GENEO's raison d'être is to make positive finance available to the real economy. Our business is to invest in and support growth SMEs and SMIs in their long-term development projects.
Our approach
Participate in your development capital and family or managerial transmission projects.
Supporting committed entrepreneurs and management teams with
an ambitious growth plan
Investing amounts
between €3M and €25M through any medium
(equity and quasi-equity)
We invest in well-established
high potential SMEs and ETIs
with a proven track record
We select SMEs and ETIs
generating +€10m annual turnover
with a minimum EBITDA of €1m
How we accelerate your growth?
Time management
GENEO is an agile investment company that supports companies over the long term. The capital provided is tailor-made and adapts to the pace of your company.
Human capital
GENEO is a skills and services platform of over 140 specialised experts ready to support business leaders in the execution of their growth plans.
Group game
GENEO is a community of 180+ families and entrepreneurs generating synergies. Sharing experiences and business networks has a positive impact.
Our investment vehicles
Positive finance, sustainable growth, increasing human capital: this is GENEO's ambition for our Builder entrepreneurs. To support them in their growth, GENEO invests and invests with :
→ GENEO Capital: our investment vehicle that provides SMEs and SMIs with the financial and human resources to accelerate their growth.
→ GENEO Mezzanine: our quasi-equity investment vehicle, whose rate is indexed to impact indicators.
→ Obligations Relance: our one-off financing in Bonds, the rate of which is indexed to a CSR criterion. A France Relance scheme.
Our team
When we invest in you, we invest ourselves!
At GENEO, we believe that diversity and teamwork generate performance. Our team is multidisciplinary, mixed and made up of personalities committed to serving the GENEO community. Its organisation is designed to maximise the effectiveness of the GENEO model in terms of differentiation, value creation in investments, and synergies within the GENEO Community.
Key figures
16 companies invested
since 2019 in a positive impact dynamic
180+ families and entrepreneurs
committed to a Community that makes sense of finance
140+ experts
mobilised to support the realisation of the Growth Logs
+ More than €430 million under management
with patience and determination
GENEdico
Evergreen -
A term used in botany to signify the persistent nature of certain trees that do not lose their leaves. In finance, this "persistence" is expressed in duration. GENEO Capital Entrepreneur is an evergreen investment company: the life of our investments is potentially unlimited. Our support extends as long as necessary.
Our news
GENEO Capital Entrepreneur strengthens its investment team with the appointment of Stéphanie KORDONIAN as Managing Partner
Stéphanie Kordonian joins GENEO Capital Entrepreneur's team of investment professionals with extensive experience in the SME and ETI segment.
A graduate of ESSEC business school, Stéphanie is a corporate finance professional, specializing in SMEs.
The consortium formed by TURENNE GROUPE and GENEO Capital Entrepreneur has deployed the first €220 million bond issue and is now launching the new €117 million bond issue.
The consortium formed by TURENNE GROUPE and GENEO Capital Entrepreneur has deployed the first €220 million tranche of Relance Bonds, and is now launching the new €117 million tranche.
GENEO Capital Entrepreneur brings together a group of long-term investors to support Actéo in its growth and the evolution of its governance.
GENEO Capital entrepreneur supports the Actéo group, which specializes in the manufacture (Théolaur) and distribution of paints and complementary products for the building industry (Théodore Maison de Peinture), in the evolution of its capital with a view to accelerating its development projects, notably around innovation, its low-carbon approach and digital. This transaction is part of a long-term, positive-impact investment strategy.
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They trust us
“Long live GENEO! A beautiful project dedicated to serving entrepreneurs. Societe Generale is proud to be associated with its development and looks forward to contributing to its success which will benefit the French economy.“
“A true entrepreneurial vision with eminent societal values and a dynamic team. GENEO has all the ingredients of for success.“
