Nielsen Innovate
VC Fund
Caesarea, Israel
Nielsen Innovate (NIF) is an early stage incubator and investment fund that specializes in retail, research, marketing and media technologies. NIF's partnership with Nielsen gives startups an unrivaled advantage with access to its network, knowledge and resources. Nielsen Innovate is constantly looking for entrepreneurs that can both dreamand execute. If you have the idea for the next big thing; an innovative technological approach; and a well thought-through vision - please apply @ http://nif.vc/applyBased in the ancient city of Caesarea (Israel), NIF provides startups with funding and a variety of services, including financial services, operational support, office space, strategic guidance, hands-on management, mentorship program, business development and network of worldwide partners and customers. The team supporting and guiding the portfolio companies has a strong track record and years of experience in building successful companies globally. It also offers unique benefits and introductions to potential follow up financing.
- Total investments:
- 37
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 27%
- Fund size:
- $25M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
For AI agents: llms.txt
Industries Nielsen Innovate invests in
Stages Nielsen Innovate invests in
Countries Nielsen Innovate invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Dov Yarkoni
|
|||
Liron Langer
|
|||
3 more contacts available
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 8 (22%)
- Advertising 7 (19%)
- Artificial Intelligence 7 (19%)
- Retail 6 (16%)
- Internet 6 (16%)
Stage
- Seed 23 (62%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (11%)
- Series A 2 (5%)
- Funding Round 2 (5%)
- Series B 1 (3%)
Country
- Israel 23 (62%)
- United States 5 (14%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Dov Yarkoni
CEO
|
CEO | Total investments: 7 | Find email | |
|
Liron Langer
Chief Investment Officer
|
Chief Investment Officer | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Pudding.ai
|
Pudding.ai - The taste of great creative. Marketers today are surrounded by an overwhelming amount of data, dynamic Ads, and testing - a chaos of information. They live under constant pressure to innovate , burdening their daily work with tons of questions, missed opportunities, and creative fatigue. Pudding.ai offers the solution to theseexisting struggles. The platform provides insights, tips and suggestions, enabling marketers to make the most informed tactical decisions about their creatives. | $600K / Seed / Jun 17, 2020 | |
Enerjoy
|
Enerjoy is an employee performance platform which empowers the employee's experience, contributing directly to improving the company's bottom line results. Enerjoy is an AI based web app that increases employee’s motivation by providing unique challenges, adapted to each employee’s drives and abilities. Our technology creates a workplaceecosystem that enables employees to improve professionally, feel empowered, appreciated and get rewarded Our algorithms autonomously define the following parameters for each employee, improving their performance: Character of challenges (personal, group ,competitive) Goals and objectives Incentives Time-frames Real-time feedback Social interactions Recommendations and notifications for managers Our solution provides a smart system, expertly modified to fit each employee's psychological and emotional needs. An AI driven tool, dynamic, adaptable, and highly dependable. our web based comprehensive app directly enhances employee’s motivation and satisfaction. Employee’s motivation increases productivity and reduces turnover rates improving total company's success | Seed / May 06, 2020 | |
Parsempo
|
Parsempo is a Patented, AI-powered Display Management System (DMS) that makes it easy for screen owners to manage their screens, create engaging experiences, measure content and viewer performance, and programmatic monetization. | $1M / Pre-Seed / Apr 05, 2020 | |
Voiceable
|
Voiceable helps online retailers recreate the in-store experience using voice and video, providing customers with tailored guidance directly from the retailer website. This close customer engagement increases conversion rates, user experience and loyalty. | $550K / Seed / Dec 02, 2019 | |
Revuze
|
Revuze is an AI-enabled software that analyzes millions of customer reviews and online opinions to deliver CX (customer experience) intel & insights. | Aug 20, 2019 | |
Arpalus
|
Arpalus is an Israeli startup that leverages AI and computer vision to analyze store shelves and uses augmented reality (AR) to display insights about the products. The startup’s smartphone app allows staff to scan physical shelves and analyze the shelf space. It detects out-of-stock products and identifies if planogram compliance is being met withthe current product placement. The app also categorizes multiple products using AR and further offers details on individual products and their SKU levels. This enables retailers to optimize shelf space utilization, leading to more effective product placements and inventory management, thereby improving the customer experience and sales. | $550K / Pre-Seed / Jul 01, 2019 | |
CYou Retail
|
CYou Retail helps physical store retailers to deliver superior customer experience and maximize profit every day. The company provides tools that will dramatically increase their income, reduce their operational expenses, improve their customer service and facilitate the interactions and localization of the physical stores with e-commerce.CYouintegrates with existing in-store cameras and POS, automatically measures and analyzes consumer engagement and interactions, and produces insights and alerts that maximize each store’s operations, sales and marketing efforts. The company technology is currently deployed in dozens of stores, including a number of globally renowned retailers in Israel. | $170K / Pre-Seed / Jun 01, 2019 | |
INVIOU
|
INVIOU is a financial records and charges registry based on distributed ledger technology (Hyperledger Fabric). It is disrupting the SME financing industry by enabling financial institutions to provide instant, competitive safe and simple receivables financing to SMEs. Using INVIOU’s registry to verify invoice ownership and availability forfinancing, it greatly diminishes the costs associated with the fraud and friction which results from faulty, inflated, fictitious and double invoicing. | Pre-Seed / Apr 02, 2019 | |
Yellzz
|
Yellzz is a game-changing customer engagement platform. It enables Classified Sites, Marketplaces and new economy websites to increase traffic, gain rankings and become the "place to be". Yellzz gives SMBs powerful tools to interact directly with customers in real-time, converting customer interest into sales. | Seed / May 01, 2018 | |
Nutrino
|
Nutrino is a data platform that gets to know you and your personal biochemistry, then uses that information to determine your FoodPrintTM - the digital signature of how food affects your body. It’s where body analytics meet personalized diet and nutrition.Nutrino offers nutritional values and data through wearables and other technologies likeimage recognition. | $8M / Series A / Apr 10, 2018 | |
| See all 37 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
Access 48,091 investors
822 industries, 177 countries. Updated daily. Emails and phones included.
Browse database — It's Free!
Find investors for your startup
Search 48,091 investors by industry and country. Emails and phones included.
Similar Investors
Recommended lists
FAQ
What does Nielsen Innovate invest in?
Nielsen Innovate invests primarily in E-Commerce, Advertising and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 37 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
How do I contact Nielsen Innovate?
Public channels for Nielsen Innovate include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.
Who are the partners at Nielsen Innovate?
The team at Nielsen Innovate includes Dov Yarkoni (CEO) and Liron Langer (Chief Investment Officer). 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
Contact your first 100 investors today
Find who invests in your industry, stage, and country. Download investor list with emails in 5 minutes.
Find investors — It's Free!
Continue with Google
Continue with LinkedIn
