Jeremie Berrebi

Jeremie Berrebi (born 4 June 1978) is a French-Israeli technology entrepreneur and investor.[1][2]

Jeremie Berrebi
Born (1978-06-04) June 4, 1978
Paris, France
NationalityFrench, Israeli
Occupation(s)Investor, Business Startup Advisor
Years active1994–present
SpouseRebecca
Websitewww.berrebi.org

Biography

Jeremie Berrebi was the editor for ZDNet French in 1996, a technology news agency. In 1997 he co-founded Google news ancestor Net2one one of the first French internet news provider, later in 2004 Net2one sold to TNS Group (UK).

In March 2010 Berrebi co-founded with Xavier Niel Kima Ventures,[3][4] a fund dedicated organization to invest in 50 to 100 startups a year everywhere in the world.[5]

Berrebi is active in the investment, private equity and technology industries with more than 360 investments.[6]

In May 2015, Berrebi announced his departure from Kima Ventures, the launch of Magical Capital, advising family offices and corporates on their investments, acquisitions and digital transformation[7] and joined the LetterOne Technology advisory board that he left in April 2017.[8][9]

Awards and recognition

Berrebi won the Europas Prize of Best European Angel Investor in 2014.[10]

Public positions
  • Developers Institute Tel Aviv Coding Bootcamp – Ranked as 2nd best coding bootcamp in English – Co-Founder and Strategic Advisory Board Member
  • Magical Capital Founder and CEO
  • Former LetterOne Technology Advisory Board member
  • Former co-founder at Kima Ventures.[11]
  • Founder of KoolAgency, a mobile and web development team.[12]
  • Former chairman of Zlio[13]
  • Business advisor and co-founder of Teliswitch, an Automated optical distribution frame (AODF) family
  • Business advisor and co-founder of Leetchi, a group gifts and events, online money pots[14] (sold to Credit Mutuel Arkea)
  • Business advisor and co-founder of FreshPlanet, a social, casual gaming company developing online games for the iPad and Facebook.
  • Business advisor and co-founder of iAdvize, Real-time online customer service: live chat.
  • Business advisor and co-founderof EverContact, an online Contact Management system
  • Co-founder of OneTask[15]
  • Co-founder of Kwaga
  • Co-founder of 8-Sec
  • Co-founder of Producteev, a Task Management Software (sold to Jive Software).
  • Former CEO of Net2one (Sold to TNS in 2004)[16]
  • Former editor of ZDNet.fr[17]
  • Former CompuServe sysop
  • Co-founder and advisory board member of the Israeli-based coding bootcamp Developers.Institute.

References
  1. "The Most Active Angel Investor In The World On Investing Everywhere And Reaching Breakeven Fast". Business Insider. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  2. "Jeremie Berrebi". AngelList. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  3. "French Revolutionary". Forbes. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  4. « Team of Kima Ventures »
  5. "Kima Ventures Will Allow Startups To Raise $150K Within 15 Days Via AngelList". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  6. "Is Jérémie Berrebi The World's Most Active Angel?". Informilo. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  7. ""Certains groupes font des erreurs colossales sur leur transformation digitale", lance Jérémie Berrebi". Usine Digital. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  8. "Jérémie Berrebi Leaves Kima Ventures". TechCrunch. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  9. "LetterOne Technology appoint Jeremie Berrebi and Gennady Gazin to advisory board". privateequitywire. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  10. "Best Angel or Seed Investor of the Year – Winner is: Xavier Niel & Jeremie Berrebi of Kima Ventures". The Europas Awards. Archived from the original on 8 April 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  11. "Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Un-Orthodox High-Tech Positions". NBC News by JESSICA NAZIRI. NBC News. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  12. "KoolAgency Key people". KoolAgency. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  13. "Zlio US Launches – Free Online Stores". Mashable. Retrieved 7 February 2007.
  14. "Europe's hottest startup capitals: Paris". Wired UK. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  15. "This Simple App Makes Me Feel Twice As Productive". Business Insider. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  16. "New International Seed Fund Kima Ventures Wants To Invest In 100+ Startups". Business Insider. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  17. "La presse belge relance la mobilisation des éditeurs contre Google News". ZdNet Press release (French Version). Retrieved 1 May 2015.

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