The business game
for your course.
Your students start and run a company in an online economy of their own: they produce, sell, borrow and read their own financial statements. You set the rules of the game.
Free one-semester pilot, spring 2027
Real decisions, real accounts
Every decision shows up in the company's accounts. Students have to justify it, and live with the consequences.
Start and organise a company
Students found their company as a team, share out roles and rights, and vote on major decisions such as admitting a partner or taking out a loan.
Produce and sell
Land, machines, labour, raw materials: around thirty products, from ore to electric motors. Sales go through a player market, contracts between companies and a state market that regulates prices.
Finance the business and report
Balance sheet, income statement, cash flow: every company has its own financial statements. It borrows according to a credit score computed from its accounts; if it fails to repay, it defaults, then goes into liquidation.
An economy shared by the class
The whole class plays in the same world: land, customers and prices are shared. Competition between teams is real, and rental property adds a second line of business.
Your course concepts, put into practice
For finance, management, entrepreneurship and economics courses, and for business simulation modules.
- Reading the balance sheet and income statement
- Cash and working capital
- Debt financing and leverage
- Credit risk and solvency
- Costs, prices and margins
- Supply, demand and competition
- Regulation and taxation
- Value chain
- Governance and teamwork
Your class, your rules
You stay in control of the playing field, no technical skills needed.
One private server per class
Students join it with a code. They play in a web browser, on a computer or a phone, in French or English.
An economy you control
From the Sky console: starting capital, taxes, loans, property, and the regulated prices of the state market.
Coming for the pilotsIn progress
Class tracking by team, a game that only moves forward during your sessions, an end-of-game ranking you can export for grading, scenarios and a teacher's guide.
How a pilot works
One free semester, with direct support from the founder.
30-minute demo
By video call: we check together whether the game fits your course.
Your server
We open your class server and set it up with you.
The semester
Your students play; we stay on hand throughout the pilot.
The review
A 30-minute interview at the end of the semester to improve the game with you.
- A private server for your class, until 30 June 2027
- Onboarding and set-up with the founder
- Help throughout the semester
- No commitment; institution pricing on request from autumn 2027
Before you start
What equipment do students need?
A recent web browser, on a computer or a phone, and a free Investycoon account. Nothing to install.
Do I need to be an expert in the game to run it?
No. We set up the server with you and support you throughout the semester.
What happens after the pilot?
Nothing automatic: the server stops at the end of the pilot, with no billing. If you want to continue from autumn 2027, we will draw up a proposal for your institution.
What if your next cohort learned by running a company?
Let's talk about your course in 30 minutes.