Jeremie Berrebi
Jeremie Berrebi | |
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| Born | June 4, 1978 |
| Nationality | French, Israeli |
| Occupation(s) | Investor, Business Startup Advisor |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Spouse | Rebecca |
| Website | www |
Jeremie Berrebi (born 4 June 1978) is a French-Israeli technology entrepreneur and investor. He was considered as the "Most Active Angel Investor in the World" by Business Insider from 2010 to 2015. [1][2]
Biography
[edit]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
[edit]Berrebi won the Europas Prize of Best European Angel Investor in 2014.[10]
Public positions
[edit]- 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
- 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 (sold to Gameloft).
- Business advisor and co-founder of iAdvize, Real-time online customer service: live chat.
- 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)[15]
- Former editor of ZDNet.fr[16]
- Former CompuServe sysop
References
[edit]- ^ "The Most Active Angel Investor In The World On Investing Everywhere And Reaching Breakeven Fast". Business Insider. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "Jeremie Berrebi". AngelList. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "French Revolutionary". Forbes. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "« Team of Kima Ventures »". Archived from the original on 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
- ^ "Kima Ventures Will Allow Startups To Raise $150K Within 15 Days Via AngelList". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "Is Jérémie Berrebi The World's Most Active Angel?". Informilo. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ^ ""Certains groupes font des erreurs colossales sur leur transformation digitale", lance Jérémie Berrebi". Usine Digital. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ "Jérémie Berrebi Leaves Kima Ventures". TechCrunch. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ^ "LetterOne Technology appoint Jeremie Berrebi and Gennady Gazin to advisory board". privateequitywire. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Un-Orthodox High-Tech Positions". NBC News by JESSICA NAZIRI. NBC News. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "KoolAgency Key people". KoolAgency. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "Zlio US Launches – Free Online Stores". Mashable. Retrieved 7 February 2007.
- ^ "Europe's hottest startup capitals: Paris". Wired UK. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ "New International Seed Fund Kima Ventures Wants To Invest In 100+ Startups". Business Insider. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "La presse belge relance la mobilisation des éditeurs contre Google News". ZdNet Press release (French Version). Retrieved 1 May 2015.
Further reading
[edit]- "Jérémie Berrebi, un croyant dans le high-tech En savoir plus sur". Lemonde French Version. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- "When Google Wants To Buy Your Startup, It Sends You An Email That Looks Like This". Business Insider. Retrieved 4 May 2015.