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Jean de La Rochebrochard
5 years
Can't beat this.
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End of 2020, while running Kima Ventures, I co-founded New Wave, an early stage fund to back ambitious founders. Earlier this year, I was removed from my position by my partner, against my will. I feel a responsibility towards our entrepreneurs, investors, stakeholders and
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
3 years
The day I passed on Moderna…
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
1 year
Last quarter, we had to write off a $150k investment with on paper a 25x multiple on invested capital. We had to write off another one today. The two companies had raised close to $75M each & were valued in the 300M+ range. More of these bad news to come in the near future.
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
3 years
Kima Ventures as of Q2 2021
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
4 years
Lots of crappy products successfully distributed. Lots of great products undersold. You can argue about how great your product is, but your ability to distribute it is what make your company fly or die.
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6 years
Time to market.
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
2 years
Received today over email... Former Office of @_TheFamily for rent.
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
4 years
Kima Ventures, 2010-2020 2021, we will be launching a great initiative towards our new portfolio companies ! Stay tuned :)
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
2 years
Performance of @kimaventures as of Q1 2023
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
3 years
Founded in 2001 Mailchimp to be acquired for $12 billion So inspiring in these crazy times where people try to achieve so much so fast and probably loose sight a bit of how much it's about the journey... Superb !
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
5 years
📚👱Human Machine 🤖📚
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
4 years
ACTION 💚 Si les pouvoirs publics mettent en oeuvre les mesures de coercition afin d'arrêter ce chantier-massacre avant qu'il ne soit trop tard. UN RETWEET 🔁 = UN ARBRE 🌲 Je m'engage à assurer la plantation d'au moins 10 000 arbres dans ce terrain détruit et aux alentours.
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
6 years
Before you really settle in your life, don't listen those who advocate for: Status, Salary, Stability. What you need to look for is: Purpose, People, Progress. Early career/path trials & mistakes are resorbed faster.
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
5 years
A loud shout-out to @an21m 🚀 He is very discreet, But the past five years, he has become one of the most incredible mobile consumer founder you will ever meet, By building piece by piece with @zenlyapp the leader of an impossible category.
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
6 years
Nos deux garçons de 8 et 6 ans ont été en retard de 12min à l'école. L'école a exigé un justificatif. Du coup, ma femme a fourni des explications à la hauteur de la demande 🤗
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
3 years
I've just deleted my instagram account, a soulless product that doesn't really connect you to anything anymore. It's a commerce app.
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
5 years
Plein de closings qui se passent bien avec @idinvest et @PartechPartners en ce moment, ça fait plaisir les gens qui tiennent leurs engagements :)
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
5 years
I find @PointNineCap really remarkable. They demonstrate high consistency, the team radiates so much positive energy, their portfolio is a mix of unique, discreet & high performing companies. A brilliant combination, really rare & difficult to put together in venture capital.
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
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👇Kima, 2010 - 2015 42% IRR on realized 19% IRR on unrealized 22% blended 3,4x TVPI 👇Kima, 2015 Onwards 65% IRR on realized 32% IRR on unrealized 33% blended 1,8x TVPI 👇Series A, 2015 Onwards 240% IRR on realized 33% IRR on unrealized 88% blended 1,9x TVPI
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
3 years
I hesitated to share this feeling but it’s true. In 2022 we will collaborate with the best human beings out there building and fueling with passionate intentions and an ambitious purpose !
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
3 years
😂😂😂
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Liberté, égalité, prix inchangés.
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5 years
C'est fou, j'ai déjà une belle liste d'investisseurs dont les engagements n'engagent que leur maigre courage. Ca fera un beau post sur les touristes du VC :)
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
7 years
Kima 2017, short recap: 100 new startups (incl. 60 FR, 24 US, 9 UK) $16.4m invested & 14 exits announced Returns are really good (for the ones wondering...) Voilà :)
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
4 years
French Product Syndrome -- When you build so many features that people can't understand what the product is anymore.
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
5 years
Cette semaine à Paris, vous aviez plus de chance de croiser des investisseurs à la FIAC qu'à Station F 😬 Pourtant il se murmurait les mêmes choses... - Je viens juste regarder 🧐 - C'est intéressant 🤔 - Je pense/trouve que... 🙃 - C'est cher quand même 🤯
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
4 years
Such a paradox to see foreigners bitch about the tech scene in France, with outdated facts and a baffling lack of knowledge and understanding. I thought that arrogance was a french cultural privilege. Bummer... Maybe we're growing up a bit :)
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Bruno Raillard
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My 2 cents :) 👇 Time to think differently about France
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
6 years
Je me remets toujours de la candidature pour un stage de @eleonoreoudea chez @kimaventures en Avril 2016. Septembre 2018, elle nous rejoint full time ! 😎👏🚀 @ale6_ & @RoseDettloff
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
3 years
Dad, did you become an investor because you had no ideas? 😬🙈😅
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
3 years
Kima Ventures as of Q3 2021
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
5 years
PARTAGEZ :) Entrepreneurs, si vous avez (eu) des mésaventures avec des fonds / business angels qui reviennent sur leurs termes/engagements, écrivez moi jean @2lr .org, on peut - vous aider à y voir clair - vous aider à négocier - juste parler... STRICTEMENT CONFIDENTIELLEMENT
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
4 years
I’ve read a lot of mixed comments about the acquisition of @shine_tools by @SocieteGenerale . It demonstrates & I like that French people are more ambitious than ever! But why do you judge or complain & not question instead. Entrepreneurship is hard... Salute the achievers !
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
5 years
People who ask their assistant to contact you in order to schedule a meeting, with no prior context, no agenda, and requiring that you come to their office. Fascinating. If only it wasn't a French VC, already known for their legendary arrogance and lack of manners. 🙈
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
2 years
Je crois que @Chronopost est la marque que je déteste le plus au monde. Est ce que les mecs sont commissionnés au nombre de colis non livrés et laissés au dépôt ?! Ils ont interdiction d’appeler, de sonner à la porte ou d’être sympa ? Mais c’est quoi leur putain de problème !
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
5 years
Dear students, This is not Ok. The sad output of normalized education is that we sometimes end up lobotamized to a point where our applications don't have a single trace of diligent preparation nor genuine interest. I've been there too. Many of us have. Wake up.
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
5 years
Corona Ventures 🤦‍♂️
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
6 years
Levée de 60M auprès de General Atlantic pour @OpenClassrooms ! 🚀 🙏 @m_nebra & @p_dubuc 💪 Il y a deux ans avec Xavier on se disait que...
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
3 years
C'était un challenge un peu déroutant, en même temps parler de vulnérabilité, c'est pas faire une tartine beurre confiture.
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
5 years
My 9yo after one week of coding bootcamp for kids: « For Christmas, I’d like to drop out of school and start working in a company » The empowering effect of applied learning...
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
5 years
We would love to back entrepreneurs building the future products that will empower remote teams. Something around a seamless experience of... Workflows, Integrations, Collaborations. A French team should do that.
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
3 years
This morning, on the way driving my eldest son to school, I found a shortcut... Celebrating this quick win, we high-fived as I was shouting << Who's the boss ?! >> << Xavier >> He said. 🤦‍♂️😅😂
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
5 years
Venture Capital is not about mitigating risk nor optimizing for returns. It's about maximizing the potential of winning outliers, in a timely manner, w/ sufficient capital to cover uncertainties, fostering ambition, excellence & velocity. Be wrong, lose once Be right, win big
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
3 years
The only truthful consensus at the moment is that everyone is tired. Take a break. It's always a long road ahead.
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
4 years
Vu que t’es sur Twitter, t’as forcément 60 secondes pour télécharger cette app ? :) Ça peut littéralement sauver des vies, ça serait trop bête de passer à côté. Faire tourner.
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
4 years
Kima Ventures as of Q1 2021
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
5 years
Une personne dans les milieux autorisés m’a partagé ça, bon esprit 😅
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
5 years
The quality of French founders, both from an execution excellence prism & a growth velocity perspective, is phenomenal, the amount of capital raised & deployed towards them has grown tremendously, & the ambition to build giants is finally catching up...
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
11 months
It's raw It's simple It's imperfect It's beautiful It's you It's @amoamoamo
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
4 years
Not the best idea to put this in your pitch deck 😬🙈
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
4 years
As a VC, The one thing that makes me so grateful about this journey is its richness. Every single week our interactions with people bring new enlightening learnings, new interesting perspectives, new experiences from which we learn, new friendships... 🙏
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
3 years
Big rounds announced today 🚀 It's a @Mirakl , it's @SorareHQ 😜 Have a precious name? 🤔 We will be happy to fund you too with @kimaventures 😂
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
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So good to see it come to life 😃📚 Human Machine
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
5 years
Startups.
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
7 years
I had no news since almost a year from a portfolio company. So I emailed the CEO to ask how they were doing... 800 to 15K+ customers 350k to 9M in ARR Apparently they're ok. 😂😍🚀
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
7 years
La pire chose qui peut t’arriver quand tu prends un risque pro, c’est d’échouer. La deuxième pire chose qui peut t’arriver, c’est de ne pas rebondir. La troisième pire chose, c’est de tomber en dépression. Quand on est à l’étape 1, on a de la marge :)
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
1 year
We’re used to make 2 deals a week with Kima. At the moment we’re also writing off 2 deals a week… It’s not pretty but it’s necessary.
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
3 years
Yes this is in our termsheet. Copyright @ale6_ 🙀
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
2 years
A first, but not a last 🚴‍♂️
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
7 years
Merci @BrunaBasini pour ce portrait fort sympathique dans @leJDD 😊
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
3 years
In #French Comment j'ai raté Qonto, Stripe et Moderna... C'est malheureusement pas une blague... Mais on se rattrapera j'espère 🤦‍♂️
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
6 years
The exact count for @Xavier75 is 664 companies as an angel investor. 100% his money :) You can all follow the pace of investments through this plugin for Chrome if you want 🚀 … …
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Top 50 Angel Investors Based On Investment Volume And Successful Exits
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
7 years
Prose d'un VC Optimiste 🤗 C'est pas pour plomber l'ambiance des fatalistes, mais moi je suis carrément bullish sur les incroyables histoires qui vont éclore les prochaines années en France 🚀
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7 years
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
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If France can't build decent defining market leaders worth 5B+, with all the experience acquired over the past 10 years and all the money poured into venture capital, I guess we'll have to stick with tourism & luxury. Voilà, I said it.
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
4 years
About 5 years ago, I joined Xavier Niel... So much to share about this journey so far but in short... W H A T. A. R I D E. 🚀 I just bumped into this memory from September 1st, 2015 which made me think of this milestone.
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
5 years
So long Facebook, You won't be missed 👋
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
3 years
Zenly , an operationally independent Snap company , has not only grown 100x since 2017 , their team have paved the way for a whole COMMUNITY of very special founders building consumer social apps 😍🚀 We're enjoying every bit of this journey with you...
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
7 years
Les startups, c'est 80% d'échecs économiques mais autant de réussites humaines. C'est ce qui nourrit les succès futurs. Rien ne se perd.
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
3 years
1/13 Voici un thread complet sur le covid, la politique, les conspirations, la science, les antivaxx, les extrêmes, et bfm tv… Naaaaan je déconne 😅
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
4 years
Looking forward... @avec_alan is building the leading insure-health-tech company of Europe 💚 They deliver to customers like no one does 💪 And as they keep growing, everything health will be within their reach 🚀 Congrats @jcsamuelian @Gorintic 🙏
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
5 years
A propos de Save et @damiensms : Un investissseur m'a dit l'autre jour qu'il ne s'en était pas remis... Je lui ai dit que nous si, qu'on avait beaucoup appris, comme Damien aussi et qu'on avait du coup remis :) Ca s'appelle @MobileClub , Et c'est très bien executé.
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
6 years
Rien n'est joué d'avance, tout reste toujours à faire, Honnêteté, empathie, efficacité Ne pas sous-estimer les effets composés long terme de l'attention portées à toutes les actions du quotidien, ❤️ & 🧠 doivent se trouver à la même place.
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
5 years
French tech 120 La liste étant maintenant publique, je confirme que c'est bien tout naze de faire des classements 😭
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
3 years
😱😱😱 If only we could have this en Europe 😭😭😭😭
@AngelList
AngelList
3 years
Announcing: AngelList Stack Effortlessly create a fundraising-ready startup. We’ve already made it simple to start & manage a fund. Now, we are doing the same for startups. Includes: Incorporation, Banking, Equity Management, Fundraising, and Hiring.
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
7 years
Pour les esprits déjà éclairés et productifs ou simplement curieux, pas mal de secrets d'organisation dans ce bouquin >> Pour les autres, ça risque de piquer un peu...
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
3 years
Two of the very best performing seed funds in Europe are @seedcamp and @PartechPartners at the moment, incredible returners in their portfolios!
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
4 years
Someone asked traits of great entrepreneurs. A few: Obsessed by the problem Question a lot Work efficiently hard Clarity of resilience Optimist yet clairvoyant Learning every day Making singular choices Excellence & velocity of execution Very ambitious (in quality & quantity)
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
5 years
Dauphine Master 225 🚀 Cette fois je me suis pas fait recaler 😂😅😜
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
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Hey @HarryStebbings , we often overestimate what we can do in 1 year and underestimate what we can achieve in 10... You are the definition of compounded effect in VC :) it's always day one and a long road ahead but your consistent hustle and pace honor you, Bravo 🔥🚀
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
3 years
I see companies that are worth dozens of billions in less than a decade backed by incredibly talented investors, in Europe, I look at my portfolio and I feel like shit. Voilà.
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
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Irresistible to fund >> - Real ambition, compounded with awareness, - Passion over hard problems to solve, - Exceptional learning & execution curve. @firminzoc it's an honor to be part of your journey. You are why I do what I do. // @PayFit
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
2 years
Goodbye @zenly It's been nice ❤️ Hope you find your paradise 🎶
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
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IRR by vintage @kimaventures End of Q4 2017: — 2015: 32% 2016: 23% 2017: 28% End of Q2 2018: — 2015: 34% 2016: 25% 2017: 34% IRR on series A deals, started in 2015: 155% @Dicefm @Doctrine @ForestSaaS @Ibanfirst @OpenClassrooms @PayFit @_SideFR @Sourcedtech @Zenlyapp
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
4 years
When people are talking about " all the opportunities created by this pandemic & exploiting them... " I know sometimes they mean no harm, But honestly, it instantly gets to my nerves People are suffering. Lucky or smart throughout it ? Mind your words, be nice, give back.
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
3 years
Glad we met @an21m in 2013 💫 Happy we led your A in 2015 🙏 Sad we sold to @Snap in 2017 🙃 Extraordinary what you've built at @zenly both team & product 😎 an inspiration for multiple generations of mobile consumer founders 🥰 Ridiculously excited about the future 😍🚀
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Antoine Martin
3 years
More downloads than Twitter and Discord… Not bad for a 75 person team based in Paris ;) We’ve come full circle to the original vision & I’m thankful to the team & @evanspiegel for enabling it. Perfect time for me to move on 👋🏼 So excited to see what the team does next 🍦❤️
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
5 years
Une commodité efficace avec une tonne de fonctionnalités ! C'est comme ça que Revolut a transformé la banque, tout simeplement. Là c'est pareil, pour tes voyages & week-ends. Ils sont 2, ils commencent tout juste, et ça va envoyer 🚀✈️🚆🪂 @Weekendr_Fr >>
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
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Too often people confuse Solitude with Loneliness Solitude is an enabler of clear thinking & creativity "To do much clear thinking a person must arrange for regular periods of solitude when they can concentrate and indulge the imagination without distraction." Thomas A. Edison
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
2 years
You're going to be disappointed by the lack of trash talk in this post. But if you want to share a good or bad anecdote about your experience with The Family, go for it.
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
5 years
Mobile Consumer Apps -- A snapshot of some of the applications we have backed with @kimaventures Missing the entire portfolio of creative applications from and a couple of others :)
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
3 years
There is this new app with unprecedented levels of engagement It's the closer to reality a social app can get. There is so much to say about it... The best is to give it a try with friends & family :)
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
7 years
It's ok to feel hurt or angry But this is also when you should take a deep breath & be smarter than your emotions or instinct As an entrepreneur or investor, it applies every single day. Let no room for miscontroled & misplaced ego if you want to enjoy & succeed in your journey
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
2 years
Ok Founders, What do you need the most from your pre-seed / seed investors ? Let's break the ice: - List of profiles to hire - Investors connections for next round - Vetted services providers (accounting, legal...) What else ? Please be as concrete & precise as possible :)
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
1 year
Here is the evolution of our performance @kimaventures as of Q2 of each year over the past 5 years. Yes, 2023 is contracting ;) The full dataset is below...
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
1 year
La boîte de thon + les œufs dans le train , c’est combien l’amende ? J’ai toujours les pires voisins 😭
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
6 years
Je vois tellement de startups émergées autour de la télé-consultation et ou des urgences à domicile... Sauf qu'à la fin c'est @doctolib qui gagne.
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