Kamet Ventures

Kamet Ventures is a venture builder backed by AXA Insurance with an initial commitment of €100 million, founded in 2016 by Stephane Guinet. Based in Paris at 58 rue de Prony with offices in London and Tel Aviv, Kamet operates a fundamentally different model from traditional venture capital: the firm builds companies from scratch using its own research and solution design framework, then recruits entrepreneurs to run them. The five-person team supports founders from launch across business development, technology, legal, and finance. Focus areas are disruptive innovation in insurtech, healthtech, and mobility. Kamet leads rounds in all companies it creates. The firm has made 39 investments and built a portfolio including Padoa (occupational health SaaS), Akur8 (AI insurance pricing), Birdie (elderly care technology), Fixter (car repair marketplace, UK), Air Doctor (travel health insurance), Anorak (life insurance advice), Brightmile (driver safety and mobility), Ibex (AI pathology), Apricity (fertility health), and Setoo (parametric insurance). Kamet achieved 4 portfolio exits, with the most recent being Sayata (commercial insurance platform, acquired September 2025). An earlier acquisition was Qare (telemedicine, acquired by Kamet in April 2019), and the firm also partnered with Korian (eldercare group) in June 2022. Kamet's venture builder model means the firm identifies market gaps in insurance and health, designs solutions and minimum viable products, then finds founding teams to commercialize them — a cycle that positions Kamet as both investor and architect of each company it backs. This approach, anchored by AXA's deep insurance expertise and distribution relationships, gives Kamet-built companies an unusually direct path to industry validation and enterprise customer access from day one.