Viola Ventures is committed to investing in early stage startups and empowering them to become global category leaders. With over $1.25B managed across six funds, Viola Ventures is led by a team of 6 investment partners dedicated solely to early-stage tech investments (seed, A and B).
With a legacy of over 20 years in Israel’s vibrant technology ecosystem, Viola Ventures invested in over 100 companies to date and is known for repeatedly backing Israel’s category leaders, such as ironSource, Payoneer, Lightricks, Redis, Outbrain and Pagaya.
The fund partners with exceptional teams looking to disrupt traditional markets in verticals such as finTech and SMB/Enterprise software, Vertical AI, digital health, semiconductors and deeptech, consumer facing products and Cyber.
$1.3B AUM across 6 funds:
| Fund I | $171M | |
| Fund II | $202M | |
| Fund III | $235M | |
| Fund IV | $194M | |
| Fund V | $223M | |
| Fund VI | $260M |
Founded in 2000, we are the only Israel-based VC fund with seven investing partners solely dedicated to early-stage tech investments. This allows for unique depth and diversification that spans across a wide range of backgrounds and verticals.
We invest across a number of key market segments including Vertical AI, B2B, Deep Tech (semi and storage), Healthcare, Fintech, Consumer and SMB Services.
Our mission is to partner with Israeli tech startups from inception, even as early as a PowerPoint deck. Typically we invest as the first institutional money with flexibility around seed, A, B rounds -$500K-$10M.
With a portfolio of over 90 companies, Viola Ventures has backed a substantial share of Israel’s exits to date, including Actimize, RedBend, ECI, Optimal+, and Samanage.
22 Jan 2023
Despite the overall pullback in venture funding and the turmoil of financial markets, financial services remained the leading sector globally for venture investments in 2022 and we believe that many of these challenges will directly lead to 2023 opportunities. Even with the fintech market adjusting to a higher cost of capital and a paradigm shift…
15 Jan 2023
The global uncertainty in 2022 brought decades-high inflation rates with an uncertain macro environment, resulting in central banks using every tool at their disposal – both fiscal and monetary – to fight inflation. This led to public market crashes and impacted valuations in public and private markets. Fintech, adversely affected by higher cost of capital…
30 Oct 2022
It’s not a secret that Web3.0 protocols and applications have experienced significant cyber attacks in recent years. The vertical’s relative infancy yet rapid wealth creation as well as features like transparency and accessibility, make Web3.0 a target when it comes to cybersecurity. As more and more dedicated Web3.0 cyber startups start to emerge, here are…
1 Aug 2022
2021 was a record-breaking year for the semiconductor industry. Rising demand driven by digital transformation, the emergence of new domains such as Blockchain and Metaverse drove new needs, challenges caused by supply chain, and abundance of capital all came together to create a new landscape with space for startups that can think outside the box.…
10 Aug 2022
At Viola Ventures, we’ve been following crypto, blockchain and web 3.0 for a while now, tracking market maturity, regulation readiness, business models and opportunities in the Israeli market. We view our recently announced $250M fund, focused on seed investments, as an opportunity to enter the Web 3.0/blockchain space, and partner with entrepreneurs in growing the…
16 Jun 2022
Funding for retail tech is at an all-time high, and for good reason. Ecommerce now makes up more than 20% of the total retail market and that number will continue to grow. This growth is being driven by innovative ecommerce infrastructure technology which offers brands and retailers better, easier ecommerce sales. Widespread internet access in…
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