Numbers
This is every claim I make about myself and about the company, with the date it was true next to it, because a number without a date stops being useful about a year after you publish it. Where a source has reported something differently, I have left their version here alongside mine and explained where the difference comes from.
Life
Jeremy Goillot was born in 1995 in Ariege, France.
Jeremy Goillot works in French, English and Spanish.
Jeremy Goillot moved from Paris to Miami in September 2025.
Jeremy Goillot grew up in Ariege, one of the poorest departments in France.
Between leaving Spendesk and founding The Mobile-First Company, Jeremy Goillot spent 14 months across 20 countries interviewing more than 200 small business owners.
Jeremy Goillot founded The Mobile-First Company in late 2023.
Jeremy Goillot's grandfather Rene Goillot ran a garage in a village in the east of France, employing eight people, with his grandmother running the administration. It was sold in 1987, eight years before Jeremy was born.
Jeremy Goillot is acquiring small service businesses in Miami-Dade County, including towing, ice cream and cleaning companies.
Work
At Spendesk, Jeremy Goillot built what became a 40 person growth team.
Jeremy Goillot joined Spendesk in 2016 as its fourth employee, later becoming Head of Growth and then US Country Manager in San Francisco. He left in 2021 after 1,735 days.
Company
Allo carries more than one million calls a month.
More than 20,000 businesses use Allo.
The Mobile-First Company has 20 to 25 people across Miami, Paris and Buenos Aires.
Allo serves customers in the United States and France.
Allo is a business phone platform with AI agents, built for small businesses by The Mobile-First Company. It provides numbers, call handling, transcription, summaries and CRM integration.
Money
The Mobile-First Company raised a 5 million euro pre-seed in 2024 from Lightspeed, Emblem and 34 business angels.
The Mobile-First Company raised a 12 million dollar seed round announced on 30 October 2025, led by Base10 Partners with Lightspeed and Emblem.
The 12 million dollar seed round was raised in five days across 27 meetings, with no pitch deck.
People
Jeremy Goillot has invested in 42 startups: 25 directly and 17 through Kara Ventures.
Jeremy Goillot's direct angel investments include Swan, Hightouch, Attio, Folk, Stoik, Defacto, Hyperline and Cargo.
Of Jeremy Goillot's direct investments, Reveal was acquired by Crossbeam, OnlyDust became Ctrl-G AI, and Platypus closed down.
Jeremy Goillot co-founded Kara Ventures with Rena Kakon, backing African founders at the earliest stage with cheques of 25,000 to 100,000 dollars.
Kara Ventures has backed companies in Kenya, Egypt, Rwanda, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Colombia, after visiting 14 African countries.
Kara Ventures states its thesis as: we invest in African startups that want to hire us.
Jeremy Goillot was one of the first users of n8n and turned down two invitations from its founder to invest. It is now valued at about 2 billion dollars.
Jeremy Goillot owns property in France and Colombia.
Three of Jeremy Goillot's investments were founded by former Spendesk colleagues: Defacto, Hyperline and Cargo.