Investments
62Portfolio Exits
14About Xavier Niel
Xavier Niel is an angel investor and Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Iliad. He is also the founder of Kima Ventures. Niel is interested in the data communications, Internet and telecommunications industries. Previously, he was a founder of Worldnet, amongst the first Internet service provider in France, which was sold to Kaptech in December 2000.
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Latest Xavier Niel News
Sep 23, 2023
(marketscreener.com) NJJ Presse, a holding of French telecoms maverick Xavier Niel, has purchased Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky's stake in daily Le Monde and committed to transferring this and its existing stake to a fund defending press freedom, it said on Saturday.https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/Xavier-Niel-buys-Czech-investor-Kretinsky-s-stake-in-Le-Monde--44910363/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20230923
Xavier Niel Investments
62 Investments
Xavier Niel has made 62 investments. Their latest investment was in Poolside as part of their Seed VC - II on August 8, 2023.
Xavier Niel Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8/24/2023 | Seed VC - II | Poolside | $100M | Yes | 2 | |
6/13/2023 | Seed VC | Mistral AI | $112.93M | Yes | 11 | |
4/20/2023 | Seed VC | Skarlett | $4.39M | Yes | 2 | |
4/13/2023 | Seed | |||||
3/20/2023 | Series A |
Date | 8/24/2023 | 6/13/2023 | 4/20/2023 | 4/13/2023 | 3/20/2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Seed VC - II | Seed VC | Seed VC | Seed | Series A |
Company | Poolside | Mistral AI | Skarlett | ||
Amount | $100M | $112.93M | $4.39M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 2 | 11 | 2 |
Xavier Niel Portfolio Exits
14 Portfolio Exits
Xavier Niel has 14 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Dreem on July 11, 2023.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7/11/2023 | Acquired | 3 | |||
3/16/2023 | Acquired | 5 | |||
2/21/2023 | Acquired | 5 | |||
Date | 7/11/2023 | 3/16/2023 | 2/21/2023 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Acquired | Acquired | Acquired | ||
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Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 3 | 5 | 5 |
Xavier Niel Acquisitions
1 Acquisition
Xavier Niel acquired 1 company. Their latest acquisition was Nice-Matin on January 21, 2020.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1/21/2020 | Acquired | 1 |
Date | 1/21/2020 |
|---|---|
Investment Stage | |
Companies | |
Valuation | |
Total Funding | |
Note | Acquired |
Sources | 1 |
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