# Gili Elkin

> Gili Elkin is a seed investor at Israel - Colorado Innovation Fund backing Internet of Things. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Israel - Colorado Innovation Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/israel-colorado-innovation-fund)
- Location: Boulder, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilielkin/

Gili Elkin is a seed investor at Israel - Colorado Innovation Fund in Boulder focused on Internet of Things and Water. Gili holds an MBA degree from Stanford and JD from Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her background is of a lawyer, venture capital consultant, tax consultant and an entrepreneur. She also was a consultant as part of the Stanford Alumni Consulting Team, consulting for non-profit organizations in the Silicon Valley.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet of Things | 2 | 67% |
| Water | 1 | 33% |
| AgTech | 1 | 33% |
| Sensor | 1 | 33% |
| Big Data | 1 | 33% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kando | Kando offers a Data as a Service platform that delivers real-time insights from wastewater networks. This technology enables organizations to identify pollution sources and improve wastewater quality through machine learning and automated sampling. The focus is on enhancing public health and environmental well-being by optimizing wastewatermanagement practices. | $10M |  | Oct 04, 2024 |  |
| illustria | Illuminating blind spots and minimizing the exposed surface area to mitigate potential malicious activities |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 24, 2022 |  |
| Viridix | Viridix is a ground breaking ag-tech platform that is going to bring agriculture online. They believe that the future of Agriculture should become Data-driven, rather than remain a craft. In their millennium, where everything is connected and most decisions are based on analytic data, Agriculture has remained offline, with decision making solemnlyresting on the grower's skills and expertise.They built a platform for farmers from the ground up, Designed for precision agriculture, to increase yield and save resources. | $2.4M | Seed | Nov 04, 2019 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [LIP Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lip-invest) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Aliaxis Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aliaxis-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bridges Israel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bridges-israel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DC Thomson](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dc-thomson) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LIP Ventures Boutique](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lip-ventures-boutique) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [OurCrowd](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ourcrowd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Israel - Colorado Innovation Fund

VC Fund · Fort Collins, United States

Israel - Colorado Innovation Fund Invests in innovative Israeli startups in water, energy and transportation.

1 contacts available at Israel - Colorado Innovation Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gili Elkin | Founding General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gili-elkin |

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## FAQ

### What does Gili Elkin invest in?

Gili Elkin invests primarily in Internet of Things, Water and AgTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Gili Elkin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Gili Elkin closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 3 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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