Kerala Ventures

Kerala Ventures is a VC firm investing in early-stage tech startups (SaaS, marketplaces, AI, data, tech-enabled services …) based in France. Their first investment ranges from €100K to €1.5M and their portfolio includes 10 companies (+ 1 successful exit). They are insanely focused on creating a unique value proposition for early-stage founders: - A strong operational support on hiring (93 recruitments for their portfolio since 2015 thanks to their private hiring network first20.club) - Actionable expertise in supporting growth (Doctolib, Lafourchette, Evaneos, ...) with hundreds of employees & tens of millions of Euros of revenue - Hands-on approach thanks to their operational background & their personal financial commitment in the deals they make

Antoine Freysz

Investment Team

Marc Laurent

Co-Founder

Samuel Lenoble

CFO

Olivier Occelli

Investment Team

Roméo Walter

Investment Team

31 past transactions

PlayPlay

Series A in 2020
PlayPlay is a simplest online tool to create premium video clips.

PickYourSkills

Series A in 2022
PickYourSkills is a SaaS solution helping companies to find the best match between their projects and their employees.

Doctolib

Seed Round in 2014
Doctolib is an online booking platform and management software provider for doctors in Europe working with 65 000 health practitioners, present in 1 300 health facilities. 25 million patients visit Doctolib website and mobile app every month. For doctors, Doctolib is a full-range service to improve bookings management, reduce no-show and bring new patients to your office. For patients, Doctolib is a free online service to find a nearby health practitioner and book doctor or dentist appointments 24/24 and 7/7 within a few clicks. Founded in 2013, Doctolib is based out of Paris, France.

Indy

Private Placement in 2018
Indy offers end-to-end and advanced AI-powered accounting software. Indy is an accounting robot that aims to automate the accounting of freelancers and professionals. It is an accounting robot for the liberal professions. It automates the management of accounting, recovers bank entries to turn them into accounting lines, and sends tax returns directly to an AGM. It was founded in 2016 as Georges by Côme Fouques, Pablo Larvor, Romain Koenig, and Adrien Plat to simplify independent accounting, which is certainly simple but repetitive and time-consuming.

PlayPlay

Private Placement in 2020
PlayPlay owns and operates an online video maker platform for marketing, social media, spots, retail, public sector, and communication sector. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Paris, France.

HostnFly

Private Placement in 2019
SAS HostnFly develops a platform to optimize revenue on platforms like Airbnb. It offers turnkey management of seasonal rentals by taking care of all the logistics related to Airbnb rental. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Paris, France.

Tracktor

Private Placement in 2019
Tracktor SAS operates an online platform for renting construction and construction equipment for construction professionals. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Paris, France.

PlayPlay

Private Placement in 2018
PlayPlay owns and operates an online video maker platform for marketing, social media, spots, retail, public sector, and communication sector. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Paris, France.

Skillup

Seed Round in 2017
Skillup has designed the new @Tripadvisor for professional trainings hosting over 20k trainings and 50k reviews. It aims at helping HR services to find the adequate trainig for employees.

Tracktor

Seed Round in 2017
Tracktor SAS operates an online platform for renting construction and construction equipment for construction professionals. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Paris, France.

PickYourSkills

Seed Round in 2019
PickYourSkills is a SaaS solution helping companies to find the best match between their projects and their employees.

HostnFly

Seed Round in 2017
SAS HostnFly develops a platform to optimize revenue on platforms like Airbnb. It offers turnkey management of seasonal rentals by taking care of all the logistics related to Airbnb rental. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Paris, France.

Tracktor

Venture Round in 2019
Tracktor SAS operates an online platform for renting construction and construction equipment for construction professionals. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Paris, France.

Doctolib

Series C in 2017
Doctolib is an online booking platform and management software provider for doctors in Europe working with 65 000 health practitioners, present in 1 300 health facilities. 25 million patients visit Doctolib website and mobile app every month. For doctors, Doctolib is a full-range service to improve bookings management, reduce no-show and bring new patients to your office. For patients, Doctolib is a free online service to find a nearby health practitioner and book doctor or dentist appointments 24/24 and 7/7 within a few clicks. Founded in 2013, Doctolib is based out of Paris, France.

PlayPlay

Seed Round in 2018
PlayPlay is a simplest online tool to create premium video clips.

Doctolib

Series B in 2015
Doctolib is an online booking platform and management software provider for doctors in Europe working with 65 000 health practitioners, present in 1 300 health facilities. 25 million patients visit Doctolib website and mobile app every month. For doctors, Doctolib is a full-range service to improve bookings management, reduce no-show and bring new patients to your office. For patients, Doctolib is a free online service to find a nearby health practitioner and book doctor or dentist appointments 24/24 and 7/7 within a few clicks. Founded in 2013, Doctolib is based out of Paris, France.

HostnFly

Series A in 2019
SAS HostnFly develops a platform to optimize revenue on platforms like Airbnb. It offers turnkey management of seasonal rentals by taking care of all the logistics related to Airbnb rental. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Paris, France.

Malt

Seed Round in 2014
Malt is connecting available freelancers and customers with an easy to use search engine. Freelancers display their experience, work, previous customers comments on a profile page, which let customers contact them. Malt then provides services to both parties to make it easy to pay, accept contract, leave a comment, and being automatically insured (with AXA) while the work is being done. Malt is available in France and Spain and will expand its operations to other European countries in 2018. Already, customers are replacing IT staffing companies or agencies with Malt to find developers, designers, and other freelancers.

Indy

Private Placement in 2019
Indy offers end-to-end and advanced AI-powered accounting software. Indy is an accounting robot that aims to automate the accounting of freelancers and professionals. It is an accounting robot for the liberal professions. It automates the management of accounting, recovers bank entries to turn them into accounting lines, and sends tax returns directly to an AGM. It was founded in 2016 as Georges by Côme Fouques, Pablo Larvor, Romain Koenig, and Adrien Plat to simplify independent accounting, which is certainly simple but repetitive and time-consuming.

Admo.tv

Seed Round in 2014
Admo.tv is the best TV analytics platform that helps TV & radio advertisers to measure and optimise the online impact of their offline investments. Admo.tv optimises, in average, about 30% the R.O.I. of its clients by providing the finest analysis in terms of incremental visits and conversion of their media investments. Admo.tv is a start-up that has offices in Paris and operates in more than 12 different countries worldwide. Admo.tv optimise every day the offline investments of the best advertising agencies (Dentsu Aegis, Havas…) and top-tier brands such as Accor, Allianz, Ford, Meetic, La Redoute, and more.

Indy

Series B in 2021
Indy offers end-to-end and advanced AI-powered accounting software. Indy is an accounting robot that aims to automate the accounting of freelancers and professionals. It is an accounting robot for the liberal professions. It automates the management of accounting, recovers bank entries to turn them into accounting lines, and sends tax returns directly to an AGM. It was founded in 2016 as Georges by Côme Fouques, Pablo Larvor, Romain Koenig, and Adrien Plat to simplify independent accounting, which is certainly simple but repetitive and time-consuming.

Adotmob

Venture Round in 2015
A.Mob is a data driven mobile programmatic platform.

Ouihelp

Seed Round in 2016
Ouihelp is a developer of an online residential assistance platform designed to help seniors in their regular activities at home. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Ouihelp

Series A in 2018
Ouihelp is a developer of an online residential assistance platform designed to help seniors in their regular activities at home. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Shippeo

Seed Round in 2016
Shippeo helps leading Supply Chains leverage transportation to deliver exceptional customer service and achieve operational excellence. Its real-time transport visibility platform provides shippers, carriers and 4PLs instant tracking of every delivery, and enables proactive communication with end customers. Founded in 2014, Shippeo tracks more than 40000 deliveries per month throughout Europe for market-leading companies such as Leroy Merlin, Saint-Gobain, and Faurecia, and connects to more than 600 carriers.

Privateaser

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Privateaser SAS operates an online platform for booking and privatizing places for group events. Its online platform allows to book bars, pubs, restaurants, and rental rooms. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Chatenay-Malabry, France.

Doctolib

Series A in 2014
Doctolib is an online booking platform and management software provider for doctors in Europe working with 65 000 health practitioners, present in 1 300 health facilities. 25 million patients visit Doctolib website and mobile app every month. For doctors, Doctolib is a full-range service to improve bookings management, reduce no-show and bring new patients to your office. For patients, Doctolib is a free online service to find a nearby health practitioner and book doctor or dentist appointments 24/24 and 7/7 within a few clicks. Founded in 2013, Doctolib is based out of Paris, France.

Indy

Seed Round in 2018
Indy offers end-to-end and advanced AI-powered accounting software. Indy is an accounting robot that aims to automate the accounting of freelancers and professionals. It is an accounting robot for the liberal professions. It automates the management of accounting, recovers bank entries to turn them into accounting lines, and sends tax returns directly to an AGM. It was founded in 2016 as Georges by Côme Fouques, Pablo Larvor, Romain Koenig, and Adrien Plat to simplify independent accounting, which is certainly simple but repetitive and time-consuming.

Lokki

Seed Round in 2022
Lokki is a software management tool for all equipment rental professionals. The company is reinventing the rental industry by providing a simple and adaptable tool. Lokki is aimed at rental companies that want to simplify daily rental management, provide a new customer experience, or even handle administrative tasks. It is a modular web platform that can be tailored to any type of rental activity, choosing Lokki means freeing up time to generate more income. It is a simple management and booking platform that makes renting easier for both rental companies and their customers. Lokki's tool suite saves renters time, ensures they never make the same mistake again, and increases their online presence tenfold. Lokki allows to consolidate all rental activity in one tool and stop juggling between paper, Excel, and other software.