Aviwest x Go Capital - Groupe Turenne - Sodero Gestion - UNEXO

AVIWEST helps its customers respond to live video production and contribution challenges by providing them with reliable, affordable systems that guarantee exceptional video quality from any filming location. Its product ecosystem includes a full range of mobile devices, from smartphone applications to video transmitters and encoders, reception, decoding and network management servers, along with related professional services. Headquartered in Saint-Grégoire, AVIWEST supports video professionals worldwide through its many subsidiaries and a distribution network that spans nearly 160 countries.

GO CAPITAL is an independent company that manages over €200 million in seed and venture capital investment funds, investing in innovative technology companies based in Western and Central France. GO CAPITAL manages five professional private equity funds (GO CAPITAL Amorçage I and II, Ouest Ventures II and III and Loire Valley Invest). Since its creation, GO CAPITAL has invested in over 100 companies, mainly in the digital, healthcare and energy transition fields. The Ouest Ventures III fund, which invests within Aviwest, brings together entrepreneurs from Western France, Bpifrance, the Brittany region and the Loire region, as well as banking partners (BNP Paribas, BPO, BPA, CIC Ouest and CM Arkea).

Turenne Group, a leading private equity firm in France, has helped business owners carry out their innovation, development and transfer projects for 20 years. As an independent player, the group managed €1 billion as of 30 June 2019. It employs 61 professionals, including 46 investors, based in Paris, Lille (Nord Capital), Lyon, Marseille and Metz, who provide assistance to more than 250 business owners in the healthcare, hospitality, new technologies, distribution and innovative services sectors. Turenne Group advocates a Socially Responsible Investor (SRI) approach. It provides financial support and runs the Béatrice Denys Foundation for Therapeutic Innovation, which rewards the most successful projects within French academic medical research, as well as the Association Banlieue Sans Frontières en Action (BSFA), whose mission is to improve the living conditions of suburban residents.

Sodero Gestion, a subsidiary of Caisse d’Epargne Bretagne Pays de Loire, is a leading private equity firm in the western part of France, with offices in Nantes, Rennes and Brest. With equity interests in more than 120 regional companies, in 2020 Sodero Gestion has €250 million under management to finance transfer and development projects through minority and majority investments. Sodero Gestion is a long-term investor that supports managers and their companies through its active involvement in regional economies.

UNEXO, the Crédit Agricole Group’s investment fund, supports managers and entrepreneurs in the western part of France in the fields of innovation, development, transfer and debt funds. Its innovation capital funds help support companies that are shaping tomorrow’s economy through technological innovations (Deep Tech), usage innovations and impact innovations (Tech For Good). UNEXO contributes to economic growth by keeping decision-making centres and jobs in the regions and has stakes in some 100 companies as a minority shareholder.