Imagine & Sens

What Imagine & Sens does

Imagine & Sens is a French B2B event communication agency, founded in 2007 by Christelle Gonnet and headquartered in Lissieu near Lyon. The firm designs and delivers corporate events for French enterprises, with a documented portfolio spanning more than 100 projects across 17+ years and verticals including energy (TotalEnergies), luxury eyewear (Kering), insurance (April, ALPTIS), banking (Banque Populaire Auvergne Rhône-Alpes), home appliances (Groupe SEB), automotive (Porsche, Miroiterie Paulhac), healthcare (Fresenius Medical Care), chocolate (Valrhona), and construction (Vicat, Eiffage). Event scale ranges from 12-person internal team meetings to 1,000-guest anniversary celebrations.

The agency's offering is organized around four interconnected service pillars: "Démentiel Événementiel" (full-service event management from concept to on-site execution), "Monumentales Digitales" (remote, hybrid, and digital event formats), "Super scénique méga graphique" (scenography, stage design, and visual ambiance), and "Étonnants Communicants" (corporate communication devices and federating messaging strategy). The firm operates no proprietary software platform; its core technology consists of creative concept development, scenography design, vendor orchestration, and registered travel-operator status (IM069140005) enabling in-house packaging of incentive trips. The agency holds LUCIE Progress sustainability certification and has institutionalized eco-designed events, local sourcing, and on-site beehives (2024).

Revenue is generated through project-based professional service fees charged to corporate clients. Pricing is bespoke per engagement with no publicly disclosed rates. Distribution is exclusively direct: clients are acquired via the agency's website portfolio (100+ documented events), its bimonthly newsletter "Les Étonnantes" (36+ editions since July 2016), social channels (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram), referrals, and inbound inquiries through website contact and phone (04 81 76 26 00). Geographic scope is primarily Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and broader France, with extension into international destinations (Corsica, Morocco, Hungary, Spain, Portugal) via local implementation partners such as Corsica Events. The firm is privately held with no external institutional investment, no parent company, and a headcount of 1-10.

Name

Imagine & Sens

Legal name

IMAGINE ET SENS

Website

https://imagine-et-sens.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Imagine & Sens is a Lyon-based B2B event communication agency designing and delivering corporate events — seminars, conventions, anniversary celebrations, incentive trips, and digital/hybrid events — for French enterprise clients across more than 17 years of operation, with 100+ documented projects and LUCIE Progress sustainability certification.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Event Management Services

NAICS

Advertising Agencies (541810), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

Brand Activations & Experiential Campaign Design (MPAAAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Activation/Experiential Creative Agencies (MPAAAAAO), Event Production & Technical Services (AV/Lighting/Staging) (MPAAAGAB), Creative Concepting & Campaign Development (BPAFAEAD)

Keywords

• Corporate event planning
• Event management services
• Scenography design
• Digital event production
• Incentive travel

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint-maur-des-fossés

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Event planning and execution services: Imagine & Sens charges corporate clients for the design, planning, and on-site coordination of professional events including seminars, conventions, corporate evenings, incentive trips, product launches, and digital events. Revenue is project-based, earned through professional service fees, production costs, and logistical coordination charges.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Imagine & Sens is a corporate event communication agency that designs, plans, and executes corporate events for business clients. Its core offering spans seminars, conventions, corporate evenings, incentive trips, product launches, anniversaries, and digital events, integrating creative concept design, scenography, on-site coordination, and corporate communication strategy. The agency is sold as a turnkey service, delivered by a small in-house team supplemented by partner suppliers.

Product overview

Imagine & Sens is a Lyon-based corporate event communication agency offering a unified suite of event planning services. The core offering consists of four interconnected service pillars: Démentiel Événementiel (full-service event management), Monumentales Digitales (digital and hybrid event solutions), Super scénique méga graphique (scenography and stage design), and Étonnants Communicants (corporate communication devices). The agency specializes in corporate seminars, conventions, incentive trips, team-building activities, anniversary celebrations, and client events, providing end-to-end organization from concept to execution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Démentiel Événementiel

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100 distinct event projects documented on the agency website across multiple years
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers29 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Corsica EventsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal event partner in Corsica used for incentive trips and seminars on the island. Collaborated on the Télédiag 15-year anniversary seminar in Bastia area and the Advance Capital incentive seminar in Calvi.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Time One Event: French corporate event agency delivering seminars, conventions, product launches and incentive trips for French and international clients. Directly comparable in service mix and target buyer to Imagine & Sens.
• Living Box: Lyon-based creative event and communication agency offering corporate events, scenography and digital communication services. Operates in the same regional market as Imagine & Sens with an overlapping mid-to-large enterprise client base.
• GL Events: Lyon-headquartered, listed French leader in event services, venue management and event production across trade shows, corporate events and congresses. Operates the same B2B services Imagine & Sens provides (corporate event design and execution) but at vastly larger scale and with venues in-house.
• Wikao: French corporate event and incentive agency providing event design, scenography and production across France and abroad. Direct competitor to Imagine & Sens on enterprise corporate event mandates and on the same mid-market digital/scenography communications plays.
• Comevents: French event communication agency specialized in corporate events, conventions, seminars and incentive trips with a national footprint. Closely aligned service portfolio and target customer base (mid-size and large French corporations) to Imagine & Sens.
• Opus Events: France-based corporate event and incentive agency offering similar end-to-end design and execution of corporate events, conventions and incentive travel. Directly comparable in service scope and French enterprise client focus, though typically at larger scale than Imagine & Sens.

Broad incumbents

• Publicis Live: Live communication and event production division of Publicis Groupe, delivering corporate events, brand activations and live experiences globally. Competes with Imagine & Sens for the same enterprise event budgets but with the resources and geographic reach of the Publicis network.
• MCI Group: Global meetings, events and association management firm serving associations, corporations and communities. Overlaps with Imagine & Sens on corporate event design and convention delivery, but at much broader portfolio and international scale.
• Havas Events (Havas Creative): Event and experiential arm of Havas, the global advertising and communications network. Comparable as a full-service communications provider with strong event and experiential capabilities, but operating as part of a much larger network of media, creative and PR services.

Emerging players

• Eventis: Digital event platform and agency serving corporate events with hybrid/virtual event tooling. Competes only partially with Imagine & Sens (focusing on the digital/hybrid layer) and represents both a competitive overlap and a potential technology partner for Imagine & Sens's Monumentales Digitales offer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Imagineetsens
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/imagine-et-sens
• Instagraminstagram.com/imagineetsens

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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