Kima Ventures

🔥 Kima Sales Circle – Learning from the Best 🔥 Yesterday, we gathered at STATION F for another edition of our Kima Circles, this time focused on sales & go-to-market strategies. A huge thank you to our amazing coaches Simine Sibony & Guillaume Duvaux for leading a high-energy and insightful session! They helped our founders deep-dive into: ✅ How to generate leads as an early-stage startup ✅ The GTM initiatives that truly drive traction ✅ How to adapt sales strategies to different personas These sessions are all about founders learning from founders, and it's always incredible to see the energy in the room when great minds exchange on critical startup challenges. Massive shoutout to Felix DE BREUCKER for organizing the event and to all the founders who joined us: Alexandre Barroux Amel Mechalikh Arthur Pastel Clémentine Lemoine Eric FRAYSSE Ferdinand Terme Flore Lestrade Hugo D. Hugo Lochmann Kévin Lippera Louis Raynaud Martin Trouillet Michaël Elalouf Mykyta Voytenko Paul Lafforgue Pierre BERTRAND Rebecca Laub Ugo Capri Romain Grosjean Manon Hias Geoffroy d'Halluin Brian Laleye Harold Zaroukian At Kima, we don’t just invest—we build a strong, supportive community. Whether it’s sales, product, HR, or fundraising, our Circles are here to help founders level up. #KimaVentures #Sales #StartupGrowth #GTM #FounderCommunity

Moonwatt raises €8M to power the sodium-ion battery revolution for 24/7 renewable energy ⚡☀️ Moonwatt is building the first dedicated sodium-ion energy storage system for solar, solving the $400B sector’s biggest bottleneck: making clean power available 24/7. By co-locating storage with solar plants, Moonwatt aims to boost capacity factors from 15-20% to up to 80%, cutting grid congestion, stabilizing prices, and making round-the-clock clean energy a reality. 🌍🔋 Founded by industry leaders from Tesla, EDF, Siemens, Scatec, and Freyr Battery, Moonwatt’s system is built for scalability and cost-competitiveness from day one. Unlike lithium-ion, sodium-ion batteries are 1000x more abundant, a third cheaper, and safer—making them the ideal choice for stationary storage at scale. A huge congrats to Zukui Hu, Guillaume Mancini, Valentin Rota, and the whole Moonwatt team! We’re thrilled to back this game-changing vision alongside daphni, LEA Partners, Founders Future, AFI Ventures (by Ventech), and an incredible lineup of strategic angels and customers. 🚀🔋 #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy #SodiumIon #SolarPower

Edumapper raises €5M to revolutionize higher education guidance. 🎓 Edumapper is on a mission to simplify and clarify the decision-making process for high school and university students. With a free, transparent, and comprehensive platform, Edumapper enables students to explore, analyze, and compare higher education programs in France—and soon in key international destinations for French students. From admission chances to real academic and career outcomes, Edumapper brings together scattered official data and peer-to-peer insights in one place. A huge round of applause to Sébastien de Lafond, Julien Cheyssial, Jordan Sanial, and Valentine Mandon for building the tool that was missing in the student journey. We’re proud to support your vision! 🚀 Congrats to the other investors we are investing with: daphni which is leading the round, Eurazeo (HEC Ventures), Ring Capital, and top-tier business angels. #HigherEducation #EdTech #StudentSuccess

Reflect fait peau neuve ✨ Depuis 2 ans, on a le plaisir d’accompagner l’équipe Reflect dans sa mission de transformer la façon dont les entreprises exploitent leurs données RH. Aujourd’hui, ils font évoluer leur identité visuelle pour mieux refléter leur nouveau positionnement : Reflect est la solution de data visualisation qui centralise les données RH, facilite la prise de décision et accélère la conformité. Découvrez ces nouveautés dès maintenant sur getreflect.io. Bravo à toute l’équipe Reflect ! 🎉 Léopold Adam Baptiste Jan

Proud to announce our investment in FullEnrich, the only truly global data enrichment aggregator, which just raised a $2M seed round to accelerate its expansion. 🤩 With a seven-figure ARR while bootstrapped and customers like AWS, Mastercard, and Brevo, FullEnrich has already proven its market fit. Unlike traditional providers, FullEnrich offers unmatched data quality, global coverage, and a pay-as-you-go model—making it a game-changer for sales and marketing teams. 🎨 💳 Excited to back Benjamin Douablin, Grégoire Démogé, and Jean-Luc Manceron as they scale this category-defining company. Glad to partner with other amazing investors in this round FLEX Capital, M-Fund Club, First Degree, and an incredible group of business angels. 🚀

Spore.Bio is proving that scientific innovation and speed of execution can go hand in hand. 🧫 🦠 In just a year after their pre-seed, they’ve raised a $23M Series A to scale their real-time microbiology testing —a game-changer for manufacturing. Their AI-driven technology identifies bacteria in seconds—leaving the traditional 5-day process behind and setting new standards for speed, precision and scalability across industries. Originally developed for the Food & Beverage sector and now reshaping pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. A huge congratulations to Amine Raji Maxime Mistretta, PhD. and Mohamed Tazi for turning deep science into real-world impact at speed. 🚀 We’re proud to be part of this journey, partnering with Singular, Point72 Ventures, 1st Kind, STATION F and LocalGlobe and are confident Spore.bio will lead the way in the future of integrated testing solutions. The best deeptech startups don’t just innovate. They execute. 💥

🚀 Wavo raises €3.5M to unlock working capital for the booming second-hand market 🔄💸 The second-hand market is exploding, but brands and platforms struggle to scale due to cash flow constraints and the complexity of dealing with individual sellers. Wavo is changing the game with an API that lets brands instantly buy back second-hand products—using Wavo’s cash. Sellers get paid immediately, and brands can build their second-hand inventory without tying up their own capital. 🏷️⚡ Why Wavo? ✅ A unique approach: Bringing SMEs a financing mechanism inspired by billion-euro companies. ✅ Founder-market fit: Wavo is finance-first, then tech—flipping the traditional fintech model. ✅ An A+ team moving fast! A huge shoutout to Julien Decherf Mathiolon, Adrien Plat, 🚀 Tanguy C., Maxence GUILLOT and Pierre-Antoine Duchâteau 🙏Congrats to everyone investing along us Lucas MESQUITA Mathieu Artaud - Clint Capital Tony Parker, Alexis LEFEBVRE Infinity Nine Group Maud Charaf ✨ Jules Ferrer HUB612 François Codet Caisse d'Epargne Rhone Alpes Alexandra Mathiolon GUY MATHIOLON MFO Advisors Olivier DECHERF Nicolas Dusson Let’s go! 🚀 #SecondHand #CircularEconomy #Fintech #WorkingCapital

CROWN Procurement secures €2M to bring procurement into the future! 🚀 Procurement teams have been stuck in the past for too long—relying on emails, spreadsheets, and manual negotiations. Crown is here to change that. With ethical eAuctions, they help buyers and suppliers close negotiations in just 20 minutes, ensuring fair competition and real cost savings. And this is just the beginning. Their long-term vision? Harnessing AI to revolutionize procurement decision-making. A huge shoutout to Mykyta Voytenko, and the whole Crown team for this milestone. We’re beyond excited to be part of this journey at Kima Ventures! Big thanks to HEARTFELT_, Prequel VC, BackBone Ventures, ZAS Ventures, another.vc, APOK Invest , and all the amazing investors backing Crown’s vision. Let’s build the future of procurement together. 🚀 #Procurement #eAuctions #AI #SupplyChain #Funding #Tech #Innovation

Solteo raises €1.5M to accelerate the digital transformation of the solar industry in France ☀️ Solteo, the SaaS platform designed for renewable energy installers, has raised €1.5 million to revolutionize solar project management in France. 💡 In a booming solar market with over 4,500 installers facing operational challenges, Solteo offers an all-in-one platform to streamline project management, from technical studies to execution. By centralizing workflows, Solteo enables installers to focus on their core mission: installing panels and driving the energy transition forward. 🌍⚡ A huge congratulations to Manon Hias, Alexandre d'Auvigny, and Kévin Bée, and the entire team for this milestone. We are thrilled to support their mission alongside Axeleo Capital (AXC), Campus Fund, and business angels from the solar and tech ecosystems. 🚀 With over 10,000 projects supported and rapid adoption in the field, the future looks bright for Solteo and the French solar industry. #EnergyTransition #Solar #SaaS #Innovation

Freqens raises a $3M pre-seed to bring transparency to B2B procurement. 📊 Freqens is on a mission to solve one of the biggest challenges in B2B procurement: ensuring companies secure fair and competitive pricing. By leveraging anonymized data from thousands of companies, Freqens’s AI-powered benchmarking tool enables businesses to compare their purchasing conditions, ensuring optimal pricing and up-to-date insights. 🧠💡 We’re proud to back this stellar founding team, Maxime Liebens, Alexandre Barreira and Richard Gozlan. Congratulations to Seedcamp (Sia Houchangnia Felix Martinez) for leading this round, and to our co-investor friends Purple (Arnaud Mauduit Raphaël Mosca), Motier Ventures (Nicolas Essayan), Financière Saint James (Clément Lamolinerie), Better Angle (Baptiste HAMEL Nicolas Douay), ZEBOX, and others. 🚀 We are thrilled to be part of Freqens’ journey as they build the go-to solution for fair and transparent B2B purchasing. #B2B #procurement #AI