# BizTEC

> BizTEC is a VC fund in Haifa backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Haifa, Israel
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jun 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2457773
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/BizTECisrael
- Website: http://www.biztec.org.il
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BizTEC.Israel

BizTEC is a VC fund in Haifa focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. BizTEC is the leading entrepreneurship platform in the Israeli academia, which encourages and motivates students to act on their innovation.Based at the Technion technological institute in Haifa and lead by students, the BizTEC competition helps to bring your innovation from an idea stage to an – all dressed up ready to pitch before investorsstage.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 60% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 60% |
| Big Data | 2 | 40% |
| Analytics | 2 | 40% |
| Medical Device | 2 | 40% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |
| Series D | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Danielle Bar Shalev | Executive Director | 0 | — |
| Saul Orbach | Lecturer, Judge, Mentor | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Presenso | Presenso provides an AI Driven Industrial Intelligence solution. The Presenso solution uses advanced Artificial Intelligence to provide real-time asset failure predictions based on monitoring sensors’ signal data in the cloud. With its proprietary adaptive algorithms, Presenso can analyze sensor behavior, automatically learn how machines behaveand use this learning to predict machine failures before they occur. | $2M | Seed | Jun 06, 2016 |  |
| LifeBond | LifeBond is a leader in the development and manufacturing of bio-surgical medical devices for tissue repair that are intended to improve the recovery of patients and to create an environment that supports the body’s natural healing process and promotes tissue repair. Of natural origin, elastic, adhesive, durable and yet absorbable, the company’sdevices can be used to fill a long list of unmet surgical needs. LifeBond’s first product, LifeSeal™, is designed to provide staple-line reinforcement in bariatric and colorectal operations. It was recently studied in an international pilot clinical study in Europe. The company’s second pipeline product, LifeMesh™, a self-fixating hernia mesh, is in pre-clinical development. Other pipeline products include tissue adhesives and absorbable hemostats. LifeSeal™, LifeMesh™ and other LifeBond™ products are investigational and have not yet been approved for sale in the US or in any other market. For more information please visit use at: www.life-bond.com | $27M | Series D | Aug 05, 2015 |  |
| BreezoMeter | BreezoMeter is the provider of street-level and real-time air quality information; their suite of easy-to-integrate APIs includes air pollution, pollen, and active fire data.Product and healthcare brands, such as Siemens, Tata Motors, and allergy pharmaceutical provider ALK, choose to integrate BreezoMeter thanks to their unmatched level ofreal-time accuracy. BreezoMeter is the only AQ provider with a published accuracy validation process.BreezoMeter's exceptional team of multi-disciplinary scientists and engineers has managed to achieve this unparalleled accuracy thanks to a unique multi-data layer approach to air quality based on information from governmental sensors, satellites, weather, traffic, and more.The company then deploys hundreds of air quality calculations at once, using sophisticated modeling and AI, in order to calculate air quality up to a resolution of 0.003 miles (5 meters/16 feet) in 90+ countries on an hourly basis. | $1.8M | Seed | Jun 25, 2015 |  |
| Windward | WWindward is the leading Predictive Intelligence company fusing AI and big data to digitalize the global maritime industry, enabling organizations to achieve business and operational readiness. Windward’s AI-powered solution allows stakeholders including banks, commodity traders, and major energy and shipping companies, to make real-time,predictive intelligence driven decisions, with a 360° view of the maritime ecosystem and its broader impact on safety, security, finance, and business | $10.8M | Series B | Apr 27, 2015 |  |
| Polytouch Medical | At Polytouch Medical, they're supporting minimal invasive surgery by developing gold standard solutions for laparoscopic surgery. By working closely with physicians, they create products to improve mesh deployment and placement techniques in laparoscopic hernia repair surgery.They're able to do this with: dedicated employees who sharea passionate purpose to improve patients’ lives, their medical advisors who help to bring the ideas into reality, and board members who help us share information and make the product available to the market. | $830K | Seed | Sep 27, 2010 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SeedIL Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seedil-investment-club) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AfterDox](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afterdox) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aleph](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aleph-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aurum Ventures MKI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aurum-ventures-mki) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Entrée Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entree-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Giza Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/giza-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does BizTEC invest in?

BizTEC invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Big Data startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact BizTEC?

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### Who are the partners at BizTEC?

The team at BizTEC includes Danielle Bar Shalev (Executive Director) and Saul Orbach (Lecturer, Judge, Mentor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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