# Neil Cohen

> Neil Cohen is a startup investor at Shavit Capital. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Shavit Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shavit-capital)
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil-cohen-37941

Neil Cohen is a startup investor at Shavit Capital. Mr. Cohen has served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Castel Partners Ltd. since January 2012. In 1994, he co-founded Israel Seed Partners, a leading venture capital firm, and managed the firm until 2019. Mr. Cohen has invested in and served on the boards of directors of many private technology companies, including a large numberwhich were acquired or completed successful initial public offerings, including Compugen (Nasdaq: CGEN), Shopping.com (Nasdaq: SHOP, acquired by EBAY), Broadlight (acquired by Broadcom, Nasdaq: AVGO) and Cyota (acquired by RSA). He is a venture partner at SKY, an Israeli middle-market private equity firm, at Hetz Ventures Management Ltd., an early-stage Israeli venture capital fund, and Shavit Capital. Mr. Cohen was previously the Business Editor of The Jerusalem Post and began his career in the private equity group at the Rothschild Bioscience Unit of N M Rothschild & Sons Limited in London. Mr. Cohen received a B.A. and M.A., with first class honors, from Oxford University.

## About Shavit Capital

VC Fund · Jerusalem, Israel

Shavit Capital Fund is a private equity fund investing primarily in Israeli related companies with a clear path to an IPO (mezzanine rounds) and public companies traded in the US, Israel or other international markets (PIPE/secondary offerings).The Fund seeks investment opportunities in successful, small to medium-sized companies withstrong management teams and demonstrated growth potential

4 contacts available at Shavit Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gary Leibler | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gary-leibler |
| Leon Recanati | Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leon-recanati |
| Leon Recanati | Co-Founding Partner & Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leon-recanati-glenrock-israel |
| Neil Cohen | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neil-cohen-2 |

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