Venture Capital

20 stories about Venture Capital
עומר נגר מנכל הגראז

Valley Bank investing $25 million in Leumi’s Garage fund

04.08.22|Golan Hazani
The fund, which invests, establishes and accompanies startup companies in the fields of fintech, cybersecurity, data and AI, is estimated to total between $130-150 million
איתן נאור ו אייל רוזנר מייסדי קרן הון סיכון In Venture

IN Venture raises $150 million fund to invest in Israeli deep-tech startups

01.08.22|Sophie Shulman
The new fund was launched two years after the VC raised a $100 million fund, which has invested in the likes of quantum computing startup Classiq, visual content creation platform Bria, as well as cybersecurity company GK8, acquired last November for $115 million
שירן שלו, שותך בבאטרי

Battery Ventures closes $3.8 billion in new funds, appoints new Israeli partner

20.07.22|Meir Orbach
Shiran Shalev, who is based in Tel Aviv and was promoted to partner, joined Battery in 2013 and focuses on venture- and growth-stage investments in financial technology and business software
יאיר שינדל תומר ברקוביץ טוד סון גור רושוואלב שותפים ב קרן aMoon Growth

Life sciences VC aMoon raises $340 million for second fund

20.07.22|Meir Orbach
aMoon Growth II will focus on later-stage investments and will support entrepreneurs and scientists developing solutions combining biology with AI, Big Data, and other advanced technologies
Alon Pinhas

The tech fields that are immune even from a global crisis

19.07.22|Alon Pinhas
"At the end of the day we should remember that for investors the best time to invest is now. Entrepreneurs are begging for money, multipliers have gone down and it's time to go in and invest," writes Alon Pinhas
וול סטריט ירידות שערים

Coatue's secret presentation rocks high-tech with grim prediction

14.07.22|Sophie Shulman
The American investment fund outlined the depth of the crisis in a presentation prepared for its investors. Coatue cites Lemonade as an example of a "broken business model" and is expecting further drops, but recommends Tesla and Nvidia as good buys
מיה פיזוב

Why speak with investors when you’re not raising money?

12.07.22|Maya Pizov
An hour with a VC could be rewarding down the road so don’t spurn the opportunity, writes Maya Pizov, a Partner at VC firm Amiti
מייסדי F2, מימין: נועה מץ, יונתן סאקס, מאוד פרידמן, ברק רבינוביץ

F2 Venture Capital raises $250 million for early-stage investments

05.07.22|Meir Orbach
The Tel Aviv-based VC firm has raised its third seed fund of $150 million for Israeli founders, as well as another $100 million fund to continue backing existing portfolio companies
מימין פרופ' יאיר טאומן הילה רום ד"ר יוסי מערבי ראשי הקרן באוניברסיטת רייכמן

Reichman University setting up VC fund for its graduates

29.06.22|Sophie Shulman
The university’s fund, which already has $30 million in commitments from investors, will receive exclusive access to startups founded by students
אריק ריינר ודן פוביצקי מייסדי Vine Ventures

Vine Ventures closes $140 million Fund II, half to be allocated to Israeli startups

22.06.22|Meir Orbach
The fund will focus on investments in B2B companies in the cloud, cybersecurity, AI, data, and fintech sectors, investing $1 million to $10 million as a first check
Sarona Partners

Sarona Ventures launches new $20 million fund with investments from private investors and wealthy families

22.06.22|CTech
The fund’s focus is on early-stage investments in Israeli entrepreneurs and startups in the Seed and Series A stages
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
Bobby Demri

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

15.06.22|CTech
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

07.06.22|CTech
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
LACEWORK _alt BOLT

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
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