Joy Ventures
VC Fund
Herzliya, Israel
Joy Ventures is a VC fund in Herzliya focused on Health Care and Software. Joy Ventures partners with entrepreneurs, companies, and innovators who are passionate about creating a new generation of consumer products that bring wellbeing and joy into our everyday life. The studio’s singular focus allows it to provide deep domain expertise, guidance and a global network of strategic industry and academic partners to foundersfrom the ideation phase all the way to round A & beyond.
- Total investments:
- 8
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
Last updated:
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Industries Joy Ventures invests in
Stages Joy Ventures invests in
Countries Joy Ventures invests in
Contacts
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David Ben-Ami
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Gilad Peleg Lorberbaum
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Miri Polachek
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1 more contact available
Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 7 (88%)
- Software 4 (50%)
- Wellness 4 (50%)
- Fitness 3 (38%)
- Wearables 2 (25%)
Stage
- Series A 5 (63%)
- Seed 1 (13%)
- Grant 1 (13%)
- Convertible Note 1 (13%)
Country
- Israel 4 (50%)
- United States 4 (50%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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David Ben-Ami
Co-Founder and Director
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Co-Founder and Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Gilad Peleg Lorberbaum
Founder & Director
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Founder & Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Miri Polachek
CEO
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CEO | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Tami Dvir
Head of People Strategy
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Head of People Strategy | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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NextSense
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NextSense unlocks brain health with real-world data insights and practical, scientific wisdom for daily living. It aims to catalyze brain health in science and culture. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. | $16.3M / Series A / Nov 11, 2025 | |
GrayMatters Health
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GrayMatters Health delivers beyond the pill digital therapeutics for mental disorders through self-neuromodulation of brain processes. | $10M / Series A / Jan 11, 2022 | |
Reflect Innovation
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Reflect Innovation is a health and wellness company that offers a portable interactive textile product that utilizes biofeedback to helps people achieve relaxation. It utilizes stress management, smart textile, and wearable technology. The company was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | $3M / Seed / Mar 02, 2021 | |
Anicca Health
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Anicca is a mental health company that develops a smart respiration sensor and intervention device for balancing stress levels. | $50K / Grant / Jun 01, 2020 | |
Wisdo Health
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Wisdo is an AI-powered Social Health platform harnessing the power of data and meaningful connections to improve health. | $6M / Series A / Jan 15, 2020 | |
Vi
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Vi is the world’s leading Enterprise-AI for digital health.Our cloud-based SaaS product, Vi Engage, supercharges the reach and efficiency of health experts, so they can provide more value to the masses by delivering the right content to the right people at the right time.Vi also produces engaging fitness & wellness experiences that focus onactive play and real-time coaching, including the award-winning Vi Trainer app, adaptive coaching experiences through a partnership with Bowflex JRNY, and exciting movement-powered games like Torch and Torch Royal for the iPhone. | Series A / Jan 03, 2018 | |
Vi Labs
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VI is the leading Enterprise-AI platform in the health sector. Vi helps health enterprises leverage Data & AI to maximize member health outcomes and financial returns | $20M / Series A / Jan 03, 2018 | |
Embr Labs
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Embr Labs is the first thermal wellness technology company that has harnessed the body’s natural response to temperature to enhance human wellbeing. Embr technology leverages temperature as a new pathway to the brain to balance the autonomic nervous system and helps individuals manage hot flashes, sleep disturbances, and anxiety. Embr Labs has tensof thousands of customers in 170 countries. Our customers have logged over 100M minutes and 6M sessions of thermal interventions. A mobile app and cloud infrastructure augment our wearable, forming a unique technology platform that combines thermal stimulation, digital interventions, and data to manage symptoms and treat disease. The technology was invented by the company’s founders while they were engineering students MIT. Embr Labs is backed by DigiTx Partners, Safar Partners, Joy Ventures, Bose Ventures, Intel Capital and others, and been awarded over $2.5M in grant funding from the NIH, DOD, and Massachusetts Life Sciences Center. | Convertible Note |
Co-Investors
Cerca Partners
2 deals together
Square Peg Capital
2 deals together
Triventures
2 deals together
Wellborn Ventures
2 deals together
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FAQ
What does Joy Ventures invest in?
Joy Ventures invests primarily in Health Care, Software and Wellness startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Joy Ventures?
The team at Joy Ventures includes David Ben-Ami (Co-Founder and Director), Gilad Peleg Lorberbaum (Founder & Director) and Miri Polachek (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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