Kima Ventures

Kima Ventures is a Paris-based venture capital firm that funds seed and early-stage technology startups globally, with a strong focus on Europe and France. The firm typically participates in rounds from seed to Series A, often as a lead investor, and aims to be a significant minority shareholder while co-investing with angels and other funds. It supports portfolio companies with a network of founders and experts to accelerate growth, speed fundraising, and help teams scale. Kima emphasizes rapid decision-making and founder-aligned support, viewing fundraising as one step in a broader journey. Founded in 2010, the company is headquartered in Paris and maintains an office in London, reflecting its European reach and global activity, and it has backed hundreds of startups across multiple countries.

Jeanne Cluset

Associate

Xavier Niel

Investor

Alexis Robert

Partner

Jean de La Rochebrochard

Managing Partner

Past deals in SME

Wavo

Seed Round in 2025
Wavo provides debt-free inventory financing for SMEs, allowing them to grow without cash constraints. Unlike traditional financing, Wavo purchases inventory upfront, so businesses don’t have to immobilize cash or take on debt. Repayments are directly tied to sales, ensuring flexibility and preserving financial capacity. The solution is accessible to fast-growing businesses, as it does not require balance sheet analysis or financial ratios. With Wavo, SMEs can seize new opportunities, optimize working capital, and scale faster—without financial constraints.

Phacet

Seed Round in 2024
Phacet specializes in providing tailored artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company's core offering is an application development software designed to streamline critical business processes. By leveraging AI, Phacet delivers personalized solutions that seamlessly integrate into daily operations, enhancing business efficiency and making AI accessible and transformative for SMEs.

Tulyp

Seed Round in 2024
Tulyp is a financial services provider specializing in trade finance solutions. It develops software to mitigate counterparty risk in international trade, offering payment guarantees, financing, and liquidity support to businesses, particularly enabling small enterprises to access invoice financing.

Catalog

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Catalog is the first plug-and-play tool exclusively designed to digitise small-to-medium B2B merchants ordering process. With Catalog, B2B SMBs are equipped with the tool they need to reclaim their time, engage with buyers in meaningful ways and boost growth.

MoSo

Seed Round in 2023
MoSo assists content creators in realizing their maximum potential and expanding their businesses on all social media channels.

Trezy

Seed Round in 2023
Trezy is a cash management platform that helps businesses streamline their financial processes and improve overall performance. The platform automates various administrative and financial tasks, providing users with enhanced control and visibility over their cash management. By sorting inflows and outflows, Trezy offers valuable insights that assist companies in making informed financial decisions. This comprehensive approach enables clients to manage their finances conveniently, ensuring traceability and clarity in their financial operations.

Siphon Lab

Seed Round in 2023
Siphon Lab is a cryptocurrency decentralized finance (DeFi) startup focused on enhancing capital efficiency within the SUI ecosystem. The company is developing a blockchain platform that aims to create the Siphon universe on the SUI network. Its offerings include a derivative exchange and a liquidity staking protocol, among other innovative financial products. These initiatives are designed to provide investors with access to decentralized financial services while enabling them to earn high yields.

Sedeo

Seed Round in 2023
Sedeo is an event equipment rental platform that streamlines the process of booking equipment and supplies for events. It offers a comprehensive view of available inventory from multiple partners, enabling event organizers to estimate volumes and handling efficiently.

Easop

Seed Round in 2022
Easop is a developer of an equity compensation platform designed to assist companies in managing equity incentives for their employees, contractors, and advisors worldwide. The platform provides a fast and cost-efficient solution that ensures compliance with local laws when drafting equity grants. By integrating with cap table management services, Easop enables clients to incentivize their global teams seamlessly while adhering to tax regulations. This comprehensive approach allows businesses to efficiently navigate the complexities of equity compensation, making it easier to attract and retain talent across various jurisdictions.

Aria

Venture Round in 2021
Aria is a fintech startup founded in 2019 and based in Paris, France, that focuses on improving payment processes for businesses and their freelancers. The company offers innovative financial software that allows organizations to manage their payment terms effectively, thereby enhancing their cash flow and competitiveness. Aria's platform provides a credit infrastructure that enables instant payments, allowing companies to unlock cash on demand from corporate lenders. By aligning with each client's billing procedures, Aria simplifies the payment process, helping businesses maintain financial stability while they grow.

NessPay

Pre Seed Round in 2021
NessPay is an employee benefit platform that enables employees to access a portion of their earned wages on demand. The solution integrates with payroll and HRIS systems via flat-file or API connections to simplify HR administration. It supports salary-on-demand by allowing the employer to set payment rules and to pay or reimburse employees with a single click, reducing the need for HR intervention.

Onepilot

Seed Round in 2021
Onepilot is a company that specializes in customer support software designed to enhance efficiency for both large corporations and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Its platform offers a ticketing system that ensures a fast and human response to customer inquiries around the clock. By providing instant and qualified answers, Onepilot enables agents to resolve complex issues swiftly, often in just minutes. The software also features transparent pricing, channel flexibility, integrated tools, and detailed analytics, which help clients address specific business challenges, improve customer experience, and potentially increase sales by up to 20% while reducing average response times by half.

Onepilot

Seed Round in 2021
Onepilot is a company that specializes in customer support software designed to enhance efficiency for both large corporations and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Its platform offers a ticketing system that ensures a fast and human response to customer inquiries around the clock. By providing instant and qualified answers, Onepilot enables agents to resolve complex issues swiftly, often in just minutes. The software also features transparent pricing, channel flexibility, integrated tools, and detailed analytics, which help clients address specific business challenges, improve customer experience, and potentially increase sales by up to 20% while reducing average response times by half.

WeWeb

Seed Round in 2021
WeWeb is a low-code platform that enables companies to create and deploy web applications more efficiently. It functions as a visual builder, similar to Webflow, allowing users to integrate their own data sources, including custom authentication systems and backend databases, through REST APIs or direct connections. The platform is designed to empower developers to build, customize, and connect to various backend servers, facilitating the creation of websites that are accessible to non-technical users. By offering an intuitive editing interface, WeWeb streamlines the web application development process, making it faster and more user-friendly.

Supli

Seed Round in 2021
Founded in 2017, Supli is a Paris-based B2B platform that streamlines the food supply chain between restaurants and suppliers. Its online marketplace enables restaurant owners to discover and order products swiftly, saving time and money, while offering suppliers an affordable customer acquisition method.

Mercateam

Seed Round in 2020
Mercateam is a company that specializes in developing staff management software aimed at optimizing team development. Its software promotes various skills and training modules, facilitating the organization and transmission of team structures. Additionally, the platform includes a planning module that enables the creation of personalized schedules and the allocation of teams to specific roles. Furthermore, Mercateam offers a documented management module that digitizes employee documents, allowing businesses to centralize information and efficiently manage their teams.

Pennylane

Seed Round in 2020
Pennylane develops a comprehensive financial management platform that centralizes fragmented financial data, providing business leaders with real-time insights for informed decision-making.

Agicap

Series A in 2020
Agicap is a treasury management platform serving small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) and midmarket companies. It enables business owners to create dynamic, reliable cash flow forecasts and monitor real-time cash positions, facilitating better financing decisions and reducing bankruptcy risks.

Plum

Angel Round in 2020
Plum is an interior design studio that specializes in providing online solutions for individuals looking to plan and execute projects for spaces such as dressing rooms and kitchens. The company offers a convenient one-stop-shop platform that delivers accessible decor inspiration and guidance, catering to both consumer and business clients. Through its user-friendly interface, Plum simplifies the design process, enabling clients to move seamlessly from ideation to execution.

Fifty

Seed Round in 2019
Fifty is a business training software company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Saint-Mandé, France. The company specializes in on-the-job training, emphasizing the transition from theoretical concepts to practical application. Fifty's platform combines behavioral science and technology to facilitate the rapid and measurable adoption of new behaviors among employees. It offers personalized recommendations for actions that enhance both technical and soft skills, enabling individuals to retain information and advance professionally. The company's solutions also address various aspects of workplace culture, including leadership and management, diversity and inclusion, and corporate social responsibility, thereby supporting organizations in fostering a productive and engaged workforce.

Agicap

Seed Round in 2019
Agicap is a treasury management platform serving small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) and midmarket companies. It enables business owners to create dynamic, reliable cash flow forecasts and monitor real-time cash positions, facilitating better financing decisions and reducing bankruptcy risks.

Whyse

Seed Round in 2019
Whyse is a company that has created an online platform designed to facilitate feedback and knowledge sharing among professionals. This platform allows communities to engage with one another, enabling individuals within the same industry to connect and share insights. By fostering a network of trust, Whyse helps businesses enhance their potential for success through collaboration and the pooling of knowledge among employees from different organizations. The company's innovative approach aims to improve communication and information exchange across various sectors.

Simundia

Seed Round in 2019
Simundia is a provider of a digital coaching platform designed to facilitate personalized development experiences for professionals. The platform offers affordable and discreet coaching classes, enabling business managers to enhance their soft skills and effectively address various challenges they may face in the workplace. By utilizing short-distance formats and specialized tools, Simundia aims to raise awareness on different developmental themes, fostering a supportive environment for managerial growth and problem-solving.

Swile

Series B in 2019
Founded in 2018 by Loïc Soubeyrand, Swile is a Paris-based company that specializes in employee benefit management. It began by disrupting the traditional meal voucher market in France and has since expanded to offer an all-in-one smartcard for various employee benefits. Swile's platform also includes features such as praises, event creation, collections, P2P payments between colleagues, employee engagement surveys, and insight analytics.

Emma

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Emma is a financial management application designed to simplify personal finance management for users. Acknowledging the complexities of modern money management, Emma provides a consumer-focused banking experience that allows individuals to access comprehensive financial information effortlessly. The application aims to help users avoid overdrafts, identify and cancel unnecessary subscriptions, and monitor their debts and savings. By prioritizing customer financial well-being, Emma aspires to create a platform that acts as a personal advocate for users, regardless of their background. Through its innovative approach, Emma seeks to empower individuals to take control of their financial lives and achieve a more fulfilling financial future.

Gymlib

Seed Round in 2017
Gymlib, founded in 2014 by Sébastien Bequart and Mohamed Tazi, with Grégoire Veron joining in 2016, operates as a fitness marketplace that provides gym benefit programs aimed at enhancing individuals' lifestyles. The company initially focused on offering unlimited sports activities through an affordable and transparent package for individuals. Since 2017, Gymlib has expanded its services to cater to businesses, promoting employee engagement and preventative healthcare while enhancing employer branding. By collaborating with a diverse network of gyms, fitness studios, swimming pools, and boot camps, Gymlib enables consumers to access various fitness and sports facilities without the commitment of a traditional membership. This approach has attracted partnerships with numerous startups and established companies, including major players in the CAC 40 index.

Swipii

Seed Round in 2016
Swipii Labs Ltd., established in 2012 and headquartered in Glasgow, UK, operates a customer loyalty and marketing platform tailored for small businesses. The company offers tools to enhance online reviews, attract new customers, and track customer data. Its key services include digital loyalty programs, email marketing, and loyalty technology solutions, enabling customers to collect points and earn rewards. Swipii aims to empower local businesses with technology to compete on par with global brands, helping consumers discover local offers, save money, and share them with their community.

PayFit

Seed Round in 2016
PayFit is a technology company focused on simplifying and automating payroll and human resource management for small and medium-sized businesses. Its software enables users to efficiently manage payroll processes while providing visibility and automation, supported by payroll experts. The platform consolidates various HR functions, including tracking working hours, onboarding, managing leave requests, and handling expense reports, all within a single online system. By streamlining these essential functions, PayFit facilitates the digital transformation of businesses, offering a growing range of features and services tailored to meet their specific needs in payroll and HR management.

Mandaê

Series A in 2015
Mandaê is a Brazilian company that combines logistics and technology to revolutionize the delivery industry. It offers an asset-light digital platform that manages the entire parcel supply chain, from pickups to cross-docking and last-mile transport, providing SMBs with a seamless, high-quality, and efficient parcel shipment service. By enabling SMBs to use private transporters instead of relying solely on the national postal service, Mandaê helps these businesses save up to 35% on shipping costs. The company's mission is to "Connect Stories" through logistics. Mandaê has received backing from prominent Latin American investors and has been recognized with several awards for its innovative approach to e-commerce logistics.

StarOfService

Series A in 2015
StarOfService is a home service marketplace designed to enhance access to a wide range of services for individuals. The platform enables users to find and hire local professionals, including photographers, tutors, contractors, legal workers, animal care providers, and event organizers. By offering comprehensive information and facilitating connections between clients and service providers, StarOfService aims to simplify the process of discovering and engaging with various local professionals, ensuring that individuals can easily access the services they need in their vicinity.

MakeLeaps

Seed Round in 2014
MakeLeaps Corporation is a Tokyo-based company that specializes in developing bilingual Japanese invoicing software. Since its founding in 2014, MakeLeaps has provided a cloud invoicing management solution that allows users to create, manage, and send quotes, delivery slips, and invoices. Targeting freelancers, consultants, small and medium-sized businesses, enterprises, and accountants in Japan, the platform offers customizable invoice features, including the option to incorporate company logos and traditional hanko stamps. Additionally, MakeLeaps provides a service to print and deliver invoices throughout Japan, facilitating efficient billing processes and improving productivity for users.

Smore

Seed Round in 2014
Smore is a company that offers an online platform designed for creating visually appealing newsletters and flyers. It provides users with built-in tools that facilitate the dissemination of information while ensuring effective communication. Smore's platform is tailored for a diverse range of clients, including educators, small businesses, nonprofits, and individuals, enabling them to enhance their online marketing capabilities. Users benefit from real-time performance statistics and features that promote social sharing, allowing them to measure the impact of their communications and achieve their business objectives effectively.

Gradible

Seed Round in 2014
Gradible is an online platform dedicated to assisting individuals with student loans in the United States. With a focus on the 43 million Americans holding such debt, Gradible employs proprietary technology and a team of experts to help users manage and optimize their student loans efficiently. Many borrowers are unaware that they are paying more than necessary each month due to a lack of knowledge about available solutions and the complexities of the repayment landscape. Gradible addresses this issue by providing a free, intuitive application that quickly connects users with qualifying programs and guides them through the approval process, simplifying an otherwise daunting experience.

Bluevine

Series A in 2014
Bluevine is a financial technology company dedicated to improving the financial landscape for small business owners through tailored banking solutions. Established in 2013, Bluevine has rapidly expanded its customer base to over 400,000 across all 50 states and has facilitated more than $13 billion in financing. The company specializes in working capital management, offering products such as business lines of credit and invoice factoring. Through these services, Bluevine provides immediate access to capital, enabling businesses to manage payroll, purchase supplies, and invest in growth. With a strong commitment to innovation, security, and customer care, Bluevine aims to empower small businesses to focus on their core operations and future expansion.

Neema

Seed Round in 2014
Founded in 2013, Neema offers a digital platform for unbanked workers. It enables users to send money home, shop online, pay bills, and purchase cellular plans. The platform includes a mobile app for expense tracking, money management, and international money transfers via linked MasterCard.

Mandaê

Seed Round in 2014
Mandaê is a Brazilian company that combines logistics and technology to revolutionize the delivery industry. It offers an asset-light digital platform that manages the entire parcel supply chain, from pickups to cross-docking and last-mile transport, providing SMBs with a seamless, high-quality, and efficient parcel shipment service. By enabling SMBs to use private transporters instead of relying solely on the national postal service, Mandaê helps these businesses save up to 35% on shipping costs. The company's mission is to "Connect Stories" through logistics. Mandaê has received backing from prominent Latin American investors and has been recognized with several awards for its innovative approach to e-commerce logistics.

TrackDuck

Seed Round in 2014
TrackDuck is a visual feedback and issue tracking solution tailored for small to mid-sized web agencies and freelancers. The platform allows clients to provide feedback directly on websites or image files, simplifying the communication process. By enabling users to leave feedback with just a few clicks, TrackDuck eliminates the need for installation or extensive training, significantly reducing the time spent on communication by 30-80%. This efficiency encourages clearer collaboration between clients and developers, facilitating more effective issue reporting and resolution.

Se faire aider

Venture Round in 2014
Se faire aider is an online platform that facilitates connections between individuals and service professionals across over 300 business sectors. Launched in 2012, it promotes direct employment by eliminating intermediaries in various personal and professional services. In addition to its primary role in fostering direct relationships, the platform also functions as a real-time trading site and provides valuable information for aspiring entrepreneurs and promoters.

Freenom

Series A in 2013
Freenom is a domain provider that offers free domain registration services to individuals and businesses, aiming to enhance online accessibility and foster the digital economy in various countries. Established in 2012 and headquartered in Amsterdam, the company integrates advanced website building and hosting technologies with its free domain offerings, making it user-friendly for clients to create their online presence. Freenom employs AnyCast Cloud technology to ensure the stability and performance of the domains it manages. Additionally, it collaborates with trusted security partners to implement robust anti-abuse measures, thereby safeguarding the domains for internet users. The company focuses on expanding its domain management operations and enhancing its cloud network while developing initiatives that connect country-level domains with local communities.

Useful Systems

Seed Round in 2013
Useful Systems is a mobile-first application designed specifically for small to medium-sized businesses that require efficient management of field operations. By replacing traditional paper workflows with user-friendly digital forms such as estimates, work orders, and invoices, Useful empowers businesses to streamline their processes through a native iPad app. The platform provides real-time reporting features, including geo-stamped timesheets and detailed job costing, which enhance operational transparency and efficiency. Useful Systems serves a diverse range of mobile enterprises, including landscapers, contractors, and roofers, allowing them to manage their entire business operations directly from their devices. In addition to these functionalities, the company also operates an online job portal that connects qualified candidates with recruiting organizations, enabling effective workforce management through the tracking of timesheets, materials, and assets, supported by the live exchange of photos, videos, and project documentation.

Finexkap

Seed Round in 2013
Finexkap is an innovative online marketplace that focuses on providing short-term capital funding solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company has developed a user-friendly and secure platform that facilitates invoice financing, allowing businesses to access cash quickly and efficiently. By connecting SMEs with qualified investors, Finexkap enables these enterprises to stabilize their cash flows without the burden of lengthy commitments, duration restrictions, or security deposits. This paperless funding approach addresses the common cash flow challenges faced by small businesses, offering them a flexible solution to meet their immediate financial needs.

Airseed

Seed Round in 2013
Airseed, Inc. is a consumer intelligence platform that specializes in providing tools, analytics, and insights related to consumer behavior. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Airseed enables users to connect their email accounts to track travel-related activities such as package deliveries and flight check-ins while also monitoring spending patterns. The platform automatically alerts users to price changes and offers, assisting them in saving money while traveling. Additionally, Airseed supports brands by delivering analytics and intent marketing services, enhancing their understanding of consumer behavior.

Sush.io

Seed Round in 2013
Sush.io is a cloud-based financial dashboard that assists individuals and small businesses in tracking online expenditures, revenue, and banking operations. Founded in 2012 by Fabien Charbit and Thomas Guillaumin, the company is headquartered in London, England. By integrating various online accounts, Sush.io automatically consolidates bills, invoices, and related financial data into a single user-friendly application. This platform offers extensive integrations for financial automation, allowing users to streamline workflows without requiring technical expertise. Sush.io aims to simplify financial management by providing a comprehensive overview of spending and revenue in a centralized cloud app.

Renaissance Factory

Seed Round in 2013
Renaissance Factory is a consulting firm that assists startups and small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) in revitalizing or digitizing their businesses. They offer strategic guidance, helping clients define or refine their strategies, marketing approaches, and even facilitate pivots when necessary. Their approach combines analytical thinking with creative problem-solving to ensure practical solutions. Additionally, Renaissance Factory connects clients with a network of experienced entrepreneurs who can provide operational support and investment opportunities for collaborative projects.

WiziShop

Seed Round in 2013
WiziShop is an e-commerce platform that enables retailers to create, launch, and manage their own online store. It provides tools to build and customize storefronts, publish them live, and foster customer loyalty, paired with guidance and practical resources. The solution includes shopping guides and best practices to help retailers optimize sites for customer consultations and online sales, supporting merchants as they enter the e-commerce market and grow their activities with an integrated set of setup, promotion, and retention capabilities.

Shopping Mail

Seed Round in 2012
Shopping Mail, a Société par Actions Simplifiées founded in 2010 and based in Paris, France, specializes in internet advertising campaigns focused on online retail. The company has developed an online coupon exchange platform that facilitates the sharing of discount coupons among e-merchants through transactional emails. This platform creates a network of online retailers, allowing them to efficiently exchange coupons and enhance promotional efforts, ultimately benefiting both merchants and consumers.

Planet Soho

Series A in 2012
Planet Soho is the place small office / home office (SOHO) businesses, micro-businesses, entrepreneurs, and freelancers worldwide come together to grow and flourish. Planet Soho addresses the business needs of SOHOs, offering a powerful suite of free web-based tools to help SOHOs operate, a business-advice blog, and a directory of over one million small businesses. With over one million SOHOs on board, Planet Soho is leveraging the power of economy of scale to bring exclusive features to members, thereby giving SOHOs the kinds of advantages previously only available to big corporations. Planet Soho is bringing SOHOs together to connect, collaborate, and create a new global micro-economy. Planet Soho is based in San Francisco.

BrightArch

Seed Round in 2011
BrightArch built OrgWeaver to save SMB's & enterprises significant time and costs to understand and improve their organizations.

SureVisit

Seed Round in 2010
SEO Coach removes the need for prior SEO knowledge or experience when optimising a site. Their patented technology walks users through every step, including automatically selecting the best search topics to focus on, structural and geographic optimisation and most importantly authoring quality, semantically relevant content that will be both of interest to their site visitors and as well as boosting their ranking on search engines. Users receive real-time suggestions when creating their site, embedding SEO into site creation. They are targeting small local business websites, that despite having the same needs as enterprises, have been largely neglected when it comes to digital marketing solutions (a recent survey by the Boston group found only 3% of SMB marketing budget made it online.) Their technology can be used by SMBs who are "DIYing" it or by service providers' fulfillment teams, allowing them to scale SEO for their customers to provide a high value service and improve retention.

Planet Soho

Seed Round in 2010
Planet Soho is the place small office / home office (SOHO) businesses, micro-businesses, entrepreneurs, and freelancers worldwide come together to grow and flourish. Planet Soho addresses the business needs of SOHOs, offering a powerful suite of free web-based tools to help SOHOs operate, a business-advice blog, and a directory of over one million small businesses. With over one million SOHOs on board, Planet Soho is leveraging the power of economy of scale to bring exclusive features to members, thereby giving SOHOs the kinds of advantages previously only available to big corporations. Planet Soho is bringing SOHOs together to connect, collaborate, and create a new global micro-economy. Planet Soho is based in San Francisco.

organgir.am

Seed Round in 2010
Buid online directory : import from Google Apps for business, from spreadsheet or add people manually. Fit for companies from 20 people to 10 000. Draw org charts : easy to create, share and update. organigr.am is the perfect tool for knowing who's who in your company.
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