# Ilyah Pashkovsky

> Ilyah Pashkovsky is a Series B investor at Scale-Up backing Telecommunications and FinTech. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Scale-Up](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scale-up-venture-capital)
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Dec 2020
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Ilyah Pashkovsky is a Series B investor at Scale-Up focused on Telecommunications and FinTech. Ilyah Pashkovsky

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Telecommunications | 3 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |
| Software | 1 | 17% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 17% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 17% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 33% |
| Series C | 1 | 17% |
| Series F | 1 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |
| Secondary Market | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Israel | 3 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Raft Technologies | Raft Technologies is a telecommunication company that features a low latency, transcontinental communications system designed for radio communications, networking, management, and monitoring systems. It specializes in communication, low latency network, HFT, algorithms, and trading.The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv,Israel. | $28M | Series C | Dec 01, 2020 |  |
| First Group | First is the largest digital assets group in Europe, led by a team of Fintech experts and Cyber Security professionals. Through their portfolio companies, they create products and services that enable our partners to take part in the new digital revolution.The group stands on three pillars: incubation of innovative financial products, directinvestment in blockchain companies and partnerships with large financial corporations. | $22M |  | Aug 21, 2018 |  |
| ColorChip | ColorChip designs and manufactures optical sub-systems and components for the Datacom and Telecom markets. These sub-systems and components are based on Application Specific Photonic Integrated Circuits (ASPICs) that leverage the company's unique and robust PLC technology. | $37M | Series F | Aug 17, 2016 |  |
| Sedona Systems | Sedona Systems has created NetFusion, the first multi-layer application platform, focusing on optimization & control of the optical and IP layers (L0-L3) of network operators. Enabling both optically-aware IP routing and IP-informed optical switching, our applications double effective WAN capacity, boost agility, availability and flexibility –and save up to 80% of core network costs over 5 years.Based on a centralized open-source software tools, NetFusion connects to all major vendors’ equipment through SDN controllers or management systems. It then optimizes key tasks through dynamic, automatic management of both optical and IP resources. | $13.6M | Series B | Aug 03, 2016 |  |
| Raft Technologies | Raft Technologies is a telecommunication company that features a low latency, transcontinental communications system designed for radio communications, networking, management, and monitoring systems. It specializes in communication, low latency network, HFT, algorithms, and trading.The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv,Israel. | $9M | Series B |  |  |
| Sedona Systems | Sedona Systems has created NetFusion, the first multi-layer application platform, focusing on optimization & control of the optical and IP layers (L0-L3) of network operators. Enabling both optically-aware IP routing and IP-informed optical switching, our applications double effective WAN capacity, boost agility, availability and flexibility –and save up to 80% of core network costs over 5 years.Based on a centralized open-source software tools, NetFusion connects to all major vendors’ equipment through SDN controllers or management systems. It then optimizes key tasks through dynamic, automatic management of both optical and IP resources. |  | Secondary Market |  |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BRM Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brm-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cerca Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cerca-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gemini Israel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gemini-israel-funds) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Intel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intel-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Israel Growth Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/israel-growth-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Scale-Up

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Scale-Up is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California. We focus on investing in late and growth-stage companies in artificial intelligence, fintech, real-estate tech, data and analytics, next-generation infrastructure, online to offline sectors, and the sharing economy. Scale-Up’s experienced team of managing and venture partners haveinvested in nearly 100 technology companies from seed to growth stage, a number of which have since become unicorns and decacorns.

5 contacts available at Scale-Up.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Lazovsky | Managing Partner; Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-lazovsky |
| Ilyah Pashkovsky | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ilyah-pashkovsky |
| Nimrod Gindi | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nimrod-gindi |
| Rick Marini | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rick-marini |
| Rick Marini | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nabeel-qadri-6960 |

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## FAQ

### What does Ilyah Pashkovsky invest in?

Ilyah Pashkovsky invests primarily in Telecommunications, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ilyah Pashkovsky last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ilyah Pashkovsky closed in Dec 2020. Shizune tracks 6 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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