Firms

GO Capital

Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande, Brittany, France

GO Capital is an independent French venture and innovation-capital manager established in 2003. Its legal operator is GO CAPITAL SAS, registered in Rennes under 445 284 458 and authorized by the AMF on July 28, 2003 as portfolio management company GP 03019. Its registered office is in Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande near Rennes, with regional investment offices across France. The firm backs technological businesses from seed development through expansion, spanning biotechnology, medical technology, digital and artificial intelligence, industrial deep technology, maritime innovation and environmental transition. Its regional fund families include GO Capital Amorçage, Ouest Ventures and Loire Valley Invest; impact strategies include Impact Océan Capital and Sustainable Water Fund. It also advises or manages delegated regional investment vehicles, whose owners and legal structures are distinct from the manager. Its current directory publishes three managing partners, investment and operations professionals, a compliance partner and six venture partners. Healthcare partner Leila Nicolas has training in cellular biology and neuroscience, and venture partner Jean-Marc Herbert has pharmaceutical thrombosis-research experience. A primary manager announcement confirms that GO Capital led the 2019 extension of stroke-drug developer Acticor Biotech’s Series B. Its own portfolio also includes medical devices, computational engineering, photonics, robotics and digital rehabilitation businesses. Portfolio technologies and research goals are not blanket regulatory approvals. Reported assets under management or advice and investment ticket ranges are not fund cash closes, while advisory mandates are distinguished from funds legally managed by the firm.

Founded: 2003
Type: Venture capital

Funds13

InvESS’t NA2026-06-122026-06-12€8M
Social/solidarity-economy and impact regional fund managed by GO Capital. Own June12,2026 announcement explicitly confirms EUR8M first closing;20M target/hardcap is excluded. Named institutions are fundLPs, not manager fundraising buyers inferred here.
LVI22023-05-222023-05-22€14M
Successor regional innovation FPCI. Own May22,2023 release explicitly reports EUR14M first closing;23M hardcap excluded.2024review confirms later fund closure without a separately disclosed final amount;14M remains initial completed snapshot, not final size.
GOCA32023-02-162023-02-16€45M
FPCI third regional seed vehicle. Own release February16,2023 identifies EUR45M at opening, distinct from its >60M target. Its2024 review confirms final closure but does not disclose this vehicle’s final amount separately; recorded45M is the primary-supported initial closing snapshot, not final size. No allocation from combined120M across threefunds.
OV42021-12-092021-12-09€40M
French regional innovation FPCI. Manager December9,2021 announcement explicitly reports EUR40M first closing; at-least50M target is excluded. Current legal reporting confirms continuing OV4 vehicle. Exact final size/date not claimed.
GO Capital Amorçage——
French seed FPCI. Own current fund page confirms the first seed vehicle; manager retrospective dates its launch to 2012. Combined first-two-funds fundraising of EUR131M in December2022 is not allocated to this vehicle without primary split; actual individual amount/date unknown.
GO Capital Amorçage II—€70M
French seed FPCI launched in April2017. The manager’s October2018 issuer-distributed announcement explicitly identifies EUR70M subscribed capital and named institutional/entrepreneur LPs. This is a historical subscribed-size snapshot, not a separately proven final-close day. The later2022 combinedI/II EUR131M figure is not an additional vehicle raise.
Impact Océan Capital—€60M
Maritime innovation FPCI, Article9SFDR. Opened January26,2023 with >30M first closing. Own2024review explicitly confirms finalized closing at EUR60M, superseding earlier70M target; current ownfundpage also identifies60Mendowment. Final calendar day notdisclosed, NULL. Initial and final snapshots are one fund, not cumulative separate raises.
Loire Valley Invest—€21M
Regional seed/innovation FPCI launched in April2017. Own manager July22,2021 retrospective confirms EUR21.5M subscribed endowment and named LPs. Exact original closing day undisclosed, retainedNULL. Cumulative portfolio investment is not new fund cash.