Viola Growth is a technology growth capital fund that focuses on investing in Israeli-related global technology companies at their expansion phase.
Founded in 2008, the fund invests in fast-growing, growth stage companies, with potential for category leadership, substantial annual revenues, profitable unit economics and a proven business model. Our average check size ranges from $15-$30M.
The fund is managed by seven partners, one of whom is based in NY, who hold vast experience working with management teams, building organic and non-organic growth plans, scaling operations, creating business partnerships with global leaders and driving profitable growth.
Our team’s deep understanding of the ecosystem and extensive network of contacts allow us to track the most promising companies.
Viola Growth manages two funds with a total of more than $430M AUM and has invested in more than 20 companies to date, with close to a dozen exits.
| Fund I | $164M | |
| Fund II | $274M |
Our investment rounds range from $15-30M.
Enterprise Software, BI, Cyber, Internet & New media, Marketing technologies, IT & Cloud and FinTech.
We’re looking for:
• Growth stage Israeli-related, technology companies operating in global markets
• Strong product differentiation with a technological advantage and potential for leadership in their category
• Top-tier, scalable management teams
• Existing business model with high growth rates
Our investment team has vast experience in working with growth-stage companies to build organic and non-organic growth plans, scale operations, strengthen management teams and create business partnerships with global leaders.
• We are proactively involved in each of our portfolio companies and have helped guide many of them to global financial success.
• We work with our companies to formulate strategy in order to achieve superior returns.
10 Nov 2019
The number of Israeli companies receiving growth funding has been rising at a rapid pace over recent years, jumping from 50 in 2015 to 69 in 2019 YTD. Investors have shelled out over $2.5 billion so far this year, a 53% jump from just 4 years ago.* The global trend is totally in line with…
26 Mar 2019
Only a few months after transitioning from company CEO to a partner at Viola Growth, I was fortunate to come across what would become my first investment in a category I believe will continue to boom in the next few of years. In the era of the rise of Netflix, media companies and content providers…
26 Oct 2018
As international interest in Israeli companies continues to grow and more capital is committed to its innovative tech sector, Israel’s M&A market has become increasingly active in recent years. In 2017 alone, Israeli tech saw a record number of 16 deals above $150M. After evaluating 100 acquisitions of Israeli companies for $150M+ since the beginning…
14 Aug 2018
At Viola Growth, we see about 200 growth companies every year and invest in maybe two or three of them (just a little over 1%). That means when we invest in a company, we have ‘checked every box’ when it comes to the criteria that’s important to us. Or in other words, that ‘all the…
17 May 2018
The second ever Israel Growth Summit (2018) took place in Tel Aviv in May, co-hosted once again by Viola and the Israel Growth Forum. Attendees included over 150 Founders, CEOs and senior executives from Israel’s top growth-stage companies, who shared their insights on a variety of challenges including strategy-building, go-to-market, global management, scaling R&D and…
26 Jan 2018
A shorter version of this post was originally published in the International Business Times. In most cases, the price of a product is determined based on supply and demand, which is the basic premise of a free economy. But when it comes to the world of private investments, the pricing of companies is sometimes determined…
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