# Gilad Shany

> Gilad Shany is a pre-seed investor at ION Crossover Partners backing Artificial Intelligence. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [ION Crossover Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ion-crossover-partners)
- Location: Herzliya, Israel
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giladshany/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/GiladShany
- Website: https://www.ion-am.com/ioncrossoverpartners

Gilad Shany is a pre-seed investor at ION Crossover Partners in Herzliya focused on Artificial Intelligence and Video. Prior to ICP, Gilad spent a decade investing in innovative growth companies in public and private markets with Baron Capital (New York) and more recently with Magma Venture Partners (Tel Aviv). Gilad sourced and led investments in 40+ companies that totaled over $1.5bn. Examples include Tesla Inc., Mobileye NV, Iridium Communications Inc., VaronisSystems Inc., and more. Gilad graduated Magna Cum Laude from Tel Aviv University with a B.S. in Physics, Astronomy and Philosophy and with Honors from the Wharton School with an M.B.A.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 50% |
| Video | 1 | 25% |
| Sports | 1 | 25% |
| Content | 1 | 25% |
| Internet | 1 | 25% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |
| Series D | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Israel | 3 | 75% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Guardio | Guardio is building the future of personal security with a proactive, context-aware protection platform that keeps individuals and small businesses safe online across all devices and digital activity.Starting with a lightweight browser extension and expanding to a powerful mobile app, Guardio offers real-time phishing protection, identitymonitoring, scam site blocking, and actionable security insights. Guardio focuses on preventing modern threats before they cause harm, including AI-generated scams, fake storefronts, and brand impersonation.With over 1.5 million users globally, Guardio delivers seamless, always-on security for the modern digital world. | $80M | Series B | Nov 19, 2025 |  |
| Autonomy AI | AutonomyAI is an artificial agent that automates front-end development, reduces technical debt, and accelerates product launches. | $4M | Pre-Seed | Apr 03, 2025 |  |
| Anywell | Anywell is a first-of-its-kind Workspace-as-a-Service solution that is committed to leading the charge for a more human-centric, flexible future of work. | $10M | Series A | Mar 15, 2022 |  |
| WSC Sports | WSC Sports' platform generates personalized sports videos for every digital platform and every sports fan - automatically and in real-time.Currently being used by leading media rights owners such as NBA, MLS, FIBA, Cricket Australia, WarnerMedia, Discovery, Bleacher Report, and many others, WSC Sports’ platform utilizes advanced AI andMachine Learning technologies to analyze live sports broadcasts, identify each and every event that occurs in the game, create customized short-form video content and publish to any digital destination. This enables partners to instantly generate and distribute professionally edited personalized clips and videos on a large scale, to engage audiences and maximize video monetization opportunities. | $100M | Series D | Feb 15, 2022 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Emerge Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emerge-4) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [O.G. Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/o-g-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Detroit Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/detroit-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Inbound Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inbound-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Intel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intel-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ION Crossover Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ion-crossover-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About ION Crossover Partners

VC Fund · Herzliya, Israel

ION Crossover Partners focuses on founders with growth aspirations and businesses with untapped growth potential.​ It aspires to support management teams in scaling their business by utilizing a strategic toolkit that includes IPO preparation. ION Crossover Partners was established in 2018 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Tel Aviv.

3 contacts available at ION Crossover Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gili Iohan | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gili-iohan |
| Gilad Shany | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gilad-shany |
| Jonathan Kolodny | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-kolodny |

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## FAQ

### What does Gilad Shany invest in?

Gilad Shany invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Video and Sports startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series A 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 Gilad Shany last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Gilad Shany closed in Nov 2025. 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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