Viola Ventures

 Founded in 2000, they are the only Israel-based VC fund with seven investing partners solely dedicated to early-stage tech investments. 

Viola Ventures is committed to investing in early stage startups and empowering them to become global category leaders. With over $1.25B managed across six funds, Viola Ventures is led by a team of 6 investment partners dedicated solely to early-stage tech investments (seed, A and B).

Viola Ventures’ mission is to invest in Israeli tech startups from inception and help them scale and become global category leaders.

-Type of companies they invest in:

The firm is looking for extraordinary teams willing to disrupt traditional markets. These are some of the verticals in which Viola Ventures invests in: finTech and SMB/Enterprise software, Vertical AI, digital health, semiconductors and deeptech, consumer-facing products, and Cyber.

The fund partners with exceptional teams looking to disrupt traditional markets in verticals such as finTech and SMB/Enterprise software, Vertical AI, digital health, semiconductors and deeptech, consumer facing products and Cyber.

Their mission is to partner with Israeli tech startups from inception, even as early as a PowerPoint deck.

-How much they invest per company:

Focused on early-stage startups, the firm invests in seed, Series A, and Series B rounds, their initial tickets ranging from $500K to $10M.

The company has managed 1.3B AUM across 6 funds, their latest being Fund VI, with a size of $250M.

The most recent investment they've made was on Feb 15, 2022, when Vee raised $12M.

They invest across a number of key market segments including Vertical AI, B2B, Deep Tech (semi and storage), Healthcare, Fintech, Consumer and SMB Services.  Typically they invest as the first institutional money with flexibility around seed, A, B rounds -$500K-$10M.

Viola Ventures has raised a total of $1.3B across 6 funds, their latest being Viola Ventures VI. This fund was announced on Jan 20, 2022 and raised a total of $250M.

In addition to Viola Ventures, Viola Group also consists of Viola Growth, Viola Fintech, Viola Partners, and Viola Credit.

Portfolio: ironSource, Payoneer, Lightricks, Redis, Outbrain, and Pagaya, Lama, Viably, Lin, Nilos.