Viola Credit
VC Fund
Herzliya, Israel
Viola Credit is a global alternative asset manager that provides innovative, flexible, and tailored credit solutions to support the growth of global technology companies. Its two main credit offerings are Growth Lending and Asset-Backed Lending. With over 22 years of experience, Viola Credit currently manages more than $1.8B in various businessesacross the U.S., Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand at multiple stages of growth. It is part of the Viola Group, a leading technology-focused investment group with over $5.5B in assets under management (AUM).
- Total investments:
- 109
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
- Fund size:
- $140M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Viola Credit invests in
Stages Viola Credit invests in
Countries Viola Credit invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $11M–$32M
- Series B
- $1.5M–$34M
- Debt Financing
- $2M–$200M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 21 (19%)
- FinTech 17 (16%)
- Financial Services 14 (13%)
- E-Commerce 12 (11%)
- Information Technology 10 (9%)
Stage
- Debt Financing 64 (59%)
- Series B 5 (5%)
- Series A 3 (3%)
- Series C 3 (3%)
- Series E 2 (2%)
Country
- United States 35 (32%)
- Israel 21 (19%)
- United Kingdom 7 (6%)
- Italy 2 (2%)
- Germany 2 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Eliran Azar
Principal
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Principal | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Ido Vigdor
General Partner
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General Partner | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Michael Chen
Managing Director and Head of US Investments
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Managing Director and Head of US Investments | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Ruthi Simha
General Partner and Co-Founder
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General Partner and Co-Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Alex Ginzburg
Chief Risk Officer
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Chief Risk Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 10 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Vuelo
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Vuelo is redefining how the world plans, books and pays for travel, elevating journeys into richer experiences | $67M / Debt Financing / Mar 25, 2026 | |
Humanz
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Humanz is an ecosystem designed to empower content creators world wide. Join us with our efforts to make the creator economy safer and trustworthy. | $8M / Debt Financing / Dec 18, 2025 | |
Daylit
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Daylit is an all-in-one working capital platform for real economy businesses. | Debt Financing / Sep 18, 2025 | |
Duetti
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Duetti is a music fintech company that offers financial solutions. The company works with independent musicians to purchase catalog rights and then monetizes them using data and social media marketing. It aims to get a wide range of artists quick access to catalog sales and unlock new investment opportunities. It also provides data-driven pricesfor established tracks, allowing artists to sell individual tracks or even parts thereof, then markets those tracks going forward using ROI-focused techniques. | $200M / Debt Financing / Mar 04, 2025 | |
Obligo
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Obligo rids both landlords and renters from the burden of security deposits and makes the move-in process as simple as checking into a hotel. Owners and managers use Obligo to simplify their move-in process, comply with changing regulatory landscapes, and make their listings more appealing to renters.As the only non-insurance deposit alternative,Obligo’s credit-based model keeps landlords secure and renters accountable by combining Open Banking technology and AI-based underwriting. | Debt Financing / Oct 21, 2024 | |
Lendbuzz
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Lendbuzz is an AI-based auto finance platform that helps consumers with thin or no credit history obtain financing when purchasing a car. Powered by machine learning and proprietary algorithms, Lendbuzz is able to better assess the creditworthiness of consumers with limited credit history, who are underserved by the traditional banks. By partneringwith auto dealerships, Lendbuzz is able to offer consumers attractive financing solutions and dealerships are able to close additional business opportunities and serve a more diversified client base. Lendbuzz is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and was founded in 2015. | $400M / Debt Financing / Aug 20, 2024 | |
PayZen
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PayZen is a healthcare fintech startup that aims to tackle the growing patient payment responsibility problem. The mission-driven company together with its superior technology and a new approach enables patients to pay their out-of-pocket medical bills over time with convenience and transparency. While Medical Providers should be able to focus onproviding healthcare services rather than financial services. The company achieves better financial outcomes for both patients and providers through Smart Medical Payment Plans And Non-Recourse Patient Financing.Ariel Rosenthal, Itzik Cohen, and Tobias Mezger co-founded the company in San Francisco, California in 2019. | $200M / Debt Financing / Aug 13, 2024 | |
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PayZen
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PayZen is a healthcare fintech startup that aims to tackle the growing patient payment responsibility problem. The mission-driven company together with its superior technology and a new approach enables patients to pay their out-of-pocket medical bills over time with convenience and transparency. While Medical Providers should be able to focus onproviding healthcare services rather than financial services. The company achieves better financial outcomes for both patients and providers through Smart Medical Payment Plans And Non-Recourse Patient Financing.Ariel Rosenthal, Itzik Cohen, and Tobias Mezger co-founded the company in San Francisco, California in 2019. | $200M / Debt Financing / Aug 13, 2024 | |
Hokodo
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Hokodo is a pan-European provider of B2B Buy Now, Pay Later solutions enabling businesses to buy, sell and do more. The company's easy-to-integrate digital platform streamlines the entire order-to-cash process, allowing merchants to make credit decisions in real-time, be protected against bad debt, and get access to working capital financeoptions.Hokodo was founded in 2018 and is based in London, England. | $109.4M / Debt Financing / Mar 08, 2024 | |
Kriya Finance
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Kriya is a fintech platform. Our PayLater, Invoice Finance and Working Capital solutions help businesses close bigger deals, offer flexible terms and unlock cash flow. Since 2011, we’ve advanced over £4 billion in credit to growing businesses.Kriya was acquired in October 2025 by Allica Bank, the UK’s fastest-growing digital business bank. We’recombining fintech speed with bank-grade scale to build the next generation of working-capital products. | $63.4M / Debt Financing / Jan 31, 2024 | |
| See all 109 investments → | |||
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Pitango VC
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4 deals together
Bright Capital
3 deals together
Cyhawk Ventures
3 deals together
iAngels
3 deals together
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FAQ
What does Viola Credit invest in?
Viola Credit invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Debt Financing and Series B stage. Most of the 109 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Viola Credit's check size?
Viola Credit typically joins rounds of $11M–$32M at Series A, $1.5M–$34M at Series B and $2M–$200M at Debt Financing. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Viola Credit participates in.
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Who are the partners at Viola Credit?
The team at Viola Credit includes Eliran Azar (Principal), Ido Vigdor (General Partner) and Michael Chen (Managing Director and Head of US Investments), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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