GENEO's raison d'être is to make available to invested SMEs and ITEs the means to achieve their ambitions, in a sustainable and positive impact approach.
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 130 families and entrepreneurs generating synergies. Sharing experiences and business networks has a positive impact.
Our purpose
Europe is full of Builder entrepreneurs who have built or want to build great entrepreneurial stories. These groups span generations: they are Europe's past, present and future, they are our pride, and Geneo is their community. We believe that the energy generated by the collective is always a source of wealth and growth.
Our approach
Participate in your development capital and family or managerial transmission projects.
As a minority investor, we partner ambitious management teams
in their strategy and work alongside them
throughout their growth and transmission capital projects
Investing amounts
between €3M and €20M via any medium
(shares, convertible bonds, etc.)
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
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
12 companies invested
since 2019 in a positive impact dynamic
130 families and entrepreneurs
committed to a Community that makes sense of finance
140+ experts
mobilised to support the realisation of the Growth Logs
255 M€ managed
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 is an evergreen investment company: the life of our investments is potentially unlimited. Our support extends as long as necessary.
Our news
Newsletter September 2021
Find the 11th GENEO Newsletter with news: Our new activity report, a new participation and the expansion of the team
GENEO Capital Entrepreneur supports the transfer of Leader Group
Leader Group, a major international player in technological fire-fighting and rescue equipment, is supported by GENEO Capital Entrepreneur in an LMBO advised by the Mazars M&A team.
The team is growing!
With 25 years of experience in SME and ETI financing, Mathilde Paoli joins GENEO Partenaires
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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.“
