# Yaron Kniajer

> Yaron Kniajer is a Series B investor at Surround Ventures backing Internet and Social Network. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Surround Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sababa-ventures)
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Aug 2016
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/yaron-kniajer/0/68/571

Yaron Kniajer is a Series B investor at Surround Ventures focused on Internet and Social Network. Yaron is a Managing Partner of Surround Ventures. Former Partner at Rhodium, a leading early-stage investment firm with companies such as Yotpo, Outbrain, YieldMo, IMGN Media, Sharegain, StoreDot, and HopStop (acquired by Apple). Served as a board member/observer at Face.com (Facebook), HexaTier (Huawei), Rounds (Kik), and Zooz (PayU).Previously, Yaron was a Media & Telecom Investment Banker at Lehman Brothers and CFO of an Israeli startup. Yaron holds an MBA with distinction from London Business School, and is a Certified Public Accountant.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 2 | 22% |
| Social Network | 2 | 22% |
| Video | 1 | 11% |
| Content | 1 | 11% |
| FinTech | 1 | 11% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 3 | 33% |
| Series A | 2 | 22% |
| Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Angel | 1 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 11% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Israel | 3 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sharegain | Sharegain is democratising the $2.5tn securities lending industry. Sharegain empowers ambitious financial institutions to generate additional income from assets they (or their clients) already own, with an automated solution that enables private banks, asset managers, fund managers and online brokers to lend their stocks, bonds and ETFs. | $3.2M | Convertible Note | Aug 01, 2016 |  |
| IMGN Media | IMGN is a tech-media company specialized in producing and programming social content for Gen Z audiences. IMGN owns & operates a portfolio of 14 distinct media brands with an overall reach of +40 million followers. Featured brands: Daquan, TryHard, So Satisfying & more.IMGN is the creator of Viral Lab, a proprietary in-house technologythat enables the company's editorial team to scale content creation, channel management and audience growth.IMGN is headquartered in New York and Tel Aviv (R&D) and backed by VCs and angel investors. | $1.5M | Seed | Apr 05, 2016 |  |
| Rounds entertainment | Rounds is a live social platform that combines live communication and social activities and allows friends to experience life together. It enables users to get together and send text messages, watch videos, play games, share photos, and much more all while video chatting across networks, operating systems, and devices. The platform offers instantgroup video chat on mobile.As a live communication platform, Rounds allows users to send text messages, video chat with up to 12 participants, and engage in activities while chatting such as watch videos, play games, share photos, and much more. The platform operates across networks, operating systems, and devices. It raises funds from its investors, including Sequoia Capital, Samsung Ventures, Verizon Ventures, DFJ’s Tim Draper, Rhodium, and other private investors.Rounds was launched in 2008 by Dany Fishel and Ilan Leibovich. It is based in Tel Aviv. | $12M | Series B | Jan 14, 2015 |  |
| Rounds entertainment | Rounds is a live social platform that combines live communication and social activities and allows friends to experience life together. It enables users to get together and send text messages, watch videos, play games, share photos, and much more all while video chatting across networks, operating systems, and devices. The platform offers instantgroup video chat on mobile.As a live communication platform, Rounds allows users to send text messages, video chat with up to 12 participants, and engage in activities while chatting such as watch videos, play games, share photos, and much more. The platform operates across networks, operating systems, and devices. It raises funds from its investors, including Sequoia Capital, Samsung Ventures, Verizon Ventures, DFJ’s Tim Draper, Rhodium, and other private investors.Rounds was launched in 2008 by Dany Fishel and Ilan Leibovich. It is based in Tel Aviv. | $5M |  | Dec 17, 2013 |  |
| Rounds entertainment | Rounds is a live social platform that combines live communication and social activities and allows friends to experience life together. It enables users to get together and send text messages, watch videos, play games, share photos, and much more all while video chatting across networks, operating systems, and devices. The platform offers instantgroup video chat on mobile.As a live communication platform, Rounds allows users to send text messages, video chat with up to 12 participants, and engage in activities while chatting such as watch videos, play games, share photos, and much more. The platform operates across networks, operating systems, and devices. It raises funds from its investors, including Sequoia Capital, Samsung Ventures, Verizon Ventures, DFJ’s Tim Draper, Rhodium, and other private investors.Rounds was launched in 2008 by Dany Fishel and Ilan Leibovich. It is based in Tel Aviv. | $3M | Series A | Nov 02, 2011 |  |
| HexaTier | HexaTier provides database security and compliance and sets the industry standard with a patented database reverse proxy technology for securing cloud-hosted databases and DBaaS platforms. Providing a unified solution, including: Database Security, Dynamic Data Masking, Database Activity Monitoring and Discovery of Sensitive Data that complies withall regulatory requirements.HexaTier is installed as a front-end to your databases and works as a reverse proxy, successfully hiding and securing database content. A variety of implementation options are available to you, including: Database Server, Dedicated Server protecting multiple databases, Application Server and Virtual Machines. HexaTier reviews and inspects both database queries and database responses making it the perfect tool to secure, accelerate, audit and mask the sensitive information stored in your database. | $5.9M | Series B | Aug 10, 2011 |  |
| Face.com | Face.com is helping people find photos, using their home grown best-in-breed facial recognition technologies. The first deployment of their tech is their Photo Finder application for Facebook, today's largest photo sharing site, which scans public photos in your social network and suggests tags for untagged faces. face.com has offices in TelAviv and New York. | $4.3M | Series B | Sep 27, 2010 |  |
| Rounds entertainment | Rounds is a live social platform that combines live communication and social activities and allows friends to experience life together. It enables users to get together and send text messages, watch videos, play games, share photos, and much more all while video chatting across networks, operating systems, and devices. The platform offers instantgroup video chat on mobile.As a live communication platform, Rounds allows users to send text messages, video chat with up to 12 participants, and engage in activities while chatting such as watch videos, play games, share photos, and much more. The platform operates across networks, operating systems, and devices. It raises funds from its investors, including Sequoia Capital, Samsung Ventures, Verizon Ventures, DFJ’s Tim Draper, Rhodium, and other private investors.Rounds was launched in 2008 by Dany Fishel and Ilan Leibovich. It is based in Tel Aviv. | $1.5M | Angel | Aug 01, 2009 |  |
| Face.com | Face.com is helping people find photos, using their home grown best-in-breed facial recognition technologies. The first deployment of their tech is their Photo Finder application for Facebook, today's largest photo sharing site, which scans public photos in your social network and suggests tags for untagged faces. face.com has offices in TelAviv and New York. | $1M | Series A | Feb 27, 2009 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [2B Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2b-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Draper Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-associates-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Blumberg Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blumberg-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GSF](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gsf) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Magma Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/magma-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NXTP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nxtp-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Surround Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

Surround Ventures is the home for Israeli technology startups in the media, entertainment, sports, and e-commerce sectors. Our team is committed to empowering our portfolio companies with strategic insights and access to the most relevant executives, entrepreneurs, and investors.

5 contacts available at Surround Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Yaron Kniajer | Managing partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yaron-kniajer |
| Doug Scott | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/doug-scott-4 |
| Jared Kash | Managing Partner & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jared-kash |
| Ofer Sandler | Co-Founder, Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ofer-sandler |
| Randi Zuckerberg | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/randi-zuckerberg |

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## FAQ

### What does Yaron Kniajer invest in?

Yaron Kniajer invests primarily in Internet, Social Network and Video startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 9 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 Kniajer last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yaron Kniajer closed in Aug 2016. Shizune tracks 9 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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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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