Gil Canaani
Managing Director & General Manager @ Hearst Ventures
Tel Aviv, Israel
Gil Canaani is a Series A investor at Hearst Ventures in Tel Aviv focused on Content and Video. Gil Canaani is the Director of Hearst Ventures and the General Manager of Hearst Ventures Israel. Based in Tel-Aviv, Gil leads Hearst Ventures’ investments in Israel. Prior to Hearst, he was a Partner at 2B-Angels, a seed stage micro-fund focused on Digital Media, mobile technologies and enterprise software. Prior to that, Gil spent four years atCanaan Partners, as part of the global investment team, where he focused on Israeli investment in the technology sector.Gil has a strong technical background from his service in an elite technological unit of the Intelligence Corps in the Israeli Defense Forces. Previously, he worked in marketing and in R&D, for AudioCodes (Nasdaq: AUDC), which provide networking VoIP products and infrastructure.Gil is a Kauffman Fellow. He earned his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and a B.A in Computer Sciences from Tel Aviv-Yaffo Academic College.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 20%
Last updated:
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Industries Gil Canaani invests in
Stages Gil Canaani invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Content 2 (40%)
- Video 1 (20%)
- EdTech 1 (20%)
- Internet 1 (20%)
- Software 1 (20%)
Stage
- Series A 2 (40%)
- Series B 2 (40%)
- Seed 1 (20%)
Country
- Israel 2 (40%)
- United States 2 (40%)
Investments
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| Loora is an e-learning app that allows its users to learn and speak English based on their convenient timings. | $22M / Series B / Sep 16, 2026 | ||
| Loora is an e-learning app that allows its users to learn and speak English based on their convenient timings. | $12M / Series A / Feb 21, 2024 | ||
| Vault AI uses artificial intelligence or AI to create a system of prediction of content. Its AI platform analyzes thousands of variables, anticipating and solving complex audience problems in order to gain advanced market optics for precise decision making. Its DeepAudience aims to forecast audience demand and size. Its demographic predictionsprovide streamlined marketing strategies for pre- and post-release states. The company's Alpha Vault predicts revenues and investment outcomes and optimizes and follows investments to market post-investment. Osiris developed it. | $8M / Series A / Dec 08, 2021 | ||
| Otonomo fuels a data ecosystem of OEMs, fleets, and more than 100 service providers. Our platform securely ingests more than 4 billion data points per day globally from over 40 million vehicles licensed on the platform, then reshapes and enriches it, to accelerate time to market for new services that improve the in-and-around the car experience.Privacy by design and neutrality are at the core of our platform, which enables GDPR, CCPA, and other privacy-regulation-compliant solutions using both personal and aggregate data. Use cases include emergency services, mapping, EV management, subscription-based services, parking, predictive maintenance, insurance, media, in-vehicle services, traffic management, and smart city solutions. | $25M / Series B / Apr 07, 2017 | ||
| IMGN is a tech-media company specialized in producing and programming social content for Gen Z audiences. IMGN owns & operates a portfolio of 14 distinct media brands with an overall reach of +40 million followers. Featured brands: Daquan, TryHard, So Satisfying & more.IMGN is the creator of Viral Lab, a proprietary in-house technologythat enables the company's editorial team to scale content creation, channel management and audience growth.IMGN is headquartered in New York and Tel Aviv (R&D) and backed by VCs and angel investors. | $1.5M / Seed / Apr 05, 2016 |
Co-Investors
About Hearst Ventures
Hearst Ventures makes strategic investments in companies operating at the intersection of media, information, and technology.
Hearst Ventures Contacts
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Darcy Frisch
Managing Director & Vice President
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David Famolari
Managing Director
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Edward P. Zebrowski
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Gabby Munoz
Managing Director
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Gil Canaani
Managing Director & General Manager
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What does Gil Canaani invest in?
Gil Canaani invests primarily in Content, Video and EdTech startups, most often at Series A 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.
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The most recent investment recorded for Gil Canaani closed in Sep 2026. Shizune tracks 5 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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