# Aviad Ariel

> Aviad Ariel is a Series B investor at Vertex Ventures backing Information Technology and Software. See 44 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Vertex Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vertex-ventures)
- Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
- Total investments: 44
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/aviad-ariel/0/508/b0
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/aviadariel
- Website: https://x.com/aviadariel

Aviad Ariel is a General Partner at Vertex Ventures. Board Member at OwnBackup & Indegy.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 7 | 16% |
| Software | 5 | 11% |
| Enterprise Software | 5 | 11% |
| SaaS | 3 | 7% |
| Cloud Security | 3 | 7% |

61 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 9 | 20% |
| Series A | 7 | 16% |
| Series C | 5 | 11% |
| Seed | 4 | 9% |
| Series D | 3 | 7% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 10 | 23% |
| Israel | 6 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DOT Compliance | Dot Compliance offers the industry's first ready to use Quality Management Solution. Dot Compliance solutions include an extensive set of off-the-shelf ready eQMS and compliance pre-configured processes that include full project validation services and product validation packages. Introducing a true eQMS paradigm shift, Dot Compliance offersthe industry’s most cost-effective quality and compliance management solution available, allowing life science customers around the world to quickly deploy flexible and scalable solutions. | $17.5M | Series B | Apr 15, 2024 |  |
| GrowthSpace | GrowthSpace is a talent development platform that enables the personalized learning and development of employees. GrowthSpace brings the power of data to personalized learning and development. At GrowthSpace, they believe that the future of learning and development is data-driven, measurable, and personalized for every employee. By combining theworld’s most robust dataset with their network of global experts, they are able to help employees and teams achieve their professional goals and business KPIs at scale. Select from short growth sprints, group meetings, or lectures where employees can upskill, work on personal challenges, and improve their core competencies. | $25M | Series B | Aug 16, 2022 |  |
| DOT Compliance | Dot Compliance offers the industry's first ready to use Quality Management Solution. Dot Compliance solutions include an extensive set of off-the-shelf ready eQMS and compliance pre-configured processes that include full project validation services and product validation packages. Introducing a true eQMS paradigm shift, Dot Compliance offersthe industry’s most cost-effective quality and compliance management solution available, allowing life science customers around the world to quickly deploy flexible and scalable solutions. | $23M | Series B | Jul 20, 2022 |  |
| Nexite | Nexite develops a platform that provides item tracking, inventory transparency and business intelligence from manufacturing to the customer's home. Its miniature NanoBT batteryless tag can be read by any smartphone, costs a fraction of the cost of similar tags, and is small enough to embed into the item. The company was founded in 2017 andis headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | $67M | Series C | May 11, 2022 |  |
| Sayata | Sayata delivers rapid growth to brokers and carriers that place commercial risk.The Sayata platform streamlines the quote-bind-issue process allowing insurance professionals to seamlessly place commercial risk in a fraction of the time.Sayata provides an end-to-end technological solution along with educational tools, giving our partners theability to grow their book quickly and efficiently.To date, over 1,000 users across 75 brokerages and carriers partner with Sayata to grow their commercial book. | $35M | Series A | Jan 24, 2022 |  |
| Bites | Bites is a computer software company that offers a mobile application platform that allows its users to manage digital bitesize learning units. The Bites platform includes a content creation app that lets organizations create professional looking content they call Bites. Each Bite can be shared with employees using the communication platforms theyalready use including WhatsApp, MS Teams, Slack, Signal, WeChat, Telegram and many more…The company was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | $5M | Seed | Oct 20, 2021 |  |
| GrowthSpace | GrowthSpace is a talent development platform that enables the personalized learning and development of employees. GrowthSpace brings the power of data to personalized learning and development. At GrowthSpace, they believe that the future of learning and development is data-driven, measurable, and personalized for every employee. By combining theworld’s most robust dataset with their network of global experts, they are able to help employees and teams achieve their professional goals and business KPIs at scale. Select from short growth sprints, group meetings, or lectures where employees can upskill, work on personal challenges, and improve their core competencies. | $15M | Series A | Sep 22, 2021 |  |
| Sayata | Sayata delivers rapid growth to brokers and carriers that place commercial risk.The Sayata platform streamlines the quote-bind-issue process allowing insurance professionals to seamlessly place commercial risk in a fraction of the time.Sayata provides an end-to-end technological solution along with educational tools, giving our partners theability to grow their book quickly and efficiently.To date, over 1,000 users across 75 brokerages and carriers partner with Sayata to grow their commercial book. | $17M | Series A | Aug 25, 2021 |  |
| OwnBackup | OwnBackup is a provider of cloud data protection and backup system for companies using Salesforce. The cloud-to-cloud backup and restore vendor, provides secure, automated, daily backups of SaaS and PaaS data, as well as data to compare and restore tools for disaster recovery. It helps more than 2,000 businesses protect critical cloud data,OwnBackup covers data loss and corruption caused by human errors, malicious intent, integration errors, and rogue applications. Built for security and privacy, OwnBackup exceeds the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements for backed-up data. Co-founded by seasoned data-recovery, data-protection, and information-security experts, OwnBackup is a top-rated backup and restore ISV on Salesforce AppExchange and was awarded the Salesforce Appy Award in 2018. | $240M | Series E | Aug 10, 2021 |  |
| Own Company | Own Company is a software company that offers a data platform for organizations. The platform is designed to protect and activate SaaS data which can help businesses transform their operations. | $240M | Series E | Aug 10, 2021 |  |

10 of 44 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Salesforce Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/salesforce-ventures) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
- [Innovation Endeavors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovation-endeavors) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Insight Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insight-partners) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Vertex Ventures Israel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vertex-ventures-israel) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Vertex Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vertex-ventures) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Intel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intel-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together

## About Vertex Ventures

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Vertex Ventures is a global network of operator-investors who manage portfolios in the U.S., China, Israel, India and Southeast Asia. The firm is a trusted partner to some of the world’s most innovative entrepreneurs, supporting them with unmatched operating experience and deep access to the capital, talent, partners and customers they need tobuild truly global businesses.

5 contacts available at Vertex Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aviad Ariel | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aviad-ariel |
| Hanming Wang | Senior Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hanming-wang-4337 |
| Jeff Chang | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-chang-tw |
| Kanika Mayar | Partner, Investment | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kanika-mayar |
| Puiyan Leung | Partner, Investment | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/puiyan-leung-70f9 |

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## FAQ

### What does Aviad Ariel invest in?

Aviad Ariel invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 44 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 Aviad Ariel last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Aviad Ariel closed in Apr 2024. Shizune tracks 44 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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