# Adi Pundak-Mintz

> Adi Pundak-Mintz is a pre-seed investor at Canaan Partners Israel backing Software and SaaS. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Canaan Partners Israel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canaan-partnersisrael)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Oct 2004
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/adi8pundak8mintz
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Pundaka
- Website: https://x.com/Pundaka

Adi Pundak-Mintz is a pre-seed investor at Canaan Partners Israel focused on Software and SaaS. Prior to joining Canaan Partners Israel, Adi was the lead partner for Software investments at Gemini Israel Funds for 14 years. He is the lead investor in most of his portfolio companies. Often, he was able to secure follow on investments from the leading International VCs. His most notable exits include dbMotion (sold to Allscripts), Diligent(sold to IBM), Fyber (SponsorPay, acquired by RNTS), Soluto (acquired by Asurion), and Traiana (sold to ICAP). Adi has also been an active angel investor, advisor and mentor to entrepreneurs, resulting in successful exits, such as Cramster (sold to Chegg) and Zlago (sold to Intermedia).Adi is considered an expert in B2B software companies, with Low-Touch and SaaS business models. Prior to joining Gemini Israel Funds, Adi was a Principal at Neurone Venture Capital for 2 years.Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, Adi held business development and software development with Nexus Telecommunications (Nasdaq: NXUS), a developer of wireless technologies for messaging and location services. Before that, Adi worked as an engineer at ECI Telecom (Nasdaq: ECILF), a provider of networking infrastructure solutions, in the company's SDH business unit. Adi spent his military service with the Israeli Navy as a project engineer for naval underwater systems.Adi holds a BSc with honors in Electrical Engineering and a BA with distinction in Mathematics from Ohio State University. He has also studied towards an MSc in Vision-Computer Science at the Weizmann Institute, and holds an MBA from INSEAD. In 2008, Adi was chosen by Yale University as a Yale World Fellow. Adi is a frequent speaker at conferences in Israel and Europe on venture capital and high-tech topics. He is also an active contributor to several social entrepreneurship initiatives, including The Public Knowledge Workshop and Galil Software.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 100% |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Messaging | 1 | 50% |
| Compliance | 1 | 50% |
| Data Center | 1 | 50% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Israel | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shamaym | Shamaym's AI based platform allows teams to quickly learn from each other by using the rapid- feedback learning style perfected by the Israeli Air Force. Through regular "debriefings" teams can easily maintain communication, collaboration and learning. This enables organizations to move faster and smarter. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2020 |  |
| Diligent | Diligent is the largest governance, risk and compliance (GRC) SaaS provider, serving more than one million users from over 23,000 organizations around the globe. Our modern GRC platform ensures boards, executives and other leaders have a holistic, integrated view of audit, risk, information security, ethics and compliance across the organizationand up to the board.   Diligent brings technology, insights and confidence to leaders so they can build more effective, equitable and successful organizations. We empower 62% of the Fortune 500, 90% of the FTSE 100 and 83% of the ASX 200 to improve their bottom line, keep pace with stakeholder expectations and create lasting, positive impact on the world.  Diligent is valued at $7 billion with more than $500 million in revenue. | $22M | Series B | Oct 04, 2004 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [2B Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2b-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BIRD Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bird-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Israel Innovation Authority](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/israel-innovation-authority) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Matrix](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matrix-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Canaan Partners Israel

VC Fund · Herzliya, Israel

Canaan Partners Israel (CPI) is a venture capital fund focused on early stage technology investments in Israel. Started by experienced entrepreneurs and investors, CPI is dedicated to working closely with founders to help them transform innovative ideas into global, successful companies.

3 contacts available at Canaan Partners Israel.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adi Pundak-Mintz | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adi-pundak-mintz |
| Ehud Levy | General Partner and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ehud-levy |
| Izhar Shay | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/izhar-shay |

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## FAQ

### What does Adi Pundak-Mintz invest in?

Adi Pundak-Mintz invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Messaging startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Adi Pundak-Mintz last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Adi Pundak-Mintz closed in Oct 2004. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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