Viola Ventures is committed to investing in early-stage startups and empowering them to become global category leaders. With over $1.3B under management, Viola Ventures is led by a team of 6 partners dedicated solely to early-stage tech investments.
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, Pagaya and immunai.
The fund partners with exceptional entrepreneurs disrupting fast-changing markets.
| Fund I | $171M | |
| Fund II | $202M | |
| Fund III | $235M | |
| Fund IV | $194M | |
| Fund V | $223M | |
| Fund VI | $260M |
FinTech, Vertical AI, Deep Tech, Cloud infrastructure, Consumer, Healthcare, Fintech, Digital health, ClimaTech,
Our mission is to partner with startups from inception, even as early as a PowerPoint deck. Typically we invest the first institutional money, from seed to A and B, with check size of between -$500K-$10M..
7 Jan 2024
Generative AI is capturing the attention, imagination, and funding of the global ecosystem these days, and we’re not exempt - see our coverage on the Israeli Gen AI landscape. But in Gen AI, just like any other technology or vertical, business model is the backbone of business strategy. 34% of startups fail because of flawed…
11 Dec 2023
Over the last year, we've delved into Generative AI, engaging with founders, portfolio companies, and corporate partners to explore its potential. Generative AI is a dynamic space from many aspects and it has many unknowns. Yet, we are starting to see emerging opportunities, which are suitable for startups, to disrupt major markets using this groundbreaking…
3 Jul 2023
As we wrap up the first half of 2023, we continue to track the volatility in tech investments and analyze the Israeli ecosystem’s standing as compared to global tech. While this rollercoaster is still very much in effect, we see it reflected in the numbers - but also find reasons for optimism. Investments in Israel…
28 May 2023
Heatwaves, fires, floods, and storms - events like these have become more and more common, transforming climate change from a far-off possibility into a real threat. Like any crisis, there is a business opportunity in solving it. In this post, we will discuss the evolution of the ClimaTech sector, the business opportunity we see in…
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…
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