# Cyhawk Ventures

> Cyhawk Ventures is a VC fund in Tel Aviv backing Publishing and Credit. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Oct 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/lennartreus
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/CyhawkVentures
- Website: http://www.cyhawkventures.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cyhawk-Ventures-LTD/18157128855336

Cyhawk Ventures is a VC fund in Tel Aviv focused on Publishing and Credit. Cyhawk Ventures offers pre-seed- and seed-stage investment services to firms in the media and advertising industries. It was founded in 2001 by Kfir Moyal and Assaf Ben Ashar and is based in Tel Aviv.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$1.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Publishing | 2 | 40% |
| Credit | 1 | 20% |
| Mobile | 1 | 20% |
| FinTech | 1 | 20% |
| Internet | 1 | 20% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |
| Series C | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Israel | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Assaf Ben Asher | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/assaf-ben-asher |
| Bobby Lent | Partner and Member of Investment Committee | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bobby-lent |
| Kfir Moyal | General Partner and Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kfir-moyal |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BIScience | BI Science is an Israeli based business intelligence solution provider for companies that operate online. They provide business and competitive intelligence solutions that change the way SMB and Enterprise level businesses profile, analyze, buy and sell media over multiple online and mobile channels. Their tools have a direct impact on theirclient's operations, including enhancing current revenue streams, generating new business and saving both time and costs.In 2009, BI Science launched its first business and intelligence tool GeoSurf, a browser add-on that enables online media professionals to view ads and web content form the local perspective in more than 60 countries and 20 US metro locations. It is used by media buyers, campaign managers, sales, and compliance teams to see who is bidding on geo targeted ad placements, generate new sources of business and enhance their current marketing activities. | $3M |  | Oct 06, 2016 |  |
| BACKED | Based in Lincolnshire, U.S., Backed is an online lending platform that enables users to add a co-signer to their loan application in order to ensure a lower interest rate. Its platform appeals to all borrower demographics with reduced risk of default. The company offers 1-to-3-year personal loans for diverse purposes ranging from consolidate debtsand career investments to travel and wedding loans. They range from $3,000 to $25,000 at APRs starting at 2.9%. Founded in November 2014, backed operates as a B2C company. | $1.5M | Seed | Dec 08, 2015 |  |
| BIScience | BI Science is an Israeli based business intelligence solution provider for companies that operate online. They provide business and competitive intelligence solutions that change the way SMB and Enterprise level businesses profile, analyze, buy and sell media over multiple online and mobile channels. Their tools have a direct impact on theirclient's operations, including enhancing current revenue streams, generating new business and saving both time and costs.In 2009, BI Science launched its first business and intelligence tool GeoSurf, a browser add-on that enables online media professionals to view ads and web content form the local perspective in more than 60 countries and 20 US metro locations. It is used by media buyers, campaign managers, sales, and compliance teams to see who is bidding on geo targeted ad placements, generate new sources of business and enhance their current marketing activities. | $9M | Series C | Jul 01, 2015 |  |
| BIScience | BI Science is an Israeli based business intelligence solution provider for companies that operate online. They provide business and competitive intelligence solutions that change the way SMB and Enterprise level businesses profile, analyze, buy and sell media over multiple online and mobile channels. Their tools have a direct impact on theirclient's operations, including enhancing current revenue streams, generating new business and saving both time and costs.In 2009, BI Science launched its first business and intelligence tool GeoSurf, a browser add-on that enables online media professionals to view ads and web content form the local perspective in more than 60 countries and 20 US metro locations. It is used by media buyers, campaign managers, sales, and compliance teams to see who is bidding on geo targeted ad placements, generate new sources of business and enhance their current marketing activities. | $1.5M | Series B | Jan 01, 2015 |  |
| Appoxee | Appoxee is a Push Marketing platform for marketers who want to increase app engagement, retention and in-app purchases. Appoxee offers a broad set of tools to create, target, analyze and automate push and in-app messaging campaigns. In addition, Appoxee provides multi-app messaging and targeting capabilities for publishers with multiple apps.With deep roots in the social gaming and media industries, Appoxee was designed to handle the distribution of millions of messages in seconds. Appoxee currently sends over half a billion monthly push and in-app messages to iOS and Android users.Appoxee also offers a variety of in-app plugins, giving publishers additional ways to interact with their users. These include a Message Inbox, Customer Feedback form, and an Offer Wall. | $1.8M | Seed | Sep 01, 2013 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [iAngels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iangels) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Bright Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bright-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [OurCrowd](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ourcrowd) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Viola Credit](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/viola-credit) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Kantar Media](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kantar-media) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ibex Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ibex-investors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Cyhawk Ventures invest in?

Cyhawk Ventures invests primarily in Publishing, Credit and Mobile 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.

### What is Cyhawk Ventures's check size?

Cyhawk Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$1.8M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Cyhawk Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Cyhawk Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Cyhawk Ventures?

The team at Cyhawk Ventures includes Assaf Ben Asher (Co-Founder & Managing Partner), Bobby Lent (Partner and Member of Investment Committee) and Kfir Moyal (General Partner and Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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