Kima Ventures
Paris-based angel investment arm of Xavier Niel making one-off early-stage investments of €150,000 or $150,000 in startups worldwide, at roughly two deals per week.
Kima Ventures is the angel investment arm of Xavier Niel. Founded in 2010 and based in Paris, the firm backs startup teams globally with one-off, early-stage investments. Its standard ticket is €150,000 or $150,000 per company, made as a single investment rather than staged follow-ons.
The investment model is defined by volume and speed. Kima Ventures states an investment pace of roughly two startups per week - two to three according to its LinkedIn profile - amounting to about 100 new deals a year. The firm invests sector-agnostic, with documented activity spanning artificial intelligence, financial technology, software, healthcare technology and consumer products. Decisions centre on the founding team and the market opportunity, and the firm moves quickly from decision to investment.
Support after investment is structured around practical help rather than board seats: guidance, introductions, access to shared resources and perks, and a dedicated platform through which portfolio founders manage their relationship with the firm. For investment professionals, the distinguishing feature of the mandate is the combination of a fixed, transparent cheque size with a high-throughput, global sourcing model - an angel-stage approach operated at institutional pace.