Fulll, a France-based developer of accounting, payroll, and HR software for accounting firms, has entered a strategic partnership with Visma, which has acquired a minority stake in the company.
The investment is designed to support the continued development of Fulll’s cloud-native SaaS platform and strengthen its technology offering for French chartered accountants and professional service firms. Fulll was founded by the accounting services firm In Extenso and provides integrated software tools that automate accounting production, payroll processing, HR management, and collaboration between accounting offices and their clients.
Through the partnership, Visma, In Extenso, and Fulll aim to deepen their long-term collaboration and expand the availability of modern digital tools for the French accounting sector. The companies said the partnership will help accelerate Fulll’s product development and strengthen its industrial scale, enabling accounting firms to adopt more automated and integrated workflows.
France’s accounting market includes roughly 19,000 accounting firms serving approximately 3.8 million small and medium-sized businesses. Many of these firms face increasing operational and regulatory pressures, particularly as France prepares to roll out mandatory e-invoicing requirements that will require firms to adopt more advanced digital infrastructure.
Fulll’s platform is designed to address these challenges by enabling accounting offices to streamline accounting production, payroll operations, and HR management while ensuring compliance with French accounting standards. The software also includes tools for pre-accounting, banking integration, and reporting, allowing accounting firms to manage client relationships and internal operations more efficiently.
The companies also plan to expand the “Impulse Data” hub, a data platform co-founded by In Extenso and Fulll that aggregates anonymized information from more than 800,000 SMEs. The data platform supports advisory services by enabling accounting firms to generate insights and benchmarking data for their clients.
Founded in 2021 through the merger of several specialized software publishers, Fulll is headquartered in Lyon and employs nearly 300 people across France and Mauritius. The company’s technology is designed to help accounting firms scale their operations while adapting to evolving regulatory requirements and growing digitalization across the profession.
The transaction, under which Visma acquires the minority stake in Fulll, remains subject to review by competition authorities.
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“fulll has built something truly impressive – a comprehensive platform that covers the entire accounting and payroll lifecycle for French firms. We look forward to supporting fulll’s further growth and development, and to continue positioning Visma as a leading tech partner for accounting offices in France.”
Merete Hverven, CEO of Visma
“By remaining a shareholder and strategic client of fulll, we reaffirm our confidence in a project that is transformative for the profession and in its ability to sustainably address its challenges. This partnership provides fulll with the scale and stability needed to accelerate its vision of becoming one of the leading platforms for accounting firms in France. The timing could not be better, with e-invoicing on the horizon: our clients will have the tools they need to thrive in this new environment.”
Antoine de Riedmatten, Chairman of the Management Board of In Extenso
“The partnership between In Extenso, fulll, and Visma will also strengthen and accelerate investments in the ‘Impulse Data’ datahub, of which In Extenso and fulll are members and co-founders. This datahub, which aggregates anonymized data from over 800,000 small and medium-sized enterprises, adds value to the advisory services offered by firms to their entrepreneurial clients, in the context of the upcoming widespread adoption of e-invoicing in the coming months.”
Frank Lamotte, President of Fulll and CEO of In Extenso
