GLISCO

What GLISCO does

GLISCO is a privately held French investment holding company (SARL) founded in 2021 by Gérald Bertin and headquartered in Vire, Normandy, with registered capital of €785,600. Its stated strategy is to take targeted equity participations in high-growth sectors — artificial intelligence, professional events, connected health, responsible food, and senior living — while providing strategic expertise, network access, and long-term vision to portfolio companies. The portfolio comprises eight entities: two wholly-owned subsidiaries (WSF, a web and AI agency employing a PhD in AI; and Long Island Factory, organizer of Forces Françaises de l'Industrie (FFI) events in the Grand Ouest region), plus minority stakes in Station V (innovation hub), Résiloft (senior services residence), Synodeia (investment advisory), Arterya (connected health, board seat), Resan (responsible food), and La Forge IA (AI laboratory co-developing custom language models).

GLISCO's business model combines investment returns (capital gains, dividends, and value creation across portfolio holdings) with professional services revenue from a confidential business acquisition and cession advisory line targeting company directors and investors. The advisory service is delivered through a quote-based, engagement-by-engagement model, with intake via a structured website inquiry form capturing sector, company size, revenue range, location, budget, timeline, and motivation. Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven: the firm relies on its corporate website, referrals generated through Long Island Factory's executive events and Station V's ecosystem, and confidentiality guarantees rather than broad consumer marketing. Operations are concentrated in Normandy and the Grand Ouest region of France, with no disclosed international footprint.

Name

GLISCO

Legal name

GLISCO

Website

https://glisco.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

GLISCO is a privately held French investment holding company (SARL) founded in 2021 by Gérald Bertin, holding equity stakes in eight companies across AI, connected health, professional events, senior living, responsible food, and strategic investment, and offering confidential business acquisition and cession advisory services to company directors and investors in Normandy and Grand Ouest.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Vire

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Investment Returns and Capital Gains: GLISCO generates returns through equity participation in portfolio companies including WSF (100% owned), Long Island Factory (100% owned), Station V, Résiloft, Synodeia, Arterya, Resan, and La Forge IA. Returns are realized through capital gains, dividends, and value creation in these investments.
2. Acquisition and Cession Advisory Services: GLISCO provides business acquisition and transfer services to company owners and investors, helping them find opportunities aligned with their criteria. The company identifies and matches acquirers with sellers for growth, transmission, or diversification projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

GLISCO is a French investment holding company that acquires equity stakes in a diversified portfolio of companies spanning artificial intelligence, connected health, professional events, responsible food, and senior living. In parallel, it provides tailored acquisition and business sale advisory services to entrepreneurs and company directors seeking growth, transmission, or diversification.

Product overview

GLISCO is an investment holding company (holding d'investissement) that operates as a portfolio of specialized subsidiaries rather than a single unified product. The company holds majority or minority stakes in eight distinct portfolio companies across technology, events, real estate, healthcare, and food sectors: WSF (web and AI agency), Long Island Factory (professional events), Station V (innovation ecosystem), Résiloft (senior living), Synodeia (strategic investment), Arterya (connected health), Resan (responsible food), and La Forge IA (AI laboratory). GLISCO also offers business acquisition and sale advisory services. The portfolio companies operate independently while benefiting from GLISCO's strategic expertise, network, and long-term vision.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Acquisition & Cession Advisory Service

Segments2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature2 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Exor: European-listed holding company applying patient capital and concentrated governance to diversified operating businesses. Compares to GLISCO on the listed-style long-duration holding model, though Exor's portfolio scale and global footprint are many multiples larger.
• Eurazeo: Paris-listed French investment firm with private equity, venture, and growth strategies across diversified sectors. Comparable as a multi-strategy French investment platform, with much greater AUM, institutional backing, and international reach.
• Wendel: Paris-listed French investment holding with diversified industrial and innovation stakes and active board governance. Compares to GLISCO on the holding-company architecture, though Wendel operates at materially larger scale and across larger targets.
• PAI Partners: Paris-headquartered European private equity firm with active ownership models in mid-market companies. Comparable to GLISCO on French roots, sector-agnostic investing, and active portfolio support, though at much larger cheque sizes.
• Bpifrance: French public investment bank backing French SMEs and innovation ecosystems through direct equity, venture, and acceleration programs. Compares to GLISCO on a France-rooted, sector-diverse investment thesis, including active support of innovation hubs reminiscent of Station V.

Direct peers

• Mérieux Equity: French family-controlled investment holding vehicle backing innovative French companies with active portfolio support — the same family-office-style, hands-on model that GLISCO applies to its 8 holdings. Closest structural comparable among French small-caps.

Regional players

• Sofina: Belgian-listed European investment holding providing growth capital and strategic guidance to consumer, digital, and healthcare companies. Comparable on patient cross-sector holding model, though Sofina's European (non-French) primary footprint and public markets access set it apart.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/glisco-groupe

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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