Venture capital firm
Kima Ventures
Kima Ventures is a Paris-headquartered venture capital firm that operates as the primary early-stage investment vehicle of French billionaire technology entrepreneur Xavier Niel (founder of Iliad/Free, Station F, and École 42). Founded in 2010 by Xavier Niel and Jérémie Berrebi, the firm positions itself as one of the world's most hyperactive early-stage investors, executing a high-velocity, sector-agnostic strategy that has traditionally backed two to three startups per week globally. Kima Ventures operates as a long-term general partner and family office, injecting initial, high-conviction checks into pre-seed, seed, and early Series A financing rounds. The firm uses a streamlined decision-making architecture to support disruptive software architectures, digital marketplaces, consumer networks, and financial technologies with non-institutional corporate capital, prioritising teams with strong technical curves.
Investment focus
- Sectors
- Financial servicesEnergy and powerConsumerTechnologyTelecoms and digital infrastructureAgriculture and foodManufacturing and industrialsHealthcare
- Stages and strategies
- Pre-seedSeedSeries A
- Instruments
- Equity
- Regions
- Pan-African, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Americas, Australia
Sources
- Partner Researchers, accessed 14 November 2026