# Yaron Carni

> Yaron Carni is a seed investor at Maverick Ventures Israel backing Enterprise Software and Music. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Maverick Ventures Israel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maverick-ventures-israel)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/yaron-carni-yaroncarni/2/a73/907
- Website: http://www.Maverick.vc

Yaron Carni is a seed investor at Maverick Ventures Israel focused on Enterprise Software and Music. Yaron Carni is the Founder of Maverick Ventures (Israel). The word "Maverick" means spark and brilliance in Hebrew. Maverick Ventures (Israel) was founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. We provide funding for Tech Start-Up Companies by high value investors from around the world who are interested in the success of innovativeIsraeli companies. Maverick.Prior to that, Yaron founded the Tel Aviv Angel Group - a Boutique Angel Group of several hand picked value added individuals from the US, Canada and Europe that invest privately in a variety of Israeli based companies. The first investment he made, in LabPixies was the first Israeli company bought by Google. More at: www.TelAvivAngels.com Yaron served as the board member of the startup companies the group invests in. He invested in and was the Director of Business Development of Contextin and served on it's Board. The Tel Aviv Angel Group's holdings in Contextin were sold to Spark. Yaron also invested in and served on the board of Vaultive, an innovative information security company based in Tel Aviv. TAAG's holdings in Valutive were also sold.Prior to that, he was the first investor (with his group) and Director of Business Development in LabPixies which is the first company Google Inc. acquired in Israel and was it's Director of Business Development. Carni is the former Head of Business Development of GC Marketing Servcies (www.gcmarketingservices.com) in New York. He is a graduate of the Sam Zell Entreprenurship Program and also has a Master's in Law with a concentration in IP. Yaron serves on the board of United Hatzalah - Israel's bigggest volunteer rescue organziation of 2000 first responders.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Enterprise Software | 2 | 67% |
| Music | 1 | 33% |
| Security | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Data Center | 1 | 33% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Angel | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Israel | 2 | 67% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hirundo | Hirundo is building the first Machine Unlearning platform - enabling enterprises to find and remove unwanted data from their AI models. Be it finding and removing mislabels and outliers in predictive AI models, or removing noncompliant and poisoned data in generative AI - Hirundo increases the accuracy and responsible deployment of AI. | $8M | Seed | Jun 09, 2025 |  |
| Vaultive | For businesses moving to the cloud, Vaultive’s encryption in use technology mitigates risk by empowering companies with control and ownership of their data wherever it resides. Vaultive’s customers hold the encryption keys, letting them retain the freedom to use cloud applications professionals rely on, while ensuring the governance and securitythat business demands. | $1M | Angel | Jan 01, 2009 |  |
| LabPixies | LabPixies is a leading provider of personalized web content and technology. Our mission is to provide the ultimate personalize online experience, bringing together the most advanced web technologies and services in a customizable, easy to use interface.At LabPixies we create quality interactive components ("Gadgets") for thepersonalized environment. Our gadgets range from entertainment gadgets such as games and music to utilities such as search tools and calculators.We believe in giving our users the power to personalize their online experience, helping them to enjoy an easier and richer web environment.In a | $1M | Series A | Jun 01, 2008 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AI.FUND](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ai-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alpha Intelligence Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpha-intelligence-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-and-play) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-and-play-tech-center-0e03) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-and-play-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-n-play-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Maverick Ventures Israel

VC Fund · Tel Aviv, Israel

Maverick Ventures (Israel) was founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. They provide funding for Tech Start-Up Companies by high value investors from around the world who are interested in the success of innovative Israeli companies. The word Maverick in Hebrew means brilliant. They seek brilliant ideas and entrepreneurs.

3 contacts available at Maverick Ventures Israel.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Yaron Carni | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yaron-carni |
| Joe Raby | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-raby |
| Michel Abadi | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michel-abadi |

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## FAQ

### What does Yaron Carni invest in?

Yaron Carni invests primarily in Enterprise Software, Music and Security startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Yaron Carni last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yaron Carni closed in Jun 2025. Shizune tracks 3 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?

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