# Michael Granoff

> Michael Granoff is a seed investor at Maniv Mobility backing Transportation and Automotive. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Maniv Mobility](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manivmobility)
- Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 42%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/granoff
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/mikejgr
- Website: https://x.com/mikejgr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mike.granoff

Michael Granoff is a seed investor at Maniv Mobility in Tel Aviv focused on Transportation and Automotive. Michael J. Granoff is based out of Tel Aviv, Israel, and is the Founder & Managing Partner of Maniv Mobility. Michael previously worked at Zoomo as a board observer. Michael J. Granoff attended Tufts University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.8M–$7M |
| Series A | $5.1M–$34M |
| Series B | $100M–$126M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Transportation | 4 | 33% |
| Automotive | 3 | 25% |
| Hardware | 2 | 17% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 17% |
| Computer Vision | 2 | 17% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 25% |
| Series A | 3 | 25% |
| Series B | 2 | 17% |
| Angel | 1 | 8% |
| Series C | 1 | 8% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 33% |
| Israel | 2 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Harbinger | Founded by veterans of Canoo and Faraday Future, Harbinger is an automotive company that develops EV platforms optimized for medium-duty trucks and delivery vans. | $160M | Series C | Nov 13, 2025 |  |
| Harbinger | Founded by veterans of Canoo and Faraday Future, Harbinger is an automotive company that develops EV platforms optimized for medium-duty trucks and delivery vans. | $100M | Series B | Jan 14, 2025 |  |
| Anaphite | Anaphite is a manufacturer of electrodes by replacing energy-intensive wet processes with scalable, low-carbon dry-coating technology. | $13.9M | Series A | Sep 27, 2024 |  |
| Terraline | Solo AVT engages in revolutionizing the heavy truck industry. | $7M | Seed | Mar 16, 2022 |  |
| Revel | Revel accelerates electric vehicle (EV) adoption in urban areas by offering an all-electric rideshare service and a network of fast-charging stations. Revel provides a cleaner and safer rideshare experience with its fleet of easily recognizable blue, all-electric vehicles. The service emphasizes affordability, safety, and cleanliness, with vetteddrivers and regularly detailed cars. Users can request rides through the Revel app, available on iOS and Android platforms. | $126M | Series B | Feb 23, 2022 |  |
| Blissway | Blissway is a tolling technology that replaces the current hardware-heavy, software-lite Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) architecture—windshield transponders and gantries—with the smartphone in everyone’s pocket and miniaturized road-level license plate reading cameras. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 24, 2020 |  |
| Revel | Revel accelerates electric vehicle (EV) adoption in urban areas by offering an all-electric rideshare service and a network of fast-charging stations. Revel provides a cleaner and safer rideshare experience with its fleet of easily recognizable blue, all-electric vehicles. The service emphasizes affordability, safety, and cleanliness, with vetteddrivers and regularly detailed cars. Users can request rides through the Revel app, available on iOS and Android platforms. | $34M | Series A | Oct 10, 2019 |  |
| Guardian Optical Technologies | Established in late October 2014, Guardian optical Technologies is an innovative israeli startup developing an advanced 3D sensor. By identifying typical motions their sensor detects the presence of humans within a given scene. This is done with sensitivity which is high enough to detect motions over a large scale, from a walking person to asleeping baby. This unique property provides human detection with an outstanding confidence.Guardian's sensors replace in-seat pressure sensors, seat-belt sensors and standard drivers' cameras since they indicate location, physical dimensions and body position of each passenger.Guardian’s optical sensors use an advanced, patented technology that detects the presence of humans even where there is no direct line of sight. The depth sensor detects the motions of the various objects within a given scene. Their algorithm then classifies the typical motions of humans, animals and objects. Since their sensor detects the slightest motions, it provides segmentation with an accuracy and robustness which is unparalleled by any other technology today. Among other applications where human detection is desired, their sensor provides the first solution to the problem of babies forgotten in cars! | $5.1M | Series A | Dec 04, 2017 |  |
| Guardian Optical Technologies | Established in late October 2014, Guardian optical Technologies is an innovative israeli startup developing an advanced 3D sensor. By identifying typical motions their sensor detects the presence of humans within a given scene. This is done with sensitivity which is high enough to detect motions over a large scale, from a walking person to asleeping baby. This unique property provides human detection with an outstanding confidence.Guardian's sensors replace in-seat pressure sensors, seat-belt sensors and standard drivers' cameras since they indicate location, physical dimensions and body position of each passenger.Guardian’s optical sensors use an advanced, patented technology that detects the presence of humans even where there is no direct line of sight. The depth sensor detects the motions of the various objects within a given scene. Their algorithm then classifies the typical motions of humans, animals and objects. Since their sensor detects the slightest motions, it provides segmentation with an accuracy and robustness which is unparalleled by any other technology today. Among other applications where human detection is desired, their sensor provides the first solution to the problem of babies forgotten in cars! |  |  | Nov 01, 2016 |  |
| WhoDoYou | WhoDoYou is a social recommendations engine that helps its clients find local businesses recommended by friends and neighbors. The platform enables its clients to search for dentists, plumbers, pediatricians and other local businesses and provides results based on authentic, local advice shared between friends on social networks.Launched in 2012by Jeff Schneiderman and Yoav Schwartz, WhoDoYou is operated from Tel Aviv, Israel. | $900K | Angel | Jan 01, 2014 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Thor Industries](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thor-industries) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Greycroft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greycroft) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ironspring Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ironspring) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Leitmotif](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leitmotif) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Overture Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/overture-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ridgeline](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ridgeline-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Maniv Mobility

VC Fund · Tel Aviv, Israel

Maniv Mobility is helping to expedite the new age of advanced transportation technology, including safety, business model innovation, and vehicle autonomy ("driverless cars"). They believe that in the 21st century, the public should not have to endure the daily tragedy of automotive fatalities, the frustration and productivity loss oftraffic congestion, and the polluted air and public space that slow-moving and parked cars bring to their urban centers. In the last 20 years technology has made information and communication ubiquitous and close to free. In the next 20 it will do the same for mobility. They work with start-up companies, entrepreneurs, financiers and others to overcome the hurdles that will herald a grand new age.

2 contacts available at Maniv Mobility.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Michael Granoff | Founder and President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-granoff-maniv |
| Nate Jaret | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nate-jaret |

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## FAQ

### What does Michael Granoff invest in?

Michael Granoff invests primarily in Transportation, Automotive and Hardware startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Michael Granoff's check size?

Michael Granoff typically joins rounds of $3.8M–$7M at Seed, $5.1M–$34M at Series A and $100M–$126M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Michael Granoff participates in.

### When did Michael Granoff last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Granoff closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 12 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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