Technology and software intelligence experts at the service of innovation
For more than 20 years, TKM has been putting its expertise from technological and scientific monitoring at the service of all research and innovation players.
"In research or innovation, it is now impossible to make informed decisions while ignoring everything that is published in the scientific and technological fields, on a global scale.
For over 20 years, we have been developing artificial intelligence-based technologies that enable us to sift through massive data streams, deliver the right information at the right time, and detect threats and opportunities early. Software tools that restore the full strategic dimension of intelligence gathering!
Christophe LECANTE – Founder and CEO of TKM
Over 20 years of monitoring and support for innovative companies
TKM was born from a simple question. In complex environments, where innovation is a competition played out on a global scale, where the volume of data continues to grow, how can we quickly detect the right information at the right time?
To answer this question, TKM has developed proprietary software technology based on artificial intelligence that allows for the collection, sorting, filtering, and analysis of all literature. This enables us to make this technology available to the innovation, R&D, and intellectual property teams of companies of all sizes.
TKM, a French player in deep tech, is proud to export its strategic expertise all over the world today.
2004 - Creation of TKM
Creation of TKM – Technology Knowledge Metrix – spun off from a joint research laboratory at Grenoble Alpes University and INRA.
2008 - First thesis on NLP (Natural Language Processing)
First CIFRE thesis with Grenoble Alpes University. Four new theses will follow, as well as numerous research partnerships with the CEA, the CNRS, INRIA and even HEC and Polytechnique Montréal.
2012 - Launch of the IPMetrix monitoring software
Marketing of IPMetrix monitoring software for independent use by its customers.
2014 - Software evolution and SaaS model
New strategic milestone: IPMetrix, available in SaaS mode, integrates new research and analysis functions.
2015 - Launch of the IZINOV offer
Launch of the Izinov offer: a simple, fast and accessible online monitoring tool, particularly useful for SMEs and start-ups.
2018 - Subsidiary in Canada (Montreal)
TKM crosses the Atlantic to open a subsidiary in Canada (Montreal) and forms strategic partnerships with HEC and Polytechnique Montréal
2022 - CSR Roadmap
TKM's commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility has strengthened over the years, notably with its membership in the Business Climate Convention and the implementation of an ambitious environmental roadmap to 2030.
2024 - 20 years and a new identity!
TKM is celebrating its 20th anniversary and is giving itself a new graphic identity to beautifully write the rest of its story.
2026 - Launch of the TKM platform
An ergonomic, accessible and complete AI-powered SaaS platform for companies of all sizes: collection, structuring, analysis, distribution, collaboration.
TKM in a few key figures
The TKM team
Our greatest asset is our team. TKM brings together more than 20 collaborators, all top-level scientists.
- A first technology hub, composed of experts in AI, data science and UI-UX, works on the development of our technologies and the ergonomics of our software.
- A second center of scientific excellence composed of engineers and PhDs in life sciences, materials, energy and geosciences, to support our clients in their most complex monitoring issues.
Our values
commitment
Our commitment is first and foremost the excellence of the service that we owe to our customers. It is also our corporate social responsibility in the service of the environment.
Innovation
It is both our reason and our way of being: to constantly reinvent ourselves to continue to best support innovative companies.
Reactivity
For all those involved in innovation, time is precious. Demonstrating responsiveness, agility and a sense of timing is an essential marker of our standards.
Our CSR commitment
Acting in favor of responsible digital technology
As digital players, we are aware that our activities have a growing impact on the environment. To act in favor of a more planet-friendly digital world, we have joined an ambitious and demanding collective, of which we are now a sponsor: the Business Convention for the Climate.
Our roadmap for the years to come is structured around three major axes:
- Reduce our impacts to their incompressible thresholds by favoring frugal digital technology and the eco-design of our software
- Put our expertise and software tools at the service of responsible innovation
- Offsetting our residual impacts by participating in life preservation projects


