# Top 20 Manufacturing Angel Investors in Israel in June 2026

## Jeremy Coller
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: News, Video, Mobile

Jeremy Coller founded the business in 1990.Prior to this, Jeremy spent five years at Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) Investment Management, where he pioneered the acquisition of private equity secondaries.He began his career as a public equities investment analyst at Fidelity International Investment Management in London.Jeremy holds aBSc (Hons) in Management Sciences from the University of Manchester, UMIST; an MA in Philosophy from Sussex University; and a Diplôme Cours de Civilisation from the Sorbonne. He attended Carmel College.

## Ariel Maislos
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Ariel has been leading technology innovation and entrepreneurship for over 30 years, leading teams, founding companies and mentoring entrepreneurs.
He is an active angel investor in startups, and supports technology education as a philanthropist.
Ariel is a graduate of the prestigious Talpiot program, and holds a BSc from the Hebrew University ofJerusalem in Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science (Cum Laude) and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.

## Avigdor Willenz
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Semiconductor, Manufacturing

Avigdor Willenz is the Co-Founder & Chairman at Lightbits. Previously, Avigdor was the Founder at GT Services and also held positions at Annapurna Labs.

## Zohar Zisapel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Cyber Security, Security, Software

Zohar Zisapel

## David Perlmutter
- Type: Angel
- Location: Haifa, Hefa, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Packaging Services

David Perlmutter is the Chairman Of The Board at Teramount LTD.

## Ina Schlie
- Type: Angel
- Location: Walldorf, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Learning, SaaS, Virtual Reality

Ina Schlie serves as co-chair of the female investor network encourage ventures.

## Rafi Gidron
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Software

Rafi Gidron is the Founder and Chairman of Israel Brain Technologies. He previously worked at Lucent as a VP of Optical networks. Rafi Gidron attended Columbia University.

## Igor Ryabenkiy
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Igor Ryabenkiy is the Managing Partner at AltaIR Capital.

Igor is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor with over twenty years of successful executive and investment experience including Internet startups and IT companies. He has funded, developed, and exited a significant number of investment projects worldwide.

## Benjamin Kahn
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series C, Series G
- Focus: Water, Sensor, Computer

Chairman of the board since 2005, Benjamin Kahn now leads the Atlantium team as CEO.Chosen as a "Hero of the Environment" in 2007 by TIME Magazine, Benjie has been involved in improving water quality and security around the globe.In addition to his environmental activities, he serves as president of Coral World International Ltd, anowner/operator of marine parks worldwide that specializes in creating ecologically friendly tropical life systems in symbiotic environments. It is a world leader in underwater viewing systems, developing singular undersea observatories and boasts the world's longest underwater acrylic tunnels. During the past decade, Benjie initiated and led the innovative development of Maui Ocean Center, the world-renowned Hawaiian aquarium and Palma Aquarium, which opened in Spain in 2007 and set a new standard for aquariums in Europe.In addition to his substantial management background in aquaculture, Benjie has an extensive portfolio of investments in technology companies in the many fields, including education, computer software, life sciences and touch screen technologies. He leads them from a sustainability perspective, and keeping a focus on the mission from startup through commercial success.

## Orly Tsioni
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Machinery Manufacturing

Orly Tsioni

## Edward Lando
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Edward Lando is the founder of Pareto Holdings. He previously worked at Horizons School of Technology as a co-founder. Edward Lando attended the Wharton School.

## Eddy Shalev
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A
- Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, Information Technology

Eddy Shalev is an angel investor. Eddy is one of the best-known figures in the Israeli business community. Since the beginning of Israel's venture capital industry, Eddy has focused on private-equity investments in the high-tech sector, and has played a key role in several high-profile success stories, including Fundtech, ParadigmGeophysical and Orbot Instruments. Eddy is currently on the board of Aternity, Profitect and Sensible Medical.Eddy has been an active private equity investor in Israel since 1992, when he began a private equity investment program that invested in early-stage Israeli high-tech companies. Beginning in 1985, Eddy led the Israeli affiliates of Oscar Gruss and Sons Inc., and then later CIBC-Oppenheimer, where he directed the firm’s corporate banking, sales and trading, and equity research for Israeli companies traded on NASDAQ.

## Nadav Ben-Chanoch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Nadav Ben-Chanoch

## Zvi Limon
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kefar Shmaryahu, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Mobile

Zvi has been an investor in public and private technology companies since 1990. His activity has mostly focused on companies in the communication space. Zvi is presently a General Partner at Rimon funds and a Venture Partner at Magma Venture Capital (previously Magnum). Prior to founding Magnum, Zvi was a management consultant at Bain & Co. inLondon and at Shaldor Ltd. in Israel.Zvi serves on the board of directors of several private and publicly traded companies: DSPG (Nasdaq:DSPG) , CEVA (Nasdaq :EVA), Tefron (NYSE:TFR), Autotalks and GI ViewZvi holds an MBA from INSEAD and a BA in Economics and Business Administration from Bar Ilan University

## Beni Nofech
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Nutrition

Beni Nofech is a food-tech investor.

## Gil Hirsch
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Marketing

Gil Hirsch is an angel investor.
Gil has over ten years of experience in software architecture, product and general management in computer technology.
Before co-founding face.com, Gil held multiple R&D, Product and Sales executive roles at Amdocs, Xacct Technologies and Telrad Networks.
Gil is also the co-founder of the garage geeks communityin Israel to drive non-commercial innovation activities.

## Nimrod Cohen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS

Nimrod Cohen is the Managing Partner of TAU Ventures. He previously worked at Hapoel Ramat-Gan as a Chairman. Nimrod Cohen attended Reichman University (IDC Herzliya).

## L.D. Salmanson
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Mobile, Software

L.D. Salmanson - Co-Founder @ Cherre

## Gonzalo Martinez de Azagra
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

Investor/global strategist with a deep business/financial training and the ability to understand technology at the engineering level.Related investments:* Replay Technologies* Celeno* AudioBurst* Corephotonics* Rounds* ScyllaDB* EarlySense* Cortica* Aveni* Pitango VI, VII, VC fund (Israel) * Triventures III*StoreDot (Israel) '12 * NextIO: Datacenter IO Virtualization company (US), '12* Undisclosed Flash based storage company (US) '12* Yume, Digital Ad Network, (US,Operational DD) '11Specialties: Areas of investment focus: 1) Mobile: Comp. Vision, Imaging, Wireless Comms 2) Cloud : IAAS, PAAS, Ent. Storage, Servers, Virtualization, Big data processing/management3) Semicon: Equipment/Process Technology/MetrologyOther: Media, Digital Advertising, Online Gaming/GamblingGeographic Coverage:1) Israel2) Europe3) USSManaged Portfolio:Replay TechnologiesGirafficStoreDot (Board Member)Pitango VI LP representativePurestorage (past)FusionIO (past)PrimeSense (Past)EXPERIENCEPrincipalSamsung VenturesDecember 2011 – Present (1 year 3 months)San Francisco Bay AreaDeal sourcing, due diligence, term sheet negotiation and execution, portfolio management and exitManager - Global StrategistSamsung ElectronicsAugust 2010 – December 2011 (1 year 5 months)Founded in 1997 by Group Chairman Kun-Hee Lee the Global Strategy group is an internal strategy consulting team created to help Samsung face its globalization challenges.Project Lead and UC Berkeley School Recruiting Champion:http://gsg.samsung.com/popup/popup_Berkeley.asp(Open)1 honor or awardSenior ConsultantPwC ConsultingJuly 2005 – August 2008 (3 years 2 months)Promoted from Analyst to Senior Consultant within 7 months. Strategic plans, process re-engineering, proforma modeling and investment appraisal for multiple industries.Systems Design EngineerAEA Technology (Former Atomic Energy Authority)July 2003 – July 2005 (2 years 1 month)London, United KingdomEMI studies (C++, Matlab). High Voltage Power Supply desig. Relevant projects: West Coast Route Modernization, CTRL, etc.

## José Andrés
- Type: Angel
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series C
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Farming, Agriculture

José Andrés - President/Chef @ Think Food Group