PRESS RELEASE
Rennes, October 1, 2025
Reinvestment by Alexis Jubert and the arrival of GENEO Capital Entrepreneur: new impetus for Seiven towards European leadership in the post-mortem sector.
Three years after the takeover of GPG Granit and one year after the creation of Groupe Seiven, Alexis Jubert has reached a new milestone in his ambitious entrepreneurial project. By reinvesting personally and bringing his Management Committee on board, he is reaffirming his determination to build sustainable growth and make Seiven a leading European player in the post-mortem market. Alongside its historical partners, Unexo (a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole d'Ille-et-Vilaine), Sodero and Bpifrance, and after three years of decisive support from Siparex, Seiven now welcomes GENEO Capital Entrepreneur to structure and accelerate this new phase of development.
Today, Seiven is a key player in the French post-mortem market: with 8 complementary brands (GPG Granit, GLOG, Ecopierre, La Collection GPG & Cordeiro, ISOFROID Funéraire, ISOFROID Thanato, ISOFROID Médical, La Compagnie des Cimetières), 100 employees and sales of €35 million by 2024, the group offers a unique solution covering the entire value chain, from body preservation to the delivery of funeral monuments.
GENEO, a complete and sustainable partner
With the arrival of GENEO Capital Entrepreneur, Seiven benefits from comprehensive support through GENEO's Carnet de croissance, which goes far beyond a capital contribution:
- Financial and organizational structuring to strengthen governance and help optimize support functions.
- External growth Acquisitions: support for sourcing, execution and integration of targeted acquisitions in France and Europe.
- Organic growth Organic growth: support for the deployment of digital tools, supply chain optimization and the development of new offers.
- Sustainable performance Sustainable performance: support on ESG trajectory, profit-sharing and inclusion.
Setting course for Europe
In less than four years, Seiven has become a solid, structured group, with ambitions to double in size within the next 5 to 7 years and become the European benchmark in the post-mortem sector. This trajectory will be achieved through a combination of organic growth and targeted acquisitions, following on from the successful integration of GPG Granit and Isofroid.
"Getting more involved means affirming my deep belief in what we are building, with and for our teams, our partners and the families we support. Involving my Executive Committee in our capital, and then tomorrow all our employees, means translating our values of sharing, recognition and commitment into action". explains Alexis Jubert, President of Seiven.
"We are proud to join the Seiven adventure alongside Alexis Jubert and his teams. His entrepreneurial project embodies the values we stand for: ambitious, human and sustainable growth. Our role will be to support him fully, mobilizing all our expertise to develop a growth plan focused on structuring, external growth, digital and impact - to make Seiven a European leader in the post-mortem sector", adds Marc Dupuy, Managing Partner at GENEO Capital Entrepreneur.
About Seiven
Based in Rennes, Brittany, Seiven offers a complete range of services for over 3,000 post-mortem professionals (forensic pathologists, thanatopractors, funeral assistants and marble masons), from body conservation to the delivery of funeral monuments. The group operates across the entire post-mortem value chain.
Seiven represents 8 brands (GPG GRANIT, GLOG, Ecopierre, La Collection GPG & Cordeiro, ISOFROID Funéraire, ISOFROID Thanato, ISOFROID Médical, La Compagnie des Cimetières), 100 employees, 3 sites in France and sales of €35 million by 2024.
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About GENEO Capital Entrepreneur
GENEO Capital Entrepreneur's raison d'être is to provide the real economy with positive finance that reconciles performance and meaning.
Designed to unlock the value-creation, job-creation and impact-creation potential of SMEs and ETIs, GENEO Capital Entrepreneur has nearly 740 million euros under management. In particular, it manages the "evergreen" investment company GENEO Capital, whose capital is majority-owned by families and entrepreneurs. GENEO provides agile capital that adapts to the pace of each company, bringing responsiveness and flexibility.
As a business partner and mission-driven company, GENEO mobilizes to provide support for the execution of structuring, growth and transformation projects through a "Carnet de croissance" tailored to each company and supported by its teams, including specialized "business partners" (external growth, liability structuring, operational and financial performance, positive impact, digital and innovation) and a platform of over 70 independent experts. Its Community of over 260 families and entrepreneurs also offers a unique opportunity to share experiences and build a business network unrivalled in France.
Fascinated by those who make, create and want to move the lines, the Geneo team's sole ambition is to take each entrepreneur's ambition to the highest level.
Find out more at www.geneocapitalentrepreneur.com, LinkedIn, YouTube
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Investors :
GENEO Capital Entrepreneur (Marc Dupuy, Ophélie Diss) Unexo (Antoine Martiarena, Romain David) Sodero (Jean-Claude Cobat, Romain Engrand) Bpifrance (Alain Fakhoury, Emma Picard) Sodero (Jean-Claude Cobat, Romain Engrand) Investor tips M&A: Forvis Mazars (Matthieu Boye, Hakim Toumani) Legal: VGG & Associés (Fréderic Griller, Aurore Ducher), Forvis Mazars Avocats (Jérôme Gertler, Anne Sendra) Finance: Forvis Mazars TS (Nicolas Guillo, Giray Tozalgan) Tax: Forvis Mazars Avocats (Losif Cozea) Social : Forvis Mazars Avocats (Katia Vinay) Transferors : Siparex (Pierre Bordeaux Montrieux, Matthieu Adoir, Claire Morel) Advice for sellers : M&A: Edmond de Rothschild (Julien Donarier, Tristan Gonnord, Manon Langlo) Financing: Edmond de Rothschild (Paul Assael, Arthur de Latour) Legal: Joffe & Associés (Christophe Joffe, Charlotte Viandaz, Océanne Lewden, Clément Peillet), Hoalen (Hélène Magineau) Finance : Grant Thornton (Frédéric Zeitoun, Ali Mazouzi, Anh Toan Dinh)
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Company
Seiven - Investor Managers : Alexis Jubert, Guillaume Schaeffer, Damien Mercier, Céline Moisdon, Alina Grasland Banks : Crédit Agricole Ille et Vilaine (Benjamin Sammartino, Nicolas Quere, Iman Omar), Arkea (Brendan Gianoncelli, Guillaume Legrand), Société Générale (Aurélien Garnier, Benoît Douard, Adrien Padel), Groupama AM (Caroline Bouchard, Leatitia Iguercha), CIC (Grégoire Tardif, Ionela Enescu) Council banks : Hogan Lovells (Sabine Bironneau Loy), Squair (Blandine Gény) |
Press contact
For GENEO Capital Entrepreneur : Hugues de Tournemire - 06 67 07 22 33 - hdetournemire@bcadvisory.fr
