Surround Ventures
VC Fund
New York, United States
Surround Ventures is a VC fund in New York focused on Software and Food and Beverage. Surround Ventures is the home for Israeli technology startups in the media, entertainment, sports, and e-commerce sectors. Our team is committed to empowering our portfolio companies with strategic insights and access to the most relevant executives, entrepreneurs, and investors.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 21%
- Fund size:
- $7.1M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Surround Ventures invests in
Stages Surround Ventures invests in
Countries Surround Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $3M–$9M
- Series A
- $5M–$26M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (29%)
- Food and Beverage 3 (21%)
- Apps 2 (14%)
- Retail Technology 2 (14%)
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 8 (57%)
- Series A 3 (21%)
- Series B 1 (7%)
- Series C 1 (7%)
- Funding Round 1 (7%)
Country
- Israel 7 (50%)
- United States 2 (14%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yaron Kniajer
Managing partner
|
Managing partner | Total investments: 9 | Find email | |
Doug Scott
General Partner
|
General Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jared Kash
Managing Partner & Founder
|
Managing Partner & Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Ofer Sandler
Co-Founder, Operating Partner
|
Co-Founder, Operating Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Randi Zuckerberg
General Partner
|
General Partner | Total investments: 15 | Find email | |
| See all 7 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
QuamCore
|
QuamCore is driving breakthroughs across industries by advancing the field of quantum computing, pushing the boundaries of what is possible, and bringing large-scale, commercially viable quantum computing to reality. | $26M / Series A / Aug 04, 2025 | |
Onebeat
|
Onebeat helps retailers, wholesalers, and brands achieve results through operational optimization. It offers solutions for the needs of the technology of retail. It develops platforms that aim to help businesses optimize how they handle their retail. It's headquarters is in Petach Tikva in Israel and it has branches globally. | $15M / May 06, 2025 | |
|
Onebeat
|
Onebeat helps retailers, wholesalers, and brands achieve results through operational optimization. It offers solutions for the needs of the technology of retail. It develops platforms that aim to help businesses optimize how they handle their retail. It's headquarters is in Petach Tikva in Israel and it has branches globally. | $15M / Series C / May 06, 2025 | |
|
QuamCore
|
QuamCore is driving breakthroughs across industries by advancing the field of quantum computing, pushing the boundaries of what is possible, and bringing large-scale, commercially viable quantum computing to reality. | $9M / Seed / Mar 12, 2025 | |
|
Onebeat
|
Onebeat helps retailers, wholesalers, and brands achieve results through operational optimization. It offers solutions for the needs of the technology of retail. It develops platforms that aim to help businesses optimize how they handle their retail. It's headquarters is in Petach Tikva in Israel and it has branches globally. | $10M / Series B / Jun 06, 2023 | |
Hyper Food Robotics
|
Hyper is an innovative company committed to reinventing the fast food industry by introducing a fully autonomous self-contained robotic store-factory hybrid capable of providing fresh, flavorful, healthy, and safe fast food that meets the demands of both the industry and the consumer. Hyper’s ground-breaking concept will propel the industry forwardand shape its future. | Seed / Oct 04, 2022 | |
Yo Egg
|
Yo Egg is a food processing company that produces and supplies eggs. They provide products that include fried eggs, ramen, and sunny. It's vegan eggs cook like chicken eggs, are easy to train staff on, and make for buzzworthy plant-based dishes. | $5M / Seed / May 17, 2022 | |
|
Onebeat
|
Onebeat helps retailers, wholesalers, and brands achieve results through operational optimization. It offers solutions for the needs of the technology of retail. It develops platforms that aim to help businesses optimize how they handle their retail. It's headquarters is in Petach Tikva in Israel and it has branches globally. | $5M / Series A / Feb 03, 2022 | |
|
Onebeat
|
Onebeat helps retailers, wholesalers, and brands achieve results through operational optimization. It offers solutions for the needs of the technology of retail. It develops platforms that aim to help businesses optimize how they handle their retail. It's headquarters is in Petach Tikva in Israel and it has branches globally. | $5M / Seed / Feb 02, 2022 | |
Botika
|
Botika leverages synthetic media to create personalized shopping experiences that are based on staggering visuals, tailor-made to every individual customer by AI. Our innovative solutions lift conversion in every step of your customers’ journey, from marketing to purchase. | Seed / Jan 01, 2022 | |
| See all 14 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Surround Ventures invest in?
Surround Ventures invests primarily in Software, Food and Beverage and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Surround Ventures's check size?
Surround Ventures typically joins rounds of $3M–$9M at Seed and $5M–$26M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Surround Ventures participates in.
How do I contact Surround Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Surround Ventures?
The team at Surround Ventures includes Yaron Kniajer (Managing partner), Doug Scott (General Partner) and Jared Kash (Managing Partner & Founder), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. 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.
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