# Ariel Yaar > Ariel Yaar is a seed investor at altshare (Los Angeles) backing Software and Health Care. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [altshare](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altshare) - Location: Los Angeles, United States - Total investments: 6 - Last investment: Aug 2022 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arielyaar/ - Website: https://www.readz.com Ariel Yaar is a seed investor at altshare in Los Angeles focused on Software and Health Care. Ariel Yaar is the VP of Research and Development at altshare. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Software | 2 | 33% | | Health Care | 2 | 33% | | CRM | 1 | 17% | | SaaS | 1 | 17% | | Mobile | 1 | 17% | 20 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 4 | 67% | | Series A | 1 | 17% | | Series B | 1 | 17% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Israel | 2 | 33% | | United States | 2 | 33% | | United Kingdom | 1 | 17% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | DermaDetect | DermaDetect was co-founded a year ago by four experienced entrepreneurs and is clinically led by Prof. Arieh Ingber, former head of department of dermatology in Hadassa Medical Center in Israel, a world-renowned dermatologist.We've developed a diagnostics & treatment tool/app (Apple, Android, Web), which enables healthcareprofessionals and patients to self-triage & manage skin disorders. The underlying technology is based on the combination of two approaches: dermatological rule base inference & image analysis using machine learning.We’re in a progress of a pilot-study to validate the effectiveness of our technology within the Israeli Health system, which is world’s best sandbox for such a study.Funded by two angel investors, eHealth Ventures [and their partners: Maccabi Healthcare Services in Israel (second biggest HMO in Israel), the Cleveland Clinic (the second largest healthcare provider in the US), Amgen], and supported by the Israel Innovation Authority. | | Seed | Aug 21, 2022 | | | DermaDetect | DermaDetect was co-founded a year ago by four experienced entrepreneurs and is clinically led by Prof. Arieh Ingber, former head of department of dermatology in Hadassa Medical Center in Israel, a world-renowned dermatologist.We've developed a diagnostics & treatment tool/app (Apple, Android, Web), which enables healthcareprofessionals and patients to self-triage & manage skin disorders. The underlying technology is based on the combination of two approaches: dermatological rule base inference & image analysis using machine learning.We’re in a progress of a pilot-study to validate the effectiveness of our technology within the Israeli Health system, which is world’s best sandbox for such a study.Funded by two angel investors, eHealth Ventures [and their partners: Maccabi Healthcare Services in Israel (second biggest HMO in Israel), the Cleveland Clinic (the second largest healthcare provider in the US), Amgen], and supported by the Israel Innovation Authority. | | Series B | Jan 01, 2022 | | | BioChange Ltd. | BioChange has developed a breakthrough technology for tissue regeneration. | | Series A | Aug 01, 2021 | | | GearEye | The ultimate tracking solution for your gear, that helps you keep an eye on what is important to you. | | Seed | Sep 01, 2018 | | | Glassbox | Glassbox develops an analytics platform designed to automatically record, index, and analyze digital interactions.Formerly Clarisite, it empowers organizations to manage and optimize the entire digital lifecycle of their web and mobile customers. Leveraging unparalleled big data, behavioral analytics, and record-replay capabilities, Glassboxenables enterprises to see not only what online and mobile customers are doing but also why they are doing it. Most importantly, Glassbox informs and facilitates action based on those insights that can lead to enhanced customer experience, decreased customer disputes, and improved regulatory compliance. Its solutions are used by medium to very large enterprises mostly in the financial services and insurance industries but are equally relevant to the needs of a wide range of verticals including healthcare, telecommunications, utilities, gambling, and business services.The company was founded by Yaron Gueta, Hanan Blumstein, and Yoav Schreiber in 2010 and is headquartered in London, England. | | Seed | Sep 01, 2014 | | | Readz | Readz: Beyond Websites and Blogs.Readz plays in the fast growing content marketing field and addresses the upcoming challenges for brands to be able to provide quality online content experiences beyond websites and blogs.Readz is a SaaS content creation platform. With Readz, brands can rapidly create beautiful online content, in particular:micro-sitesonline presentationsinteractive publications such as magazines, white papers and brochuresReadz offers designers and marketers an online drag-and-drop editing solution to create and publish responsive, mobile-friendly content that is instantly available to customers and prospects. | $4.5M | Seed | Feb 01, 2012 | | 6 of 6 investments shown. ## About altshare VC Fund 1 contacts available at altshare. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Ariel Yaar | VP R&D | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ariel-yaar | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund - [ARCH Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arch-venture-partners) — VC Fund - [OrbiMed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/orbimed-advisors) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [OurCrowd](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ourcrowd) — VC Fund - [Entrée Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entree-capital) — VC Fund - [Pitango VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pitango-venture-capital) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Health Care Angel Investors in Middle East](https://shizune.co/investors/health-care-angel-investors-middle-east) - [Health Care Angel Investors in Israel](https://shizune.co/investors/health-care-angel-investors-israel) - [Biotechnology Angel Investors in Israel](https://shizune.co/investors/biotechnology-angel-investors-israel) - [Biotech Angel Investors in Middle East](https://shizune.co/investors/biotech-angel-investors-middle-east) - [Biotech Angel Investors in Israel](https://shizune.co/investors/biotech-angel-investors-israel) ## FAQ ### What does Ariel Yaar invest in? Ariel Yaar invests primarily in Software, Health Care and CRM startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### When did Ariel Yaar last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Ariel Yaar closed in Aug 2022. Shizune tracks 6 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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