MizMaa Ventures
VC Fund
Tel Aviv, Israel
MizMaa Ventures is a principal investment firm that specializes in investments in technology companies in Israel.
- Total investments:
- 49
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 65%
- Fund size:
- $9.9M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries MizMaa Ventures invests in
Stages MizMaa Ventures invests in
Countries MizMaa Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Round size
- Seed
- $2M–$13M
- Series A
- $8.4M–$15M
- Series B
- $6M–$73M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 11 (22%)
- Artificial Intelligence 11 (22%)
- Information Technology 8 (16%)
- Cyber Security 7 (14%)
- Network Security 6 (12%)
Stage
- Seed 17 (35%)
- Series A 10 (20%)
- Series B 8 (16%)
- Series C 3 (6%)
- Funding Round 2 (4%)
Country
- Israel 22 (45%)
- United States 9 (18%)
- Sweden 1 (2%)
- Switzerland 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaron Applbaum
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 45 | Find email | |
Catherine Leung
Co Founder and Partner
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Co Founder and Partner | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
Rick Kaplan
Operating Partner
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Operating Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Yoav Knoll
MizMaa Ventures
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MizMaa Ventures | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Isaac Applbaum
Founder, Partner
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Founder, Partner | Total investments: 12 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Tenet Security
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Tenet Security is an advanced AI cybersecurity platform built specifically to protect the autonomous "agentic layer" in enterprise environments. The company focuses on securing autonomous AI agents at runtime, preventing them from being manipulated, hijacked, or turned against other systems. | $6M / Seed / Jun 17, 2026 | |
Recapp
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Recapp is a sports-video platform that creates a single, scrollable feed by compiling and arranging game highlights from various leagues. | $11M / Feb 03, 2026 | |
Blast Security
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Blast Security is a cloud security platform that finds risks, stops unsafe configs, and reduces paths that may lead to security incidents. | $10M / Seed / Nov 24, 2025 | |
Orca AI
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Founded in 2018 by a team of Navy veterans, Orca AI, a maritime tech startup, empowers shipping companies to enhance their operational safety, efficiency, and sustainability through a single AI and computer-vision-based operations platform. By October 2024, 900 vessels have been booked, and 550 installations have already been completed. Theplatform is trusted by key industry players across various shipping segments, including MSC, Seaspan, Maran Tankers / Angelicoussis Group, NYK, and Marubeni. The company has raised a total of $38 million in funding over two rounds from US, UK, and Israeli VCs and employs 80 people across its offices in London, Athens, Singapore, and Tel Aviv. | $72.5M / Series B / May 06, 2025 | |
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Orca AI
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Founded in 2018 by a team of Navy veterans, Orca AI, a maritime tech startup, empowers shipping companies to enhance their operational safety, efficiency, and sustainability through a single AI and computer-vision-based operations platform. By October 2024, 900 vessels have been booked, and 550 installations have already been completed. Theplatform is trusted by key industry players across various shipping segments, including MSC, Seaspan, Maran Tankers / Angelicoussis Group, NYK, and Marubeni. The company has raised a total of $38 million in funding over two rounds from US, UK, and Israeli VCs and employs 80 people across its offices in London, Athens, Singapore, and Tel Aviv. | $23M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 23, 2024 | |
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Orca AI
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Founded in 2018 by a team of Navy veterans, Orca AI, a maritime tech startup, empowers shipping companies to enhance their operational safety, efficiency, and sustainability through a single AI and computer-vision-based operations platform. By October 2024, 900 vessels have been booked, and 550 installations have already been completed. Theplatform is trusted by key industry players across various shipping segments, including MSC, Seaspan, Maran Tankers / Angelicoussis Group, NYK, and Marubeni. The company has raised a total of $38 million in funding over two rounds from US, UK, and Israeli VCs and employs 80 people across its offices in London, Athens, Singapore, and Tel Aviv. | $23M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 23, 2024 | |
Mobb
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Mobb is a secure code repair tool that runs automatically. Mobb automates vulnerability cleanup, reducing security backlogs and freeing engineers to focus on innovation. Mobb enables developers to detect vulnerabilities early in the development process. | $5.4M / Seed / Apr 17, 2023 | |
Ottopia
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Ottopia offers the first Hybrid AI platform for vehicles where Human + AI > AI. Ottopia powers driverless experiences by combining the best of artificial and human intelligence, setting the standard for scalable unmanned ground operations. Ottopia's teleoperations platform was twice selected by Frost & Sullivan as #1, with selectcustomers & partners including the IDF, Hyundai, Magna International, NVIDIA and various military clients. Ottopia's technology currently powers trucks, construction machines, cars, buses and delivery robots. Learn more at https://ottopia.tech or contact us at info@ottopia.tech. | $14.5M / Series A / Jan 10, 2023 | |
Hyperspace
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Hyperspace is a real time AI-powered search database that is the fusion of Elasticsearch and vector DB, being a key infrastructure element within Generative AI & LLMs powering a wide spectrum of AI applications. All while delivering 10x performance, at billion-scale, and at a fraction of the current compute costs. Using Hyperspace, searcharchitects can now perform deeper search in real time (milliseconds), being a game changer in applications such as recommendation systems, fraud detection, e-commerce, cyber and more. | $6M / Seed / Jun 01, 2022 | |
NOVOS
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NOVOS is a training platform for gamers who want to pursue their dreams and take their gaming skills to a higher level. Its methodology implements skill-building practices and optimizes by using machine learning. NOVOS focuses on behavior and by that, it creates a long-term and effective training routine powered by humans and machines. Itsmethodology is based on proven principles from traditional sports and professional eSports teams. | $6M / Seed / Apr 05, 2022 | |
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FAQ
What does MizMaa Ventures invest in?
MizMaa Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 49 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is MizMaa Ventures's check size?
MizMaa Ventures typically joins rounds of $2M–$13M at Seed, $8.4M–$15M at Series A and $6M–$73M 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 MizMaa Ventures participates in.
How do I contact MizMaa Ventures?
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Who are the partners at MizMaa Ventures?
The team at MizMaa Ventures includes Aaron Applbaum (Partner), Catherine Leung (Co Founder and Partner) and Rick Kaplan (Operating Partner), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. 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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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