Venture Capital

20 stories about Venture Capital
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
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
דובי פרנסס Group 11

Group 11 strikes $50 million deal with StepStone Group for third fund holdings

06.04.22|Meir Orbach
Dovi Frances' fintech VC is selling 27% of its third fund which includes unicorns Tipalti, TripActions, Next Insurance, HomeLight, and Sunbit
Yonatan Mandelbaum BiblioTech TLV Partners

CTech's Book Review: Measuring and understanding the 80/20 rule

29.03.22|Yonatan Mandelbaum
Yonatan Mandelbaum, Principal at TLV Partners, shares insights after reading “The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future” by Sebastian Mallaby
צוות ורטקס

Vertex Ventures raises $400 million for two new funds

28.03.22|Meir Orbach
Vertex VI will serve as a $230 million early-stage fund, while Vertex Opportunity II is a $170 million fund designed to further support companies as they scale
ג'ארד קושנר  יועץ הנשיא טראמפ חברת נדל"ן  The Kushner Cos

Jared Kushner coming to Israel in search of tech investments

20.03.22|Golan Hazani
Kushner and the three other executives of the Affinity Partners fund, which has already secured $3 billion in funding, plan to meet with Israeli companies worth between $300 million and more than $1 billion
מגזין כלכליסט טק מימין רננה אשכנזי יעל אלרואי נופר עמיקם עדי גוזס מנהלות קרנות הון סיכון

"Women in venture capital is still a big deal"

20.03.22|Sophie Shulman
Four female representatives of the next generation of executives in venture capital funds met for an open discussion on entrepreneurship, risks, technological trends and the bugs in Israeli high-tech
גל גיטר שותף מנהל ב- Ibex Investors יצטרף לדירקטוריון Blue Dot

The reshaping of the venture capital landscape

16.03.22|Gal Gitter and Daniel Cohen
"The era of easy money and non-discriminating investors is likely coming to an end," write Gal Gitter and Daniel Cohen of Ibex Investors
ליאור סיימון שותפה חדשה ומנכ"ל סייברסטארטס Cyberstarts גילי רענן

Cyberstarts raises $200 million to double down on its Seed companies

28.02.22|CTech
The new Opportunity Fund will focus on follow-on investments in the cybersecurity-focused VC’s portfolio companies that are raising Series A and Series B
טדי ווארדי קרן אינסייט

Insight Partners announces new $20 billion fund, remains buoyant on Israeli software

24.02.22|Meir Orbach
The U.S. VC has invested in around 75 Israeli companies to date, including the likes of Armis Security, monday.com, JoyTunes, and Lightricks
Ben Rabinowitz Amiti Ventures

Amiti Ventures raising new $130 million fund

21.02.22|Meir Orbach
The fourth fund will be led by Ben Rabinowitz and Maya Pizov, with Managing Partner Modi Rosen electing to part ways after partnering with the VC three years ago for its third fund
מנכ"ל סייברסטארטס Cyberstarts גילי רענן והשותפה החדשה ליאור סיימון

Cyberstarts fund I records 300% annual return amidst cybersecurity boom

09.02.22|Meir Orbach
50% of the companies that have raised their Series A round or more on Gili Raanan and Lior Simon’s firm’s portfolio have already become unicorns
מקימי קונטרגו ונצ׳רס דוד הלפרין ו אמיתי ימין

New $50 million tech fund launched by optics entrepreneur

03.02.22|Meir Orbach
David Halperin, co-owner of Optica Halperin - Israel’s largest optics retailer, has set up the new venture capital firm, Contrago Ventures, with Amitay Yamin
צוות ורטקס

Vertex Ventures strikes $150 million deal with StepStone for fourth fund holdings

20.01.22|Sophie Shulman
Among the startups included in the Israeli VC’s fourth fund are several promising unicorns, including OwnBackup, Verbit, Yotpo and Axonius
צוות Viola Ventures

Viola Ventures announces new $250 million fund for early-stage investments

19.01.22|CTech
Eight of the Israeli VC’s portfolio companies reached unicorn status and beyond in 2021