HomePeoplePortfolioNews & ViewsContact News & Views Latest news in our ecosystem These are Europe’s top startups tackling menopause October 25, 2021 Investors are beginning to recognise the $600bn market opportunity that lies in menopause tech. And companies themselves are recognising the role they should be playing in creating access to menopause treatments, in order to keep women in the workforce. Our venture Bia Care is featured in Sifted alongside the amazing companies looking to help grow awareness and offer new solutions to menopause. READ MORE EUVC #26, Stephane Guinet & Michaël Niddam, Kamet Ventures September 29, 2021 Stephane Guinet and Michael Niddam star in The European VC podcast and do a deep dive into the phenomenon of venture builders who have taken Europe by storm. Venture Builders are becoming an ever more used entry path into VC for emerging managers & thus also a more common co-investor for early stage VCs to work with, so there's lots of reason to stay peeled for this episode. READ MORE Get to know Carla – Kamet’s newly promoted Head of Design September 20, 2021 One of Kamet Ventures’s biggest sweethearts has just been promoted to Head of Design and we are sooo excited to introduce you to the vivacious, multi-talented, superMOM, design guru Carla Ruiz Entrecanales! READ MORE 14 corporate seed-stage investors you need to know September 7, 2021 Most big corporations don't invest in startup seed rounds. Here are the ones that do and what you can expect from the relationship. Check out the full list including Kamet Ventures READ MORE The HealthTech Podcast #219: The Story of Kamet Ventures with Co-Founder Michael Niddam August 8, 2021 The Healthtech Podcast covers the latest in health and technology through interviews with disruptive healthtech startups and leaders. Whether you’re a patient, founder, investor or simply interested in healthtech, The Healthtech Podcast has it covered. This week James is joined by Michael Niddam a Managing Director and Co-Founder of Kamet Ventures, a venture builder and investor focused on disrupting the HealthTech and InsurTech sectors. READ MORE Two of Kamet's ventures named to the list of the UK’s most innovative health technology creators for 2021 July 19, 2021 Congratulations to Medloop and Birdie on being named to BusinessCloud's Healthtech 50!The HealthTech 50 focuses on companies creating tech for personal and preventative healthcare, as well as GP practice management and messaging platforms.BusinessCloud called on its readers to vote for companies from the 110-strong (MedTech 50) and 90-strong (HealthTech 50) shortlists and saw approximately 1,300 votes pour in on each. A combination of these votes and choices from an independent judging panel determined the top 50s. READ MORE Meet UK femtech Bia Care, a virtual clinic transforming menopause care July 16, 2021 Menopause care has been an under-researched and under-financed market to date, despite the fact that half the population could benefit from improved treatments in this area. By 2025, 1.1 billion women are expected to be postmenopausal. According to Crunchbase, the space represents $600 billion of spending opportunity but is still largely untapped by startups that could be creating new products and services for these women.‍ READ MORE Travel Insurance Gets More Innovative With This Startup Merger July 15, 2021 Kamet Ventures's Setoo agreed to a merger with Pattern Insurance Services, an insurtech founded in 2020. The joint company will be based in Palo Alto, California, and operate across Europe and the U.S. under the name of Pattern. READ MORE Understanding how people’s brains work is the key to designing products people can’t live without July 8, 2021 Henry Ford once said that if he’d asked people to tell him what they wanted, they’d just say they wanted faster horses. In any conversation, it’s simply not enough to just listen to what someone says, you need to read between the lines to pick up on and truly understand what they really mean. The same wisdom holds true on the long road to creating a good product. READ MORE Bia Care launches virtual clinic to provide menopause care July 7, 2021 A new virtual clinic that was incubated by Zinc VC and Kamet Ventures that delivers menopause care via video calls has been launched. Bia Care provides remote care and personalised treatments, giving women a confidential setting to share their experiences. READ MORE 5 areas of tech to watch, according to investors July 1, 2021 5 areas From remote working solutions to health-tech innovations, here are some areas that could be ripe for investment. Throughout our Start-up Advice series on Silicon Republic, we ask investors, mentors and advisers to give us some insights for entrepreneurs. One question we regularly put to these experts is, which areas of science and technology hold the greatest scope for opportunities? Here are just some of the answers we’ve gotten recently from investors. READ MORE 10 coolest UK healthech startups in 2021 June 28, 2021 UK Tech News presents a list of the coolest UK healthtech startups that deserve your attention in 2021. The list includes Kamet's own Apricity, Birdie, and Medloop. READ MORE Insurtech AI startup Akur8 closes $30M Series B June 17, 2021 Automating insurance pricing is a big business, and the world of AI is coming at it “full pelt.” The latest is Akur8, an insurtech automating insurance platform whose “Transparent AI” product is trying to eat into the incumbent large business of Willis Towers Watson, among others. READ MORE Insurtalk with Kamet’s Stéphane Guinet: How to get your insurtech noticed by VCs June 14, 2021 This week Stéphane Guinet, founder and CEO at Kamet Ventures discussed the key attributes of startups that can rise above the rest and attract major funding. READ MORE Fraud protection startup nSure AI raises $6.8M in seed funding June 14, 2021 Fraud protection startup nSure AI has raised $6.8 million in seed funding, led by DisruptiveAI, Phoenix Insurance, AXA-backed venture builder Kamet, Moneta Seeds and private investors. READ MORE Tech.eu Podcast: Venture builder as a marketplace of ideas, with Michaël Niddam of Kamet Ventures June 10, 2021 In today’s show, we talk with Michaël Niddam, co-founder and managing partner of the venture builder Kamet Ventures. In this conversation, we tried to get a better understanding of how a venture builder actually works, how much equity it takes in startups it launches, what the competitive landscape is like, and much more. READ MORE If you want to grow, be sure to get an awesome CTO June 7, 2021 The evolution of technology startups in the past few decades has been immense. A mere 30 years ago hardware was relatively easy to innovate in, as companies had not set up their digital infrastructure, and the pace of overall innovation was slower. Nowadays the focus has shifted completely onto software, where it is easier to implement incremental updates and integrate into existing infrastructure. Within this ever changing environment, the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) plays a pivotal role, with skills that are increasingly valuable within strategic decision making, not just execution. READ MORE London-based automated life insurance advice platform Anorak raises £5 million June 3, 2021 London’s fully automated life insurance advice platform Anorak has raised £5 million in a funding round led by Outward VC. Triple Point Ventures and existing investor Kamet Ventures also participated in the raise, as did a number of Angel Investors including Nic Kohler, Paul Evans, Charlie Delingpole, and Will Neale. The fresh funding is expected to accelerate Anorak’s distribution and partner networks as well as continue development of its offering. READ MORE A flood of investors into healthtech companies risks creating confusion for hospitals and care homes May 27, 2021 Increased consciousness around public health and the pandemic-driven demand for innovation saw the healthtech sector get a major cash injection of $750 million between 2019 and 2020. Traditional investors in healthtech have been joined by new entrants into the sector who rightly expect that the digitisation of the healthcare industry, which was accelerated by the pandemic, will create a generation of high-value startups. However, the presence of new investors brings challenges as well as opportunities. READ MORE “We’ve got to serve the older generation better”: caretech platform Birdie raises $11.5m May 17, 2021 It’s estimated that by 2050 the number of people over 65 will be double today’s figure. And with people living longer and the population ageing, there’s increasing pressure on already strained care systems. Birdie, a London-based startup, thinks it can help. The platform, which helps care providers to plan, monitor and assess patients digitally, has just raised $11.5m in a round led by Index Ventures. READ MORE Forget the myth of the lonely visionary — venture building is the saner way to entrepreneurship May 5, 2021 Successful entrepreneur Ben Prouty says that joining venture builder Kamet was unlike any other way he had worked before — but a far saner way to create a business. Here's why. READ MORE Building something for everyone: the unique challenges of building a healthtech startup May 4, 2021 Starting and growing a company is a huge undertaking on its own but building a company in the healthcare space brings an additional set of unique challenges. Healthtech startups require an extensive amount of research and a solid regulatory plan almost from the get-go. This comes with the additional need of finding the right business models for the various healthcare and incentive systems in different markets, navigating the national regulations and health ecosystems, and striking the tricky balance between serving the largest market possible while still providing an effective solution for every individual. READ MORE Tel Aviv’s start-ups have the cash — now they need talent April 28, 2021 The success of Tel Aviv’s start-up scene has created a tight market for tech talent READ MORE Secret sauce: demystifying the venture builder approach to company creation April 19, 2021 Like VCs, venture builders look for ideas with the potential to have a transformational impact at large scale. Unlike VCs, rather than scouting for the entrepreneurs that are already turning those ideas into businesses, venture builders identify ideas and incubate businesses around them themselves — only then bringing in entrepreneurs and “founding” teams. How do we do that at Kamet? READ MORE Grandes manœuvres dans la téléconsultation April 16, 2021 Le français Qare est racheté par le groupe HealthHero qui veut devenir le leader européen. READ MORE European healthtech consolidates as HealthHero buys Qare April 16, 2021 The London-based company is raising a “megaround” to buy more healthtech companies as it seeks to become Europe’s telemedicine leader. READ MORE Why venture building is the most successful way for big corporates to innovate April 6, 2021 Venture building — where companies create a startup to fit a particular business need — is gaining popularity. That may be because survival rates of companies created this way are far higher than you would get through conventional VC investing or through other types of corporate programmes. READ MORE Ibex Medical Analytics raises $38M for its AI-powered cancer diagnostic platform March 9, 2021 Israel-based Ibex Medical Analytics, which has an AI-driven imaging technology to detect cancer cells in biopsies more efficiently, has raised a $38 million Series B READ MORE Insurtech european vcs name the top 26 startups to watch in 2021 February 22, 2021 We asked Europe's biggest tech investors to pick the disruptive insurance startups they think will blow up in 2021. READ MORE Building the health tech giants of tomorrow February 5, 2021 Investment group Kamet Ventures professes to “build disruptive businesses from the ground up” in the health tech sector, as well as in ‘insure-tech’ and mobility READ MORE Sifted readers predict what’s in store for 2021 January 8, 2021 Earlier this week Sifted made some predictions for what will be happening in the world of European tech startups in 2021. READ MORE The future of telehealth depends on its quality January 3, 2021 Michael Niddam, Co-founder and MD of Kamet Ventures, says questions over quality leave the long-term future of telehealth on a knife-edge READ MORE Healthtech and the pandemic: bigger appetite, but smaller stomachs are stifling innovation December 23, 2020 Michael Niddam, managing partner Kamet Ventures, examines the disconnect between the growing demand for innovation in healthcare and the capacity of institutions, organisations, and systems to adopt and integrate that innovation. READ MORE Term Sheet readers predict which markets will boom in 2021 December 18, 2020 Each year, we poll Term Sheet readers for what they believe will happen in the upcoming twelve months. And boy do y'all have thoughts. READ MORE Interview with Ben Prouty, Co-founder at Child Education App Poncho December 17, 2020 Poncho is a platform that supports working parents. Even before the pandemic, parents were having a really hard time juggling work and childcare challenges and with the advent of increased working from home... READ MORE COVID-19 exposed the UK’s childcare crisis. Poncho has launched in the UK to address this December 10, 2020 Average annual childcare costs reached £6,800 in 2020. New digital startup Poncho, backed by Kamet Ventures, will help businesses support working parents and their kids. READ MORE Smart ambulances and wearables offer route to speedier treatments November 24, 2020 Service that improves treatment for patients on way to hospital to be introduced across UK after successful trial. READ MORE Making lemonade out of lemons: How Kamet's ventures thrived throughout lockdown October 27, 2020 Making lemonade out of lemons has become our unofficial motto over the past few months. READ MORE ‘To become an entrepreneur, you need to have a little dose of craziness’ October 20, 2020 Kamet Ventures’ Michael Niddam gives his advice for start-ups, from opportunities for innovation to why it’s important for entrepreneurs to take time away from the hot seat. READ MORE Amadeus partners with Setoo to offer personalised insurance to travellers October 16, 2020 Setoo’s AI-powered solution integration will allow travel agents using the Amadeus Travel Platform to provide travellers with the most relevant protection READ MORE La téléconsultation se met aux objets connectés pour faire entrer le médecin chez vous October 14, 2020 Préconisée pendant le confinement, la téléconsultation a enfin réussi à pénétrer dans le quotidien des Français. Malgré cette croissance soudaine, cette pratique possède encore de nombreux freins qui empêchent son développement. READ MORE Holiday warning: Medical expert shares what to do if you get ill abroad this winter October 3, 2020 HOLIDAYS abroad have always come with their fair share of risks, but the pandemic makes travelling that bit trickier. READ MORE Giving back Covid-19 and beyond September 22, 2020 When Kamet was founded almost 5 years ago, our mission was simple: to help solve people’s #painpoints through creative and #disruptive ingenuity. Since then we have built 19 ventures focused on everything from #fertility and #aging to #fleetsafety and access to #lifeinsurance. READ MORE Birdie is helping address a $3.2 billion crisis in social care. Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck it used to get AXA to back its Series A round. September 20, 2020 COVID-19 has highlighted the underlying fractures in the UK's care sector. READ MORE NHSx unveils first winners of £50m AI in Health and Care Award September 8, 2020 The developers of more than forty AI-powered healthcare products are set to take a cut of a new £50m NHS innovation fund. READ MORE Israel’s Ibex Medical Analytics Deploys in Puerto Rico, establishing a foothold in the Americas September 1, 2020 Its Galen Prostate solution helps pathologists with more accurate diagnoses and improves lab efficiency READ MORE Tips on how to land funding during the pandemic, from Europe’s VCs August 11, 2020 Back in April, in the eye of the pandemic storm, we asked European VCs and angel investors How is coronavirus impacting the funding landscape for startups? READ MORE Following the science: the role of venture builders after Covid-19 July 27, 2020 As Published in UKTN By Michael Niddam, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Kamet Ventures As startups and investors face uncertain times, venture builders offer […] READ MORE Small is the next big thing : by Michael Niddam July 10, 2020 As we eagerly await updates about potential vaccines for COVID-19 that could enable a return to ‘normal’ life... READ MORE Maddyness profiles Kamet Ventures July 6, 2020 Dans le paysage foisonnant de l’investissement, les fonds se multiplient… et ne se ressemblent pas. READ MORE Survey suggests that real recovery will take a year or more June 26, 2020 `The startup ecosystem will take a year or more to fully recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, with economic and political risk... READ MORE Disruptive Opportunities with Genuine Relevance to Insurance June 18, 2020 GCV spoke with Michaël Niddam, co-founder and managing director of Kamet Ventures about the intersection of health care and insurance tech. READ MORE Startup government support measures: Rated by Michael Niddam June 11, 2020 The pandemic has hit the startup world hard. With even well-established later-stage companies struggling to keep on an even keel during the crisis, government support packages... READ MORE QFLF: Maddyness on Kamet Ventures June 8, 2020 We invent. We incubate. We scale. We build. These are the four pillars that form the foundations of Kamet Ventures... READ MORE Beyond telemedicine — how healthcare gets personal June 8, 2020 As more doctors switch to video consultations, a slew of new diagnostics and monitoring technologies are making healthcare more personal. READ MORE The Future of Venture Building in a post-Covid World June 4, 2020 Covid-19 is impacting the world of venture creation, with ripple effects on the wider entrepreneurship ecosystem... READ MORE Coronavirus Shines a Spotlight on Telemedicine April 17, 2020 Digital medicine is making strides towards the mainstream as people seek remote healthcare in an effort to avoid hospitals and clinics READ MORE Entrepreneurs: Apricity's Caroline Noublanche on providing fertility health support the digital way March 30, 2020 e global spread of coronavirus has forced us all indoors and seeking digital alternatives to face-to-face interactions... READ MORE Air Doctor scores $7.8M to connect travellers with local doctors March 30, 2020 Air Doctor, the health tech startup that connects travellers with local doctors, has raised $7.8 million in Series A funding. READ MORE “Femtech” moves beyond the fertility app March 18, 2020 It was the popularity of fertility tracking apps like Clue and Ava Health that first peaked the interest of global investors in femtech startups catering for overlooked women’s issues. READ MORE What the future holds for insurance and healthcare March 15, 2020 Making data smart can lead to a number of advantages including better insights into risk and pricing, a more streamlined sales process to avoid repetitive form filling, improved understanding of... READ MORE Insurtech startup Akur8 raises $8.9M from BlackFin and MTech Capital March 12, 2020 Far from replacing humans, Artificial Intelligence is actually coming to the aid of a very old profession that has fallen out of fashion to such an extent that people are increasingly not joining it. I speak of the rarified world of the Actuary. READ MORE Budget 2020: What does the Red Box mean for UK tech firms? March 11, 2020 Chancellor Rishi Sunak today unveiled a raft of new fiscal measures as he vowed to deliver on the government’s promise of “levelling up” the UK. READ MORE Israeli start-up Ibex helps detect cancer using AI March 1, 2020 Ibex offers an important contribution in facing two challenges, the shortage of pathologists and the occurrence of human errors READ MORE Meet Kamet's Newest Entrepreneur in Residence: Ben Prouty February 26, 2020 Following a whirlwind career building three of the most exciting ventures in the London start-up scene, Ben Prouty has joined Kamet Ventures as our latest entrepreneur in residence! READ MORE Medloop secures €6M from Kamet Ventures and AXA for self-service patient app January 30, 2020 As featured on TechCrunch Medloop, which allows patients to manage healthcare needs and providers, has secured €6 million from Kamet Ventures and AXA. […] READ MORE The best product is no product January 16, 2020 By David Adams, Product Development Lead The best UX is no UX. The best code is no code. Pretty much everything I, and […] READ MORE Are Entrepreneurs Born Or Made? -An Insurtech Venture Makes The Case For Startup Studios January 2, 2020 The entrepreneur of popular mythology is a buccaneering character – ambitious, independent, just a little arrogant and brimming with disruptive ideas. And if […] READ MORE Go left — great acquisition and onboarding beats a great product November 27, 2019 By David Adams, Product Development Lead Source: Nick Fewings via Unsplash Last year, I was fortunate enough to attend a Design Sprint […] READ MORE AXA-Backed Kamet Taps Israeli Health Ministry Exec for Insurtech Incubator October 31, 2019 Until recently, Ravit Warsha Dor served as head of innovation at the Israeli health ministry's digital health department. READ MORE A weekend spent talking about the ‘Future of Health’ in the land of fire and ice October 27, 2019 Earlier this month I participated in a truly unique conference - an outdoor weekend-adventure in Iceland... READ MORE Creating a high performing product organisation October 17, 2019 By David Adams, Product Development Lead When you’re building a product, it’s tough to avoid the distractions and stay focused. Getting your entire […] READ MORE Wanted: entrepreneurs to run multimillion-pound tech startups October 9, 2019 Kamet turns the traditional seed capital model on its head by developing disruptive ideas itself and then finding entrepreneurs to lead them. Oh, and they’re backed with... READ MORE The red alert approach to product development August 27, 2019 By David Adams, Product Development Lead Launching new products is really hard. Each year around 30,000 new products are introduced, of these, 95% […] READ MORE Behind Kamet Ventures' people-centric approach to building startups August 22, 2019 The AXA-backed startup incubator supports talented founders before they have a business idea, leading to such success stories as the virtual fertility clinic Apricity READ MORE Omio chooses Setoo to transform its travel insurance offering in the UK July 9, 2019 Setoo will enable Omio to easily create, distribute and test personalised, transparent insurance offerings according to […] READ MORE Albany Park partners with Anorak to offer online advice July 4, 2019 Protection and mortgage advice firm Albany Park has announced that it has joined forces with Anorak Technologies. READ MORE London 'Virtual Fertility Clinic' Apricity raises €6M June 13, 2019 The firm’s latest round brings the total raised by the AI-powered fertility tech to €8.8m Billed as the world’s first virtual fertility clinic, […] READ MORE Anorak ranked among the top 10 hottest fintech startups in the world by Business Insider April 23, 2019 It graduated from Accenture's fintech innovation lab earlier this year, and is present on Starling's and Yolt's marketplace, where it will likely be able to gain more traction. READ MORE La startup Qare lève 20 millions d’euros April 12, 2019 Pionnière en France depuis 2016, la startup Qare annonce une levée de fonds de 20 millions d'euros pour séduire les praticiens et se faire connaître du grand public READ MORE Insurtech Setoo takes off with Invia Flights Germany January 25, 2019 Travel insurtech Setoo has gained its first customer to utilise its platform for personalised offers. READ MORE Padoa, l'outil numérique qui reforme la santé au travail December 6, 2018 Depuis le mois de mars 2018, les salariés du cher réalisent en autonomie la pré-visite individuelle dispensée par l’apst18 grâce à padoa. Une organisation interne simplifiée pour une performance décuplée de l’analyse des données collectées. READ MORE Birdie Raises €7M To Keep The Elderly Living At Home November 26, 2018 Agetech startup Birdie secures €7 million Series A to help elderly adults live independently. This London-based startup, is building a holistic home care platform to help the older adults live independently in their own homes, using apps and connected devices to track their well-being. READ MORE Anorak appoints Paul Evans as non-exec director November 24, 2018 Ex-Group CEO of AXA's global life, savings and health business, Paul Evans, has been appointed as non-executive director of smart data technology provider Anorak READ MORE Anorak raises £5M Series A for its life insurance advice platform November 13, 2018 The U.K. startup building a life insurance advice platform, has raised £5 million in Series A funding. It brings the total raised by Anorak to £9 million. The round is led by Kamet Ventures, the tech incubator. READ MORE Anorak is awarded Most Innovative Life / Health Insurance Firm of the Year. November 8, 2018 Great win. Anorak is awarded "Most Innovative Life / Health Insurance Firm of the Year" at Life Insurance International Innovation Awards 2018 READ MORE Padoa lève 20 millions d'euros November 6, 2018 Un an après une première levée de fonds de 5 millions d'euros, la startup Padoa lève à nouveau 20 millions d'euros auprès de ses investisseurs historiques. READ MORE Insurtech startup Setoo closes $9.3M Series A September 18, 2018 Setoo announces it has closed a $9.3 million Series A funding round, bringing the total amount raised to date to €10.3million ($12 million). The main investor is Kamet, AXA’s ‘Insurtech’ startup studio. READ MORE New key partnership for Anorak September 13, 2018 Anorak on board with Yolt the fintech owned by ING to put people back in control of their money! READ MORE Starling Bank and Anorak have joined forces September 3, 2018 The mobile-only bank and the smart life insurance adviser team up to offer Starling customers fast and easy access to personalised, transparent, impartial and regulated life insurance advice. READ MORE Interview de Stéphane Guinet par l’Argus de l’assurance June 28, 2018 Stéphane Guinet détaille le mode de fonctionnement de Kamet, la fabrique de start-up lancée par AXA. READ MORE Qare à l’honneur sur M6 May 11, 2018 M6 présente Qare la solution de télémédecine. READ MORE Qare et Pharma Express s’associent ! May 3, 2018 Nouveau partenariat stratégique pour Qare READ MORE Ibex, the First Ever AI-based Digital Pathology Cancer Diagnosis System April 19, 2018 First AI pathology diagnostic system up and running in clinical setting READ MORE Qare, sous les projecteurs dans les Echos February 28, 2018 Qare veut faciliter l’accès des Français à la télémédecine READ MORE Portrait de la start-up Qare dans l'Usine Digitale February 7, 2018 La start-up parisienne Qare a déployé en France sa plateforme dédiée à la télémédecine. Un service proposé en plein débat sur le remboursement des vidéo-consultations par la sécurité sociale. READ MORE Redefine The Insurance Game February 7, 2018 Michael Niddam Executive Partner Kamet Ventures, David Vanek CEO Anorak, French Founders event READ MORE Qare, Nouvel acteur d'avenir de la Télémédecine February 1, 2018 La jeune pousse Qare permet au patient de se connecter à distance sur une plateforme de vidéo consultation sécurisée. Chaque consultation donne lieu à un compte rendu écrit. READ MORE Kamet ventures @ the 2018 Paris Fintech January 30, 2018 Stéphane Guinet, Founder and Managing Partner of Kamet Ventures will be speaking at the Paris Fintech Forum on the Main Stage READ MORE Anorak, spotted by Techcrunch! January 23, 2018 Anorak has been spotted by Techcrunch as the latest 'insurtech' company to pick up funding in the U.K. The London-based startup is on a self-described mission to "build the world's smartest independent insurance adviser" READ MORE MENU Home People Portfolio News & Views Careers Contact TEL AVIV OFFICE 101 Rokach Blvd Tel-Aviv 6153101 Israël At Mixer LONDON OFFICE 9 Mandeville Place, London, W1U 3AY PARIS OFFICE 30 rue Fortuny 75017 Paris France Copyright 2021 - Kamet. All rights reserved.