# Michael Shmilov

> Michael Shmilov is a seed investor in Tel Aviv backing B2B, Music and Big Data. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shmilov
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/shmilov?lang=en
- Website: http://www.viber.com/

Michael Shmilov is a seed investor in Tel Aviv focused on B2B and Music. Michael is a product executive, advisor, and entrepreneur with over a decade of experience building and scaling technology products across consumer, B2B, and AI-driven platforms.Today, Michael focuses on advising early-stage and growth startups on product strategy, UX, go-to-market, AI, and scaling. Alongside advisory work, he builds and exploresAI-driven ventures, including EcoMoat, Repeat, and Fluno AI. Across everything he does, his approach to AI is pragmatic—prioritizing efficiency, clarity, and real-world impact over experimentation.He spent over a decade at Viber as a founding team member, where he led product as VP of Product, shaping the company’s long-term vision, roadmap, and user experience from its earliest days through massive global scale. Following Viber’s acquisition by Rakuten, Michael became COO, overseeing operations, monetization, and strategic execution, and later served as Interim CEO during a critical transition period. During his tenure, Viber grew to over 1B users worldwide.After Viber, Michael co-founded ROX Financial and served as CIO, working on technology-driven access to commercial real estate investments. The company participated in the Citi Accelerator and raised funding from Citi and major real estate players, navigating complex regulatory and capital-markets challenges during the COVID period. This experience added a strong fintech, fundraising, and operator perspective to his background.Most recently, Michael spent three years as VP of Product at PeerSpot, where he led product strategy for a B2B buying intelligence platform used by enterprise technology professionals worldwide. His work focused on strengthening product-market fit, scaling content and research workflows, and applying AI across the product—spanning content creation and editing, insight extraction, operational automation, and decision support.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 100% |
| Music | 1 | 100% |
| Big Data | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Analytics | 1 | 100% |

9 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cyanite | As one of Europe's leading and independent innovators in music AI, Cyanite's clients consist of a variety of high-profile and forward-thinking companies in the fields of music and audio.The mission of Cyanite is to support music companies in making the shift on their way to the age of AI without spending years and expensive resources oninnovation. Cyanite enables them to revolutionize their music databases with modern algorithms, optimize their workflows, and generate more revenues by bringing their long-tail strategies to life.The diverse team of engineers, data scientists, and music industry professionals come from backgrounds in music, either as musicians or passionate fans. With more than 20 years of combined experience in deep learning and music information retrieval, it’s their deepest motivation to help building and sustaining a diverse, culturally rich, and human-centered music industry. | $818.1K | Seed | Jul 29, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [LionCorn Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lioncorn-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Michael Shmilov invest in?

Michael Shmilov invests primarily in B2B, Music and Big Data startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Michael Shmilov last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Shmilov closed in Jul 2022. 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?

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