Venture Capital

Kima Ventures

High-volume seed investor accelerating founders through the critical first hires and pilots.

FranceParisPre-Seed to SeedGeneralistTechnology

Details

Location

Paris, France

Category

Venture Capital

Stage

Pre-Seed to Seed

Profile

/france/venture-capital/kima-ventures

Portfolio startups

Startups this investor has backed

Alan

Paris, France · Startup

Modern health insurance platform streamlining getting care for European employees.

StartupGrowthHealthSoftware

Luko

Paris, France · Startup

Home insurance startup focusing on prevention, fast claims, and digital-first service.

StartupSeries CInsurtechConsumer

Mistral AI

Paris, France · Startup

Founded in April 2023 by former Google DeepMind and Meta AI researchers, Mistral AI has become one of Europe's most valuable AI startups. The company builds frontier large language models such as Mistral Large and Mixtral and follows an open-weight plus enterprise deployment strategy. Its products are used via API, cloud partners such as Microsoft Azure, and local deployments for regulated organizations requiring data control and model transparency. Le Chat is the company's conversational interface built on its model stack.

StartupLate StageAIGenerative AIOpen SourceEnterprise Software

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