Xavier Niel

Investment Partner , Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner,Angel
Investor Stage
Seed

Xavier Niel currently works as the Co-Founder & CEO for NJJ Capital. Xavier Niel is the Iliad Group's majority shareholder and founder. He has been involved in the data communications, Internet and telecommunications industry since the late 1980s. In 1993, before dedicating himself full-time to developing the Group, he founded Worldnet, the first Internet service provider in France, which was sold to Kaptech (LDCom Group) in December 2000. He has been responsible for the Group's major strategic developments, from the launch of the ANNU service and the development of Internet access services based on France Télécom’s repayment scheme as a financial model to the launch of the Freebox project.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
11
Xavier Niel has made 11 investments. Their most recent investment was on Feb 28, 2017, when ResearchGate raised $52.60M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Apr 13, 2022 Dfns Seed $13.50M Blockchain Detail
Sep 27, 2021 DICE Series C $122M Events Detail
Feb 28, 2017 ResearchGate Series D $52.60M Internet Detail
Sep 26, 2016 Zenly Series B $22.50M Android Detail
May 19, 2016 Zenly Series A €11.20M Android Detail
Jul 14, 2015 Mediarex Sports & Entertainment Series Unknown $4.90M Blockchain Detail
Jun 18, 2015 Devialet Series B $20M Audio Detail
Jul 9, 2014 MyRepublic Series Unknown S$30M Internet Detail
Nov 16, 2012 Mirakl Series A $3M E-Commerce Detail
Nov 12, 2012 Devialet Series A $19.10M Audio Detail
Oct 10, 2007 Deezer Series B €14.70M Apps Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
4
Xavier Niel has 4 current jobs including Board Member at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts , Board Member at Mirakl and Founder at eir .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Board Member Mar 1, 2018 Detail
Mirakl Board Member Detail
eir Founder Detail
Devialet Board member Detail