Kima Ventures

JUST is a digital solution that enhances e-commerce checkout experiences for brands. It integrates features that reduce cart abandonment and increase conversion rates, driving revenue growth. The platform partners with e-commerce providers to offer a customized, seamless shopping journey for customers.

Catalog is the first plug-and-play tool exclusively designed to digitise small-to-medium B2B merchants ordering process. With Catalog, B2B SMBs are equipped with the tool they need to reclaim their time, engage with buyers in meaningful ways and boost growth.

Trendio is a video shopping entertainment platform based in Bellevue, Washington, that focuses on creating engaging digital shopping experiences in the beauty sector. Founded in 2021, the company utilizes an AI-optimized video platform to connect viewers with curated brands and products through informative videos presented by real individuals. This approach not only enhances the shopping experience for consumers but also provides a space for beauty enthusiasts to grow their audiences and monetize their content. By personalizing and optimizing shopping videos for consumer packaged goods brands, Trendio aims to maximize conversion rates on various video shopping platforms and brand websites, thereby elevating the overall experience of online shopping.

HARDLOOP SARL is an online retailer based in Paris, France, specializing in sports products and adventure gear. Founded in 2014, the company offers a wide range of items, including shoes, gloves, bottles, and various accessories tailored for outdoor activities such as hiking, trail running, skiing, climbing, and swimming. By providing a diverse selection from international brands, HARDLOOP aims to equip sports enthusiasts with the necessary gear for their adventures. The platform facilitates easy access to quality sports apparel and accessories, catering to the needs of active individuals seeking to enhance their outdoor experiences.

Peeba is a curated online wholesale marketplace designed to enhance the shopping experience for local retailers in Asia. By connecting independent retailers with a carefully selected catalog of brands, Peeba provides a platform that features a wide range of consumer products, including home accessories, beauty items, and kitchen goods. The marketplace utilizes artificial intelligence to streamline the shopping process and improve product discovery, allowing retailers to efficiently source products from both local and global brands. This innovative approach aims to support retailers in expanding their sales and optimizing their inventory choices.

Acquire App, Inc. is a developer of a checkout solution that enhances the online shopping experience for merchants. Established in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Montreal, Canada, the company offers software that facilitates one-click checkout through direct-checkout links, which can be easily embedded in emails, texts, and advertisements. Additionally, Acquire App provides a plug-in extension for e-commerce stores to streamline their checkout processes. Following operational challenges in late 2022, the company's leadership initiated an exit strategy, culminating in a transaction recorded in 2023.

Jow is a grocery shopping app that simplifies shopping and gives advice of what to eat. This app offers free and simple recipes that adapt to the customer's taste. It automatically creates a customized menu with delicious recipes and fills the cart with all the ingredients necessary for cooking. Jow was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

HARDLOOP SARL is an online retailer based in Paris, France, specializing in sports products and adventure gear. Founded in 2014, the company offers a wide range of items, including shoes, gloves, bottles, and various accessories tailored for outdoor activities such as hiking, trail running, skiing, climbing, and swimming. By providing a diverse selection from international brands, HARDLOOP aims to equip sports enthusiasts with the necessary gear for their adventures. The platform facilitates easy access to quality sports apparel and accessories, catering to the needs of active individuals seeking to enhance their outdoor experiences.

Wedoogift is a simple solution for multi-brand gift voucher addressed to company management and the works council (EC) . The special feature of the Wedoogift gift voucher is that it is completely paperless and thus more risk of loss and its holder can spend his balance in several times among our network of partners both in stores and on the internet . The use of the gift voucher is redesigned for you!

Labdoor is a testing lab that publicly verifies the quality of consumer products, starting with supplements. On Labdoor.com, consumers can find scientific product reviews and shop for hundreds of quality-tested supplements all in one place. They also offer a "Labdoor Certified" program to companies who submit every lot of their products to us for quality control testing. From their chemistry lab in South San Francisco, Labdoor analyzes the purity and potency of popular products to find out which ones have what they claim and if they have any harmful ingredients or contaminants. Then, they grade and rank those products, write reports, and publish that information for free, so consumers can confidently buy the best supplements for their needs.

A platform for creators to create, sell and buy branded kits. Take&Make produces and distributes the kits.

Stowaway Cosmetics, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in manufacturing and selling makeup products tailored for women, focusing on travel-sized cosmetics. Founded in April 2014, Stowaway's product line includes beauty balms, creaseless concealers, cheek and lip rouges, creme lipsticks, eyeliners, and mascaras. The company aims to offer high-quality makeup in smaller, more portable sizes, making it convenient for women on the move. Stowaway Cosmetics also provides a Stowaway Kit, which is a curated set of essential beauty products. The company primarily serves its customers through online sales, emphasizing affordability and practicality in its offerings.

Stor.ai is a digital commerce platform designed specifically for grocery retailers, enabling them to create omnichannel shopping experiences. The company offers a range of services, including mobile ordering, order fulfillment, brand identification, personalized customer engagement, and marketing automation. By focusing on these solutions, Stor.ai helps retailers increase transactions, enhance customer loyalty, and drive sales growth. The platform emphasizes the importance of retailers owning their customer relationships, brand identity, and data, which underpins its commitment to continuous innovation and development in the e-commerce space.

Shelf is a place to catalog your favorite things and discover great products from people who actually use them. Our vision is to build a constantly updating catalog of the world's best products, curated by the people who love and use them regularly.

Step-In is a mobile-to-store solution for large retail chains. The offer consists of a mobile application that rewards customers when they enter a store. This is possible thanks to ultrasonic emitting boxes installed at the entrance to the points of sale as well as on the shelves to guarantee the presence of customers inside the stores.

Tulip Retail, Inc. is a cloud-based mobile platform designed specifically for retail store associates, founded in 2013 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with additional offices in Kitchener, London, Caerano di San Marco, and New York. The platform offers a suite of tools that empower store associates by providing real-time access to product and inventory information, customer profiles, and a variety of features for assisted selling and clienteling. Key components include a mobile associate app, checkout capabilities for omnichannel orders, and modules for streamlined store communications and look building based on customer preferences. By integrating mobile technology into the retail environment, Tulip aims to enhance the in-store shopping experience, boost sales, and improve customer service for leading retailers.

DooBop is an online shopping platform dedicated to providing a personalized and accessible beauty experience for women with brown skin tones and textured hair. Launched in November 2013, the platform features a curated selection of prestige beauty products from global brands such as Caudalie, Dermablend, and RMS Beauty. In addition to offering expertly hand-picked products, DooBop provides personalized online beauty consultations and expert content to support customers in their beauty journeys. The platform has garnered recognition from notable figures, including Oprah, who praised it in her O List, and has been highlighted by various media outlets for its focus on products tailored to the needs of women of color. Furthermore, DooBop is committed to social responsibility, donating $1 from every order to Community of Unity, an organization that develops after-school programs in challenging neighborhoods in New York City.

MartMania is a marketplace which connects producers and consumers of “interesting and unusual things” that can’t be bought in regular stores. The project’s founders, Evgeni Ivanov and Sofia Goldberg, have already achieved success in e-commerce and high load web services. They are products of the business accelerator TexDrive, which became part of the Genezis Capital venture fund, and which facilitated connections with Western investors. At the beginning of March 2013 more than 600 stores were using the MartMania platform to offer over 8500 different products. From each sale, MartMania receives a 10% commission. The average cost of an item on the site is around 2000 roubles ($65). Since 2012, when Genezis Capital began to direct the project, the value of shares in MartMania has increased tenfold. In March 2013 Martmania completed a successful investment round, attracting funding from Jeremie Berrebi (Kima Ventures), Fabrice Grinda and Jose Marin. The money will be used to develop and market the project in Russia and other former CIS states.

Labdoor is a testing lab that publicly verifies the quality of consumer products, starting with supplements. On Labdoor.com, consumers can find scientific product reviews and shop for hundreds of quality-tested supplements all in one place. They also offer a "Labdoor Certified" program to companies who submit every lot of their products to us for quality control testing. From their chemistry lab in South San Francisco, Labdoor analyzes the purity and potency of popular products to find out which ones have what they claim and if they have any harmful ingredients or contaminants. Then, they grade and rank those products, write reports, and publish that information for free, so consumers can confidently buy the best supplements for their needs.

Shopping Mail, a company based in Paris, France, specializes in internet advertising campaigns and operates an online coupon exchange platform. Founded in 2010, it enables e-merchants to exchange discount coupons through transactional emails, fostering a network of online retailers. This platform supports online retailers in enhancing their promotional strategies by facilitating the distribution of coupons directly to customers, thereby driving engagement and sales.

Mall Street is an online retail store based in Moscow, Russia, that began by specializing in home appliances and electronics. Over time, it has expanded its product range to include a variety of items such as portable electronics, home equipment, gardening supplies, computers, cosmetics, fitness products, and children's goods. This diversification allows Mall Street to cater to a wide array of consumer needs, positioning it as a versatile player in the online retail market.

Graine de Cadeaux SAS operates website of online sale of gift checks used for buying selection of 1,500 products intended for babies ranging from 26.90 to 249 Euros. Graine de Cadeaux SAS was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Paris, France.

DaWanda GmbH operates an online marketplace based in Berlin, Germany, specializing in unique and handmade items. Founded in December 2006, the platform connects professional artisans, artists, and designers with consumers seeking distinctive products. Its extensive portfolio includes clothing, footwear, accessories, furniture, toys, homeware, and decorative materials. Users can easily navigate the site by filtering searches based on various criteria, including product category, price, and occasion. DaWanda also offers a section for gift ideas tailored to specific recipients and interests, enhancing the shopping experience. In addition to its retail offerings, the platform features DIY tutorials, further engaging its community. DaWanda serves as a vibrant hub for creativity and craftsmanship, promoting both individual sellers and unique products.

ecomom.com is the brainchild of parents and professionals who saw an unexplored area of parenting and shopping and wanted to bridge the gap between making healthy choices and making easy choices. ecomom.com provides comprehensive, eco-conscious, e-commerce and social shopping which is centered around making it easy to make mindful decisions about the products parents choose to put on, in and around their children and families. ecomom.com also provides relevant information for moms as well as other trusted expert opinions from organizations like Healthy Child Healthy World, and professionals in pertinent parenting fields such as health, nutrition, fitness and mindful living. ecomom.com makes purchasing products, essential to the development of healthy children and families, accessible and effortless.

KOALA.CH is the first online shop in Switzerland with free shipping and free return. They have launched this shoe and fashion accessories shop in November 2010, with the ambition to offer a large selection of products with a top-of-class customer service. KOALA.CH aims at being market leader of online footwear in the Swiss market, through large selection, superior customer service and smart online marketing. The basic idea of KOALA.CH is to replicate the success of Zappos.com, Spartoo.fr, Sarenza.fr, or Zalando.de to capture quickly and profitably the leadership position in Swiss online footwear and reach 1 to 2% market share in 3 to 4 years.

Kukunu develops a new travel planning experience aimed at simplifying the life of travellers around the world. The foundersʼ vision is to create the dreamed online travel agent, giving the means to users to build fantastic trips with a service fuelled by passionate travellers and great technology. Travelers can collaborate to create their itinerary then add transports, hotels, restaurants, activities and sights across the cities they plan to visit. Through partnerships with major travel suppliers, Kukunu offers a very large selection of hotels and activities that can be booked at the best price.