Jeremie Berrebi

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Jeremie Berrebi (Hebrew: ג'רמי ברבי; born 4 June 1978) is a French-Israeli technology entrepreneur and investor.

Born (1978-06-04) June 4, 1978 (age 47)
Yearsactive1994–present
SpouseRebecca
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Jeremie Berrebi
ג'רמי ברבי
Born (1978-06-04) June 4, 1978 (age 47)
OccupationsInvestor, Business Startup Advisor
Years active1994–present
SpouseRebecca
Websitewww.berrebi.org
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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,[1][2] a fund dedicated organization to invest in 50 to 100 startups a year everywhere in the world.[3]

Berrebi is active in the investment, private equity and technology industries with more than 360 investments.[4]

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[5] and joined the LetterOne Technology advisory board that he left in April 2017.[6][7]

Awards and recognition

Berrebi won the Europas Prize of Best European Angel Investor in 2014.[8]

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.[9]
  • Founder of KoolAgency, a mobile and web development team.[10]
  • Former chairman of Zlio[11]
  • 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[12] (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)[13]
  • Former editor of ZDNet.fr[14]
  • Former CompuServe sysop

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