SaaSOffice mise sur le contrôle d’accès cloud pour construire un champion européen du smart workplace

SaaSOffice Acquires Welcomr for Smart Workplace Solutions

On Fri, May 30, 2025, French software provider SaaSOffice announced the acquisition of Welcomr , a cloud-based access control specialist. This acquisition aims to enhance SaaSOffice's capabilities in smart building management by integrating critical technology for physical access management.

Real estate decision-makers focused on digital access management. Office operators, coworking spaces, and multisite property managers. System integrators and facility managers of connected systems. IT and HR managers overseeing access and security flows. Investors and stakeholders in the European smart building sector.

Integration of a cloud access control module into a modular SaaS suite. Vertical integration of software and hardware, ensuring sovereignty. Interoperability with existing systems (Office 365, HR systems, etc.). Complementary expertise in product and industrial processes. Opportunity for international expansion through an established brand.

Centralized functions for reservation, access, and building management. Elimination of silos between physical control and digital management. Cloud access compatible with industry standards (Aperio, OSDP). Enhanced GDPR compliance and local data processing. Accelerated industrialization and large-scale deployment.

Founded by Christophe Courtin, Didier Fornetti, and Brice Arnavon, SaaSOffice offers a modular software suite for workplace environment management. Its solutions address space reservation, equipment management, energy management, and multisite supervision, aimed at providing a unified, interoperable offering centered on new professional space usages.

In a rapidly transforming office environment characterized by hybrid usage, coworking growth, and surface rationalization, SaaSOffice seeks to establish a French alternative to vertically integrated international suites, primarily from North America. Welcomr's integration facilitates the connection of digital flows (SaaS) and physical flows (access, security, occupancy) within a single interface.

Founded in 2016, Welcomr specializes in digital access control systems compatible with industry standards (OSDP, Aperio, Simons Voss) and operable via a cloud interface. Its platform allows remote building access management through badges, QR codes, Bluetooth, or mobile unlocking. Utilized by companies such as BNP Paribas Real Estate, Icade, SNCF, and Engie, Welcomr accounts for approximately 50% of the French coworking market, according to the company.

Welcomr enhances SaaSOffice's industrial capabilities by mastering the entire chain from hardware manufacturing to software interface. This integration enables the group to offer a solution combining digital supervision with secure physical access, while adhering to GDPR requirements for handling sensitive data.

Unlike some competitors using closed platforms, SaaSOffice supports an ecosystem approach. Its modules integrate with existing tools (HR systems, ERP, calendars, etc.) without imposing a proprietary environment.

By adding the "access control" layer to its software suite, SaaSOffice now covers the full spectrum of tertiary building management (planning, reservation, supervision, security, access) from a single interface, tailored to the needs of both operators and end-users.

D’après FrenchWeb.