# Gil Canaani

> Gil Canaani is a Series A investor at Loora (Tel Aviv) backing Content and Video. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Loora](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/loora)
- Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://il.linkedin.com/in/gilcanaani
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/getgili
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gil.canaani

Gil Canaani is a Series A investor at Loora 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.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Content | 2 | 50% |
| Video | 1 | 25% |
| EdTech | 1 | 25% |
| Internet | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Israel | 2 | 50% |
| United States | 2 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Loora | 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 | 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 | 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 Media | 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 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [2B Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2b-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Azteca](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/azteca) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cerca Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cerca-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dell Technologies Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dell-technologies-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Emerge Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emerge-4) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Loora

VC Fund · Tel Aviv, Israel

Loora is an e-learning app that allows its users to learn and speak English based on their convenient timings.

3 contacts available at Loora.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Robins | Board | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-robins |
| Gil Canaani | Board Observer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gil-canaani |
| May Shochat | VP brand & Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/may-shochat-37d6 |

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## FAQ

### What does Gil Canaani invest in?

Gil Canaani invests primarily in Content, Video and EdTech startups, most often at Series A and Seed 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 Gil Canaani last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Gil Canaani closed in Feb 2024. 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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