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20 stories about VC

Why do they keep investing?

21.06.22|Meir Valman

Among the leading VCs, it was often two or even one investment that generated the vast majority of returns in one fund and cemented their reputation, writes Meir Valman

“My main mission is to help reinvent large, amazing companies through this journey with startups.”

Reinvention of large companies is Tzahi (Zack) Weisfeld’s speciality, and he accomplishes this through helping corporates to engage with startups to benefit both sides.

“People are starting to see space as a place to travel to, invest in, it’s no longer futuristic”

19.06.22|Yafit Ovadia

Starburst Aerospace has big plans for the future: Investing in Israel’s “next SpaceX” and other promising startups to pave way for the future, says Israel Managing Director Noemie Alliel

Greenfield Partners

Greenfield Partners unveils new $200 million fund

16.06.22|Meir Orbach

Previous Greenfield Partners investments include Guardicore, which was sold to Akamai; Avanan, which was sold to Check Point, and unicorns VAST Data and BigPanda

Lisya Bahar Manoah Catalyst Investments 20

“To be different gives you different skills from every perspective.”

Appreciating differences was normal for Lisya Bahar Manoah, partner at Catalyst Investments, who grew up in a Jewish family in Turkey while attending German schools.

ROCH Ventures to invest €20 million in Israeli travel and tourism startups

The fund aims to invest a total of €100 million over the next four years, focusing on sustainable travel, digital nomadism and the future of business travel

מימין: השותפים בקרן ISF ג'וש שיר , דרור גלס , אווה הובשמן , שמואל שילה ו ניר לינצ'בסקי

ISF raises $312 million for 3rd secondary fund focused on Israeli high-tech market

13.06.22|Meir Orbach

Israel Secondary Fund has invested directly and indirectly in approximately 220 companies, including MyHeritage, Aidoc, WSC, Innovid, Valens, Pixellot, Verbit, Waze, Glilot, and Vertex

עומר שלוס ובן טופור, מייסדי טיטאן

Titan announces $100 million fund, looking to buy positions in Israeli growth companies from Russian investors

07.06.22|Meir Orbach

Alongside Titan's flagship fund, the company manages a number of co-investment vehicles through which it plans to deploy an additional $100 million or $200 million in total, over the next three years

Aviv Barzilay Ayal Itzkovitz Pitango First

Pitango launches Web 3.0 venture lab, setting up DAO

The venture capital firm is aiming to create bridges between Web 3.0 and Web 2.0 via partnerships with ventures that have sustainable growth models through equity and/or token based investments

ג'ף הורינג מייסד ושותף מנהל ב קרן אינסייט האמריקאית

Insight Partners’ Jeff Horing vows to support companies during crisis

02.06.22|Meir Orbach

Horing highlighted the crisis as an opportunity for growth during a video call with entrepreneurs and CEOs of Israeli companies in which his venture capital fund has invested

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Cutback nation: Who’s afraid of layoffs?

31.05.22|Sophie Shulman

Mass layoffs at American unicorns Lacework and Bolt signals the hysteria that could turn out to be excessive and harmful in the venture capital industry. This panic could also spread to Israel and hurt companies whose situation is not necessarily bad

Investment firm Peak opening investment in high-tech startups to general public

17.05.22|Meir Orbach

The firm, which is led by former Technology Minister Izhar ShaI, has begun its operations in Israel and will allow local non-accredited investors to invest in local tech companies

Amir Blatt Almeda Ventures

VCs can also be startups - The emerging public VC model

15.05.22|Amir Blatt

“Public VCs enable the entire public to participate in the success of Israeli high-tech. Any person can buy LP units at any time, and in any amount, in a vehicle that in the past was open only to accredited investors,” writes Amir Blatt of Almeda Ventures

אודי מוקדי מנכ"ל ומייסד-משותף סייברארק

CyberArk launches $30 million fund to invest in cyber startups

12.05.22|Sophie Shulman

The new fund, CyberArk Ventures, will invest in early-stage cyber startups (Seed and A round) and has already invested in three companies: Dig Security, Enso Security, and Zero Networks

צוות YL Ventures

YL Ventures announces $400 million fifth fund, the largest Seed stage cybersecurity-focused fund ever raised

10.05.22|Meir Orbach

The fund will be used to both lead the Seed rounds of approximately 10 startups at a pace of three startups per year, and to invest in the companies’ follow-on rounds

מייסדי לושה יוני צרויה ו אסף אייזנשטיין

Investment firm Plus Ventures suing unicorn Lusha, claims it was defrauded of holdings

08.05.22|Meir Orbach

The firm claims it invested in a previous reincarnation of Lusha. The unicorn, which raised $205 million at a $1.5 billion valuation last year, said it has no connection with the plaintiffs and that its product was built based on independent intellectual property

עומרי כספי ו דיוויד ציטרון

Former NBA player Omri Casspi launches early-stage $50 million VC fund

02.05.22|Meir Orbach

Casspi began investing during his career in the NBA, becoming an active angel investor in the likes of DocuSign and DayTwo

Liron Azrielant 20

“Continuous resiliency brings tremendous value. This is what we strive to bring.”

Rather than focusing on a specific part of the tech world to invest in, Meron Capital looks for founders who are strong and resilient, says Liron Azrielant, founder and managing partner

Liad Agmon ועידת פינטק Ctech וידאו

“We always talk about companies and technologies - but it is really a people business”

27.04.22|James Spiro

Liad Agmon, Managing Director at Insight Partners, describes the journey transitioning from entrepreneur to investor

Eyal Niv Pitango 20

“We focus on things that would really change the world.”

While many investors are on the lookout for disruptive technology, Eyal Niv, managing partner at Pitango, prefers to think of these world-changing ideas as enablers

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