Profile
Mr. Thao Lane is a serial entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in the Telecom, software and service industries.
He founded OST that he grew to Euro 50 sales and sold to Newbridge (now part of Alcatel).
Thao also created AQL that he sold to Silicomp.
After 20 years of company management, Mr. Lane decided to dedicate his experience, time and energy to back newly created companies as a business angel and venture partner with Technocom and Newbury Ventures.
His current Board assignments include Lea and Avilinks.
Mr. Lane earned an MSc in Computer Science and a PhD in Signal Processing from Rennes university, France.
Former positions of Thao Lane
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|---|---|---|
GO Capital SAS
 GO Capital SAS Investment ManagersFinance GO Capital SAS (GO Capital) is an independent French private equity firm founded 2003 and is headquartered in Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande. Formerly known as Grand Ouest Gestion SAS, the firm's investors include regional and cooperative banks, Natixis and CDC PME.GO Capital is located in Rennes and focuses primarily on the northwest quarter of France, also known as Grand Ouest, which comprises the Brittany, Poitou-Charentes, Pays de la Loire and Basse Normandie regions. The firm manages the Ouest Ventures fund. | Private Equity Investor | 31/12/2011 |
OpenPortal Software SA
 OpenPortal Software SA Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services OpenPortal Software SA designs and develops software solutions for human resources management. The company was founded on April 3, 1995 and is headquartered in Beaucouze, France. | Director/Board Member | - |
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GO Capital SAS
GO Capital SAS Investment ManagersFinance GO Capital SAS (GO Capital) is an independent French private equity firm founded 2003 and is headquartered in Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande. Formerly known as Grand Ouest Gestion SAS, the firm's investors include regional and cooperative banks, Natixis and CDC PME.GO Capital is located in Rennes and focuses primarily on the northwest quarter of France, also known as Grand Ouest, which comprises the Brittany, Poitou-Charentes, Pays de la Loire and Basse Normandie regions. The firm manages the Ouest Ventures fund. | Finance |
OpenPortal Software SA
OpenPortal Software SA Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services OpenPortal Software SA designs and develops software solutions for human resources management. The company was founded on April 3, 1995 and is headquartered in Beaucouze, France. | Technology Services |
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