# Robert Cohen

> Robert Cohen is a seed investor at Benson Oak Ventures backing Software and Social Media. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Benson Oak Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benson-oak-capital)
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jan 2022
- Lead investor: 80%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertecohen

Robert Cohen is a seed investor at Benson Oak Ventures focused on Software and Social Media. Robert Cohen, Managing Partner of Benson Oak, has 16 years experience in private equity, investment banking and financial advisory activities and currently manages all operations of BOC.He is actively involved in the monitoring of all BOC investments, serving on the Supervisory Boards of AVG Technologies, Bochemie and Grapo Technologies. Mr.Cohen has served on AVG’s Board since 2003 and handled all strategic financing issues for the company from 2004 until late 2005, during which time he implemented the financial function at AVG, and executed its first corporate acquisitions.Mr. Cohen previously managed Benson Oak’s corporate finance advisory business and has participated in numerous financing transactions in the Central European region, including loan, bond, multilateral and equity financings for Czech Airport Authority, CEZ (Czech power company), Unipetrol (petrochemicals and oil refinery), Czech Railways, among others.Mr. Cohen has a Master's Degree in International Affairs from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a Bachelor's Degree from the University Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. Mr. Cohen is a citizen of the United States; he has lived in Prague since 1994, speaks fluent Czech and understands Slovak.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Social Media | 2 | 40% |
| iOS | 1 | 20% |
| Music | 1 | 20% |
| Video | 1 | 20% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Israel | 3 | 60% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Verofax Limited | Traceability as a service for Pharmaceuticals, valuables and Food. Improve trust through eradicating counterfeit, tampering or inventory diversion. Solution includes last mile safe delivery. | $1.5M | Seed | Jan 03, 2022 |  |
| KRE8.TV | KRE8.TV's platform allows users to order custom made video content from their favorite creators, who can register for the application for free and have the freedom to charge as much as they choose. Dozens of Israeli celebrities have already registered for the platform, including Nancy Brandes, Niro Levy, and Shimi Tavori, and they have createdeverything from songs dedicated to loved ones to customized comedic sketches. | $1.2M | Seed | Sep 21, 2020 |  |
| Zengo | ZenGo is a developer of a non-custodial digital currency wallet designed to make the global crypto economy more accessible. | $4M | Seed | Oct 02, 2018 |  |
| LoungeBuddy | LoungeBuddy is the Opentable for airport lounges, enabling lounge operators to sell their significant excess capacity to travelers looking for a better travel experience for an affordable, one-time fee.While airport lounges globally have capacity to accommodate 350 million entries they currently receive <250 million. This difference means anexcess capacity value of $3.5 billion+ annually. Lounge experiences will soon be considered regular parts of every air travel experience alongside flight + hotel bookings. As the only technology-focused company in the airport lounge industry worldwide, LoungeBuddy has created a patent-pending, real-time inventory management platform to bring in the optimal number of passengers at any given time. With our system in lounges around the world, our platform can power transactions for numerous companies including OTAs, TMCs, Apps, and airlines to allow lounges to generate additional revenue while providing highly relevant offers to their customers. | $3M | Series A | Feb 24, 2015 |  |
| Promo.com | Promo.com is a leading video creation platform for businesses and agencies. (formerly known as Slidely). Promo.com helps businesses of all sizes to leverage great visual content to promote anything they want in smart, effective ways. Promo.com offers access to over 15 million premium video clips and images, ready-made templates, pre-edited licensedmusic, and a user-friendly editor. The Company started in 2012 as Slidely, a B2C platform helping 200 million people create and share slideshows visuals and videos. Promo, the B2B service was launched in summer 2016, and following its successful growth, the company rebranded as promo.com in 2019.Promo.com, an official Facebook & Instagram Marketing Partner, and a YouTube creative Partner, is a privately held company with offices in Tel Aviv, and Warsaw. | $7.3M |  | Apr 10, 2014 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Benson Oak Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benson-oak-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Elron Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elron-electronic-industries) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pathfinder](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ff-angel-llc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LoftyInc Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/loftyinc-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Maiden Lane Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maiden-lane-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Benson Oak Ventures

VC Fund · Herzliya, Israel

Benson Oak Ventures (“BOV”) is a buy-out and growth equity investment firm. Backed by a deep pool of international investors, BOC focuses on leading small to medium-size enterprises based in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Based in Prague, the firm’s investment professionals combine for more than 50 years of experience on the Czech and Slovakmarkets.Benson Oak s.r.o. was founded by Gabriel Eichler in 1991, and now acts exclusively as the advisor to BOC on both domestic and international acquisitions. Its advisory experience on the Czech and Slovak markets includes over 70 completed debt-raising and M&A transactions worth more than €6 billion, giving BOC unparalleled access to the highest ranks of local banks, government and corporate leaders.Since 2001, BOC has invested over €50 million across a variety of industries. Their position on the market allows us to source deals before they become public, leading to closer relationships with the companies they invest in and more aligned incentives. Once completed, they actively participate in each investment, helping to guide their portfolio companies from the early stages of strategic development through exit. Their principle goal as an organization is to invest in high quality businesses and provide those companies with the support necessary to reach new levels of performance. By adding a human element to the financial discipline they bring to each investment, they move beyond the purely monetary facets of their business and instead create true value for both their investors and the community they live in.

3 contacts available at Benson Oak Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Robert Cohen | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-cohen-3 |
| Gabriel Eichler | CEO & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gabriel-eichler-64b5 |
| Yoni Mindel | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yoni-mindel |

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## FAQ

### What does Robert Cohen invest in?

Robert Cohen invests primarily in Software, Social Media and iOS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Robert Cohen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Robert Cohen closed in Jan 2022. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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