Next Gear Ventures
VC Fund
Herzliya, Israel
Next Gear Ventures is a VC fund in Herzliya focused on Software and Autonomous Vehicles. Next Gear Ventures venture capital firm specializing in early stage. The firm typically invests in the Israel. Next Gear Ventures venture is based in Israel.
- Total investments:
- 41
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 22%
- Fund size:
- $30M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Next Gear Ventures invests in
Stages Next Gear Ventures invests in
Countries Next Gear Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.6M–$9M
- Series A
- $2.8M–$22M
- Series B
- $20M–$74M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 7 (17%)
- Autonomous Vehicles 6 (15%)
- Artificial Intelligence 6 (15%)
- Automotive 5 (12%)
- Manufacturing 4 (10%)
Stage
- Series A 14 (34%)
- Seed 11 (27%)
- Series B 5 (12%)
- Funding Round 3 (7%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (5%)
Country
- Israel 18 (44%)
- United States 3 (7%)
- United Kingdom 2 (5%)
- France 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tal Cohen
Founding Partner
|
Founding Partner | Total investments: 8 | Find email | |
|
Omer Shachar
Founding Partner
|
Founding Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| NoTraffic develops traffic management technology that coordinates signalized intersections using connected vehicle data and AI-based control systems. Its platform integrates with existing traffic infrastructure to analyze real-time road conditions, detect vehicles, and adjust signal timing to improve traffic flow. The company provides software andhardware components that enable communication between vehicles, sensors, and traffic signals. Its system supports applications such as congestion reduction, emergency-vehicle prioritization, and pedestrian-safety management. NoTraffic also offers data insights and monitoring tools that allow municipalities and transportation agencies to manage and evaluate intersection performance. | $90M / Series C / Mar 24, 2026 | ||
| 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. | $10M / Series A / Nov 06, 2024 | ||
| Lidwave’s deep-tech solution revolutionizes 3D sensing and the verticals relying on it by examining the biggest challenge in LiDAR technology from a new perspective, free of bandwidth limitations. | $10M / Seed / Oct 14, 2024 | ||
| BiB Batteries is a developer of battery monitoring software designed to optimize batteries' performances. | $2.4M / Seed / Sep 10, 2024 | ||
| AI driven SaaS platform for smarter mobility emission management for fleet owners, operators and customers. | $4.3M / Seed / Aug 13, 2024 | ||
| MagnusMetal embarks traditional casting into the 21st century with the patent-pending digital casting. | $74M / Series B / Apr 18, 2024 | ||
| Carrar manufactures and designs a wide range of thermal management technology systems for the electric mobility industry. | $5.3M / Series A / Apr 09, 2024 | ||
| Arbell Energy is a deep-tech solar energy company developing a next-generation photovoltaic platform based on proprietary quantum nanocrystal architecture. The company’s mission is to dramatically increase solar energy yield per unit area while enabling lightweight, flexible, and scalable deployment across surfaces that are currently underutilizedfor energy generation. | Pre-Seed / Feb 01, 2024 | ||
| CorrActions is a software-based platform that's used in a product with human-machine interaction. | $7.3M / Series A / Dec 12, 2023 | ||
| Nugen offers a clean, safe, and reliable off-grid EV charging system, supporting the rapid evolution of electric mobility. Our technology leverages a solid-state hydrogen compound, ensuring the safe, on-site & on-demand generation and utilization of hydrogen. This innovative solution provides sustainable energy even in remote locations whileenhancing grid capacity, and ensuring uninterrupted charging. By boosting the scalability and reliability of the EV charging infrastructure, Nugen ensures drivers have dependable energy anywhere, anytime. | $1.2M / Pre-Seed / Aug 01, 2023 | ||
| See all 41 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Next Gear Ventures invest in?
Next Gear Ventures invests primarily in Software, Autonomous Vehicles and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 41 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Next Gear Ventures invest in?
Next Gear Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$9M at Seed, $2.8M–$22M at Series A and $20M–$74M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Next Gear Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Next Gear Ventures took part in.
How do I contact Next Gear Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Next Gear Ventures?
The team at Next Gear Ventures includes Tal Cohen (Founding Partner) and Omer Shachar (Founding Partner). 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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