We invest
We embark
We accelerate
F-SAIL is an entrepreneurial investment and support holding. We invest in ambitious teams & leaders to contribute to their trajectory: takeovers, structuring, product, operations, technology and artificial intelligence.
Invest in potential. Build the trajectory.
Are you a fund, company or partner? Let’s talk about working together →Entrepreneurship is like setting out to sea.
You cannot command the wind. You read it, listen to it, and put it to work. Setting out to sea means accepting the unexpected — and choosing your course anyway.
Our role is to set that course, reduce the risks at every stage and stay on board when decisions matter. We bring capital, entrepreneurial experience and hands-on execution across business, IT and AI.
When the company is ready to accelerate, the leader remains at the helm.
F-SAIL acts as an operator-investor: involved in the defining moments, respectful of leaders’ autonomy and committed for the long run.
An investor who executes with you.
Tickets sized to the stage and needs of the project, from pre-seed to Series A. We make 3 to 10 new investments per year.
Long-term involvement, at the moments when structural decisions matter: hiring, priorities, pivots, financing and growth.
With Agence GW, we can contribute hands-on to product, data, AI, business tools, integrations and operational structuring.
A targeted network of entrepreneurs, operators, investors and funds, mobilised whenever it creates real value for the company.
One same standard: building companies that last & scale.
We invest from pre-seed to Series A, as well as alongside established companies going through a takeover, consolidation or transformation phase. We favour projects where our entrepreneurial experience and our IT and AI execution capabilities can make a concrete difference.
Companies whose model combines economic potential and positive contribution: climate, health, education, inclusion or new consumption habits.
DTC, marketplaces, next-generation retail, brands, physical products and services with strong structuring potential.
Software, infrastructure, business tools, AI agents and vertical solutions that concretely transform operations.
Established companies to take over, with unique know-how, to consolidate, modernise or scale up through business expertise, IT and AI.
Stakes in funds and private equity opportunities aligned with our convictions on impact, resilience and technology.
Building partnerships that matter.
F-SAIL works with funds, established companies, family offices, business angels, operators in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and technology partners who want to identify new opportunities or move growth projects forward.
We get involved in co-investments, transformation projects, takeovers and consolidations, commercial collaborations or qualified introductions within our ecosystem.
Our role: bring together the right capital, the right skills and the right operators to turn intent into execution.
Sharing convictions.
Identifying and studying opportunities alongside funds, Business Angels and investors who know their sector.
Putting execution to work.
Mobilising Agence GW’s business, IT and AI expertise to structure, modernise and push the most concrete projects forward.
Creating the right connections.
Bringing together companies, leaders, investors and technologies when complementarity can create value.
The companies and ecosystems we support.
Direct investments
Companies in which F-SAIL is directly involved, financially and operationally.
Through our funds & vehicles
F-SAIL also supports the ecosystem as an investor in partner funds. The companies shown below are supported or held by the funds concerned; they are not necessarily direct holdings of F-SAIL.
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Official logos of portfolio companies.
Four steps, no grey area.
- 01Application
You present your project in a few minutes. Deck, link or context note: the essentials to understand your ambition.
- 02Conversation
If there is a fit, we arrange a conversation with an entrepreneur. Goal: understand the project, the stakes and the next steps.
- 03Decision
A clear answer, positive or negative, within a stated timeframe. We respect your time and ours.
- 04Commitment
Terms validated, investment made, then long-term support based on the company’s challenges.
Let’s talk about what you want to build.
Running an entrepreneurial project, exploring a co-investment or developing a partnership? Give us the context. We read every request with care.
At the helm: capital, industry expertise and execution.
F-SAIL is an investment holding built on more than 25 years of entrepreneurship and experience from its leader Olivier SIMON. From developing traditional businesses to setting up and running IT and AI projects.
With Agence GW, F-SAIL has the hands-on capacity to design, structure and deploy products, tools and operational transformations.
SAIL evokes movement, course and the energy needed to move forward. It is also a crew, a family story, driven by entrepreneurial standards and a long-term vision.
We look for projects where our involvement can genuinely change the trajectory, not just top up a funding round.