# Oded Hermoni

> Oded Hermoni is a seed investor at J-Ventures (Los Altos) backing Health Care and Software. See 35 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [J-Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/j-ventures-f370)
- Location: Los Altos, United States
- Total investments: 35
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 3%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/odedhermoni
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Odedhermoni
- Website: https://x.com/Odedhermoni

Oded Hermoni is a seed investor at J-Ventures in Los Altos focused on Health Care and Software. In the past 17 years i have invested across different industries as a managing partner at J-Ventures ( Unicorns -Datarobot, Visby Medical, Omada, Veev), GP at J-IMPACT, A partner @Rhodium VC ( which invested in the Unicorns - Yotpo, Outbrain and Storedot), Coin Ventures ( Yotpo, Yieldmo) and as an Angel. I see a greet mission beyond the check - howto really bring value add to the companies I’m involved with or advise to. Exits: Compass /Sage, Hopstop/ Apple, Concertio/ Synopsys, Physera/Omada, Conversa Health/ Amwell, Hoopla/ Raydiant, Hexatier/ huawei, Face/ Facebook, Neuroderm/ Mitsubishi, Capital Point/ IPO and others. Most of my investments were in Silicon Valley ( where I’m based), NYC and Israel. Parallel to VC investments and consulting, I led creation of eco systems- I headed the Israeli VC association (IVA) and formed the Largest Tech associations in Israel (IATI), was founding member of ICON, INTRO which I also co chaired for 7 years., and J-Angels and the Global VC Congress. I saw the joy of social entrepreneurship and making the world a better place through NGOs ( Founding team and board members of Shomrim, Board - Jewish federation SF, JFCS, Executive board Fiends of the Hebrew university West coast, Trustees, OPEN university, member of the association of Forward, board of United Hatzalah and other).When I invest I bring in my experience and network and I mostly try to see how I can bring added value. Sectors: Consumer/Media/ Marketing: Yotpo, IMGN (Werner) , Outbrian ,Yieldmo , Wevo, Hoopla, Calmigo, JoyluxAutomotive/Mobility: Swifmile, Adway, Storedot, Hidden Level, Hopstop ( Apple) , MDGoLife Sciences: Physera ( Omada), Calmigo, Visby, Neuroderm ( Mitsubishi Pharma ), Conversa Health ( Amwell), Heartvista , Connie Health, XP health, Babyation , BioCep, Dermipsor ( NextGen/TASE), Visby MedicalEnterprise, SaaS, and cyber: Cents, Up9, Kameleon, Ananda Networks, Reniac(Marvell), Hexatier ( Huawei ), Concerto ( Synopsis) NeuraLegionAI : Face.com (Facebook), MachEye, Cognizer, DatarobotFintech and Insurance : Home365, Zooz ( PayU), Compass ( Sage), Hourly, Futora, Atidot, ReframeAgTech and industry 4.0 : BeeHero, Phylagen, Afresh Insuretech: Hourly, Reframe, , MDGO, home 365, ConnieHealthm Atidot, ReframeB2C : Rounds ( Kik), Chosen, Ecomom , DaysUnited

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 7 | 20% |
| Software | 6 | 17% |
| Machine Learning | 6 | 17% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 14% |
| SaaS | 3 | 9% |

67 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 31% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 20% |
| Series A | 7 | 20% |
| Series B | 3 | 9% |
| Series F | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 21 | 60% |
| Israel | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cents | Cents helps laundromats and garment care businesses manage operations, payments, and customer interactions. Its system includes point-of-sale tools, digital payment processing, and business management features that support order tracking and reporting. The platform also offers customer-facing applications for scheduling services, placing orders,and making payments. Cents integrates hardware and software components to support both self-service and full-service laundry operations. It enables business owners to monitor performance, manage workflows, and handle transactions within a single system. | $40M | Series B | Aug 08, 2024 |  |
| BeeHero | BeeHero is a developer of a beehive technology platform intended to maximize crop yields through pollination. The company's technology uses artificial intelligence with low-cost sensors to collect in-hive data and to stimulate full output potential during peak pollination cycles, enabling farmers to protect beehives from colony collapse andmaximize pollination efficiency for growers around the world.The company was founded in 2017 by Itai Kanot, Omer Davidi, and Yuval Regev, and operates out of Tel Aviv and Silicon Valley, employing 50 people, 30 of which in its Israeli R&D center. | $42M | Series B | Dec 01, 2022 |  |
| Hourly | Hourly is an insurtech/fintech that simplifies workers’ comp insurance, payroll, and time tracking for small business owners. They built the platform to manage, pay, and insure the hourly workforce. They bring enterprise-level technology solutions to small and medium-sized businesses.It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Palo Alto,California. | $27M | Series A | Jun 01, 2022 |  |
| Bright Security | AI-powered Dynamic Application Security Testing platform, fully and seamlessly integrates AppSec Testing automation into the SDLC, empowering developers to detect, prioritize and remediate security issues EARLY, without slowing down DevOps. Scan any target, whether WebApps or APIs, enhancing DevSecOps with real-time, actionable reports, with NOfalse positives.The company was founded in 2018 and based in San Rafael, California, USA. | $20M | Series A | Mar 01, 2022 |  |
| Epic Cleantec | Epic Cleantec ("Epic") is a full-service water reuse firm based in San Francisco, CA. We provide turnkey wastewater treatment and reuse systems for customers, creating a one-stop-shop for design, engineering, permitting, installation, and ongoing operations. Our team has decades of experience across the wastewater and built environmentvalue chain, with expertise in wastewater and solids handling technology, project financing, policy, and operations. Epic is decentralizing wastewater treatment and reuse into individual buildings or groups of buildings, by converting building wastewater into treated water for non-potable applications like toilet flushing, irrigation, and cooling towers, as well as natural soil amendments that can be used to grow crops, enhance gardens, and beautify green spaces. The Epic system can help a project reduce its water demand by up to 95%, which saves owners hundreds of thousands of dollars annually on their water and sewer bills. Born out of initial work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's "Reinvent the Toilet Challenge," Epic reduces the cost and complexity of onsite wastewater treatment and reuse, lowering costs for building owners, easing strain on municipal utilities, and strengthening sustainability and resiliency efforts. Winner of the United Nation's 2018 Global Climate Action Summit Innovation Showcase and a Fast Company 2020 World Changing Ideas Award honoree, Epic is now participating in the highly competitive Imagine H2O accelerator, the world's top water-focused startup program. | $9.4M | Series A | Dec 07, 2021 |  |
| MDgo | Relying only on existing vehicle sensors, MDGo generates a full report regarding the accident mechanism, car external and internal damages, and passengers' injuries. This solution can be leveraged as a unique safety feature providing a medical report to first responders (potentially saving 44% of road fatalities), and offers a new revenuestream for OEMs based on the utilization of the same analysis for insurance companies' claim process automation. | $13M | Series A | Dec 10, 2020 |  |
| DataRobot | DataRobot delivers AI technology and ROI enablement services to global enterprises competing in today’s intelligence revolution. DataRobot’s enterprise AI platform democratizes data science with end-to-end automation for building, deploying, and managing machine learning models.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston,Massachusetts. | $50M | Series F | Dec 09, 2020 |  |
| Cents | Cents helps laundromats and garment care businesses manage operations, payments, and customer interactions. Its system includes point-of-sale tools, digital payment processing, and business management features that support order tracking and reporting. The platform also offers customer-facing applications for scheduling services, placing orders,and making payments. Cents integrates hardware and software components to support both self-service and full-service laundry operations. It enables business owners to monitor performance, manage workflows, and handle transactions within a single system. | $4.3M | Seed | Nov 01, 2020 |  |
| Hidden Level | Hidden Level provides cutting-edge technologies for passive radar and drone detection, specializing in RF spectrum signal analysis. Their technology focuses on passive radar systems designed for drone detection and airspace monitoring, serving sectors such as critical infrastructure, defense, and public safety. Hidden Level's AirspaceMonitoring Service (AMS) utilizes networks of passive sensors to detect and track various aerial vehicles, including drones, over large geographic areas. This service is designed to be compliant with Title 18 regulations, ensuring adherence to privacy laws. |  | Seed | Nov 01, 2020 |  |
| DataRobot | DataRobot delivers AI technology and ROI enablement services to global enterprises competing in today’s intelligence revolution. DataRobot’s enterprise AI platform democratizes data science with end-to-end automation for building, deploying, and managing machine learning models.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston,Massachusetts. |  | Series F | Oct 18, 2020 |  |

10 of 35 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [MS&AD Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ms-ad-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [S Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/s-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [iAngels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iangels) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [J-Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/j-ventures-f370) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [UpWest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/upwest-labs) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About J-Ventures

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

J- Ventures is a Silicon Valley based group of VC funds with over $60m under management. Backed by 400+ leading Investors ( 140+ Serial founders, 100+ VCs, 170+ Fortune 500 Executives) as LPs. Our active-LP venture fund brings the power of this connected & intellectual capital to add real value to the companies we invest in and create aremarkable difference by helping our founders grow and scale to markets quicker. Based in Silicon Valley with investors from 15 communities - Tel Aviv, NYC, LA, London, Miami, Boston, and more. Since 2016 the group made over 50 investments, 4 unicorns and over 10 exits.

5 contacts available at J-Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oded Hermoni | Co Founder, Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oded-hermoni |
| Aaron Tartakovsky | Founding Partner + Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-tartakovsky |
| Baat Enosh | Limited Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baat-enosh |
| Daniel Recanati | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-recanati |
| David Wagonfeld | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-wagonfeld |

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## FAQ

### What does Oded Hermoni invest in?

Oded Hermoni invests primarily in Health Care, Software and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 35 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Oded Hermoni last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Oded Hermoni closed in Aug 2024. Shizune tracks 35 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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