# Yossi Matias

> Yossi Matias is a seed investor at Tel Aviv University backing Software and Generative AI. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Tel Aviv University](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tel-aviv-university)
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yossimatias/
- Website: https://x.com/ymatias

Yossi Matias is a seed investor at Tel Aviv University focused on Software and Generative AI. Yossi Matias is Vice President, Google, and the Head of Google Research. Under Yossi’s leadership, world-class global teams are leading breakthrough research on Foundational Machine Learning & Algorithms, Computing Systems & Quantum Computing, Science, AI for Societal Impact in Health, Climate, Education and Socio-technical research, andfoundational advancements in Generative AI - shaping the future of technology and driving and accelerating the magic cycle between research and real-world impact.Recent research breakthroughs include speculative decoding, generative UI, genAI factuality, AI Co-Scientist, Earth AI, Quantum Echo algorithm, DeepSomatic, MedGemma, Flood Forecasting, FireSat, LearnLM.Yossi was previously on Google Search leadership for over a decade, driving strategic features and technologies, and pioneered Conversational AI innovations to help transform the phone experience and help remove barriers of modality and languages. He was also the founding lead of Google center in Israel and supported other global sites. During his tenure at Google Yossi founded and spearheaded initiatives such as Google's AI for Social Good, Crisis Resilience, Google for Startups Accelerator, social and cultural initiatives seeding Google Arts & Culture, and programs fostering startups, sustainability, and AI literacy for youth.Prior to Google Yossi was on the Computer Science faculty at Tel Aviv University, a visiting professor at Stanford, and a Research Scientist at Bell Labs. He’s published over 200 papers and is the inventor of over 80 patents. He pioneered some of the early technologies for internet privacy, contextual search, and the effective analysis of Big Data. He is a recipient of the Gödel Prize, an ACM Fellow, and a recipient of the ACM Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award for seminal work on streaming algorithms, data sketches, and large-scale data analyticsYossi has a track record of impact-driven breakthrough research and innovation, and extensive product leadership, transforming products and advancing AI to help address global challenges.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $750k–$8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 67% |
| Generative AI | 2 | 33% |
| Music | 1 | 17% |
| Social | 1 | 17% |
| Marketing | 1 | 17% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 67% |
| Israel | 2 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Leo AI | Leo™ is the world's first engineering design copilot, empowering engineers and designers to turn ideas into products in seconds. Leo's generative AI platform transforms text, sketches, specs, and CAD constraints into DFMA-optimized, full-assembly 3D CAD models, saving companies up to 70% of their engineering time and cost. Leading AIresearchers and mechanical engineers from MIT, Technion, Microsoft, and Elbit Systems founded Leo in 2023. | $5M | Seed | Sep 02, 2025 |  |
| Terra Security | Terra Security is the first agentic-AI platform built for web application penetration testing. Offered as a managed service, Terra deploys a swarm of fine-tuned AI agents, controlled by a human-in-the-loop mechanism, to simulate real adversaries at scale. The platform delivers accurate, context-aware results based on each organization’s uniquebusiness logic.By combining the creativity of ethical hackers with the scalability of Agentic-AI, Terra replaces outdated, point-in-time pentests with a continuous, proactive approach built for today’s dynamic web environments. | $8M | Seed | Apr 22, 2025 |  |
| Enso | enso Designed for non-technical people, enso offers the world's first experience in which AI bots provide premium-quality services directly to you for a fraction of the cost. | $6M | Pre-Seed | Jul 09, 2024 |  |
| Sensi AI | Clanz Technologies offers an audio-based system designed to support security in human interactions. The system works by connecting to devices that record audio. It analyzes audio data to find unusual sounds or patterns that may indicate incidents. When an anomaly is detected, the system sends alerts in real time. The service also providesinformation about conditions that can affect care quality, such as stress levels or lack of training. It can be used in places where monitoring human interaction is important for safety. The company offers a demo for organizations that want to use the system. | $14M | Series A | Dec 12, 2021 |  |
| Anyword | Keywee offers publishers and marketers a new approach to content distribution and performance measurement. Its revolutionary platform employs advanced text-mining technology and a vast database of historical content performance to help publishers, retailers, and brands find the audiences most likely to meet specific business goals for theircontent. Keywee’s customers include The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Conde Nast, National Geographic, The New York Times, and Slate. Backed by leading investors including Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors and Marker LLC, as well as The New York Times Company.Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in New York with an office in Tel Aviv. | $21M | Series B | Nov 18, 2021 |  |
| Tonara | Tonara is a music education company that empowers music educators and their students through technology and innovation. We offer a set of products that function as an ecosystem, connecting music teachers and students around the world (‘Tonara Connect’ - a global marketplace), and enabling music teachers to manage and motivate their studentsthroughout their music learning journey (‘Tonara Studio’ - a lesson management platform). | $750K | Seed | Jan 01, 2011 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Flint Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flint-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LAMA Partners (fka FXP)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fxp) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Innovation Endeavors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovation-endeavors) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Matias Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matias-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [a16z Scout Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-scout-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Almeda Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/almeda-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Tel Aviv University

VC Fund · Tel Aviv, Israel

Tel Aviv University is a higher education institute that offers a diverse range of graduate and undergraduate courses, and research facilities in the fields of sciences, humanities, and the arts. The university is home to over 30000 students studying in nine faculties spread over 125 schools and departments.Tel Aviv University was establishedin 1956 when three research institutes – the Tel Aviv School of Law and Economics, the Institute of Natural Sciences, and the Institute of Jewish Studies – joined together to form Tel Aviv University.

5 contacts available at Tel Aviv University.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beka Solomon | Professor, Chair for Biotechnology of Neurodegenerative Diseases | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beka-solomon |
| Dave Ben-Nun | Doctor of Medicine - Sackler School of Medicine Company | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dave-ben-nun |
| Ehud Weinstein | Professor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ehud-weinstein |
| Eldad Melamed | MD;Prof. | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eldad-melamed |
| Isaac Ben-Israel | Director of Yuval Ne'eman Workshop for Science, Technology and Security | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isaac-ben-israel |

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## FAQ

### What does Yossi Matias invest in?

Yossi Matias invests primarily in Software, Generative AI and Music startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 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 Yossi Matias's check size?

Yossi Matias typically joins rounds of $750k–$8M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Yossi Matias participates in.

### When did Yossi Matias last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yossi Matias closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 6 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.

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