directeur Général; Romain Wiplier, Président de SAS
- Grade (Jev): D, high risk
- Risk of failure within 12 months (Jev, read 2026-10-25): 28%
- Risk of paying 90 days late within 12 months (Jev): 34%
- Pays its invoices (Jev): Within 30 days
- Cash on hand (Jev): Under 3 months of spending
- Debt (Jev): No financial debt
- What Jev read: Active, created 2023-04-24; No procédure collective in the BODACC

## Working on now

- Now operating under Periscope rather than as a standalone agency; the team is the group’s social-media pole.
- Focus is a broader 360° digital offer combining social media with Periscope’s web, digital-marketing and branding capabilities.
- Strategic emphasis is responsible/engaged brands, alongside current social-first work shaped by short-form video, AI and changing platform usage.

From: [L'AGENCE PERISCOPE RACHETE L’AGENCE AUVERGNATE START IT UP | Start It Up](https://agencestartitup.fr/lagence-periscope-rachete-lagence-auvergnate-start-it-up/), [ScanBook](https://lareclame.fr/periscope-digital/news/periscope-muscle-son-expertise-social-media), [START IT UP C'EST FINI | Adrien Coussonnet](https://fr.linkedin.com/posts/adrien-coussonnet_auvergne-clermont-clermontferrand-activity-7282346492890144769-xFcw), [Mentions légales | Start It Up](https://agencestartitup.fr/mentions-legales/)

## Summary

Start It Up was a Clermont-Ferrand-based social media agency founded in 2017 by Adrien Coussonnet [1][2][3]. It provided strategy, community management, content creation, social advertising, influencer marketing, and social selling services to diverse businesses, including industrial firms, e-commerce brands, and associations [4][5][3]. Following an initial minority investment by Periscope in 2022, Periscope acquired and fully integrated the agency into its ecosystem [1][3]. The merger was finalized in January 2025, and Start It Up now operates as the social media division of Periscope [6][7].

[1]: https://agencestartitup.fr/lagence-periscope-rachete-lagence-auvergnate-start-it-up/ "L'AGENCE PERISCOPE RACHETE L’AGENCE AUVERGNATE START IT UP | Start It Up"
[2]: https://www.strategies.fr/actualites/agences/LQ1772918C/les-agences-periscope-et-start-it-sassocient.html "Les agences Periscope et Start It Up s’associent - Stratégies"
[3]: https://agencestartitup.fr/agence/ "Start It Up | Agence spécialisée dans les Réseaux Sociaux"
[4]: https://agencestartitup.fr/ "Start It Up | Agence spécialisée dans les Réseaux Sociaux"
[5]: https://agencestartitup.fr/references/ "Nos références | Agence spécialisée dans les Réseaux Sociaux"
[6]: https://lareclame.fr/periscope-digital/news/periscope-muscle-son-expertise-social-media "ScanBook"
[7]: https://fr.linkedin.com/posts/adrien-coussonnet_auvergne-clermont-clermontferrand-activity-7282346492890144769-xFcw "START IT UP C'EST FINI | Adrien Coussonnet"
[8]: https://agencestartitup.fr/mentions-legales/ "Mentions légales | Start It Up"

## Sources

- [Start-It-Up's website](https://agencestartitup.fr)