# Ari Pinto

> Ari Pinto is a seed investor at Bank Hapoalim backing Banking, FinTech and Financial Services. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Bank Hapoalim](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bank-hapoalim)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Dec 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Ari Pinto is a seed investor at Bank Hapoalim focused on Banking and FinTech. Mr. Pinto has been with Bank Hapoalim since 1980 and was appointed to his current position in February 2016. He serves on the Board of Management since 2009, initially as Head of Corporate Strategy and served as Head of Retail Banking from 2013 - 2015. Prior to joining the Board, he served in a variety of senior positions in the Bank, mainly inRetail Banking and Human Resources & Logistics.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Banking | 1 | 100% |
| FinTech | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 100% |
| Commercial Real Estate | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Metechi | Technology is stepping into the CRE loan syndication space. Metechi is a Bank-Centered Syndication Marketplace providing lenders instant access to Commercial Real Estate loans originated by banks. Meet Metechi. An innovative platform connecting lenders directly to U.S. banks offering CRE loan syndication and participation. Metechi lenders caneffortlessly participate in high-quality senior loans alongside banks and discover prime opportunities in junior debt. Metechi offers end-to-end digital management solutions from pre-origination to post-closing using data analytics and performance monitoring. | $5M | Seed | Dec 11, 2020 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Bank Hapoalim

VC Fund · Tel Aviv, Israel

Bank Hapoalim is a major universal bank in Israel with operations in 20 countries.  It was founded in 1921 and its ordinary shares are listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.  It has a “bank” license under the directives of Israel's Banking Law. It provides a range of banking products and services to consumers, businesses, andcorporations throughout the country. In particular it targets households, private banking clients (affluent), and small business (SMEs).Bank Hapoalim provides various channels to interact with its customers including a variety of self-services products such as mobile applications and platforms, internet online banking, and ATMs. It also offers traditional services through over 270 full-service branches with additional assistance available from its 24 hour call center.For its retail customers it offers various savings plan and deposit products including savings accounts, callable CD deposits, CPI-linked deposits, and foreign-currency deposits.

5 contacts available at Bank Hapoalim.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ari Pinto | Deputy CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ari-pinto |
| Dan Koller | Head of Financial Markets and International Banking | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-koller |
| Jacob Orbach | Head of Corporate Banking | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jacob-orbach |
| Ofer Levy | Chief Accountant | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ofer-levy |
| Tzahi Cohen | Chief Risk Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tzahi-cohen |

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## FAQ

### What does Ari Pinto invest in?

Ari Pinto invests primarily in Banking, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ari Pinto last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ari Pinto closed in Dec 2020. Shizune tracks 1 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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