Avi Zeevi

Avi is a Co-founder of the Viola Group, and a Co-founder of Viola Ventures. He serves as a General Partner at Viola Ventures and he leads the fund’s FinTech practice. His investment interests include FinTech, Big Data, AI and Software.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Avi began his career as a Fin-Tech entrepreneur and was a Co-founder and CEO of MINT Technologies. After merging MINT into Oshap, he served as the CFO of Oshap (acquired by SunGard in 1999, for $220M).
• Avi was the first VC investor in Actimize, where he served as an active Chairman from 2001 until it was sold to NICE Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: NICE) in August 2007 for $280 million.
• Avi currently serves on the Board of Directors of Payoneer, Personetics, EverC, Sorbet , Duetti and Pagaya.
• Avi was a lecturer at the Kellogg Recanati International Executive MBA Program for several years, where he taught the “VC: What’s it all about” course.
• Avi is a FinTech veteran and entrepreneur investor for over 45 years. 
• Avi led both Payoneer and Pagaya from seed to IPO and serves as their Chairman of the Board.

THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT AVI

• He’s a basketball fan, loves Jazz music, is an art enthusiast and enjoys reading.
• Lived his entire life in Tel Aviv; had an identical twin brother
• He’s involved in several educational non-profit organizations: “I serve as a Board Member at The Center for Educational Technology (CET) which is dedicated to the advancement of the education system in Israel and in the Jewish world around the globe. I’m a board member of the BatSheva dance company and a member of the Board of Governors of the Technion, and was a co-founder of Tzeva, a NGO that operates enrichment centers for underprivileged children.
• One of his favorite mantras to live/invest by: “It’s all about the people”
• Tip to entrepreneurs about his investment strategy: “Think big, go all the way, execute and don’t be afraid to make mistakes.”