Jeremie Berrebi Explained

Jeremie Berrebi
Birth Date:	4 June 1978
Birth Place:	Paris, France
Nationality:	French, Israeli
Occupation:	Investor, Business Startup Advisor
Yearsactive:	1994–present
Spouse:	Rebecca

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

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
• 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

Further reading

• Web site: Jérémie Berrebi, un croyant dans le high-tech En savoir plus sur. Lemonde French Version. 1 May 2015.
• Web site: When Google Wants To Buy Your Startup, It Sends You An Email That Looks Like This. Business Insider. 4 May 2015.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Most Active Angel Investor In The World On Investing Everywhere And Reaching Breakeven Fast. Business Insider. 1 May 2015.
2. Web site: Jeremie Berrebi. AngelList. 1 May 2015.
3. Web site: French Revolutionary. Forbes. 1 May 2015.
4. http://www.kimaventures.com/team/ « Team of Kima Ventures »
5. Web site: Kima Ventures Will Allow Startups To Raise $150K Within 15 Days Via AngelList. Tech Crunch. 1 May 2015.
6. News: Is Jérémie Berrebi The World's Most Active Angel?. 27 January 2014. Informilo.
7. Web site: "Certains groupes font des erreurs colossales sur leur transformation digitale", lance Jérémie Berrebi. Usine Digital. 10 September 2015.
8. Web site: Jérémie Berrebi Leaves Kima Ventures. TechCrunch. 17 May 2015.
9. News: LetterOne Technology appoint Jeremie Berrebi and Gennady Gazin to advisory board. 26 May 2015. privateequitywire.
10. Web site: Best Angel or Seed Investor of the Year – Winner is: Xavier Niel & Jeremie Berrebi of Kima Ventures. The Europas Awards. 4 May 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150408044317/http://theeuropas.com/2014/06/10/the-europas-awards-the-winners/. 8 April 2015.
11. News: Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Un-Orthodox High-Tech Positions. 1 May 2015. NBC News by JESSICA NAZIRI. NBC News.
12. Web site: KoolAgency Key people. KoolAgency. 1 May 2015.
13. Web site: Zlio US Launches – Free Online Stores. Mashable. 7 February 2007.
14. Web site: Europe's hottest startup capitals: Paris. Wired UK. 4 May 2015.
15. Web site: New International Seed Fund Kima Ventures Wants To Invest In 100+ Startups. Business Insider. 1 May 2015.
16. Web site: La presse belge relance la mobilisation des éditeurs contre Google News. ZdNet Press release (French Version). 1 May 2015.