Vertex Ventures Israel
VC Fund
Tel Aviv, Israel
Vertex Ventures Israel is a VC fund in Tel Aviv focused on Software and Information Technology. Over the past 22 years, we backed more than 120 Israeli tech companies and overseen more than 40 exits. We focus on early-stage companies from Seed stage to B round who aim to disrupt large markets across several categories and verticals. From inception through growth, our team has been fortunate to work with some of Israel’s leadingentrepreneurs and be an early investor in 3 of the 10 largest VC stories out of Israel in the last decade: Waze (acquired by Google for $1.3B); CyberArk (IPO, $1B+); and SolarEdge (IPO, $1B+). In addition to Israel, the Vertex Global Network of funds is active in Silicon Valley, China, Singapore and India, providing a unique platform for our portfolio companies to realize their full potential by leveraging the combined experience and resources of our extensive network.
- Total investments:
- 184
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 17%
- Fund size:
- $70M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Vertex Ventures Israel invests in
Stages Vertex Ventures Israel invests in
Countries Vertex Ventures Israel invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $3.5M–$28M
- Series B
- $4.7M–$35M
- Series C
- $5.6M–$100M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 36 (20%)
- Information Technology 25 (14%)
- Artificial Intelligence 13 (7%)
- SaaS 12 (7%)
- Enterprise Software 10 (5%)
Stage
- Series A 46 (25%)
- Series B 45 (24%)
- Series C 27 (15%)
- Seed 20 (11%)
- Series D 14 (8%)
Country
- Israel 48 (26%)
- United States 40 (22%)
- Canada 5 (3%)
- France 3 (2%)
- China 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aviad Ariel
General Partner
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General Partner | Total investments: 44 | Find email | |
David Heller
General Partner
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General Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Emanuel Timor
General Partner
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General Partner | Total investments: 51 | Find email | |
Ran Gartenberg
General Partner & CFO
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General Partner & CFO | Total investments: 12 | Find email | |
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Tami Bronner
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Rylo
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Nagish stands for 'Accessible' in Hebrew and our mission is to make phone calls more accessible. We believe that everyone should have the right to use a phone without having someone listening to their private calls. Nagish gives its users full ownership of their calls by converting text-to-speech and speech-to-text in real-time so thatone side of a phone call could type and read while the other side can hear and speak. | $85M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 09, 2026 | |
Adaptive6
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Adaptive6 is a Cloud Cost Governance platform that addresses both cloud and code, providing a comprehensive approach to managing costs effectively. The platform empowers engineers to take immediate action on cloud costs and prevents waste at the code level, enhancing efficiency in cloud management. | $28M / Series A / Jan 28, 2026 | |
Visitt.io
|
Say goodbye to operational inefficiencies and forgotten tasks. Plan, monitor, and optimize your facility operations from a single dashboard. Get real-time visibility and full control of your managed facilities, even from afar. | $22M / Series B / Jan 26, 2026 | |
Quantum Art
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Quantum Art is a developer of full-stack quantum computing system technology. Its technology aims to develop first ion trap quantum computer based on cutting-edge research from the Weizmann Institute of Science and to realize the potential of quantum computing. The company was founded in 2022 and is headquartered in Ness Tziona, Israel. | $100M / Series A / Dec 10, 2025 | |
C8 Health
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C8 Health provides cloud service for front healthcare workers that allows them to offer better healthcare services. | $12M / Series A / Jul 30, 2025 | |
Seal Security
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Seal Security seamlessly integrates with various coding languages, patch management systems, and open-source platforms through powerful APIs and CLI. Navigate your open-source journey with unparalleled protection and compliance. | $13M / Series A / Jul 29, 2025 | |
Navina
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Navina develops an AI-driven platform that restructures patient data into intuitive patient portraits for better diagnoses and care.Born from the vision of replacing the time-consuming chaos of patient data with a logical, actionable platform, Navina enables physicians to assess even the most complex cases in minutes. Its technology restructuresdisorganized data into an intelligible patient portrait, intuitively organized to support sophisticated and empathetic patient care. By leveraging AI and machine learning, the platform ensures that the most important information is immediately clear, diagnostically linked, and contextually surfaced, providing physicians with a comprehensive view of each patient’s data.The result is improved patient wellness and enhanced financial performance for both providers and payers. Navina is also a partner of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Innovation Lab. | $55M / Series C / Mar 25, 2025 | |
D-Fend Solutions
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D-Fend Solutions is the leading counter-drone takeover technology provider, enabling full control, safety and continuity during rogue drone incidents across complex and sensitive environments, to overcome both current and emerging drone threats. With hundreds of deployments worldwide, EnforceAir, the company’s flagship offering, focuses on the mostdangerous drone threats in military, public safety, airport, prison, major event and critical infrastructure environments. D-Fend Solutions’ technology has been chosen as best-in-class and is in deployment at high-tier U.S. government agencies – including with U.S. military, federal law enforcement and homeland security bodies – as well as major international airports globally. EnforceAir autonomously executes RF, cyber-takeovers of rogue drones for a safe landing and outcome, ensuring the smooth flow of communications, commerce, transportation, and everyday life. | $31M / Series C / Dec 04, 2024 | |
FireDome
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FireDome's revolutionary wildfire defense system takes a two-tiered strategy. First, a mechanical launcher quickly deploys a protective barrier to impede the direct route of advancing wildfires. Second, the system actively detects and promptly extinguishes spot fires created by airborne embers that bypass the primary barrier. | $3M / Pre-Seed / Dec 03, 2024 | |
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Rylo
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Nagish stands for 'Accessible' in Hebrew and our mission is to make phone calls more accessible. We believe that everyone should have the right to use a phone without having someone listening to their private calls. Nagish gives its users full ownership of their calls by converting text-to-speech and speech-to-text in real-time so thatone side of a phone call could type and read while the other side can hear and speak. | $11M / Series A / Jul 10, 2024 | |
| See all 184 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Vertex Ventures Israel invest in?
Vertex Ventures Israel invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 184 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Vertex Ventures Israel's check size?
Vertex Ventures Israel typically joins rounds of $3.5M–$28M at Series A, $4.7M–$35M at Series B and $5.6M–$100M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Vertex Ventures Israel participates in.
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Who are the partners at Vertex Ventures Israel?
The team at Vertex Ventures Israel includes Aviad Ariel (General Partner), David Heller (General Partner) and Emanuel Timor (General Partner), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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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