Top 30 Music Angel Investors in Israel in December 2024
A list of 30 angel investors that invest in Music startups based in Israel. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Music companies from Israel. We update this investor list every month.Top 30 Music Angel Investors in Israel in December 2024
Investor | Music Israel investments |
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Rami Lipman | 2 |
Eilon Tirosh | 2 |
Eyal Waldman | 1 |
Dave Holmes | 1 |
Zohar Gilon | 1 |
Nicki Minaj | 1 |
Ariel Lebowits | 1 |
Fabrice Grinda | 1 |
Steve Case | 1 |
Auren Hoffman | 1 |
John Engelbert | 1 |
Roy Rodenstein | 1 |
Eran Shir | 1 |
Wayne Barrow | 1 |
Gilad Carni | 1 |
Joel Hornstein | 1 |
Lior Prosor | 1 |
Udi Mokady | 1 |
Mark Gerson | 1 |
Yossi Vardi | 1 |
Ash Pournouri | 1 |
Yossi Matias | 1 |
Jean-Charles Carre | 1 |
O.D. Kobo | 1 |
Tristan Jehan | 1 |
Dana Messina | 1 |
Yaron Carni | 1 |
Tim Bergling | 1 |
Sebastian Ingrosso | 1 |
William Adams | 1 |
Rami Lipman is an angel investor.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Software, Machine Learning
- Seed, Series A
- Israel, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Matics Manufacturing Analytics Ltd. — Matics real-time manufacturing analytics provides a digital toolbox for factories' production floor management and dramatically increases the production efficiency.
- Lawgeex — LawGeex automates legal work, redlining and negotiating contracts better, faster and cheaper than lawyers.
- NoTraffic — NoTraffic has developed the first AI-powered traffic signal platform that connects road...
Eilon Tirosh is a Startup Helper at SpearHealth. He attended Tel Aviv University.
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Investment focus
- Apps, FinTech, Digital Entertainment
- Seed, Series A, Series C
- Israel, United States
Portfolio highlights
- zooz — Manage and optimize multiple payment providers through a single platform.
- Lawgeex — LawGeex automates legal work, redlining and negotiating contracts better, faster and cheaper than lawyers.
- Thumzap — Thumzap reconnects people in the digital world by making the process of paying for someone else's purchases simple, fun and safe.Sometimes we need or just want someone else to pay for our purchases, either because we don't have a credit card or enough money, or because we're just not that tech-savvy and need some help.Thumzapmakes it easy to send friends and family a request to pay for us. All they have to do is approve the payment and they can pay with their own credit card or paypal account, in just one click. Not only does that make it completely safe and secure, but also familiar. No one has to share a password, set up a digital wallet, or input their credit card information, it’s a simple way to help fulfill a digital request.
Eyal Waldman is a co-founder of Mellanox, and has served as Mellanox's president and chief executive officer since March 1999.From March 1993 to February 1999, Eyal served Vice President of Engineering and was a co-founder of Galileo Technology Ltd., or Galileo, a semiconductor company, which was acquired by Marvell Technology Group Ltd.in January 2001.From August 1989 to March 1993, Eyal held a number of design and architecture related positions at Intel Corporation, a manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products.Eyal holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology.
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Investment focus
- Semiconductor, Big Data, Internet
- Series A, Seed, Angel
- Israel, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Blyp — Blyp is an AI-driven data analytics platform for e-commerce companies.
- Anywell — anywell is a new way to work remotely. Enjoy business amenities in novel and energizing spots right in your neighborhood.
- Oligo Security — Oligo detects the attackable open source libraries, thus filtering out about 85% of the noise. Watch now.
The manager of iconic rock band Coldplay, Dave joined Shellanoo Group as a partner in 2014. He is a remarkably talented businessman with brilliant marketing insights. He has introduced our CEO to many senior executives in the music industry and remains a loyal friend to many of our partners.
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Investment focus
- Messaging, Music, SMS
- Series A, Series B
- United States, Israel, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- Path — Path is a mobile photo-sharing and messaging service for building personal social networks with up to 150 contacts. Currently Path Places. Path Talk and Path sold to Daum Kakao May 28, 2015.Path brings people closer together. Guided by the belief that mobile technology will fundamentally change the cultural, social, and economic landscape, Pathfocuses on simplicity, quality, and privacy to provide the best mobile personal networking service in the world. Path was designed with the people they love, closest friends, and family in mind.
- Airbnb — Find the perfect place to stay at an amazing price in 191 countries. Belong anywhere with Airbnb.
- Music Messenger — Shellanoo Group is a technology company specializing in mobile applications, Internet related services and interactive artificial intelligence with cognitive solutions.Introducing a modern way to invest in technology. Shellanoo Group offers investors the range of a diversified IT portfolio with the simplicity of investing in a single company.Shellanoo Group builds, operates and manages products and services that challenge the status quo, all of which are wholly owned by the Company.Founded in mid-2014 in Israel, Shellanoo Group has grown into one of Israel’s more appealing technology firms, combining both business expertise and technological strength.
Mr. Zohar Gilon is a Managing Partner at Tamar Technology Ventures. He has personally invested in over 45 start-ups and has achieved 13 exits. Mr. Gilon has also served as the Transaction Manager for some of Israel's most highly recognized exits and has managed each deal from inception through completion, including pricing and distributions.He has extensive investment experience including activity as an angel investor and an Investment Advisor to the Gilon Group. Mr. Gilon is a private investor in numerous high-technology companies, including affiliates of Radcom Ltd. in Israel. From 1974 to 1993, Mr. Gilon served as the President of various companies representing major U.S. aerospace and electronics corporations. From November 1993 to August 1995, he served as the President of W.S.P. Capital Holdings Ltd. Previously he served, as the Managing Director of Shaked Technologies Ltd. He serves as a Director of HCL CleanTech Ltd., RIT, AVT Ltd., Oberon Media, Inc., Edge Medical, Exlibris, OrSense Ltd., and WisAir Ltd. He served as a Director of RAD Ventures. Mr. Gilon served as a Director of RiT Technologies Ltd. since 1995, Ceragon Networks Ltd. since June 1999, Radware Ltd. from October 2006 to July 2009 and Radcom Ltd. since June 1995. He served as Member of the Supervisory Board of Advanced Vision Technology (AVT) Limited. He served as an Outside Director of Silicom Ltd. since 1994.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Israel, United States
Portfolio highlights
- CADY — CADY utilizes AI technology to automate the analysis of electrical schematics
- Loora — Unlock your full potential with Loora, your very own AI English tutor. Engage in real conversations with Loora anytime, anywhere, and on any topic!
- Annabella — The Electric Breast Pump that mimics a baby's tongue. This technology encourages the release of oxytocin and prolactin hormones, leading to a 50% increase in average milk production.
Onika Tanya Maraj (born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj, is a Trinidad and Tobago-born rapper, singer, songwriter, actress, and model. Born in Saint James, Port of Spain, and raised in Queens, New York City, she gained public recognition after releasing the mixtapes Playtime Is Over (2007), Sucka Free (2008), and Beam Me UpScotty (2009)
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Investment focus
- Apps, Music, Information Technology
- Series A
- Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Music Messenger — Shellanoo Group is a technology company specializing in mobile applications, Internet related services and interactive artificial intelligence with cognitive solutions.Introducing a modern way to invest in technology. Shellanoo Group offers investors the range of a diversified IT portfolio with the simplicity of investing in a single company.Shellanoo Group builds, operates and manages products and services that challenge the status quo, all of which are wholly owned by the Company.Founded in mid-2014 in Israel, Shellanoo Group has grown into one of Israel’s more appealing technology firms, combining both business expertise and technological strength.
Ariel Lebowits
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Investment focus
- Music, Mobile Devices, Developer Tools
- Series A
- Israel
Portfolio highlights
- LabPixies — LabPixies is a leading provider of personalized web content and technology. Our mission is to provide the ultimate personalize online experience, bringing together the most advanced web technologies and services in a customizable, easy to use interface.At LabPixies we create quality interactive components ("Gadgets") for thepersonalized environment. Our gadgets range from entertainment gadgets such as games and music to utilities such as search tools and calculators.We believe in giving our users the power to personalize their online experience, helping them to enjoy an easier and richer web environment.In a
Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero and Brightroll.Fabrice is currentlyinvesting in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he cofounded with business partner Jose Marin. Fabrice is also co-founder and executive chairman of Beepi, a next generation used car marketplace. Beepi recently raised $60 million in series B funding.Prior to FJ Labs and Beepi, Fabrice was co-founder and co-CEO of OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 200 million unique visitors per month. The company operates in 40 countries and has over 1,200 employees. OLX is the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.Before OLX, Fabrice was co-founder and CEO of Zingy, one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas. Fabrice successfully grew the business to $200 million in sales in four years.Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland. Soon after, Aucland grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Fabrice worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.Fabrice holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and was awarded the Halbert White prize, given to the most distinguished economics student, as well as The Wolfe Balleisen memorial prize, awarded for best thesis.In his free time, Fabrice likes to travel the world, kitesurf, play tennis, and blog about his personal and professional life at www.fabricegrinda.com.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, France, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Alpagga — Alpagga is the online marketplace for purchase and sale of decommissioned agri-food equipments.
- OTPless — Explore top-notch authentication solutions like WhatsApp, SMS or email-based Numeric codes and Magic Link with OTPless. High conversion, flexible integrations, and robust security features await you!
- PIXmania.com — PIXmania is a pan-European electrical e-tailer operating in 26 countries. PIXmania has been growing its market positions across Europe while leveraging the benefits of being part of the Dixons Retail Group. Pixmania now serves more than 7 million customers over Europe with a wide range of product categories.
Steve Case is a Chairman, Founder, and CEO at Revolution, a Chairman at The Case Foundation, a Founding Chair at Startup America Partnership, and a Chairman at Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure. He attended Williams College.
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Investment focus
- Software, Enterprise Software, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Kenya, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- FiscalNote — The #1 most trusted partner for managing the global issues and policy affairs that present the biggest risks and opportunities to your organization.
- 75F — 75F's award-winning smart sensors and controls improve indoor air quality and make commercial buildings more comfortable and energy efficient. Automatically.
- Class Technologies — Class, the next generation virtual classroom. Trusted by 10M users from 1500 institutions in education and training. Make your virtual classroom feel like a real classroom.
Auren Hoffman is the CEO and Chief Historian of SafeGraph and he was the CEO of Rapleaf.
Auren holds a B.S.E. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the UC Berkeley. He writes a blog called Summation.
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Investment focus
- Software, Analytics, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Canada, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Ex Parte — Ex Parte uses artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing to give customers the information they need to make better decisions and achieve a competitive advantage. Consider it Moneyball for a market that is >20 times the size of Major League Baseball.
- Calypso AI — CalypsoAI combines industry-leading AI testing and human-in-the-loop decision making to give you the confidence you need to push AI projects into production.
- Sincera — Sincera provides novel signal data to the most innovative companies in advertising technology.
Artist and invest
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Investment focus
- Apps, Music, Information Technology
- Series A
- Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Xspray Pharma —
- Music Messenger — Shellanoo Group is a technology company specializing in mobile applications, Internet related services and interactive artificial intelligence with cognitive solutions.Introducing a modern way to invest in technology. Shellanoo Group offers investors the range of a diversified IT portfolio with the simplicity of investing in a single company.Shellanoo Group builds, operates and manages products and services that challenge the status quo, all of which are wholly owned by the Company.Founded in mid-2014 in Israel, Shellanoo Group has grown into one of Israel’s more appealing technology firms, combining both business expertise and technological strength.
Roy Rodenstein is Co-founder at SocMetrics.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, SaaS
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Seedscout — Seedscout is a professional network that connects founders, investors, and job seekers together across the global startup universe.
- Troy Medicare — Troy Medicare is an AI-driven, pharmacy-powered Medicare Advantage company. The company presents a Medicare advantage plan that uses data and technology, enabling people to get access to the fair, transparent, and personalized health plan as well as pharmacies and health care providers to truly impact each patient's health and get rewarded forthose results.Troy Medicare was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- Hackers/Founders — Hackers/Founders serves technology entrepreneurs by equipping founders, encouraging vibrant tech ecosystems and sharing Silicon Valley insights with the world.
Eran is the CEO and co-founder of Nexar. Prior to Nexar, he was an entrepreneur in residence at Tel Aviv venture fund, Aleph and ran the global Creative Innovation Center for Yahoo!. Eran received his bachelor’s and master’s in physics from Technion-Machon Technlogi Le’ Israel and his PhD in electrical engineering and computer science from TelAviv University.
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Investment focus
- Music, EdTech, Software
- Seed
- Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Simply (formerly JoyTunes) — Feel the joy of playing piano and guitar, or discovering your singing voice, with Simply. The best apps for learning musical instruments.
Wayne Barrow is the former manager of Hip-Hop icon The Notorious B.I.G. Today he co-manages artists such as J. Cole, Miguel as co-CEO of ByStorm Entertainment.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Music, Information Technology
- Series A
- Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Music Messenger — Shellanoo Group is a technology company specializing in mobile applications, Internet related services and interactive artificial intelligence with cognitive solutions.Introducing a modern way to invest in technology. Shellanoo Group offers investors the range of a diversified IT portfolio with the simplicity of investing in a single company.Shellanoo Group builds, operates and manages products and services that challenge the status quo, all of which are wholly owned by the Company.Founded in mid-2014 in Israel, Shellanoo Group has grown into one of Israel’s more appealing technology firms, combining both business expertise and technological strength.
With extensive knowledge of the event marketing industry, Gilad Carni founded GC Marketing Services in 2001. Gilad holds a Bachelors Degree in Marketing and an MBA in International Marketing and Entrepreneurship with Distinction from the University of South Florida. He frequently acts as a guest lecturer at the Stern Business School and is oftenemployed as a consultant for Wall Street due to his expertise in the field of event marketing. Gilad has also been featured in numerous publications both national and international and has made appearances on a variety of television shows.Gilad began his career in the liquor and tobacco marketing fields and he has overseen a vast number of marketing campaigns. Prior to opening his own agency, Gilad worked for Phillip Morris and was responsible for their event marketing bar program in New York. Gilad is now chairman of GC Marketing and has been a crucial mechanism in its expansion and growth. After serving in the Israeli military, Gilad made New York City his home and enjoys skiing and scuba diving.
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Investment focus
- Music, Mobile Devices, Developer Tools
- Series A
- Israel
Portfolio highlights
- LabPixies — LabPixies is a leading provider of personalized web content and technology. Our mission is to provide the ultimate personalize online experience, bringing together the most advanced web technologies and services in a customizable, easy to use interface.At LabPixies we create quality interactive components ("Gadgets") for thepersonalized environment. Our gadgets range from entertainment gadgets such as games and music to utilities such as search tools and calculators.We believe in giving our users the power to personalize their online experience, helping them to enjoy an easier and richer web environment.In a
Joel Hornstein
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Investment focus
- Music, Mobile Devices, Developer Tools
- Series A
- Israel
Portfolio highlights
- LabPixies — LabPixies is a leading provider of personalized web content and technology. Our mission is to provide the ultimate personalize online experience, bringing together the most advanced web technologies and services in a customizable, easy to use interface.At LabPixies we create quality interactive components ("Gadgets") for thepersonalized environment. Our gadgets range from entertainment gadgets such as games and music to utilities such as search tools and calculators.We believe in giving our users the power to personalize their online experience, helping them to enjoy an easier and richer web environment.In a
Lior Prosor is the Founding Partner of Hanaco Venture Capital. He previously worked at Elevator as a Partner. Lior Prosor attended Reichman University (IDC Herzliya).
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Machine Learning, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Series C
- United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Via — Via is a re-engineering public transit company that develops and provides on-demand public mobility solutions for commuters. The company transforms public transit, from a regulated system of rigid routes and schedules to a fully dynamic, on-demand network. Via's mobile app connects passengers who are headed the same way, allowing riders toseamlessly share a premium vehicle. The platform operates in the United States and in Europe through its joint venture with Mercedes-Benz Vans, ViaVan. Via's technology is deployed worldwide through partner projects with public transportation agencies, private transit operators, taxi fleets, private companies, and universities, integrating with public transit infrastructure to power cutting-edge on-demand mobility.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, United States.
- VNN — The high school sports website and marketing platform that helps athletic directors do more with less. All-in-one athletics deparment management, fundraising and social media.
- Yokee™ Music LTD — Yokee Music LTD is the creator of Yokee, the most successful global karaoke mobile app in the AppStore/Google Play. Launched in 2013 and already drove ~90M downloads. Yokee allows end user to sing and record their favorite hits and share it with their friends. Yokee was founded in 2013 by Gil Selka and Ariel Yaloz, previously served inexecutives position in the Israeli Mobile/Internet consumer industry.
Udi Mokady is the Chairman and CEO of CyberArk, and a pioneer in establishing the Privileged Access Management software market. Since co-founding the company in 1999, Mokady has entrenched CyberArk as the market leader. During his tenure at CyberArk, Mokady has also served as CyberArk’s chief strategist and visionary, overseeing global expansion,management, execution and corporate development.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Art
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Israel, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Gutsy — Gutsy is a security process fabric that unifies vulnerability intelligence from across your tech stacks, leverages AI to improve risk prioritization, and applies process mining to accelerate remediation and drive accountability.
- Clarity — Secure your digital media from Deepfakes and defend from AI-based attacks. Any media from phone and video calls to user-generated content. Built by global AI and cyber experts.
- Opus Security — Opus is a singular, overarching Cloud Security Orchestration and Remediation platform. Opus empowers cloud security teams to see beyond alerts and threats and gain control, knowledge, and capabilities to resolve them.
Mark Gerson is a co-founder of GLG. He is the Chairman of United Hatzalah, the network of first responders that treat victims of pre-hospital trauma in Israel, and the co-founder and Chairman of the Africa Mission Healthcare Foundation, which supports the work of medical missionaries performing clinical care throughout Africa. In addition, Mr.Gerson is a co-founder and co-Chairman of Thuzio, Chairman of Axial Markets and author of The Neoconservative Vision: From the Cold War to the Culture Wars (Madison Books: 1996) and In the Classroom: Dispatches from an Inner-City School That Works (Free Press: 1997).He graduated summa cum laude from Williams College and received his JD from Yale Law School.
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Investment focus
- Enterprise Software, Travel, E-Commerce
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- United States, Russian Federation, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Siftery — Siftery is a database of sorts where companies list their software stacks. Siftery compares companies with similar stacks and looks for differences to make some recommendations.
- Umi Kitchen — Umi Kitchen offers an application that enables its users to order homemade food from local chefs. The meals are delivered with reheating instructions and an ingredient list.Umi Kitchen enables its customers to rate and review services of the chefs. The company provides chefs with marketing, packaging, and delivery services.Umi Kitchen wasfounded by Khalil Tawil, Derek Gottfrid, and Hallie Meyer in March 2015. It is based in New York.
- Greats — GREATS designs classically inspired sneakers for men and women using luxury high quality materials and construction. Free exchanges and returns.
One of Israel’s early entrepreneurs, Yossi Vardi co-founded, led, funded and helped build more than 80 high-tech, energy, natural resources, and clean-tech companies. Many of them went public, including Tekem, Alon Energy, Granite Hacarmel, answers.com, scopus, International Lasers Technologies, epals, tocows, brightcove, other were acquired :Gteko (by Microsoft), Tivella (by cisco,) Airlink (by sierra wireless), Foxytunes (by yahoo),starnet (by IAC),Gift project (by ebay).As the founding investor ofMirabilis Ltd, -the creator of iCQ - Vardi co-pioneered instant messaging. ICQ was one of the internet’s earliest successes, later sold to AOL.Vardi was chairman of the board of trustees of Jerusalem Foundation, serves on the board of trustees of the technion and served on those of Weitzman Institute. Hebrew university, open university .he was advisor to the World Bank, United Nations Development Program , CEO’s of Amazon, AOL, Siemens Albis, and Allied–signal. member of the World Economic Forum, and Co-chairman of the EU-Israel business dialogue.Vardi had an extensive government and public career, hewas the director general of Ministry of Development and Ministry of Energy. was chairman of Israel National Oil Company, and Israel Chemicals. participated in the peace talks with Egypt, Palestinians, Jordan and Syria. He received Honorary Doctorates from Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, and the Ben Gurion university , the Prime Minister Hi-Tech Award for life achievements (twice); Best Internet Personality by TechCrunch Europe; Entrepreneur of the Year by Tel Aviv University , Europe’s 25 top techs by Wall Street Journal; and one of the 200 Greatest Israelis of all times by Ynet. was elected by Israel 21c to the top 10 icons of Israeli high tech - the pioneers, by The Algemeiner for the "jewish 100 - the top 100 people positively influenced jewish life " and by wired magazine (uk) as number 9 of the wired 2014 top 100 influential people in EuropeYossi Vardi sits on the advisory boards of 3i and Amdocs and has served on boards of numerous state and private corporations including Bezeq, Israel Electric, and the Bank of Israel. Yossi has also been an Advisor to the CEOs of AOL, Amazon, and Allied Signal. Yossi Vardi has received many awards, including the Prime Minister of Israel Hi-Tech Award for life achievements on two occasions, the Industry Prize, the Ramniceanu Prize and CEOs Entrepreneurs Hall of Fame.
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Investment focus
- Search Engine, Internet, Enterprise Software
- Angel, Seed, Series A
- Israel, United States
Portfolio highlights
- RoomiePics — RoomiePics is a social camera for sharing photos with people nearby. The app is currently in development.
- Similarweb — All in one Website analytics & competitive traffic intelligence platform - Compare website traffic and performance, analyze strategies & grow your market share!
- The Gifts Project — The Gifts Project is a social ecommerce platform for Group Gifting that helps online retailers, marketplaces and gift stores to leverage their social buying experience. This white label solution brings major ecommerce websites a Social Group Gifting Platform with a winning combination of Social Networks and Group Payment straight to theircheckout process. With Group Gifting, customers can share their special occasions with their social graph by letting friends to chip in for each others gifts while shopping at their favorite online store. The Gifts Project is a product of Appchee Applications Ltd., an Israeli startup company that is backed by
Founder and CEO of At Night Management, manager of Avicii, Cazzette. He attended Stockholm University.
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Investment focus
- Music, Software, Health Care
- Pre-Seed, Series B, Funding Round
- Sweden, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Shewy — Shewy is a producer of vitamin-enriched chewing gums sold in retail, online and against a subscription
- Savr — Savr is an Investment platform disrupting the Swedish fund industry with a lower fee structure and a new business model.
- Triller — Triller is an AI-powered music video app and talent discovery platform that allows users to create professional-looking videos in a matter of seconds. Pick a song, select the portion of the song you want to use, snap a few takes and with the tap of a button you have a celebrity-quality music video starring you and your friends. Triller reliessolely on organic growth and has more than 23 million downloads, with celebrities from Kevin Hart to Vanessa Hudgens regularly using the app to create their own music videos. Triller raised a $4.5M seed round in May 2016 and a $5M Series A funding round in February 2018, with plans to expand its AI technology and develop the brand as a talent discovery platform.
Yossi Matias is Vice President, Engineering, at Google and the Head of Google's R&D Center in Israel which he established. He leads global efforts in Search, AI, and Crisis Response (some highlights here), and is the founding executive lead of Google’s Campus Tel Aviv, the birthplace of Launchpad and other global entrepreneurship programs.In addition to his executive and entrepreneurial experience, Yossi has been on the Computer Science faculty at Tel Aviv University, and previously a Research Scientist at Bell Labs and visiting professor at Stanford. He published extensively, has dozens of patents on his name, and pioneered some of the early technologies for the effective analysis of big data, internet privacy, and contextual search. He is a recipient of the Godel Prize and is an ACM Fellow.Yossi was on the board of IATI - Israel Advanced Technology industries - and is co-chair of IATI’s Multi National Companies Forum.
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Investment focus
- Music, Social, Content
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Anyword — The AI writing platform that knows what works. Trusted by over 1 million marketers, Anyword is built to help you scale on-brand content that drives marketing results
- Tonara — We believe in using technology to move music education forward. Tonara's products empower music teachers and their students, worldwide.
- enso — enso offers AI-powered bot bundles to automate your marketing strategy. Perfect for small business owners, our bots handle social media, SEO, lead generation & much more. Start with a 7 days free trial or talk with one of our marketing experts today.
Jean-Charles Carre is the business partner and manager of world renowned DJ and music producer David Guetta.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Music, Computer
- Series A
- France, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Music Messenger — Shellanoo Group is a technology company specializing in mobile applications, Internet related services and interactive artificial intelligence with cognitive solutions.Introducing a modern way to invest in technology. Shellanoo Group offers investors the range of a diversified IT portfolio with the simplicity of investing in a single company.Shellanoo Group builds, operates and manages products and services that challenge the status quo, all of which are wholly owned by the Company.Founded in mid-2014 in Israel, Shellanoo Group has grown into one of Israel’s more appealing technology firms, combining both business expertise and technological strength.
- MWM — Founded in 2012, MWM develops music apps. In a few years, MWM has been at the origin of plenty hits apps on the App Store and the Play Store such as edjing Mix, the world’s most downloaded DJ app. Now ranked #1 worldwide as music apps publisher, MWM register more than 400 million downloads with 15 apps covering the main music segment (Production,Gaming, Learning and Utilities).
O.D. Kobo is an accomplished entrepreneur with over twenty-years of demonstrated history working in the financial services and technology sector.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Broadcasting, Video
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- China, Israel, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Kobo360 — Kobo360 is Africa's leading supply chain technology platform. We are simplifying the supply chain ecosystem with end-to-end tech products, providing a 360-degree view to all stakeholders.
- GiveHope —
- Totally Bored —
Tristan Jehan
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Investment focus
- Art, Music, Machine Learning
- Seed
- Israel
Portfolio highlights
- MyPart — MyPart is an AI-powered song search and matching platform with products that serve both songwriters and creative industry executives.
Dana Messina
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Investment focus
- Music, EdTech, Software
- Seed
- Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Simply (formerly JoyTunes) — Feel the joy of playing piano and guitar, or discovering your singing voice, with Simply. The best apps for learning musical instruments.
Yaron Carni is the Founder of Maverick Ventures (Israel). The word "Maverick" means spark and brilliance in Hebrew. Maverick Ventures (Israel) was founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. We provide funding for Tech Start-Up Companies by high value investors from around the world who are interested in the success of innovativeIsraeli companies. Maverick.Prior to that, Yaron founded the Tel Aviv Angel Group - a Boutique Angel Group of several hand picked value added individuals from the US, Canada and Europe that invest privately in a variety of Israeli based companies. The first investment he made, in LabPixies was the first Israeli company bought by Google. More at: www.TelAvivAngels.com Yaron served as the board member of the startup companies the group invests in. He invested in and was the Director of Business Development of Contextin and served on it's Board. The Tel Aviv Angel Group's holdings in Contextin were sold to Spark. Yaron also invested in and served on the board of Vaultive, an innovative information security company based in Tel Aviv. TAAG's holdings in Valutive were also sold.Prior to that, he was the first investor (with his group) and Director of Business Development in LabPixies which is the first company Google Inc. acquired in Israel and was it's Director of Business Development. Carni is the former Head of Business Development of GC Marketing Servcies (www.gcmarketingservices.com) in New York. He is a graduate of the Sam Zell Entreprenurship Program and also has a Master's in Law with a concentration in IP. Yaron serves on the board of United Hatzalah - Israel's bigggest volunteer rescue organziation of 2000 first responders.
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Investment focus
- Enterprise Software, Music, Security
- Angel, Series A
- Israel, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Vaultive — Get the most complete Identity Security and Access Management Solutions that enable secure access across any device, anywhere, at just the right time.
- LabPixies — LabPixies is a leading provider of personalized web content and technology. Our mission is to provide the ultimate personalize online experience, bringing together the most advanced web technologies and services in a customizable, easy to use interface.At LabPixies we create quality interactive components ("Gadgets") for thepersonalized environment. Our gadgets range from entertainment gadgets such as games and music to utilities such as search tools and calculators.We believe in giving our users the power to personalize their online experience, helping them to enjoy an easier and richer web environment.In a
Tim Bergling is Music Producer.Tim Bergling better known by his stage name Avicii (stylized as ɅVICII or ◢ ◤ symbol), is a Swedish EDM DJ, remixer, and a country and electro house record producer. Avicii ranked 3rd on DJ Magazine 's annual Top 100 DJs in 2012 and 2013 and has been nominated twice for a Grammy Award, once for his workon "Sunshine" with David Guetta in 2012 and once for his song "Levels" in 2013. Some of his most famous songs are "I Could Be the One" with Nicky Romero, "Wake Me Up", "You Make Me", "X You", "Hey Brother" and "Addicted to You".
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- Apps, Music, Information Technology
- Series A
- Israel
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- Music Messenger — Shellanoo Group is a technology company specializing in mobile applications, Internet related services and interactive artificial intelligence with cognitive solutions.Introducing a modern way to invest in technology. Shellanoo Group offers investors the range of a diversified IT portfolio with the simplicity of investing in a single company.Shellanoo Group builds, operates and manages products and services that challenge the status quo, all of which are wholly owned by the Company.Founded in mid-2014 in Israel, Shellanoo Group has grown into one of Israel’s more appealing technology firms, combining both business expertise and technological strength.
Sebastian Carmine Ingrosso (born 21 April 1983) is a Swedish DJ and electronic dance music producer. He was also former member of the DJ supergroup Swedish House Mafia, together with friends Axwell and Steve Angello.Born in Nacka, Stockholm, Sweden, Ingrosso grew up in Stockholm, where he spent his teenage years in his choreographer father VitoIngrosso's studio learning how to make music.[1] His first official remix was released on Mega Records in 1999. He was ranked #26 in 2011 on DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ list,[2] and won the award for the highest new entry into the chart in 2009, a record beaten only by Deadmau5 into the 2008 Top 100 DJ list at #10. Sebastian Ingrosso is head of A&R for his own record label, Refune, which has pioneered many artists in recent years including AN21, Max Vangeli, Style of Eye and Alesso.
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- Information Technology, Apps, Music
- Series A
- Israel, United States, United Kingdom
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- Nothing — Nothing is a London-based company removing the barriers between people and technology to create a seamless digital future.
- Music Messenger — Shellanoo Group is a technology company specializing in mobile applications, Internet related services and interactive artificial intelligence with cognitive solutions.Introducing a modern way to invest in technology. Shellanoo Group offers investors the range of a diversified IT portfolio with the simplicity of investing in a single company.Shellanoo Group builds, operates and manages products and services that challenge the status quo, all of which are wholly owned by the Company.Founded in mid-2014 in Israel, Shellanoo Group has grown into one of Israel’s more appealing technology firms, combining both business expertise and technological strength.
- Skinny Dipped Almonds — We don't Sugar Coat. We SkinnyDip.
William Adams, is a multi-faceted entertainer and creative innovator, and a seven-time Grammy Award winner. Known for his work with The Black Eyed Peas, who have sold 31 million albums and 58 million singles worldwide, he also works with some of the industry’s biggest names including Michael Jackson, Rihanna, Usher, Nicki Minaj, Britney Spears,David Guetta, and film composer Hans Zimmer.i.am+ is the developer of the dial, the first smart band device with an onboard, untethered mobile phone capability powered by AneedA, and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-focused operating system. Fusing the worlds of technology and fashion, will.i.am and team also developed i.am+ EPs Bluetooth Wireless Headphone. EPs feature magnetic earpieces, when clipped together, transform the listening device into a stylish necklace made of spun metal and woven fabric that incorporates a microphone connected to AneedA for making calls and finding music, both hands-free.Frontman and founder of The Black Eyed Peas will.i.am has released three songs from his upcoming solo cd, #willpower on Interscope Records, due out in April, 2013. The three singles from the cd released in 2012 were: “This is Love” featuring Eva Simons; and “Scream & Shout” that has gone to number one on iTunes and radio play charts in dozens of countries. In 2013, he released his latest single “#ThatPower” featuring Justin Bieber. will.i.am is the first recording artist to send a song to Mars in conjunction with NASA’s Curiosity Mars Space Lab. Space and music industry firsts were achieved on August 28, 2012 when “Reach For The Stars (Mars Edition)” was played back from Mars during a youth education event hosted by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.His songs and imagery have entertained and inspired millions, and the power of his words resonated deeply in his song “Yes They Can” that mobilized an entire generation to action during the 2008 presidential campaign. Demonstrating that music, brands and causes can be intertwined to entertain and inform, “Yes They Can” garnered an Emmy Award for “Best New Approaches in Daytime Entertainment” as well as a CLIO award in the Interactive category.In addition to his music career, will.i.am is very active in front of, and behind the camera. His educational TV special “i.am.mars: Reach For The Stars”, a behind-the-scene look at the artistic and scientific elements involved in sending a song to Mars aired on Discovery’s SCIENCE Channel in August, 2012. In 2011, will.i.am executive produced and starred in his first prime time TV special “i.am FIRST: Science is Rock and Roll” to get young people excited about math and science education, as well as technology and science-related careers. In front of the camera, will.i.am returned in 2013 for a second season as a Coach on reality TV hit show “The Voice” UK on BBC One.
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- Information Technology, Music, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Series E
- United States, Canada, Israel
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- Cent — The easiest way to collect, create, and distribute NFTs.
- VersusGame — VersusGame offers creators and brands the opportunity to cultivate a community with an interactive content solution that rewards knowledge
- Impossible Foods — Impossible Burger is made from simple, plant-based ingredients. For the health of people and the planet.
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