Kima Ventures

Kima Ventures, the angel investment arm of Xavier Niel, operates as the most active business angel in the world — backing 2 startups per week with standardized €150k one-off tickets across 100 new deals per year. The firm is sector-agnostic and invests globally, with a particular focus on French founders wherever they are in the world, from pre-seed through Series A. As Jean de La Rochebrochard wrote: 'We invest around $150k from pre-seed to series A in 100 new startups per year, only once per company… Whenever we speak with a founding team who share passion, ambition, obsession, resilience, talent… We wonder what could possibly go right; and if we believe there is a match between a market opportunity and a team that we like, we go for it.' Kima applies a radical diversification strategy with same-amount, same-terms deals and very fast decision-making (typically ~30 minutes), focusing on backing founders first over traditional traction metrics. The firm takes no follow-on positions, uses no lawyers on its side, and aims to be 'efficiently instrumental' — a joker in the hands of founders they will never regret. With 1,400+ investments and 17+ unicorns, Kima has demonstrated that a high-volume, thesis-agnostic approach can identify world-class companies across varied domains.