Maccabee Ventures

Maccabee Ventures is a New York City-based venture capital firm established in 2019, focusing on early-stage investments in exceptional entrepreneurs and outstanding teams primarily in North America and Israel. The firm specializes in sectors such as B2B SaaS, cybersecurity, fintech, proptech, digital health, and SilverTech™, which aims to enhance the lives of seniors and their caregivers. Maccabee Ventures employs a distinctive investment strategy, leveraging the extensive experience of its managing members, Moshe Bellows and Bruce Taragin. As a strategic investor, the firm fosters strong relationships with founders by providing networking opportunities, talent introductions, and access to co-investors. Notable companies in its portfolio include Jiga, Gloss.ai, FundGuard, Eleos Health, Cyabra, and Agora. In addition to its investment activities, Maccabee Ventures is dedicated to educating future financial professionals, offering a year-long curriculum in Angel and Venture Capital Investing at Yeshiva University's Sy Syms School of Business.

Bruce Taragin

General Partner

23 past transactions

Marqii

Venture Round in 2024
Marqii operates a digital platform that assists hospitality businesses in managing their online presence and promotional advertising. By enabling local establishments such as restaurants, bars, dispensaries, and coffee shops to control their menus, location data, and special offers, Marqii empowers clients to engage directly with potential customers. The platform integrates with over 80 online publishers, including major platforms like Google, Facebook, and Yelp, allowing business owners to update their information easily from a single dashboard. With more than 3,000 hospitality businesses utilizing Marqii, the service helps them save time, improve search rankings, attract more guests, and gain insights into customer preferences.

Tildei

Seed Round in 2024
Tildei is a developer of a marketing platform aimed at transforming how brands engage with their customers through personalized, conversational interactions. The platform facilitates meaningful dialogues by allowing enterprise brands to communicate directly with customers via channels like WhatsApp, enabling targeted messaging and real-time responses to inquiries. This approach not only helps businesses reach customers where they are but also aims to enhance customer experience by ensuring conversations are both on-brand and tailored to individual needs. Through its AI-powered technology, Tildei supports enterprises in converting website visitors into paying customers by fostering genuine and impactful conversations at scale.

PackageX

Seed Round in 2023
PackageX is transforming the logistics sector with its innovative cloud-based platform, which automates operations and streamlines supply chains. The platform digitizes key logistics functions, including inventory management, fulfillment, shipping, and tracking, all within a single unified system. This approach allows retail and commercial enterprises to enhance their operational efficiency, improve customer experiences, and foster loyalty. By providing robust developer experiences and workflow enhancements, PackageX aims to help businesses achieve higher levels of profitability and success in a competitive market.

Marqii

Venture Round in 2023
Marqii operates a digital platform that assists hospitality businesses in managing their online presence and promotional advertising. By enabling local establishments such as restaurants, bars, dispensaries, and coffee shops to control their menus, location data, and special offers, Marqii empowers clients to engage directly with potential customers. The platform integrates with over 80 online publishers, including major platforms like Google, Facebook, and Yelp, allowing business owners to update their information easily from a single dashboard. With more than 3,000 hospitality businesses utilizing Marqii, the service helps them save time, improve search rankings, attract more guests, and gain insights into customer preferences.

GlossAI

Seed Round in 2023
GlossAI is a company focused on transforming how organizations deliver content to audiences with limited attention spans. By utilizing artificial intelligence, GlossAI's platform automatically generates engaging, bite-sized highlight clips from long-form video content. This technology allows users to efficiently edit and repurpose their pre-recorded content into various formats, such as short videos and blog posts, tailored to different channels and use cases. As a result, organizations can effectively share their messages and connect with their audiences in a more digestible manner.

Yes Hearing

Series A in 2022
Yes Hearing is a company that sells hearing aid accessories to make it easier for seniors to get hearing aids. The company's platform provides users with access to healthcare and hearing technologies through home visit therapy and remote care. It also offers a variety of hearing aid devices for people with hearing impairments. Yes Hearing was established in 2020 by Sam Shear and Oliver Philips in New York.

Shabodi

Series A in 2022
Shabodi is focused on developing an application enablement platform that supports app developers in harnessing advanced networks like 5G and 6G. The platform simplifies network management for system integrators and cloud service providers by offering straightforward application programming interfaces. This approach allows clients to easily reconfigure applications on the network, empowering them to gain greater control over their operations. By facilitating these capabilities, Shabodi helps organizations reduce costs and enhance overall performance, thereby contributing to the emergence of a new digital economy.

Marqii

Seed Round in 2022
Marqii operates a digital platform that assists hospitality businesses in managing their online presence and promotional advertising. By enabling local establishments such as restaurants, bars, dispensaries, and coffee shops to control their menus, location data, and special offers, Marqii empowers clients to engage directly with potential customers. The platform integrates with over 80 online publishers, including major platforms like Google, Facebook, and Yelp, allowing business owners to update their information easily from a single dashboard. With more than 3,000 hospitality businesses utilizing Marqii, the service helps them save time, improve search rankings, attract more guests, and gain insights into customer preferences.

Polymer

Seed Round in 2021
Polymer is a data governance and privacy platform for third-party SaaS applications such as Slack, Dropbox, Gdrive, Zendesk, Zapier, and many others. This protects against data loss and cyber breaches. The solution provides a single pane of glass to configure, permission, and track usage of sensitive data across the organization to become PII, PHI,HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA compliant.

Elude

Seed Round in 2021
Elude is a travel technology company founded in 2015 and based in New York, New York. The company specializes in developing an automatic search engine that allows users to discover travel destinations based on their budget and available time off. By inputting their financial constraints and travel dates, users can explore various cities worldwide that fit their criteria. Elude also offers the functionality to book flights and hotel packages, providing a streamlined experience for budget-conscious travelers. The platform aims to enhance market transparency in the travel industry, simplifying the process of finding affordable travel options.

Agora

Seed Round in 2021
Agora is a real estate investment management platform that provides tailored software solutions for real estate investment firms and funds. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, with an additional office in New York, Agora aims to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of investment management processes. Its offerings include a customizable investor portal, advanced customer relationship management (CRM) tools, document management, and automated reporting capabilities. The platform facilitates critical functions such as fundraising, investor relations, and financial operations, including K-1 preparation and international payments. By integrating advanced technology and real estate expertise, Agora helps general partners, owners, and operators streamline their operations and foster strong relationships with investors.

Cyabra

Series A in 2021
Cyabra is a developer of a social threat intelligence platform that addresses the growing challenge of disinformation in the digital landscape. By utilizing advanced artificial intelligence, Cyabra helps companies and governments identify and mitigate threats posed by fake profiles, harmful narratives, and generative AI content. The platform provides valuable insights into social media attacks, allowing clients to uncover malicious actors and bot networks while offering proactive alerts to safeguard brand reputation and public identity. Through its solutions, Cyabra enables organizations to comprehend evolving narratives, detect disinformation campaigns, and maintain trust in the online environment.

Aren

Venture Round in 2021
Aren is an AI-powered platform that empowers engineers and asset owners to assess and manage civil infrastructure while minimizing the risk of failure and optimizing budgets. Its technology offers a cost-effective, automated, and quantitative approach to de-risk the asset management practice using computer vision and machine learning.

Prescient AI

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Prescient AI is a leading provider of advanced automation software that delivers transparency and precise data insights for marketers and direct-to-consumer brands. In response to the evolving landscape of a privacy-focused internet, Prescient AI offers technology that measures, forecasts, optimizes, and continuously backtests marketing funnels with exceptional accuracy, ultimately saving businesses time and resources. The company's artificial intelligence-driven platform simulates various scenarios to provide actionable insights, empowering brands to enhance their advertising campaigns and drive growth. By fostering transparency in its partnerships and software, Prescient aims to rebuild trust in technology while positioning itself as a key player in the future of e-commerce and marketing analytics.

Shabodi

Seed Round in 2021
Shabodi is focused on developing an application enablement platform that supports app developers in harnessing advanced networks like 5G and 6G. The platform simplifies network management for system integrators and cloud service providers by offering straightforward application programming interfaces. This approach allows clients to easily reconfigure applications on the network, empowering them to gain greater control over their operations. By facilitating these capabilities, Shabodi helps organizations reduce costs and enhance overall performance, thereby contributing to the emergence of a new digital economy.

FundGuard

Series A in 2021
FundGuard Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing an artificial intelligence-powered, cloud-based platform for investment management and administration. The FundGuard platform is designed to assist asset and fund managers in overseeing investments across various categories, including mutual funds, ETFs, hedge funds, insurance, and pension funds. Utilizing advanced AI and cloud technology, the platform automatically detects financial anomalies, resolves exceptions, and offers recommendations to enhance operational performance. By providing real-time transparency, FundGuard enables asset managers and fund administrators to transform their product offerings into more efficient digital experiences. Founded in 2018, the company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Native Voice

Venture Round in 2020
Native Voice is a software development kit (SDK) designed for audio device manufacturers, facilitating the integration of voice services into their products. The company aims to create a seamless voice-first ecosystem by providing a comprehensive library that connects multiple voice assistants and their functionalities. This approach enables brands to deploy their own voice-enabled solutions more efficiently. Additionally, Native Voice's application allows users to access various brands through voice commands, even while keeping their phones in their pockets, enhancing user convenience and interaction with audio hardware devices.

CoreCare

Seed Round in 2020
CoreCare, Inc. operates an AI-driven software as a service platform tailored for the senior living industry, specifically for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care providers. Founded in 2019 and based in Fort Worth, Texas, the company offers CoreAccess, a solution that simplifies the billing process and alleviates financial complexities for healthcare providers. This platform consolidates provider and payor information systems, standardizing scattered data to identify and rectify inconsistencies efficiently. CoreCare’s CoreAccess Portal aggregates Managed Care Organization data, facilitating easier preparation, submission, reconciliation, and reconsideration of reimbursements. The platform is designed to enhance operational efficiency by increasing admissions, optimizing reimbursement rates, and improving collection metrics, while also reducing administrative burdens. CoreCare has gained the trust of over 1,000 locations nationwide and is backed by Y Combinator, positioning itself as a leader in AI applications for long-term care.

Agora

Seed Round in 2020
Agora is a real estate investment management platform that provides tailored software solutions for real estate investment firms and funds. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, with an additional office in New York, Agora aims to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of investment management processes. Its offerings include a customizable investor portal, advanced customer relationship management (CRM) tools, document management, and automated reporting capabilities. The platform facilitates critical functions such as fundraising, investor relations, and financial operations, including K-1 preparation and international payments. By integrating advanced technology and real estate expertise, Agora helps general partners, owners, and operators streamline their operations and foster strong relationships with investors.

Aren

Seed Round in 2020
Aren is an AI-powered platform that empowers engineers and asset owners to assess and manage civil infrastructure while minimizing the risk of failure and optimizing budgets. Its technology offers a cost-effective, automated, and quantitative approach to de-risk the asset management practice using computer vision and machine learning.

Eleos Health

Seed Round in 2020
Eleos Health develops innovative health technology solutions aimed at enhancing decision-making for clinicians in the behavioral health sector. The company's AI-powered Speech-to-Insights system operates during mental health sessions to analyze voice data in real time. By gathering insights on patients through this voice technology, Eleos Health enables clinicians to deliver personalized, efficient, and cost-effective care. The automated nature of the system helps streamline the clinical process, ultimately supporting mental health professionals in providing the necessary care and support for their patients.

Cake

Seed Round in 2020
Cake offers a library of resources and interactive tools that use AI and data science to help consumers honor the entire cycle of life.

Tembo Health

Venture Round in 2019
Tembo Health is a telemedicine company focused on serving retirement homes, senior care centers, and skilled nursing facilities. The company’s platform facilitates connections between patients and specialty services, such as psychiatry and cardiology. By integrating patient data with the expertise of specialists, Tembo Health collaborates with nursing staff to enhance care plans tailored to individual patient needs. This approach aims to improve access to urgent care and specialty services, ultimately benefiting the health and well-being of seniors in these facilities.
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