# Kima Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Kima Ventures is a vc firm based in France. 858 investments on record, 78 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Kima Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 858 cheques on record.

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Deploying now VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Anti-thematic Sector Agnostic Life Sciences Tools

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**80%** of best year **78** **cheques in 12 months**, 858 on record

Since the last cheque **9** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$4.2M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $200K** Rounds led **0 of 858** Sole investor **206 rounds** Exits **16 from the portfolio** Mostly in **France, 76%**

Pitch Kima Ventures

## Kima Ventures highlights

- 01 78 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 79% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 206 rounds, median $179K
- 04 16 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> We invest 150k one off tickets in 100 new deals per year. Any stage, deal size & sector. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $100K – $200K as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Anti-thematic Sector Agnostic Life Sciences Tools
- **Based in:** Paris, France
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **858 appearances**

- **2026** 61 rounds
- **Oct** **[Weflayr](https://millionrounds.com/company/weflayr)** Pre-seed · FR · 13books Capital **$2.5M** With 5 others
- **Oct** **[Gradient](https://millionrounds.com/company/gradient)** Pre-seed · US · Tech Funding News **$4.0M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Verso](https://millionrounds.com/company/verso)** Seed · FR · Firms' own news pages **$6.0M** With 5 others
- **Oct** **[Netsec](https://millionrounds.com/company/netsec)** Series A · FR · Firms' own news pages **$10M** With 8 others
- **Sept** **[Nūmi](https://millionrounds.com/company/numi)** Grant · FR **$4.3M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[üma Laboratories](https://millionrounds.com/company/uma-laboratories)** Seed · FR **$4.6M** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Reecall](https://millionrounds.com/company/reecall)** Venture · FR **$4.0M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Ed.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/edai)** Seed · FR **$5.8M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[One Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/one-biosciences)** Grant · FR **$3.8M** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Shiplong](https://millionrounds.com/company/shiplong)** Pre-seed · FR **$1.0M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Ascendance](https://millionrounds.com/company/ascendance)** Series B · FR **$16M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Klaimee](https://millionrounds.com/company/klaimee)** Seed · US **$5.5M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Panora](https://millionrounds.com/company/panora)** Seed · US **$5.1M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[ZML](https://millionrounds.com/company/zml)** Seed · FR **$20M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Rivage](https://millionrounds.com/company/rivage)** Seed · FR **$1.7M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Aria](https://millionrounds.com/company/aria)** Debt · US **$275M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Kyber](https://millionrounds.com/company/kyber)** Seed · FR · Silicon Canals **$5.0M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Alta Ares](https://millionrounds.com/company/alta-ares)** Series A · FR · Ventureburn **$58M** With 5 others
- **Jun** **[Comand AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/comand-ai)** Series A · FR **$37M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[CardNexus](https://millionrounds.com/company/cardnexus)** Pre-seed · FR **$4.1M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Noa](https://millionrounds.com/company/noa)** Seed · FR **$5.8M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Waniwani](https://millionrounds.com/company/waniwani)** Seed · US **$8.0M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Upstream](https://millionrounds.com/company/upstream)** Pre-seed · FR **$500K** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Kalipso](https://millionrounds.com/company/kalipso)** Seed · GB **$3.2M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Macrodata Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/macrodata-labs)** Pre-seed · FR **$4.0M** With 1 other
- **May** **[Olyzon](https://millionrounds.com/company/olyzon)** Series A · Ventureburn **$10M** With 3 others
- **May** **[Audion](https://millionrounds.com/company/audion)** Series B · FR · Ventureburn **$15M** With 3 others
- **May** **[OpsMill](https://millionrounds.com/company/opsmill)** Series A · FR · Ventureburn **$14M** With 4 others
- **May** **[OneFlash](https://millionrounds.com/company/oneflash)** Series A · FR **$4.1M** Sole investor
- **May** **[Lucis](https://millionrounds.com/company/lucis)** Series A · FR **$8.5M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Mokn](https://millionrounds.com/company/mokn)** Series A · FR **$15M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Sillage](https://millionrounds.com/company/sillage)** Pre-seed · FR **$2.0M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Five Lives](https://millionrounds.com/company/five-lives)** Venture · GB **$2.0M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Cleo Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/cleo-labs)** Venture · FR **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Playruo (eShot Labs)](https://millionrounds.com/company/playruo-eshot-labs)** Venture · FR **$2.5M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Plume](https://millionrounds.com/company/plume)** Seed · US **$500K** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Escape](https://millionrounds.com/company/escape)** Series A · Ventureburn **$18M** With 5 others
- **Mar** **[Living Models](https://millionrounds.com/company/living-models)** Seed · FR **$7.0M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Depot](https://millionrounds.com/company/depot)** Series A · US **$10M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Animaj](https://millionrounds.com/company/animaj)** Venture · FR **Undisclosed** With 5 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

We hold **8** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**2+** funds on file numbered funds in its name

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**10** of 10 we have independently watched raise

[Agicap](https://millionrounds.com/company/agicap)[Airbyte](https://millionrounds.com/company/airbyte)[Alan](https://millionrounds.com/company/alan)[Deel](https://millionrounds.com/company/deel)[Harmattan](https://millionrounds.com/company/harmattan-ai)[Mistral](https://millionrounds.com/company/mistral-ai)[Pennylane](https://millionrounds.com/company/pennylane)[Photoroom](https://millionrounds.com/company/photoroom)[Pigment](https://millionrounds.com/company/pigment)[Sorare](https://millionrounds.com/company/sorare)

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **16 in all**

**[Aiden.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/aiden-ai)** Bought by [Twitter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/twitter) **Undisclosed** Nov 2019

**[Dispatch](https://millionrounds.com/company/dispatch)** Bought by [Amazon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amazon) **Undisclosed** Nov 2017

**[Dishcrawl](https://millionrounds.com/company/dishcrawl)** Bought by Dinner Lab **Undisclosed** Dec 2015

**[Leetchi](https://millionrounds.com/company/leetchi)** Bought by [Crédit Mutuel Arkéa](https://millionrounds.com/fund/credit-mutuel-arkea) **Undisclosed** Sept 2015

**[Hitch](https://millionrounds.com/company/hitch)** Bought by [Lyft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lyft) **Undisclosed** Sept 2014

**[AppMakr](https://millionrounds.com/company/appmakr)** Bought by Infinite Monkeys **Undisclosed** Aug 2013

**[ecomom](https://millionrounds.com/company/ecomom)** Bought by GreenCupboards **Undisclosed** Apr 2013

**[Visual Revenue](https://millionrounds.com/company/visual-revenue)** Bought by Outbrain **Undisclosed** Mar 2013

**[Boxcar](https://millionrounds.com/company/boxcar)** Bought by ProcessOne **Undisclosed** Feb 2013

**[Kukunu](https://millionrounds.com/company/kukunu)** Bought by Rundavoo **Undisclosed** Dec 2012

**[Adility](https://millionrounds.com/company/adility)** Bought by InComm **Undisclosed** Dec 2012

**[Scoville](https://millionrounds.com/company/scoville)** Bought by Rundavoo **Undisclosed** Dec 2012

**[Treatful](https://millionrounds.com/company/treatful)** Bought by OpenTable **$4.0M** Aug 2012

**[Boxcar](https://millionrounds.com/company/boxcar)** Bought by Evercontact **Undisclosed** Jul 2012

**[Sparrow](https://millionrounds.com/company/sparrow)** Bought by [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) **$25M** Jul 2012

**[Rapportive](https://millionrounds.com/company/rapportive)** Bought by [LinkedIn](https://millionrounds.com/fund/linkedin) **$15M** Feb 2012

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$4.2M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$179K**

Led 0 of 858 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $200K
- **Sole investor:** 206 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026
- **Exits:** 16 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *527*
- Series A said *103*
- Venture *76*
- Pre-seed said *62*
- Series B *33*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Bpifrance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bpifrance) 75
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 55
- [Seedcamp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedcamp) 42
- [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) 36
- [Fabrice Grinda](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fabrice-grinda) 24
- [Partech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/partech) 24

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Kima Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Bpifrance** Government **75** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bpifrance)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **55** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Seedcamp** VC firm **42** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedcamp)[**500 Global** Angel **36** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)[**Fabrice Grinda** Angel **24** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fabrice-grinda)[**Partech Ventures** VC firm **24** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/partech)[**Founders Future** Accelerator **22** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-future)[**Purple** VC firm **22** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/purple-laurent-ritter-s-fund)[**Motier Ventures** Family office **21** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/motier-ventures)[**Plug and Play** Accelerator **21** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play)[**Speedinvest** VC firm **20** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/speedinvest)[**Better Angle** VC firm **19** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/better-angle)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Kima Ventures put money into.

[**Gradient** $4.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/gradient)[**Verso** $6.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/verso)[**Nūmi** $4.3M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/numi)[**üma Laboratories** $4.6M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/uma-laboratories)[**Reecall** $4.0M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/reecall)[**Ed.ai** $5.8M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/edai)

## On podcasts

2 episodes naming Kima Ventures in the title, and 1 more that mention it.

- [This Much I Know](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-much-i-know) 21 Jul 2016 · 40 min Vincent Jacobs, Partner at Kima Ventures With [Vincent Jacobs](https://millionrounds.com/person/vincent-jacobs) Mentions [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures)[Ventures Together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ventures-together) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Tech.eu](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tech-eu) 21 Sept 2015 · 21 min Three new European funds, Europe's relationship with failure, BlaBlaCar and Kima Ventures Mentions [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures)[Lakestar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lakestar)[Nauta Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nauta-capital) *+1* Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 17 May 2019 · 31 min 20VC: How To Build True Human Relationships with VC Pre-Investment, Why Valuation Is Not The Only Term and When To Take Lower Offers & How To Approach Mental Health As A Founder with Jon Dishotsky, Founder & CEO @ Starcity Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Kima Ventures

### What does Kima Ventures invest in?

Kima Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (79% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Anti-thematic, Sector Agnostic and Life Sciences Tools.

### How active is Kima Ventures?

858 investments on record, 78 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Kima Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Weflayr (Pre-seed, Oct 2026), Gradient (Pre-seed, Oct 2026) and Verso (Seed, Oct 2026).

### How big are Kima Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $4.2M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $200K.

### Does Kima Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 858 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Kima Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in France (76%), the United States (18%) and the United Kingdom (5%).

### Is Kima Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 78 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Kima Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Bpifrance (75 rounds together), Y Combinator (55 rounds together) and Seedcamp (42 rounds together).

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