# InNegev

> InNegev is a VC fund in Rahat backing Industrial and Artificial Intelligence. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rahat, Israel
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/innegev/?viewAsMember=true
- Website: https://innegev.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/innegev/

InNegev is a unique technology incubator dedicated to fostering top-tier Israeli innovation and generating a vibrant new growth model for the Negev region. Backed by the Israeli Innovation Authority’s Peripheral Incubators Program, InNegev represents an unprecedented collaboration between prominent industrial, academic, and financial institutions,which have now come together to nurture early-stage startups in Agtech, Cleantech, Foodtech, and Industry 4.0.Take the next step in your success story: InNegev gives your startup venture the optimal support framework – including substantial value creation, hands-on professional mentoring, and comprehensive support services – as you take cutting-edge new products, processes, and materials from initial concept to crucial commercial breakthrough.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Industrial | 2 | 33% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 33% |
| PaaS | 1 | 17% |
| Solar | 1 | 17% |
| Water | 1 | 17% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 67% |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arnon Colombus | CEO | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pickommerce | Pickommerce AI Robotics is enhancing logistics with its self-driving pick-and-pack station, addressing the industry-wide lack of human pickers in warehouses and logistics. Using computer vision, artificial intelligence, and unique robotic grippers, the company empowers both traditional and automated warehouse settings, improving operatingefficiency and accuracy. | $3.4M | Seed | Sep 17, 2024 |  |
| Coppter Technologies | Coppter Water Technologies is a company that has developed a copper-based device for water purification and to replace the use of chlorine. | $300K | Pre-Seed | Mar 01, 2023 |  |
| Sightbit | SightBit is an AI-powered water safety and management platform that analyzes live video feeds from waterfront cameras to detect and alert on risks and hazards in real time. The system requires no special hardware - it interfaces with any standard off-the-shelf camera, making deployment fast and accessible across beaches, pools, ports, and all waterenvironments. SightBit was founded in 2019 by Netanel Eliav (https://www.linkedin.com/in/inetanel) and Adam Bismut (https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-bismut).As CEO and CTO for the first three years of the company, Netanel led SightBit through its most defining chapter, architecting the core AI technology, establishing the brand on a global stage, and securing both private fundraising and strategic backing from the Israel Innovation Authority (IIA). Under his leadership, the platform achieved state-of-the-art performance in real-time water hazard detection, gained international recognition as a leader in waterfront safety, and expanded into specialized aerial and over-water analysis in collaboration with the IDF.In late 2022, Adam Bismut, who had served as COO since founding, stepped into the CEO role, carrying the company's mission forward with a focus on broader impact. Under his leadership, SightBit successfully raised approximately $1M through a crowdfunding campaign, bringing the technology to a wider global community.At its core, SightBit exists for one reason: to save lives. By combining artificial intelligence with advanced algorithms and real-time video analysis, the company is committed to making every waterfront safer, for swimmers, communities, and responders around the world. |  | Seed | Feb 20, 2023 |  |
| BeAir | AirBe is a developer of a specific membrane technology intended to enhance existing atmospheric water generation (AWG) technologies.The company's technology makes processes more efficient and employs a particular, non-porous membrane, allowing enterprises to continue operating without the need to maintain labor-intensive particle filtrationand disinfection processes and particle filtration.BeAir was established in 2019 in Rahat Israel by Rotem Arad and Joshua Colman. | $350K | Pre-Seed | Sep 01, 2021 |  |
| Dustoss | Dustoss is a developer of solar panel cleaning technology intended to solve soiling using wind energy. The company environmentally responsible ways to clean sand and debris from solar panel surfaces using wind energy, allowing customers to get more energy from the same amount of sunlight.Dustoss was established in 2021 in Rahat, Israel by HadarSefi. | $350K | Pre-Seed | Feb 01, 2021 |  |
| PortSight | PortSight is developing a implantable venous access device with unique patented optical characteristics leading to easy, non-invasive trans-illumination of the port, through the patient's skin.The company's device is made with patented optical properties that make it simple and painless to trans-illuminate a port through apatient's skin. This makes it possible for users to easily port placements on a patient's skin.PortSight was established in 2016b in Rahat, Israel. | $350K | Pre-Seed | Apr 23, 2020 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fusion](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fusion-la) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- IL Ventures — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Israel Innovation Authority](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/israel-innovation-authority) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ZIM Integrated Shipping Services](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zim-integrated-shipping-service-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does InNegev invest in?

InNegev invests primarily in Industrial, Artificial Intelligence and PaaS startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed 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.

### How do I contact InNegev?

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### Who are the partners at InNegev?

The team at InNegev includes Arnon Colombus (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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