Top 5 Fitness Angel Investors in Israel (June 2026)

Yaron Samid is an Israeli-American technology entrepreneur, investor, and startup community builder. Yaron is the founder of TechAviv, the 3K-member global Israeli startup founders club, and is the managing partner of TechAviv Founder Partners, a pre-seed venture fund, backed and powered by over 100 of the world’s most successful company builders.Previously, Yaron was the founder and CEO at BillGuard (Acq. by Prosper), founder & CPO at Pando (Acq. by Microsoft), and a founding board director at CloudLock (Acq. by Cisco) and Pond5.Yaron lives in Tel Aviv with his family and is a regular guest lecturer at Stanford and Columbia Business School. He attended Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and the University of Maryland.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: United States, Israel, Brazil

Investor stats

Total investments: 23
Round size: Seed $4M–$20M; Pre-Seed $2M–$5.3M; Series A $9M–$47M
Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

bxblue — bxblue is a marketplace for personal loans in Brazil explicitly targeting pensioners and Government workers because they can they take loans secured by their guaranteed income. Because of that banks can deduct the payment directly from the paycheck, leading to an apr 10x lower than credit cards. Payroll secured loans are the most affordablepersonal loan in Brazil, and they represent 60% of the personal loans in the country. It is a 40bn dollar/year marke, completely offline. We are taking this entire market online.
Emedgene — Applying machine learning to genomics. Accelerate NGS data analysis and automate variant classification with evidence curated from the literature. From sample to report.
Together AI — Together will enable researchers, developers & companies to leverage and improve artificial intelligence with an intuitive data, models & computation platform.

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Shimon Eckhouse

Investment focus

Industry: Medical, Biotechnology, Fitness
Stage:Seed
Geography: Israel

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Theranica — Theranica is a medical device company that has combined neuromodulation therapy with modern wireless technology to develop proprietary wearable solutions that address various medical conditions and disease states. The noninvasive and therapeutic 'smart' patches are controlled by a smartphone app to allow for personalized, portable, andaffordable care. The patch consists of a proprietary 'smart' chip that delivers electrical pulses to neuro-modulate the sensory nerves under the skin. The first application of the technology is for treatment of migraine headaches.
Epitomee Medical — Epitomee develops paradigm-shifting ingestibledevices that deploy targeted therapies along the GI tract

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Ronald Cohen is Chairman of the Global Social Impact Investment Steering Group and The Portland Trust. He is a co-founder director of Social Finance UK (2007-11), Social Finance USA, and Social Finance Israel, and of Big Society Capital. He was co-founder Chair of Bridges Ventures (2002-2012).He chaired the Social Impact Investment Taskforceestablished under the UK’s presidency of the G8 (2013-2015), the Social Investment Task Force (2000-2010) and the Commission on Unclaimed Assets (2005-2007). In 2012 he received the Rockefeller Innovation Award for innovation in social finance.He co-founded and was Executive Chairman of Apax Partners Worldwide LLP (1972-2005). He was a founder director and Chairman of the British Venture Capital Association and a founder director of the European Venture Capital Association.He is a graduate of Oxford University, where he was President of the Oxford Union. He is an Honorary Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School to which he was awarded a Henry Fellowship.He is a member of the Board of Dean’s Advisors at Harvard Business School and Vice-Chairman of Ben Gurion University. He is a former director of the Harvard Management Company and the University of Oxford Investment Committee. He is a former member of the Harvard University Board of Overseers (2007-2013), former Trustee of the British Museum (2005-2012) and a former trustee of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (2005-2011).In 2007, Sir Ronald published: “The Second Bounce of the Ball – Turning Risk into Opportunity”.

Investment focus

Industry: Health Care, Financial Services, Apps
Stage:Series A, Seed
Geography: Israel, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 20
Round size: Seed $8M–$100M; Series A $1.7M–$30M
Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

Selina — Stay in stylish accommodations with vibrant spaces, community-driven events, and unforgettable experiences. Book your Socialtel adventure today!
Circles - Online Group Support — Join Circles, the leading support group solution for recovery from narcissistic abuse and toxic relationships. Find support and healing today.
Glide Identity — Transform your digital security with Glide Identity's AI-powered authentication suite. Our solutions - Magical Auth, Smart Checkout, and That's Me - deliver unmatched security with seamless user experience

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Oren Zeev is the Founder of and one of the two main early backers respectively, a former board member of Zeev lives in San Francisco, California, United States.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Internet, FinTech
Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
Geography: United States, Israel, Canada

Investor stats

Total investments: 108
Round size: Seed $800k–$13M; Series A $2M–$35M; Series B $4.7M–$100M
Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow

Portfolio highlights

Linguana — Linguana builds and monetizes your fully localized YouTube channels in new languages to reach new audiences across the globe and monetize them.
venn — Venn creates a new way of urban neighboring by managing homes, creating shared spaces, supporting hyperlocal business initiatives and services, programs events, and facilitating community engagement – all on a neighborhood-wide level. Operating by the motto, “If they build it, they will stay,” venn’s platform encourages urbanites to become activecreators and participants in the development of their community and enables developing neighborhoods to become as vibrant and desirable as the downtown core. Founded in 2016 by people raised in the Big City and in cooperative communities, venn is a new movement of neighboring that impacts tens of thousands of people in three cities (Tel Aviv, Brooklyn, and Berlin) with +75 employees
Novee Security — Novee delivers AI penetration testing to find vulnerabilities faster, validate defenses, and reduce cyber risk.

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