# Aaron Applbaum

> Aaron Applbaum is a seed investor at MizMaa Ventures backing Information Technology and Software. See 43 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [MizMaa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizmaa-ventures)
- Location: Tel Aviv-yafo, Israel
- Total investments: 43
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 49%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-applbaum
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/aapplbaum
- Website: https://www.Mizmaa.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaron.applbaum

Aaron Applbaum is a seed investor at MizMaa Ventures in Tel Aviv-yafo focused on Information Technology and Software. Aaron Applbaum - Partner @ MizMaa Ventures

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.4M–$12M |
| Series A | $5.5M–$15M |
| Series B | $20M–$73M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 11 | 26% |
| Software | 9 | 21% |
| Cyber Security | 9 | 21% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 9 | 21% |
| Network Security | 6 | 14% |

70 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 19 | 44% |
| Series A | 9 | 21% |
| Series B | 4 | 9% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 5% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Israel | 19 | 44% |
| United States | 11 | 26% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 5% |
| Sweden | 1 | 2% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tenet Security | Tenet Security is an advanced AI cybersecurity platform built specifically to protect the autonomous "agentic layer" in enterprise environments. The company focuses on securing autonomous AI agents at runtime, preventing them from being manipulated, hijacked, or turned against other systems. | $6M | Seed | Jun 17, 2026 |  |
| Blast Security | Blast Security is a cloud security platform that finds risks, stops unsafe configs, and reduces paths that may lead to security incidents. | $10M | Seed | Nov 24, 2025 |  |
| Orca AI | Founded in 2018 by a team of Navy veterans, Orca AI, a maritime tech startup, empowers shipping companies to enhance their operational safety, efficiency, and sustainability through a single AI and computer-vision-based operations platform. By October 2024, 900 vessels have been booked, and 550 installations have already been completed. Theplatform is trusted by key industry players across various shipping segments, including MSC, Seaspan, Maran Tankers / Angelicoussis Group, NYK, and Marubeni. The company has raised a total of $38 million in funding over two rounds from US, UK, and Israeli VCs and employs 80 people across its offices in London, Athens, Singapore, and Tel Aviv. | $72.5M | Series B | May 06, 2025 |  |
| Decart | Decart is an AI platform significantly improves the training and inference of large generative models. | $21M | Seed | Oct 31, 2024 |  |
| Clutch Security | Clutch Security provide security teams with comprehensive, clear, and actionable tools for Non-Human Identity security. | $8.5M | Seed | Jul 30, 2024 |  |
| Orca AI | Founded in 2018 by a team of Navy veterans, Orca AI, a maritime tech startup, empowers shipping companies to enhance their operational safety, efficiency, and sustainability through a single AI and computer-vision-based operations platform. By October 2024, 900 vessels have been booked, and 550 installations have already been completed. Theplatform is trusted by key industry players across various shipping segments, including MSC, Seaspan, Maran Tankers / Angelicoussis Group, NYK, and Marubeni. The company has raised a total of $38 million in funding over two rounds from US, UK, and Israeli VCs and employs 80 people across its offices in London, Athens, Singapore, and Tel Aviv. | $23M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 23, 2024 |  |
| Drift.ai | Arkifi is an artificial intelligence company that develops AI-powered financial analyst tools. Arkifi's framework generates consistent results that avoid fabricating factual details (referred to as "hallucination"), instilling enterprises with an unmatched level of confidence in the outcomes. | $9M | Seed | Aug 21, 2023 |  |
| Mobb | Mobb is a secure code repair tool that runs automatically. Mobb automates vulnerability cleanup, reducing security backlogs and freeing engineers to focus on innovation. Mobb enables developers to detect vulnerabilities early in the development process. | $5.4M | Seed | Apr 17, 2023 |  |
| Flox | Flox is taking nix to work on building software and managing development environments. The company was founded by Michael Brantley and Ron Efroni in 2018 and is headquartered in New York, United States. | $16.5M | Series A | Feb 07, 2023 |  |
| Ottopia | Ottopia offers the first Hybrid AI platform for vehicles where Human + AI > AI. Ottopia powers driverless experiences by combining the best of artificial and human intelligence, setting the standard for scalable unmanned ground operations. Ottopia's teleoperations platform was twice selected by Frost & Sullivan as #1, with selectcustomers & partners including the IDF, Hyundai, Magna International, NVIDIA and various military clients. Ottopia's technology currently powers trucks, construction machines, cars, buses and delivery robots. Learn more at https://ottopia.tech or contact us at info@ottopia.tech. | $14.5M | Series A | Jan 10, 2023 |  |

10 of 43 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Next Gear Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nextgear-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Hetz Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hetz-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [OCV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ocv) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Maven Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maven-ventures-vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Merlin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/merlin-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About MizMaa Ventures

VC Fund · Tel Aviv, Israel

MizMaa Ventures is a principal investment firm that specializes in investments in technology companies in Israel.

5 contacts available at MizMaa Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aaron Applbaum | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-applbaum |
| Catherine Leung | Co Founder and Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catherine-leung |
| Rick Kaplan | Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rick-kaplan |
| Yoav Knoll | MizMaa Ventures | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yoav-knoll |
| Isaac Applbaum | Founder, Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isaac-applbaum-3 |

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## FAQ

### What does Aaron Applbaum invest in?

Aaron Applbaum invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and Cyber Security startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 43 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Aaron Applbaum's check size?

Aaron Applbaum typically joins rounds of $2.4M–$12M at Seed, $5.5M–$15M at Series A and $20M–$73M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Aaron Applbaum participates in.

### When did Aaron Applbaum last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Aaron Applbaum closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 43 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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