# Koby Simana

> Koby Simana is a seed investor at Hyundai Motor Company backing Consumer and Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Hyundai Motor Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyundai-motor-company)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2020
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/koby-simana-48241

Koby Simana is a seed investor at Hyundai Motor Company focused on Consumer and Software. he was Director of Marketing & Sales, responsible for IVC operations in Israel and local and global business development. In this role, Koby supervised IVC’s close partnerships with Israeli VC funds, business partners in Europe and the US, coupled with managing production and sales of the IVC Yearbook. Prior to joining IVC, Koby was a senioranalyst and consultant to Israel's Minister of Housing, Natan Sharansky, under the auspices of a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies. Koby holds an MBA with a major in Finance from Bar Ilan University and a BA in Economics and Communications from Tel Aviv University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Consumer | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Real Time | 1 | 100% |
| Electronics | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kardome | Kardome offers a real-time software suite that can be inserted in a variety of processing environments. The company engages a real-time software beamformer to improve speech signals from several speakers.​ It offers high-quality sound output without the need to shout or position the users mouths close to the microphone. The company developssolutions such as voice controlled devices, hands-free speakerphones, tablets and cellphones, and conference call devices.Kardome was founded on 2018 and is headquartered in Mazor, Hamerkaz, Israel. | $2M | Seed | Feb 03, 2020 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ATOORO FUND](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atooro-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NextGen Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nextgenvp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Hyundai Motor Company

VC Fund · Seoul, South Korea

The Hyundai Motor Company is a South Korean multinational automotive manufacturer. It has various vehicle lineups, brand vision, and global campaigns like clean mobility, sustainability, art, and sports partnership.The company was founded in 1967 and, along with its 32.8% owned subsidiary, Kia Motors, together comprise the Hyundai Motor Group,which is the world's fifth-largest automaker based on annual vehicle sales in 2012. In 2008, Hyundai Motor (without Kia) was ranked as the eighth largest automaker. As of 2012, the company sold over 4.4 million vehicles worldwide in that year, and together with Kia total sales were 7.12 million.

5 contacts available at Hyundai Motor Company.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Eui Sun Chung | Vice Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eui-sun-chung |
| Koby Simana | Venture Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/koby-simana |
| Youngcho Chi | President & Chief Innovation Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/youngcho-chi |
| Diana Marina Cooper | Head of US Policy, Air Mobility | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/diana-marina-cooper |
| Gi-sang Lee | Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gi-sang-lee |

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## FAQ

### What does Koby Simana invest in?

Koby Simana invests primarily in Consumer, Software and Real Time startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Koby Simana last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Koby Simana closed in Feb 2020. Shizune tracks 1 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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