# Aviv Nevo

> Aviv Nevo is a funding round investor at Northwestern University backing Apps and Mobile. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Northwestern University](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northwestern-university)
- Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Aug 2014
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/vivinevo

Aviv Nevo is a funding round investor at Northwestern University in Tel Aviv focused on Apps and Mobile. Aviv Nevo - Professor of Economics and Marketing @ Northwestern University

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 2 | 67% |
| Mobile | 2 | 67% |
| iOS | 1 | 33% |
| News | 1 | 33% |
| Retail | 1 | 33% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PS Dept. | PS Dept. develops a mobile e-commerce application designed to be used for personal shopping services. The application is a platform for direct access to personal shoppers at select retail stores that connect the dots between the convenience of shopping online and the quality of service of shopping with a qualified associate at the shopper'sside, allowing users to search and order accessories and apparel based on suggestions from experts in the particular field. | $5.1M |  | Aug 11, 2014 |  |
| PS Dept. | PS Dept. develops a mobile e-commerce application designed to be used for personal shopping services. The application is a platform for direct access to personal shoppers at select retail stores that connect the dots between the convenience of shopping online and the quality of service of shopping with a qualified associate at the shopper'sside, allowing users to search and order accessories and apparel based on suggestions from experts in the particular field. | $1.1M | Seed | Mar 01, 2013 |  |
| Summly | Simple, intuitive and elegant. Summly redefines news for the mobile world with algorithmically generated summaries from thousands of sources. Innovative gestures, animations and great summaries make reading the news fun: easy to use, easy to scan, easy to read, clear and concise.Nick D'Aloisio launched Summly in December 2011 as a techsummarization prototype that garnered significant interest worldwide. With backing from Horizons Ventures, and help from many NLP and AI experts around the world, Nick and the Summly team have been able to further develop summarization technology, the first result being the new Summly mobile news app. | $1.2M |  | Oct 01, 2012 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Third Kind Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-line-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AFSquare](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afsquare) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [A-Grade Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-grade-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Atom Factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atom-factory) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Betaworks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betaworks) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [A.Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-partners-l-p) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Northwestern University

VC Fund · Evanston, United States

For a bachelor’s, master’s, or doctorate degree from a school with history and prestige, look no further than Northwestern University, a Big Ten school located in Evanston, Illinois.Northwestern is a large school and features many different areas of study. Though the school is known for its strong arts programs, many students also enroll inscience, engineering, and medical fields.Programs include Biological Sciences, Computer Engineering, Drama, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Film and Media Studies, Integrated Marketing Communication, Journalism, Performance Studies, Sociology, and Theatre, as well as many others.Don’t allow the idea of tuition keep you from attending school. In the financial aid options, counselors can point you toward loans, grants, and work-study programs. There are also many scholarships to choose from including the Northwestern University Scholarship.The annual job fairs aren’t the only resource for students looking to find employment. There are also internship and job listings, as well as programs to explore majors and career options.If Evanston isn’t convenient to you, Northwestern also has a campus in Chicago and even a new satellite campus in Qatar for those studying overseas.As far as student life goes, NU is the place to be. Northwestern University has over 200 extracurricular groups for students be involved in their interests and socialize with others. There is also a museum, concert hall, cinema, and theater for daily entertainment, and a strong athletic program.

5 contacts available at Northwestern University.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aviv Nevo | Professor of Economics and Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aviv-nevo |
| Francesca Cornelli | Dean | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francesca-cornelli |
| Jian Cao | Professor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jian-cao |
| Paul Sagan | Life Trustee | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-sagan |
| William Osborn | Chairman of the Board of Trustees | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/william-a-osborn |

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## FAQ

### What does Aviv Nevo invest in?

Aviv Nevo invests primarily in Apps, Mobile and iOS startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 3 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 Aviv Nevo last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Aviv Nevo closed in Aug 2014. Shizune tracks 3 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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