# Toot Shani > Toot Shani is a seed investor at Sarona Ventures (Tel Aviv) backing FinTech and Banking. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Sarona Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sarona-ventures) - Location: Tel Aviv, Israel - Total investments: 4 - Last investment: Jan 2025 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tootshani/?originalSubdomain=il Toot Shani is a seed investor at Sarona Ventures in Tel Aviv focused on FinTech and Banking. Founding and Managing Partner of Sarona Partners Group and its venture arm Sarona Ventures. Sarona Group is the largest startup ecosystem in Israel; Investing in de-risked, post-market-fit Israeli talent around the world, and ultimately changing the way early stage companies expand and grow. Prior to Sarona, I founded two companies; and ledeconomic development in various geo's, working with +2500 companies, with the World Bank Group, European Commission, Swiss Gov and other multilaterals, multinationals and financial institutions. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | FinTech | 2 | 50% | | Banking | 1 | 25% | | Non Profit | 1 | 25% | | Communities | 1 | 25% | | Health Care | 1 | 25% | 11 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 2 | 50% | | Series A | 1 | 25% | | Funding Round | 1 | 25% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | United States | 2 | 50% | | Israel | 1 | 25% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Crowded | Crowded's CFO suite streamlines collecting, banking, spending, reporting and filing for organizations small, large and multi-chapter. By alleviating time and cost burdens and fostering efficiency, compliance, and transparency, Crowded enables nonprofits to thrive and maximize their impact. | $7.5M | Series A | Jan 30, 2025 | | | Crowded | Crowded's CFO suite streamlines collecting, banking, spending, reporting and filing for organizations small, large and multi-chapter. By alleviating time and cost burdens and fostering efficiency, compliance, and transparency, Crowded enables nonprofits to thrive and maximize their impact. | $4.5M | Seed | Oct 18, 2022 | | | Sarona Ventures | Sarona Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Tel Aviv, Israel. The firm is a "people-first" investor, seeking founding teams with strong execution capabilities. The firm's investment scope focuses on enterprise software, and most of their deals concentrate on building the future of business with AI, helping companies operatemore efficiently, save money, and drive revenue. | | | Jul 01, 2019 | | | Bright Innovations Israel | Bright Innovations Israel provides medical devices. | | Seed | | | 4 of 4 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Kortschak Investments L.P.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kortschak-investments-l-p) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [The Garage](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-garage-d6ef) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Flashpoint](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flashpointvc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Florida Opportunity Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/florida-opportunity-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Mana Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mana-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Sarona Ventures VC Fund · Tel Aviv, Israel Sarona Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Tel Aviv, Israel. The firm is a "people-first" investor, seeking founding teams with strong execution capabilities. The firm's investment scope focuses on enterprise software, and most of their deals concentrate on building the future of business with AI, helping companies operatemore efficiently, save money, and drive revenue. 5 contacts available at Sarona Ventures. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Alex Bouaziz | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-bouaziz | | David Debash | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-debash | | Morris Levy | Managing Partner, USA | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morris-levy-fc94 | | Refael Benadmon | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/refael-benadmon | | Toot Shani | Founding Managing Partner; Founding Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toot-shani | ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ## FAQ ### What does Toot Shani invest in? Toot Shani invests primarily in FinTech, Banking and Non Profit startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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 Toot Shani last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Toot Shani closed in Jan 2025. 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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