# Shmil Levy

> Shmil Levy is a Series B investor at Sequoia Capital (Tel Aviv) backing Software and SaaS. See 32 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital)
- Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
- Total investments: 32
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/shmil-levy/3/734/869

Shmil Levy is a Series B investor at Sequoia Capital in Tel Aviv focused on Software and SaaS. Shmil is a partner at Sequoia Capital Israel and works with Internet, Mobile and technology companies.He currently serves on the boards of Kenshoo, Pontis, Olive, Scodix, Personetics, Ravello and Zazma. He was previously on the boards of Topio (NetApp), Attenti (3M), PortAuthority (Websense), Qumranet (redhat), Riverhead (Cisco) andStorwize (IBM).Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 2000, he was the President of Lucent Technologies Internetworking Systems Division. Shmil joined Lucent following Lucent’s acquisition of Lannet where he served as the President and CEO. Shmil joined Lannet as VP for R&D. Shmil also served as VP of Madge Networks. Before joining Lannet, Shmil held senior technical positions at IAI, Boeing and Astronautics in the area of Avionic Systems.Shmil has a BS in Electrical Engineering from the Ben Gorion University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 9 | 28% |
| SaaS | 4 | 13% |
| Enterprise Software | 4 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 13% |
| FinTech | 3 | 9% |

44 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 9 | 28% |
| Series C | 8 | 25% |
| Seed | 4 | 13% |
| Series A | 3 | 9% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 3% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 14 | 44% |
| Israel | 4 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fabrix Security | Fabrix Security builds AI Agents designed specifically for identity security. With identities multiplying across SaaS, cloud, and on-prem environments, Fabrix equips IAM teams with the intelligence to make confident, explainable access decisions – right at the moment of decision. By infusing AI into identity security, Fabrix closes today’s biggestgap: visibility and intelligence. It enhances existing IAM workflows with speed, consistency, and accuracy, cutting through the chaos of manual, context-less decision-making. From user access reviews and access requests to full identity lifecycle management, Fabrix delivers intelligent, scalable, and proactive identity security. | $8M | Seed | Sep 11, 2025 |  |
| Parter | Parter operates as an AI-native platform built for the real-world needs of electronics producers across across R&D, engineering, sourcing, and manufacturing. | $5.5M | Seed | Jul 07, 2025 |  |
| Enso | enso Designed for non-technical people, enso offers the world's first experience in which AI bots provide premium-quality services directly to you for a fraction of the cost. | $6M | Pre-Seed | Jul 09, 2024 |  |
| Firmbase | Firmbase is a fintech platform. It has developed a generative AI platform that assists CFOs and finance teams with data-driven budgets and accurate financial forecasts. The SaaS platform monitors the company's performance, identifies and analyzes the main drivers that impact business results. | $12M | Seed | May 09, 2023 |  |
| Personetics | Personetics Technologies offers a predictive interaction solution for financial institutions to deliver personalized customer experiences across online, mobile, and tablet platforms. The solution comes pre-loaded with a comprehensive library of banking-specific predictions and solutions and leverages a real-time analytics engine to accuratelypredict customer intent. The company gives financial institutions the power to convert passive digital adopters into active digital users while improving their overall customer experience and reducing operational costs for the institution. Founded in 2010, the company is based in White Plains, New York. | $85M | Private Equity | Jan 19, 2022 |  |
| Forter | Forter is an NYC-based company that delivers real-time, completely automated, fraud prevention solutions for online merchants. It creates a completely fraud-free environment for the retailers through which they have the ability to make decisions that are solely based on what is good for their business. The company’s system is designed to beconsumer-centric, blocking fraud with accuracy, and at the same time enabling growth by increasing approvals and ensuring a better customer experience. | $300M | Series F | May 21, 2021 |  |
| Forter | Forter is an NYC-based company that delivers real-time, completely automated, fraud prevention solutions for online merchants. It creates a completely fraud-free environment for the retailers through which they have the ability to make decisions that are solely based on what is good for their business. The company’s system is designed to beconsumer-centric, blocking fraud with accuracy, and at the same time enabling growth by increasing approvals and ensuring a better customer experience. | $125M | Series E | Nov 19, 2020 |  |
| Vim | Founded in 2015, Vim connects data to workflow at health care’s “last mile”: within clinical operations at the point of patient care. Health plans, patients, and medical providers of every size – from independent practitioners to integrated delivery systems – use Vim software to connect data and care across the health system. Vim’s mission is topower affordable, high quality health care through seamless connectivity. For more information, please visit getvim.com. | $24M | Series B | Sep 09, 2019 |  |
| Forter | Forter is an NYC-based company that delivers real-time, completely automated, fraud prevention solutions for online merchants. It creates a completely fraud-free environment for the retailers through which they have the ability to make decisions that are solely based on what is good for their business. The company’s system is designed to beconsumer-centric, blocking fraud with accuracy, and at the same time enabling growth by increasing approvals and ensuring a better customer experience. | $50M | Series D | Sep 26, 2018 |  |
| BigPanda | BigPanda's autonomous operations platform helps IT Ops, NOC and DevOps teams detect, investigate, and resolve IT incidents faster and more easily. Powered by Open Box Machine Learning, BigPanda correlates IT noise into insights, automates incident management, and unifies fragmented IT operations. Customers such as Intel, TiVO, TurnerBroadcasting, and Workday rely on BigPanda to reduce their operating costs, improve service availability and performance, and de-risk and accelerate their digital transformation initiatives.Founded in 2012, BigPanda is backed by top-tier investors including Sequoia Capital, Mayfield, and Battery Ventures. | $49M | Series B | Nov 01, 2017 |  |

10 of 32 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Norwest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/norwest-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Mayfield Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mayfield-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Battery Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/battery-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Commerce Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/commerce-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Sequoia Capital

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

Sequoia is a venture capital focused on energy, financial, enterprise, healthcare, internet, and mobile startups. The firm helps a small number of daring founders build legendary companies. It spurs them to push the boundaries of what’s possible.The firm seeks to invest in all sectors with a focus on energy, financials and financial services,healthcare and healthcare services, Internet, mobile, outsourcing, and technology.

5 contacts available at Sequoia Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anas Biad | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anas-biad |
| Andrew Lee | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-lee |
| Carl Eschenbach | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carl-eschenbach |
| Caroline Fu | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caroline-fu |
| Donald Valentine | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/don-valentine |

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## FAQ

### What does Shmil Levy invest in?

Shmil Levy invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 32 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 Shmil Levy last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Shmil Levy closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 32 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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