# Shlomi Podgaetz

> Shlomi Podgaetz is a seed investor at Dell backing Software, Pet and Apps. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Dell](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dell)
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shlomi-podgaetz/

Shlomi Podgaetz is a seed investor at Dell focused on Software and Pet. Global Strategy and Operations executive Ex-Mckinsey Previous founder Angel Investor

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Pet | 1 | 25% |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 25% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Mexico | 1 | 25% |
| South Africa | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Optimia AI | AI solutions to optimize business processes |  | Pre-Seed | Feb 29, 2024 |  |
| Maneli Pets | Maneli Pets is a pet treat manufacturing company that offers products such as bones, tendons, jerky, and freeze-dried meat for pets. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Soldsie | Soldsie (formerly Centrally) is a payment system enabling merchants to monetize their Facebook page by allowing customers to purchase through comments.Customers register their payment information with Soldsie, and then comment on stores’ pages, channels and feeds to activate a charge to their account, and initiate the shipping process.Merchants use the Soldsie administrative dashboard track and manage inventory and shipping, and experience increased user comments, views and viral shares. |  | Seed |  |  |
| Ovamba Solutions | Ovamba created a culturally astute risk measuring algorithm to better understand and serve Africans with financial services and capital for growth. They also created a natural language chatbot which allows Africans who do not speak english, french or Arabic to be able to apply for funding from Ovamba in their own language and receive businesscoaching to help them grow and run better businesses. The model blends Sharia & ethical business elements with eCommerce, logistics & warehousing to deliver full end-to-end services help grow SMEs operating in the trade sector. Ovamba also funds commodities and exports. |  | Seed |  |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## About Dell

VC Fund · Round Rock, United States

Dell is transforming computing and providing high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.

5 contacts available at Dell.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kanwaljit S Bombra | Program Management Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kanwaljit-s-bombra |
| Timothy Griffin | CEO / VP & GM Dell UK | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tim-griffin-2 |
| Chris Higgins | Assurance Manager and Sales Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-higgins-2 |
| Jeff Clarke | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeffrey-w-clarke |
| Jeremy Burton | Chief Marketing Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-burton-3 |

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## FAQ

### What does Shlomi Podgaetz invest in?

Shlomi Podgaetz invests primarily in Software, Pet and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 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 Shlomi Podgaetz last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Shlomi Podgaetz closed in Feb 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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?

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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