# Leila Nicolas

> Leila Nicolas is a seed investor at GO CAPITAL (Rennes) backing Biotechnology and Health Care. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [GO CAPITAL](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ouest-ventures)
- Location: Rennes, France
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leila-nicolas-guerlain-761936a

Leila Nicolas is a seed investor at GO CAPITAL in Rennes focused on Biotechnology and Health Care. Leila Nicolas - Investment Director @ GO CAPITAL

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 5 | 63% |
| Health Care | 4 | 50% |
| Medical Device | 3 | 38% |
| Medical | 2 | 25% |
| Biopharma | 2 | 25% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Series A | 2 | 25% |
| Series B | 2 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BrightHeart | BrightHeart is a medical technology startup that is developing artificial intelligence software to help diagnose congenital heart abnormalities in foetuses. | $12.8M | Series A | Jan 08, 2026 |  |
| Sirius NeoSight | Sirius NeoSight is a biotech and pharmaceutical company that detects subclinical neo-cancers and provide treatment for it. | $4.6M | Seed | Feb 04, 2025 |  |
| Brightflow | Brightflow operates as a medical device startup. | $18.2M | Series A | Sep 10, 2024 |  |
| Abcely | Abcely is a biotech firm that is working on a novel anti-cancer medication. | $2.6M | Seed | Sep 21, 2023 |  |
| VitaDX | VitaDX is a startup applying artificial intelligence to the healthcare sector, and more specifically to the early diagnosis of cancer by exploiting fluorescence imaging in favor of a first product, VisioCyt®, dedicated to the detection of cancer of the bladder. This solution will allow the diagnosis of bladder cancer from a simple urine sample toimprove the performance of urinary cytology conventionally used in first intention. | $1.1M |  | Sep 04, 2020 |  |
| Acticor Biotech | Acticor Biotech is a biopharmaceutical company developing an innovative drug for the treatment in the acute phase of ischemic stroke. Acticor Biotech’s project stems from the sheer need for new therapeutic options to manage stroke. According to the World Health Organization, 15 million people suffer stroke worldwide each year. Of these, 5 milliondies and another 5 million are permanently disabled. Stroke is the third cause of death in the world and the leading cause of death among women. It is also the first cause of adult acquired disabilities resulting from the neurological damages sustained by 75% of the survivors. However, only one treatment is presently recommended by health authorities and is it estimated that only 15% of ischemic stroke patients are treated with it, with less than 40% efficacy. So while this treatment is very useful for ischemic stroke, a major need for a new treatment capable of effectively treating a majority of ischemic stroke patients remains.Acticor Biotech was founded in November 2013 and is headquartered in Paris, France. | $7.7M | Series B | Nov 06, 2019 |  |
| Pherecydes Pharma | Pherecydes Pharma operator of an innovative biotechnologies company created to develop personalized phage therapy to treat bacterial infections. The company develops bacteriophages against infections and launched multicenter European phage therapy trial to evaluate phage therapy on infected burn wounds, recognize bacterial target attached to itsouter membrane, inject genetic material and reproduce in the host to make new phages that get out and repeat the same cycle, enabling doctors to detect and treat people and their environment against a large range of biothreat agents, including multi-resistant, emergent or previously uncharacterized bacteria. | $9.5M | Series B | Jan 16, 2018 |  |
| VitaDX | VitaDX is a startup applying artificial intelligence to the healthcare sector, and more specifically to the early diagnosis of cancer by exploiting fluorescence imaging in favor of a first product, VisioCyt®, dedicated to the detection of cancer of the bladder. This solution will allow the diagnosis of bladder cancer from a simple urine sample toimprove the performance of urinary cytology conventionally used in first intention. | $1.8M | Seed | Jun 06, 2017 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Karista](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karista) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Angels Santé](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angels-sant) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Auriga Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/auriga-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ODYSSEE VENTURE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/odyssee-venture) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ace Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ace-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Better Angle](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-angle) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About GO CAPITAL

VC Fund · Rennes, France

GO Capital is an independent management company and a major player in regional Seed and Venture Capital since 2003. With offices in Brittany, Pays de la Loire, Normandy, Centre-Val de Loire and the South of France, GO Capital contributes to the financing of responsible innovation in these regions. With a team of investors with complementarysectoral experience, we have a solid track-record in DeepTech. GO Capital has nearly 400 million euros under management, and mainly finances technology leaders in the digital and healthcare sectors and in the industry of the future.

5 contacts available at GO CAPITAL.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aude Kermarrec | Administration | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aude-kermarrec |
| Frederic Le Brun | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frederic-le-brun |
| Hervé BACHELOT LALLIER | Associate Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/herv%C3%A9-bachelot-lallier |
| Jerome Gueret | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jerome-gueret |
| Leila Nicolas | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leila-nicolas |

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## FAQ

### What does Leila Nicolas invest in?

Leila Nicolas invests primarily in Biotechnology, Health Care and Medical Device startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Leila Nicolas last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Leila Nicolas closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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