Ayal Shiran
General Partner @ Viola Growth
Ayal Shiran is a Global Operating and Management Executive successful at building high-performance executive teams and leading sophisticated telecommunications and service organizations with billion dollar revenues. With more than 20 years’ experience, he is a strategic visionary who is skilled at establishing operational excellence and translatingconceptual models into specific growth strategies. He has vast experience in planning and executing multi-faceted global business development campaigns designed to improve market share and gross revenue. He has a successful track record in sourcing, negotiating and completing complex transactions in the $100-500 million range. Prior to joining Viola Private Equity, Ayal served as President of Amdocs (NASDAQ: DOX) Customer Business Group, with extensive responsibilities that ranged from managing a large portion of Amdocs’ business operations, strengthening Amdocs’ customer business worldwide to leading a team of Division Presidents in targeting emerging businesses new to Amdocs’ existing portfolio. Prior to his appointment as Amdocs’ Customer Business Group President, Ayal held the position of Amdocs’ Division President responsible for the AT&T group of companies, including SBC, Bellsouth and Cingular. Before joining Amdocs in 2004, Ayal served as Acting Vice President at TTI Team Telecom International (Nasdaq: TTIL, later acquired by TEOCO Corporation), where he was responsible for all project deliveries and follow-up sales in the Americas region.In the Israeli Air Force, Ayal was responsible for the development of avionic systems for the F-15 fighter jet. Ayal holds a Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Computer Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
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Industries Ayal Shiran invests in
Stages Ayal Shiran invests in
Countries Ayal Shiran invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Video 1 (25%)
- Software 1 (25%)
- Wireless 1 (25%)
- Smart Cities 1 (25%)
- Digital Media 1 (25%)
Stage
- Series B 1 (25%)
- Series C 1 (25%)
- Series D 1 (25%)
- Funding Round 1 (25%)
Country
- Israel 1 (25%)
- United States 1 (25%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Juganu
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Juganu transforms physical environments into digital space. By leveraging existing lighting infrastructure Juganu creates a wireless platform with an abundance of applications for a connected, productive and safe environment, in dense indoor and outdoor areas. A unique combination of lighting with AI edge computing monitors, analyzes and usesreal-time data, to better serve customers, employees and citizens, while protecting privacy, at a fraction of cost and time. | $18M / Series C / Oct 28, 2020 | |
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Juganu
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Juganu transforms physical environments into digital space. By leveraging existing lighting infrastructure Juganu creates a wireless platform with an abundance of applications for a connected, productive and safe environment, in dense indoor and outdoor areas. A unique combination of lighting with AI edge computing monitors, analyzes and usesreal-time data, to better serve customers, employees and citizens, while protecting privacy, at a fraction of cost and time. | $18M / Series B / Apr 16, 2020 | |
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Juganu
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Juganu transforms physical environments into digital space. By leveraging existing lighting infrastructure Juganu creates a wireless platform with an abundance of applications for a connected, productive and safe environment, in dense indoor and outdoor areas. A unique combination of lighting with AI edge computing monitors, analyzes and usesreal-time data, to better serve customers, employees and citizens, while protecting privacy, at a fraction of cost and time. | $23M / Jul 10, 2019 | |
SundaySky
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SundaySky combines the power of personalization with the emotion of video to transform customer relationships, one person at a time. Its proprietary SmartVideo™ Marketing Cloud powers billions of personalized video experiences annually for the world's leading brands, including AT&T, Allstate, Citigroup, Saks Fifth Avenue, Staples, Verizon,and more. In 2017, SmartVideo generated more than $1.4 billion in measured value for SundaySky customers. Headquartered in New York City, SundaySky has additional offices in Tel Aviv and Tokyo. | $7M / Series D / Aug 01, 2017 |
Co-Investors
About Viola Growth
Viola Growth is a technology growth capital fund that focuses on investing in Israeli-related global technology companies at their expansion phase.Founded in 2008, the fund invests in fast-growing, growth-stage companies, with potential for category leadership, substantial annual revenues, profitable unit economics, and a proven business model.Our average check size ranges from $15-$30M.The fund is managed by seven partners, one of whom is based in NY, who hold vast experience working with management teams, building organic and non-organic growth plans, scaling operations, creating business partnerships with global leaders, and driving profitable growth.Our team’s deep understanding of the ecosystem and extensive network of contacts allows us to track the most promising companies.Viola Growth manages three funds with a total of more than $725 AUM and has invested in more than 32 companies to date, with close to a dozen exits.
Viola Growth Contacts
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Ayal Shiran
General Partner
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Harel Beit-On
Founder & General Partner
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Natalie Refuah
General Partner
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Eran Westman
General Partner
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Jonathan Kolber
General Partner
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What does Ayal Shiran invest in?
Ayal Shiran invests primarily in Video, Software and Wireless startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Ayal Shiran last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Ayal Shiran closed in Oct 2020. Shizune tracks 4 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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