Yuval Cohen
Managing Partner @ Fortissimo Capital
Tel Aviv, Israel
Yuval Cohen is a Series B investor at Fortissimo Capital in Tel Aviv focused on Information Technology and Manufacturing. Yuval Cohen is the Board of Directors of Stratasys and he also founding and Managing Partner of Fortissimo Capital. Yuval Cohen has served as a member of our board of directors since August 2013. Yuval is the founding and managing partner of Fortissimo Capital, a private equity fund established in January 2003, managing in excess of $400 millionthat invests in Israeli-related technology and industrial companies. From 1997 through 2002, Yuval was a General Partner at Jerusalem Venture Partners, an Israeli-based venture capital fund. Yuval currently serves as a director of several privately held portfolio companies of Fortissimo Capital and the chairman of the board of SodaStream International Ltd. Yuval holds a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Tel Aviv University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 62%
Last updated:
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Industries Yuval Cohen invests in
Stages Yuval Cohen invests in
Countries Yuval Cohen invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Information Technology 3 (23%)
- Manufacturing 2 (15%)
- Food and Beverage 2 (15%)
- Enterprise Software 2 (15%)
- B2B 1 (8%)
Stage
- Series B 2 (15%)
- Series D 2 (15%)
- Funding Round 2 (15%)
- Private Equity 2 (15%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (15%)
Country
- Israel 5 (38%)
- United States 3 (23%)
Investments
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Stratasys
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Stratasys is a maker of additive manufacturing machines for prototyping and producing plastic parts. The company markets under the brands uPrint and Dimension 3D Printers and Fortus Production 3D Printers. The company also operates RedEye On Demand, a digital manufacturing service for prototypes and production parts. Stratasys manufactures 3Dprinters for Hewlett Packard, which it sells under the brand Designjet3D. In 2011 Stratasys acquired 3D printer maker Solidscape Inc. According to Wohlers Report 2011, Stratasys had a 41 percent market share in 2010, and has been the unit market leader for the ninth consecutive year. Stratasys patented and owns the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM®) process. The process creates functional prototypes and manufactured goods directly from any 3D CAD program, using high-performance industrial thermoplastics. The company holds more than 285 granted or pending additive manufacturing patents globally. Stratasys products are used in the aerospace, defense, automotive, medical, business and industrial equipment, education, architecture, and consumer-product industries. | $120M / Post-IPO Equity / Feb 02, 2025 | |
Scopio Labs
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Scopio Labs is a provider of Full Field Morphology dedicated to unlocking the potential of imaging and AI in hematology. Uncovering actionable insights from vast amounts of data readily available in the average blood sample and bone marrow aspirate, Scopio's solutions will aim to showcase thousands of cells at scale in high resolution, toenable new hematology diagnostic methods. | $42M / Series D / Jul 25, 2024 | |
Velox
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Velox develops and manufactures industrial-grade direct-to shape digital decoration solutions for the rigid container industry. Their proprietary DTS-Inkjet technology, based on uniquely formulated inks and dedicated deposition architecture, introduces an entirely new approach to digital printing that is poised to disrupt the packaging decorationmarket.Their debut product is the Velox IDS 250 – the first industrial-grade digital decorator for mass production of cylindrical containers available on the market. It delivers superior decoration quality and capabilities that outstrip analog printing solutions, while allowing a more efficient and flexible production process and a low total cost of ownership (TCO).Velox is powered by an expert team with uniquely extensive and wide-ranging experience in digital printing. It is led by veteran executives with proven success in driving company growth. | $38M / Series B / Apr 02, 2024 | |
Equinom
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Equinom is a fully integrated food-tech company, combining agricultural know-how, culinary expertise, and deep technology to develop delicious, nutritious, affordable, and sustainable non-GMO plant-based ingredients – from the ground up.For decades, crops have been farmed primarily for animal feed – not for human consumption. To be palatable inhuman food, these crops require extensive and expensive processing. . With limited processing facilities equipped for this use, the industry is on track to supply only 50% of the projected demand for plant-based foods.What is Equinom doing about it? Equinom is using science and technology to develop superior ingredients naturally, at the source – in a fraction of the time typically required to breed new crops. Equinom crops are bred naturally, without genetic editing or modification, and are optimized to make meat and dairy analogs more delicious, nutritious, cost-effective, and sustainable. The company’s proprietary Manna™ technology platform uses AI to speed the development of superior, high-yield, non-GMO ingredients as nature intended – featuring quality traits that satisfy consumer expectations. The technology also ensures biodiversity and climate resilience which are critical to ensure food security in light of climate change. Working with great partners including Meatless Farm, Roquette with GoodMills Group., Equinom is recognized as a trusted developer and supplier of unrivaled ingredients. Prestigious strategic investors such as BASF and Roquette have helped position Equinom as one of the breakout Round C companies to fuel the worldwide surge in plant-based eating. | $35M / Series D / Dec 12, 2022 | |
GigaSpaces Technologies
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GigaSpaces provides the leading in-memory computing platform for fast data analytics and extreme transaction processing. With GigaSpaces InsightEdge Platform, and its core engine XAP, organizations can overcome the complex obstacles of big data and advanced analytics to deliver real-time business impact. Hundreds of Tier-1 and Fortune-listedorganizations worldwide leverage GigaSpaces across financial services, retail, transportation, telecom, healthcare, and others.GigaSpaces offices are located in the US, Europe and Asia. | $13.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 10, 2021 | |
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Equinom
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Equinom is a fully integrated food-tech company, combining agricultural know-how, culinary expertise, and deep technology to develop delicious, nutritious, affordable, and sustainable non-GMO plant-based ingredients – from the ground up.For decades, crops have been farmed primarily for animal feed – not for human consumption. To be palatable inhuman food, these crops require extensive and expensive processing. . With limited processing facilities equipped for this use, the industry is on track to supply only 50% of the projected demand for plant-based foods.What is Equinom doing about it? Equinom is using science and technology to develop superior ingredients naturally, at the source – in a fraction of the time typically required to breed new crops. Equinom crops are bred naturally, without genetic editing or modification, and are optimized to make meat and dairy analogs more delicious, nutritious, cost-effective, and sustainable. The company’s proprietary Manna™ technology platform uses AI to speed the development of superior, high-yield, non-GMO ingredients as nature intended – featuring quality traits that satisfy consumer expectations. The technology also ensures biodiversity and climate resilience which are critical to ensure food security in light of climate change. Working with great partners including Meatless Farm, Roquette with GoodMills Group., Equinom is recognized as a trusted developer and supplier of unrivaled ingredients. Prestigious strategic investors such as BASF and Roquette have helped position Equinom as one of the breakout Round C companies to fuel the worldwide surge in plant-based eating. | $20M / Series C / Jun 22, 2021 | |
BLEND Localization
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One Hour Translation helps companies to scale their global growth efforts, by supporting their localization and translation needs, in over 120 languages. We manage complex localization workflows and handle any volume quickly and efficiently. Our unique platform automates the otherwise bulky, cumbersome project management tasks that createinefficiencies found in traditional translation company operations. We serve hundreds of enterprise customers - among them Facebook, Xiaomi, Tencent, IBM, Amazon, Intel. All of our services operate around the clock; any day and at any time, thanks to our community of over 25,000 professional translators from over 120 different countries and supported with our modern, cloud-based management platform. We understand that the user experience is critical to our clients’ productivity, hence special attention is given to UI and self-service features. | $10M / Mar 03, 2021 | |
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BLEND Localization
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One Hour Translation helps companies to scale their global growth efforts, by supporting their localization and translation needs, in over 120 languages. We manage complex localization workflows and handle any volume quickly and efficiently. Our unique platform automates the otherwise bulky, cumbersome project management tasks that createinefficiencies found in traditional translation company operations. We serve hundreds of enterprise customers - among them Facebook, Xiaomi, Tencent, IBM, Amazon, Intel. All of our services operate around the clock; any day and at any time, thanks to our community of over 25,000 professional translators from over 120 different countries and supported with our modern, cloud-based management platform. We understand that the user experience is critical to our clients’ productivity, hence special attention is given to UI and self-service features. | $10M / Private Equity / Mar 03, 2021 | |
Green Invoice
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Green Invoice offers businesses a super smart & user friendly invoicing and business management service. Manage client lists, items, expenses, and documents intuitively, save time, increase revenue, and improve efficiencythrough automaticactions such as alerts, graphs, reports, credit card payment processing, other forms of online payments,and many other feature and benefits. | $20M / Private Equity / Feb 22, 2021 | |
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GigaSpaces Technologies
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GigaSpaces provides the leading in-memory computing platform for fast data analytics and extreme transaction processing. With GigaSpaces InsightEdge Platform, and its core engine XAP, organizations can overcome the complex obstacles of big data and advanced analytics to deliver real-time business impact. Hundreds of Tier-1 and Fortune-listedorganizations worldwide leverage GigaSpaces across financial services, retail, transportation, telecom, healthcare, and others.GigaSpaces offices are located in the US, Europe and Asia. | $12M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 05, 2020 | |
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Co-Investors
About Fortissimo Capital
Fortissimo Capital is a growth equity fund that supports companies focusing on technology industries. They partner with strong management teams to invest in growth and transformation. They invest in public and private technology companies at inflection points and in special situations, where their experience and long term strategic commitment canmaximize value.It was founded in 2004 and headquartered in HaMerkaz, Israel.
Fortissimo Capital Contacts
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Yuval Cohen
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What does Yuval Cohen invest in?
Yuval Cohen invests primarily in Information Technology, Manufacturing and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Series B and Series D stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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