Early online communities
Managed the CNN European Forum on CompuServe and the online communities of ZDNet France, at a time when the internet was still becoming visible to the wider world.
About
Jeremie Berrebi
Entrepreneur, investor, technology geek, husband, father, grandfather and student of Torah.
I have been building companies since 1996, investing in founders across the world, and learning from the long arc of entrepreneurship, technology, family, Judaism and life.
Wikipedia profile
1996Entrepreneur since
340+Startup investments
26+Countries
TorahDaily source of study and meaning
WikipediaExternal biography
Timeline
From the early internet to global technology investing.
Technology writing
Wrote and edited for ZDNet France and authored a book about CompuServe, combining journalism, technology and early internet culture.
Net2one
Founded one of France’s first internet news aggregators, an early predecessor to the type of personalized news products that later became mainstream.
Net2one sold
Net2one was sold to TNS Group in the UK, closing the first major entrepreneurial chapter.
Zlio
Founded Zlio, an online virtual shop creation platform focused on social commerce and affiliate shops.
Leetchi
Co-founded Leetchi, the online money pot platform later acquired by Crédit Mutuel Arkéa.
iAdvize & FreshPlanet
Co-founded iAdvize and FreshPlanet, spanning conversational commerce, live chat and social gaming. FreshPlanet was later acquired by Gameloft.
Kima Ventures
Co-founded Kima Ventures with Xavier Niel, backing hundreds of startups and helping build one of the world’s most active seed-stage funds.
European recognition
Named Best Angel / Seed Investor in Europe at The Europas/Techcrunch Europe Awards.
Magical Capital
Founded Magical Capital as a separate investment house focused on technology companies and global opportunities.
LetterOne Technology
Joined LetterOne Technology, a $16B private equity fund, as Senior Advisor and Advisory Board Member, before departing in April 2017.
Developers Institute
Co-founded Developers Institute in Israel, training the next generation of technology talent.
Building, investing and learning
Continuing to advise, invest and build with founders globally, while writing and reflecting on technology, Judaism, family and meaning.
A life built around building, learning and transmitting.
My work started with the internet and entrepreneurship in the 1990s. Since then, I have co-founded several companies, helped build Kima Ventures, and invested in hundreds of startups across many countries. These experiences shaped how I think about ambition, risk, timing, partnership, responsibility and resilience.
Entrepreneurship & investing
For current investment activity, startup-related inquiries, fund strategy and venture capital work, the right destination is Magical Capital. Berrebi.org remains my home for personal reflections and selected writing.
Technology
I have always been a technology geek: fascinated by products, networks, interfaces, infrastructure and the way new tools reshape human behavior. From the early Internet to today’s AI revolution, I have kept the same curiosity for how technology creates leverage, changes habits and allows small teams to build things that once required large organizations. Over the years, I have also had the privilege of being involved, as an investor and cofounder, with many companies that became leaders in their industries.
Torah, Talmud & modern life
I am deeply attached to Torah and Talmud study. Judaism is not a side topic for me; it is a living framework for responsibility, time, family, community, meaning and the challenge of staying human in a distracted world.
Family & transmission
I am also a husband, father and grandfather. That matters because it changes the scale of everything: what is worth building, what is worth saying, what is worth passing on, and what kind of life is actually successful.