Top 25 Social Startup Investors in Israel in January 2026

Investor	Social Israel investments
lool ventures	4
Rami Lipman	3
Bloomberg Beta	2
Maniv Mobility	2
North First Ventures	2
Next Gear Ventures	2
JOINT JOURNEY	2
Eilon Tirosh	2
Samsung NEXT	2
Terra Venture Partners	2
iRobot	2
Toyota Ventures	2
Grove Ventures	1
Western Technology Investment	1
Mirai Creation Fund	1
Glory Ventures	1
Yossi Matias	1
Woven Capital	1
Sherpa InnoVentures	1
Vektor Partners	1
Sente Ventures	1
Moshe Gaon	1
Index Ventures	1
Alex Zubillaga	1
Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen	1

We find and work with Israel’s best founders who are driven by a clear vision of how the world or an industry could be better. We share their obsession with bringing that vision to life. We do this at the very start of their journey. We are Israel’s Seed Fund.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Seed, Series A, Series B
Israel, United States, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

ai.work — Amplify your team with intelligent AI Workers connected to your systems, knowledge, and policies - built to work the ticket queues, automate the repetitive tasks, and get things done - lightning fast.
Cassidy Bio — A biotechnology company developing AI-driven genomic foundation models
Beewise — Beewise offers robotic beehives that operate with minimal human intervention, by utilizing AI-powered precision robotics. The company's solution automates all beekeeping activities in order to increase yield, reduce colony loss, and eliminate the use of chemical pesticides. We are the first comprehensive solution that keeps bees alive, inspite of all the stressors and challenges they face, allowing them to thrive, pollinate, and produce honey.

Rami Lipman is an angel investor.

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, Machine Learning
Seed, Series A
Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

Matics Manufacturing Analytics Ltd. — Matics real-time manufacturing analytics provides a digital toolbox for factories' production floor management and dramatically increases the production efficiency.
Lawgeex — LawGeex automates legal work, redlining and negotiating contracts better, faster and cheaper than lawyers.
NoTraffic — NoTraffic has developed the first AI-powered traffic signal platform that connects road...

Bloomberg Beta is an early-stage venture capital firm with $450M under management, capitalized solely by Bloomberg. The fund exists to expand Bloomberg’s horizons by investing in companies built by extraordinary founders that make business work better, with a focus on machine intelligence.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Israel

Portfolio highlights

StrongDM — Manage access to any server, database, or Kubernetes instance in minutes. Fully auditable, replayable, secure, and drag-and-drop easy.
Compaas — Compaas: The Compensation Platform | Total Visibility. Zero Spreadsheets. Painless raise cycles, compensation metrics, people analytics, rewards letters
Wrangle — Wrangle organizes requests in your Slack team channel. Automatically assign approvals and tasks for your team to follow up and track their status.

Maniv Mobility is a global venture capital fund investing in the world's leading mobility start-ups.

Investment focus

Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Software
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Israel, India

Portfolio highlights

Zoomo — Check our reliable electric bikes and enjoy flexible lease plans in Australia, US, UK, France and more soon!
River — Empowering people, improving lives.
Gas Pos — Fastest-growing POS for gas stations & truck stops. Receive new EMV fuel dispensers. Free upfront. 10 Year Parts/Labor Warranty. Free 24/7 helpdesk. Gas Pos includes OTR (over-the-road) fleet card acceptance for your truck stop or diesel lane.

North First Ventures is a Venture Capital Fund, partnering with seed to round A stage companies in Israel that harness innovative technologies, solve real-world problems within large existing markets or create new markets.

Investment focus

SaaS, Big Data, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

Gaviti — Gaviti is a receivable management solution that empowers the receivable collections task owners. Gaviti helps companies to accelerate cash-flow, reduce write-offs and increase productivity X10. This is achieved via: Visualization - quickly understand your receivables with a clear dashboard and insights screen. Automation - efficiently engage allyour delinquent clients with smart, personalized workflows. Optimizatione - improve results over time with data-driven collections process optimization.
Home365 — Home365, Is a Property Management Company. Our Goal Is Making Renting Out More Profitable, Predictable And Hassle Free. Click Here For More Information.
NoTraffic — NoTraffic has developed the first AI-powered traffic signal platform that connects road...

Focused investments in entrepreneurs who pioneer sustainable, smart mobility.

Investment focus

Software, Automotive, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Seed, Series B
Israel, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Kardome — Kardome offers a real-time software suite that can be inserted in a variety of processing environments. The company engages a real-time software beamformer to improve speech signals from several speakers. It offers high-quality sound output without the need to shout or position the users mouths close to the microphone. The company developssolutions such as voice controlled devices, hands-free speakerphones, tablets and cellphones, and conference call devices.Kardome was founded on 2018 and is headquartered in Mazor, Hamerkaz, Israel.
Lidwave — Lidwave’s deep-tech solution revolutionizes 3D sensing and the verticals relying on it by examining the biggest challenge in LiDAR technology from a new perspective, free of bandwidth limitations.
Bib Batteries — BiB Batteries is a developer of battery monitoring software designed to optimize batteries' performances.

Active investment firm that calling founders with a great product vision across diverse industries

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
United States, Russian Federation, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Renova — AI-driven no-code platform for insurance industry.
Whizz — My Device is a subscription-based rental service provider for devices like electric scooters, bicycles, home sports equipment, etc.
inspace — inspace is the innovative platform that streamlines workplace management and optimizes space utilization. Elevate your workplace experience with inspace.

Eilon Tirosh is a Startup Helper at SpearHealth. He attended Tel Aviv University.

Investment focus

Apps, FinTech, Digital Entertainment
Seed, Series A, Series C
Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

zooz — Manage and optimize multiple payment providers through a single platform.
Lawgeex — LawGeex automates legal work, redlining and negotiating contracts better, faster and cheaper than lawyers.
Thumzap — Thumzap reconnects people in the digital world by making the process of paying for someone else's purchases simple, fun and safe.Sometimes we need or just want someone else to pay for our purchases, either because we don't have a credit card or enough money, or because we're just not that tech-savvy and need some help.Thumzapmakes it easy to send friends and family a request to pay for us. All they have to do is approve the payment and they can pay with their own credit card or paypal account, in just one click. Not only does that make it completely safe and secure, but also familiar. No one has to share a password, set up a digital wallet, or input their credit card information, it’s a simple way to help fulfill a digital request.

Samsung NEXT Ventures is an investment arm of Samsung NEXT, a multifaceted innovation group within Samsung Electronics dedicated to identifying new growth opportunities that will define the next decade. The firm prefers to invest in artificial intelligence, fintech, blockchain, health technology, infrastructure, and media technology sectors.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Israel, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Mawari — Our mission is to unlock new perspectives with real-time immersive technology powered by a decentralized network of global resources
Centaur Labs — Centaur Labs offers accurate and scalable medical data labeling across a variety of modalities and data formats including CT, ultrasound, image, video, text and many more.
Wildfire Systems — We are the only white-label cashback and shopping rewards loyalty platform that helps companies monetize e-commerce everywhere.

We are an early stage venture capital firm dedicated to partnering with inspiring entrepreneurs to build breakthrough companies

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

ViewNetic — ViewNetic is an AgTech startup developing unique imaging and machine learning technologies for early, pre-propagation detection of pests and diseases in high-value crops.
Infiniplex — Infiniplex is an Israel-based startup whose mission is to utilize routine blood testing to screen for genetic tumor biomarkers and to offer preemptive, preventive, and follow-up cancer screenings at a more accessible and affordable cost. Our goal is to identify common and rare cancer types through a standard, inexpensive blood test that could becarried out as part of routine checkups, leveraging existing laboratory equipment and know-how. We aim to include tumor genomic testing as part of people's standard blood test checkups. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Yokne'am Illit, Israel.
Intuition Robotics — The AI care companion robot for older adults

iRobot designs and builds robots that empower people to do more. The company's home robots help people find smarter ways to clean and accomplish more in their daily lives. iRobot's portfolio of solutions features proprietary technologies for the connected home and advanced concepts in navigation, mobility, manipulation and artificialintelligence. iRobot was founded in 1990 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology roboticists with the vision of making practical robots a reality. iRobot's home robots are revolutionizing the way people clean – inside and out. More than 15 million home robots have been sold worldwide. The award-winning iRobot Roomba® Vacuum Cleaning Robot is leading the charge. Roomba made practical robots a reality for the first time and showed the world that robots are here to stay. iRobot's acclaimed line of home robots also includes the iRobot Scooba® Floor Scrubbing Robot, the iRobot Braava™ Floor Mopping Robot, the iRobot Mirra™ Pool Cleaning Robot and the iRobot Looj® Gutter Cleaning Robot.In 2015, iRobot generated $617 million in revenue and employed more than 600 of the robot industry's top professionals, including mechanical, electrical and software engineers and related support staff. iRobot stock trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the ticker symbol IRBT.iRobot's corporate headquarters are located in Bedford, Mass. The company also has offices in California, the United Kingdom, Shanghai and Hong Kong.

Investment focus

Software, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence
Series B, Seed, Series A
United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Osaro — OSARO offers cutting-edge robotic piece-picking solutions tailored to your industry.
Sense — Sense's consumer app makes homes smarter, empowering people to make better use of their energy, lower electricity bills, and reduce their carbon footprint.
Intuition Robotics — The AI care companion robot for older adults

Toyota Ventures is a San Francisco Bay Area-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups from around the world. Founded in July 2017, its mission is to discover what’s next for Toyota by helping startups bring disruptive technologies and business models to market quickly. With more than $500 million in assets under management,the firm’s funds include the Toyota Ventures Frontier Fund focused on artificial intelligence, cloud computing, autonomy, mobility, robotics, smart cities, digital health, financial technologies, materials, and energy; and the Toyota Ventures Climate Fund focused on innovative solutions for carbon neutrality.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Robotics
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Agtonomy — Agtonomy is a hybrid autonomy and tele-assist platform for agriculture vehicles.
Paladin Drones — Equipped with the latest in LTE-enabled drone technology, First Responders can increase their situational awareness, operate more effectively, and save lives.
Matter Intelligence — Matter Intelligence is creating the most detailed map of the world using first-of-a-kind sensors to understand our planet like never before

Grove Ventures is a leading early-stage venture capital fund in Israel. It partners early with exceptional Israeli founders who believe th...

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

Navina — Navina uses medically-informed AI to replace disorganized patient data with an intuitive Patient Portrait - a logical grid that makes it possible for every primary care physician to assess even the most complex cases in minutes. Designed for and loved by physicians, Navina allows for high quality and empathic patient care, resulting in better treatment, reduced missed diagnoses and enhanced financial performance for providers and payers.
Teramount — Teramount changes the world of optical connectivity by offering a novel solution, the patented PhotonicPlug, for connecting optics to silicon.
Onfire AI — Onfire is redefining revenue intelligence with vertical AI. The Onfire Platform combines data enrichment, intent signals, and agentic AI – designed specifically for B2B companies that sell software infrastructure. Onfire gathers intelligence on technical buyers from developer communities, GitHub history, and other non-traditional sources, creatinga one-of-its-kind database of accurate technographics and prospect-level intent signals. The Onfire Agent helps companies transform this data into high-impact prospecting, sales, and ABM.

Since 1980, WTI has helped more than 1,300 companies across every innovation sector finance their growth while minimizing dilution.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Joy — Joy is the creator of the first Smart Photo Album that allows you to curate and share your favorite photos with friends and family. Designed to live on your coffee table and sit comfortably in your lap, the Joy Album makes your most cherished moments instantly viewable in gorgeous layouts, finally modernizing the lost art of creating a physicalphoto album.The Joy team hails from Apple and Sonos and is building a premium all-in-one hardware and software photo solution for families to share memories with loved ones near and far.The company was founded in February 2016 and is backed by top investors including Obvious Ventures, David B. Heller, Maywic and The Chernin Group.Joy is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For more information, visit http://www.joy.co.
Carbon Ridge — Modular onboard carbon capture for maritime shipping.
Cosmos Innovation — Cosmos Innovation specialize in full stack software development, product design, cloud hosting, and MVP deployment.

The Mirai Creation Fund invests in companies and projects that use the latest technologies and business models, supporting the growth of value in these companies and projects, wherever they are found around the world.

Investment focus

Robotics, Information Technology, Software
Series B, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Ubiden — Ubiden provides Artificial intelligence and Internet of Things mobile network services. The company develops applications for electric vehicle charging services.
SPACECOOL — Spacecool offers zero-energy cooling materials that radiate heat to space, reducing temperatures and mitigating global warming.
Aeterlink — Aeterlink is a wireless device maker and developer. They applied their technology to fields such as FA, robots, smart houses, and medicine and developed practical level technologies such as elemental technology that can wirelessly supply power.

Glory Ventures is a cross-border venture capital fund established by a new generation of investors with a global perspective. Already achieving excellent performance, the investment team has plentiful experience in both China and Israel's high-tech and venture capital industries. The unique advantages by which Glory Ventures distinguishesitself from other domestic venture capitalists lie in the fact that it is a research-driven VC that realizes the value of an entire industrial value chain. They integrate industrial resources from the private equity markets and public-listed companies to build strategic synergy. They deliberate exits by both M&A and IPO, taking into consideration both opportunities. Thus, they strive to build an ecosystem across various industries through investment in specific value-chains and providing value-added services that lead to synergetic exits. With a clear multi-industrial positioning backed by their professional and outstanding investment team, Glory Ventures has been highly recognized by Chinese first-class investors and has won the strategic investments of famous organization such as Banyan Capital, major shareholders from various A-share listed companies, founding team of Dianping.com, and many others, making it a top-tier investment ecosystem combining early-stage venture capital investment and the integration of high-end entrepreneurs and industrial resources. Currently, Glory Ventures invests actively in Israel and China, but their global vision encompasses much more. In Israel, Glory Ventures invests in customer-proved, disruptive innovative companies which are synergistic with China’s enormous consumer market, including companies in the field of intelligent hardware, IoT, AI, computer vision. In China, Glory Ventures invests in subsectors such as B2B enterprise service, consumption upgrade, and IoT. Their portfolio includes 20+ stellar companies in the fields of AI, IoT, Fintech and consumption upgrade, over half of which have won the follow-up investment from the industrial capital and famous funds like HTC, Quanta Computer, Alibaba, Shanda Networks, Wind, Crystal Optoelectronics, Join-In Group, and Fortune Capital.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing
Series A, Seed, Series B
China, Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

MagicBI — MagicBI is an intelligent analysis platform that is powered by AI and solves the contradiction between data demand and supply.
SpacemiT — SpacemiT is a computing chip company developing natively integrated cloud-edge-device architecture. It focuses on building RISC-V high-performance CPUs and providing computing solutions with integrated hardware and software optimization. The company's mission is to be the cornerstone of computing power in the digital age, driven to become asignificant global computing powerhouse.
Cyclewell — Cyclewell is a provider of integrated equipment and complete solutions for intelligent directional recycling of lithium batteries. It is committed to the Research and Development of green recycling technology and equipment for waste power batteries.

Yossi Matias is Vice President, Engineering, at Google and the Head of Google's R&D Center in Israel which he established. He leads global efforts in Search, AI, and Crisis Response (some highlights here), and is the founding executive lead of Google’s Campus Tel Aviv, the birthplace of Launchpad and other global entrepreneurship programs.In addition to his executive and entrepreneurial experience, Yossi has been on the Computer Science faculty at Tel Aviv University, and previously a Research Scientist at Bell Labs and visiting professor at Stanford. He published extensively, has dozens of patents on his name, and pioneered some of the early technologies for the effective analysis of big data, internet privacy, and contextual search. He is a recipient of the Godel Prize and is an ACM Fellow.Yossi was on the board of IATI - Israel Advanced Technology industries - and is co-chair of IATI’s Multi National Companies Forum.

Investment focus

Music, Social, Content
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Anyword — The AI writing platform that knows what works. Trusted by over 1 million marketers, Anyword is built to help you scale on-brand content that drives marketing results
Tonara — We believe in using technology to move music education forward. Tonara's products empower music teachers and their students, worldwide.
enso — Build AI agents and automations with just a prompt. No code, no workflows, no setup. Designed for everyone.

Woven by Toyota innovates and invests in new technologies, software, and business models that transform how we live, work, and move.

Investment focus

Robotics, Solar, Energy
Funding Round, Series C, Series D
Israel, Norway, United States

Portfolio highlights

Corvus Energy — Corvus Energy is the world's leading supplier of safe, innovative and reliable energy storage solutions for all segments in the maritime industry.
Intuition Robotics — The AI care companion robot for older adults
Third Wave Automation — Third Wave Automation brings people and autonomous systems together to improve throughput, efficiency, and safety beyond what people or automation could achieve alone.

Sherpa InnoVentures is an innovation-focused investment fund that invest in highly innovative technological companies to deliver value to its investors and to portfolio companies. Sherpa InnoVentures invests directly in internet and other information and communication technologies and non-pharma life sciences. The company is committed to personallyescort each portfolio company and to work closely with each company’s management team according to the company's specific needs. Sherpa InnoVentures' approach to fund management is developed to add value to both investors and portfolio companies by applying unique innovation tools at all stages and effecting personal working relationships between all parties involved. The company uses a structured approach for identifying and implementing innovation.Sherpa InnoVentures is headquartered in Israel.

Investment focus

AgTech, Gaming, Social
Seed, Series B
Israel

Portfolio highlights

Sightec — From today's delivery and inspection drones, to the flying passenger taxis of tomorrow. Sightec is opening up our skies to safe, reliable and high-performance air mobility with pioneering computer vision and AI flight technologies.
FortePhest — Founded in 2017, FortePhest is a biotechnology company focusing on crop protection. The Company develops innovative products to control both regular weeds and weeds which are resistant to herbicides. They do this mainly by exploring novel Mechanisms of Action (MOA) discovered in plants. Inspired by natural plant protectors, our products areintended to provide potent, environmentally friendly, and sustainable solutions that may eventually improve crop productivity. Our technology is based on research of world-class teams of scientists from Cornell University, The Weizmann Institute of Science and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Funatix Club — Paito SGP merupakan salah satu data penting yang digunakan para pemain untuk menganalisis angka keluaran Singapore Pools.

We invest in critical technologies driving the global transformation over the next decades, as the world moves towards Artificial Intelligence, Automation, and Decarbonization.

Investment focus

Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Germany, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Drover AI — AI-Powered Computer Vision for Micromobility. Pioneering the use of computer vision and AI on micromobility vehicles.
NoTraffic — NoTraffic has developed the first AI-powered traffic signal platform that connects road...
COMPREDICT — COMPREDICT delivers advanced software solutions for Tire Wear, Brake Wear, hardware sensor replacement and more. Our Virtual Sensor technology uses readily available vehicle data and can easily be integrated with your SDV stack

Sente is a Chicago-based startup investment and innovation platform. Sente searches the world for the most high-potential startups and helps them scale through unprecedented guidance, support, and connections.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B
United States, Israel, Turkey

Portfolio highlights

KFOBIX — KFOBIX offers nano-composite materials to prevent freezing and contamination of solar panels, wind turbines, and automobile glass.
DRONEQUBE — DRONEQUBE provides an innovative SaaS solution that empowers drones to monitor and defend vineyard health autonomously, addressing pressing concerns brought about by the climate crisis and increasing labor challenges.
Kybele's Garden — Algae Biotechnology for Agrifood & Cosmetics Solutions

Business entrepreneur and investor in startups. For the past 20 years developer of new initiatives and ideas. CEO, Chairman of companies, political strategist and advertising expert. Lead public opinion campaigns for people and issues from breast cancer, to national elections to the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. Founding Partner atmybulb.vcOwner of the Gaon Holding Group; Executive Director in the group's companies, focusing on development and marketing products and services for the global Water Smart Grid. Member of the AquaAgro Fund Investment committee, a 50 Million dollar Israeli Venture Capital Fund, focused only on developing innovative water and agriculture technologies, as well as other innovative clean technologies.

Investment focus

Advertising, Association, Social Media Marketing
Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

Apester — Supercharge your marketing and funnel with interactive content experiences that generate more leads, engage and convert users, and boost retention
Yoocan — Yoocan is a global community for people with disabilities and their families, discover empowering stories, find support, and connect with a world that understands you.
IndieFlow — IndieFlow developed a workflow management platform for the music industry. The platform provides a centralized platform to manage music industry workflows and streamline the major building blocks of an artist’s career. It enables users to manage creative projects, distribute to streaming platforms, collect roylaties, register music with royaltycollection societies, promote music, book gigs, receive payments and more.

Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

BIT ODD — Gaming company building games filled with wonder, weirdness and delight
Dream Games — Join Dream Games and explore a vibrant universe of characters and puzzles. Discover why millions of players worldwide love our mobile games. Visit us to learn more about our games, company culture, and career opportunities.
Acutus Medical — Acutus Medical develops medical technologies to treat complex cardiac arrhythmia. The company's platform displays the heart’s true activation pattern, turning the chaos of a complex arrhythmia into a clear vision for electrophysiologists.Acutus Medical is a privately funded company founded in 2011 and based in Carlsbad, California. Itsproducts are co-developed in the U.S. and Europe with an exceptional team of medical scientists, biomedical engineers, and other professionals.It was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Carlsbad, California.

Alex Zubillaga is the founder of 14W, a New York-based, venture capital firm focused on consumer Mobile, Web, E-commerce, CPG, and Media.Previously, Alex was Executive Vice President, Digital Strategy and Business Development at Warner Music Group (WMG). Prior to WMG, Alex founded Net Uno, a leading Venezuelan cable television and broadbandoperator where he served as CEO and Chairman.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Apps, Music
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Reby — Reby is a European multinational company involved in the design, construction, financing, operation (DBFO) and maintenance of public sharing transport infrastructure. Today, Reby is the Southern Europe leader in the micromobility field, with over 15 agreements with public administrations. The company was founded by four entrepreneurs (Pep Gómez,Kiran Thomas, Cristina Castillo, and Guillem Pagès) in 2018 as a micromobility operator, winning the first public tender in Europe for kickscooters, in the city of Zaragoza (Spain). During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company increased its R&D efforts, expanding into the MaaS (mobility-as-a-service) economy and the investment banking/franchising business for public administrations (through PPPs), public utility companies, as well as SMEs.
Qapital — Qapital is an award-winning app designed to let you save, invest, and spend with any goal in mind.
Opal — Protect your focus time. Schedule your days, block distracting apps and focus fully, on your iPhone, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari browser. Try Opal for Free!

Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen grew up across Africa, from Angola and Guinea-Bissau to Tanzania and Libya, after his family fled the Angolan Civil War as refugees. Those early experiences instilled in him a belief that education, technology, and social innovation can transform lives and continue to anchor his career and philanthropic activities to this day.Today, Lars is a General Partner at Owl Ventures ($2.2 billion AUM), the world’s leading venture capital firm focused exclusively on education technology. He leads Owl’s expansion across Europe, Africa, and global markets, backing founders who harness AI and breakthrough technologies to make learning more accessible and impactful.Before joining Owl, Lars co-founded 2xN, an early-stage fund at the frontier of deeptech and quantum innovation, with standout investments including Quantinuum (valued above $10 billion), Oxford Ionics (acquired by IonQ in a $1 billion deal), QSimulate, and Sparrow Quantum. Prior to that, he was a General Partner at Balderton Capital in London during which time the firm led the Seed and Series A rounds in Revolut. His investments also span education (Labster, uLesson, StudySmarter, Kukua), mobility (Yassir, Voi, Monta, NoTraffic), and mobile and frontier tech (Hiya, Monarch Money, Rahko, Pocket, Colossal, Celus, Octant Bio, Vivino, OpenSea, Blue Bottle Coffee).Lars previously spent a decade in Silicon Valley, shaping some of tech’s most iconic growth stories. At Uber, he joined when it operated in fewer than 20 cities and, as Vice President, forged global alliances with Verizon and América Móvil that fueled its international expansion. Before Uber, as Head of Mobile at Dropbox, he was among the first 25 employees and helped the company reach its first 100 million users through partnerships with Samsung and other OEMs.Despite his career in technology and venture capital, Africa has never left Lars’s journey. After his father’s passing, he returned to Angola to trace his family’s history, discovering that his sister had died of malaria as a child. That revelation transformed a personal loss into a mission. A technologist turned humanitarian innovator, Lars filed a patent for genetically modified mosquitoes that light up when carrying malaria and began funding malaria-research projects in Angola through partnerships with global nonprofits. In 2024, he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for malaria research, following earlier campaigns such as climbing the Matterhorn and crossing the Sahara by motorbike.A Danish-Portuguese national who served with the Royal Danish Guards, Lars holds an MBA from London Business School, where he was a member of the Board of Governors and Chairman of the Endowment Fund, an MSc from Oxford University (Keble College), and a BSc from King’s College London. Across every chapter, from refugee to technologist to investor, his purpose endures: advancing education, health, and innovation as catalysts for social change.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Denmark, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Tajir — Tajir offers full transparency on the prices of various products, addressing a challenge that store owners confront offline each day, and sells and delivers inventories to the stores, said the Khan brothers, whose father ran an FMCG retail distribution business for three decades.
StudySmarter — StudySmarter is an EdTech company that develops an intelligent and content-agnostic platform for lifelong learning. It was first published in 2018 and is used by millions of learners worldwide. StudySmarter has been voted the best EdTech start-up in Germany and Europe by university representatives and education experts.
Empirical — Culinary & scientific innovations applied in flavor to spirits and cans. From premium spirits to ready to drink cans, Empirical has an exciting selection. Order today!