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5 Jun 2025
The 7th Israel Growth Summit, co-hosted by Viola and the Israel Growth Forum, is the premier annual gathering for Israel’s…
17 Jun 2024
Following two years of local and global challenges, the Israeli FinTech sector demonstrated remarkable resilience and strong performance in 2023…
7 Jan 2024
Generative AI is capturing the attention, imagination, and funding of the global ecosystem these days, and we’re not exempt –…
5 Nov 2023
Israel stands firm in its unyielding battle against terrorism, a reality that we acknowledge and confront with relentless resolve. Amidst…
14 Jul 2023
FinTech is catering to demographics that have previously been redlined from the financial system. This may capture access to credit,…
3 Jul 2023
As we wrap up the first half of 2023, we continue to track the volatility in tech investments and analyze…
21 Jun 2023
In today’s rapidly evolving financial landscape, one sector in the FinTech industry has been gaining significant traction and attention –…
28 May 2023
Heatwaves, fires, floods, and storms – events like these have become more and more common, transforming climate change from a…
4 May 2023
Navigating the world of startup financing can be complex, but one option stands out for its benefits – Venture Debt.…
17 Apr 2023
For lenders who would like to secure Asset-Backed Financing, it’s crucial to understand the importance of maintaining a strong borrowing…
11 Mar 2023
Growth Lending, or Venture Debt, is an investment vehicle that allows technology companies to add capital to their balance sheet…
2 Jan 2023
Following a record-breaking 2021 for private tech investments, 2022 will be remembered globally as the year of the bubble burst…
19 Dec 2022
Viola’s 2023 annual survey on employee benefits for Israeli tech companies reveals valuable benchmarks that can support HR activity with…
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…
12 Oct 2022
As Q3-2022 wraps up, we continue to see ongoing economic volatility across the globe which is impacting both the public…
6 Jul 2023
Although small in population – Israel keeps its global ranking We can also see that…
10 Jul 2022
Looking at the Israeli Tech ecosystem trends for H1-2022, one thing is clear: 2022 marks a significant change. We’re…
16 Jun 2022
Funding for retail tech is at an all-time high, and for good reason. Ecommerce now makes up more than 20%…
22 May 2022
As the big resignation and turnover in tech companies increases globally, we set out to discover some benchmarks and insights…
13 Mar 2022
Imagine being able to diagnose and treat any health issue from the comfort of your home. COVID-19 has forever changed…
27 Feb 2022
Why is Market Expansion So Important? Startups are always built with a mission to capture a huge market. However, as…
23 Jan 2022
Q4 ‘21 – an All-Time High After continuously breaking funding records throughout 2021, the Israeli ecosystem delivered on its funding…
19 Jan 2022
A new $250M fund for Early-Stage Investments We’re excited to announce Viola Ventures’ sixth fund of $250M, crossing $1.25B in…
30 Dec 2021
Viola’s 2022 annual survey on employee benefits for Israeli tech companies reveals valuable benchmarks that can support HR activity with…
9 Nov 2021
The Israeli tech ecosystem continued to break records in Q3 2021, demonstrating substantial growth in funding activity, which brought the…
1 Nov 2021
It’s that time of the year… Towards building 2022 budget we set out to explore some benchmarks regarding both the…
1 Sep 2021
The number of new unicorns in Israel continues to grow at an unprecedented rate, with 24 new ones announced in…
8 Aug 2021
The Israeli tech ecosystem continued to break records in H1 2021, demonstrating substantial growth in the number unicorns, IPOs and…
24 Jul 2021
When we measure KPIs at Viola, looking at what added value we can provide for our companies is always fundamental.…
6 Jun 2021
A few weeks ago, SimilarWeb successfully completed its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, joining JFrog in the exclusive…
4 May 2021
A lot has been said over the past year about the rising valuations of software companies as revenue multiples…
13 May 2021
Viola Growth portfolio company SimilarWeb successfully completed its Initial Public Offering (IPO) today on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)…
28 Apr 2021
2020 was a major year for tech and the Israeli ecosystem in particular. Like most world economies, the Israeli markets…
7 Apr 2021
Viola’s new HR data is focused on employee benefits for Israeli companies who have operations in the US, to help…
22 Mar 2021
ironSource, a leading business platform that enables mobile content creators to prosper within the app economy, will combine with Thoma…
4 Feb 2021
12 years ago, Viola Ventures General Partner, Avi Zeevi, (the “godfather” of Israeli finTech), led an investment in Payoneer which…
20 Jan 2021
2020 was a tipping point for the Israeli tech ecosystem and a year in which the glass ceiling was shattered…
7 Jan 2021
9 months after COVID-19 outbreak, we set out to understand how tech companies are adjusting their HR operational model to…
16 Dec 2020
Companies invest enormous resources in developing great products and aspire for the highest level of customer satisfaction. An incredibly vast…
14 Oct 2020
This research is presented by Viola’s Business Operations team Our 2020 Survey on Sales Compensation in Israeli SaaS Companies revealed…
3 Sep 2020
COVID-19 has been called “The great accelerator,” and for a good reason – in some industries, market shifts that were…
25 Aug 2020
Redis Labs – home of the “Most Loved Database” for the fourth consecutive year – has achieved unicorn status, after…
7 Jul 2020
“Going public is a means to an end, not the end itself,” said Assaf Wand, CEO and Co-Founder of Hippo,…
2 Jul 2020
We hosted Jason Gardner, CEO of Marqeta yesterday, for a discussion on how a global unicorn is adjusting to the…
18 Jun 2020
This is the Customer Success edition of our New Operational Model series – a practical department-by-department guide for startups operating…
7 Jun 2020
This is the HR edition of our New Operational Model series – a practical department-by-department guide for startups operating in…
14 May 2020
After Facebook, Google both announced that they would let their employees work from home through 2020, Twitter one-upped them, declaring…
30 Apr 2020
The majority of Israeli companies now have either a partially or fully mandatory work from home policy for their employees.…
22 Apr 2020
The government has implemented partial “back to the office” guidelines, but how swiftly are they being implemented? Our survey of…
7 Apr 2020
“Wait, what?” “You closed an investment 2 weeks after COVID-19 outbreak?” These were some of the reactions we received after…
5 Apr 2020
As the global pandemic grinds economies to a standstill, Israeli companies are continuing to write their playbooks to cope with…
31 Mar 2020
One of the heavy OpEx costs for startups comes from rent payments. But with employees forced to work from home,…
15 Mar 2020
We continue our attempt to quantify the impact of the Coronavirus on the Israeli tech ecosystem, and to measure the…
11 Mar 2020
In an attempt to quantify the effects of the Coronavirus on the Israeli tech ecosystem, we’ve sent out surveys to…
8 Mar 2020
Over the past year alone, Viola has invested in 6 companies that have female founders. In honor of International Women’s…
7 Jan 2020
Recruitment has long been a major pain point for companies trying to scale. Employers have to shell out thousands of…
23 Dec 2019
Being a tech investor basically comes down to the ability to get ahead of the innovation curve; or, if you’re…
21 Nov 2019
The ratio of HR employees to total employees in Israel depends very much on the size of the company. The…
16 Oct 2019
Israel’s rise to a global startup hub has been nothing short of remarkable. The country saw 107 VC deals worth…
15 Oct 2019
We believe strongly in the massive potential of both ironSource and the newly-formed Taboola, and we’re optimistic about the future…
11 Sep 2019
Since meeting with Syte, I’ve been walking around the Viola offices taking pictures of my coworkers in their hip and…
5 Sep 2019
Looking to make your recruiting process more efficient? Viola’s 2019 Benchmarks & Insights on attracting talent to Israeli and US…
30 Jul 2019
We’re living in an Era of Transformation – from Geo-political changes to disruptive business models, significantly impacting companies as they…
23 Jul 2019
The Israel Growth Summit is an annual event for CEO and founders of top growth stage companies, held by Viola…
17 Jul 2019
Looking for some cool stuff to read or listen to this summer? Then look no further! Our 2019 summer reading…
13 May 2019
To understand the future, one must look at the past. As technology continues to change faster and faster, AI is…
29 Apr 2019
According to a recent Viola survey we ran among our portfolio company Heads of HR, all of the participating companies…
3 Apr 2019
One of the most well-known stats in the startup/investment industry is that a funding round should be sufficient for 18-24…
26 Mar 2019
Only a few months after transitioning from company CEO to a partner at Viola Growth, I was fortunate to come…
26 Mar 2019
We’re super excited by the news of our latest exit: McDonald’s Corp. is buying Viola Growth portfolio company Dynamic Yield…
20 Mar 2019
As a cross-stage investment group, it is important for us to analyze our investment theses over time and examine whether…
6 Mar 2019
People analytics is “50% cold, hard statistics and 50% common sense”, says Facebook’s Global Head of Workforce Planning, Ross Sparkman.…
24 Feb 2019
In keeping with our tradition of an annual fun movie, here’s the 2019 edition, celebrating self-reflection and the value of…
25 Nov 2018
We continue on our mission to help local talent find their next opportunity, especially during these challenging COVID-19 times. Our…
8 Nov 2018
Scott Galit has been CEO of cross-border payment company Payoneer (a Viola Ventures portfolio company) since 2010, and has led…
24 Jul 2018
Looking for some cool stuff to read or listen to this summer? Then look no further! We asked some of…
12 Jun 2018
The 2018 Israel Growth Summit – co-hosted by Viola and the Israel Growth Forum – was attended by over 150…
11 Jun 2018
The second ever Israel Growth Summit (2018) took place in Tel Aviv in May, co-hosted once again by Viola and…
11 Jun 2018
The second ever Israel Growth Summit (2018) took place in Tel Aviv in May, co-hosted once again by Viola and…
11 Jun 2018
The second ever Israel Growth Summit (2018) took place in Tel Aviv in May, co-hosted once again by Viola and…
11 Jun 2018
The second ever Israel Growth Summit (2018) took place in Tel Aviv in May, co-hosted once again by Viola and…
11 Jun 2018
The second ever Israel Growth Summit (2018) took place in Tel Aviv in May, co-hosted once again by Viola and…
27 May 2018
The second ever Israel Growth Summit (2018) took place in Tel Aviv in May, co-hosted once again by Viola and…
23 May 2018
The second ever Israel Growth Summit (2018) took place in Tel Aviv in May, co-hosted once again by Viola and…
23 May 2018
The second ever Israel Growth Summit (2018) took place in Tel Aviv in May, co-hosted once again by Viola and…
17 May 2018
The second ever Israel Growth Summit took place in Tel Aviv this week, co-hosted once again by Viola and the…
16 Aug 2017
The first ever Israel Growth Summit was held recently in Tel Aviv, co-hosted by the Viola Group and the Israel…
14 Aug 2017
The first ever Israel Growth Summit was held recently in Tel Aviv, co-hosted by the Viola Group and the Israel…
9 Aug 2017
The first ever Israel Growth Summit was held recently in Tel Aviv, co-hosted by the Viola Group and the Israel…
2 Aug 2017
The first ever Israel Growth Summit was held recently in Tel Aviv, co-hosted by the Viola Group and the Israel…
24 Jul 2017
The first ever Israel Growth Summit was held recently in Tel Aviv, co-hosted by the Viola Group and the Israel…
5 Jul 2017
Our latest V+ CMO Forum session for our portfolio companies’ Heads of Marketing featured guest speaker Carmel Yoeli, Co-founder &…
9 Apr 2017
In our latest V+ CMO Forum session for our portfolio companies’ Heads of Marketing, we featured a topic that continues…
12 Sep 2016
Amit Ashkenazi is VP Business Strategy at Fiverr, and also formerly a Partner at Viola Growth. This post was written…
14 Apr 2016
Amit Ashkenazi is VP Business Strategy at Fiverr, and also formerly a Partner at Viola Growth. This post was written…
4 Apr 2016
Alon Weinberg is a Director at Dell Technologies Capital and was also formerly a Principal at Viola Ventures. This post…
23 Mar 2016
Amit Ashkenazi is VP Business Strategy at Fiverr, and also formerly a Partner at Viola Growth. This post was written…
16 Mar 2016
Amit Ashkenazi is VP Business Strategy at Fiverr, and also formerly a Partner at Viola Growth. This post was written…
3 Mar 2016
Amit Ashkenazi is VP Business Strategy at Fiverr, and also formerly a Partner at Viola Growth. This post was written…
22 Feb 2016
Amit Ashkenazi is VP Business Strategy at Fiverr, and also formerly a Partner at Viola Growth. This post was written…
7 Feb 2016
Amit Ashkenazi is VP Business Strategy at Fiverr, and also formerly a Partner at Viola Growth. This post was written…
27 Jan 2016
Alon Weinberg is a Director at Dell Technologies Capital and was also formerly a Principal at Viola Ventures. This post…
22 Jan 2016
Amit Ashkenazi is VP Business Strategy at Fiverr, and also formerly a Partner at Viola Growth. This post was written…
6 Dec 2015
Alon Weinberg is a Director at Dell Technologies Capital and was also formerly a Principal at Viola Ventures. This post…
20 Nov 2015
Get to know Zeev Farbman, Co-founder & CEO at Lightricks
13 Nov 2015
Get to know Scott Galit, CEO at Payoneer
6 Nov 2015
Get to know Omri Kohl, Founder & CEO at Pyramid Analytics
15 Oct 2015
This week, Startup Grind TLV hosted Viola Group and Viola Ventures Co-founder Shlomo Dovrat. Shlomo is a veteran of the…
4 Sep 2015
Get to know Shaul Olmert, Co-founder & CEO at PlayBuzz
21 Aug 2015
Get to know Eran Yaniv, Co-founder & CEO at Perfecto Mobile
12 Aug 2015
Natalie Refuah is a Partner at Viola Growth who has been with the fund since its inception in 2008. In…
9 Aug 2015
Alon Weinberg is a Director at Dell Technologies Capital and was also formerly a Principal at Viola Ventures. This post…
7 Aug 2015
Get to know Adi Biran, Co-founder & CEO at Splacer
31 Jul 2015
Get to know Yaron Galai, Co-founder & CEO of Outbrain
17 Jul 2015
Get to know Ely Razin, CEO at CrediFi.
10 Jul 2015
Get to know Roi Fishman, Co-founder & CEO at LuckyFish Games
6 Jul 2015
At the recent “Big Data, Analytics & Applied Machine Learning” 2015 Israeli Innovation Conference hosted by IGTcloud, Viola Ventures’ General…
3 Jul 2015
Get to know Andi Gutmans, CEO & Co-founder at Zend
19 Jun 2015
Get to know Shmulik Weller, Co-founder & CEO at SundaySky
24 Jan 2015
Amit Ashkenazi is VP Business Strategy at Fiverr, and also formerly a Partner at Viola Growth. This post was written…
13 Dec 2014
Amit Ashkenazi is VP Business Strategy at Fiverr, and also formerly a Partner at Viola Growth. This post was written…
13 Dec 2014
The following is a guest post by Assaf Guery, Co-founder at Acid (Artificial Creative Intelligence Development) When you buy a…
