Saban Ventures

Saban Ventures, established in 2008, is the venture capital investment arm of Saban Capital Group, a private investment firm founded by Haim Saban. Headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, Saban Ventures focuses on early-stage to mid-stage start-ups primarily in the digital media, mobile, and consumer Internet sectors. The firm emphasizes investments in companies that can enhance Saban Capital Group's global media portfolio. With a team experienced in investment and operations, Saban Ventures actively collaborates with entrepreneurs to drive innovation and success within its portfolio. The firm leverages its strategic relationships in traditional media, entertainment, and advertising to support new media investments. With a presence in both Los Angeles and Silicon Valley, Saban Ventures is strategically positioned to invest in disruptive start-ups at the convergence of media, entertainment, and technology.

Barak Pridor

Managing Partner

17 past transactions

Nexite

Series C in 2022
Nexite develops a platform that provides item tracking, inventory transparency and business intelligence from manufacturing to the customer's home. Its miniature NanoBT batteryless tag can be read by any smartphone, costs a fraction of the cost of similar tags, and is small enough to embed into the item. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Podimo

Series B in 2021
Podimo is an audio entertainment subscription company that aims to create an ecosystem for podcasters by rewarding artists for creating content.

Snappy

Series C in 2021
Snappy is a gifting platform that takes away all the hassle from giving gifts and turns it into a one-click experience for the gift giver and a fun and exciting experience for the gift recipient. It streamlines the process of recognizing and rewarding individuals by providing a convenient and efficient way to send personalized gifts for various occasions such as birthdays, holidays, or achievements. With Snappy, users can choose from a wide selection of gift card options from popular retailers and brands, customize messages, and track the delivery and redemption of gifts in real time.

Mine

Series A in 2020
The Privacy, Governance & Compliance Operating System from Mine! As the #1 rated data privacy platform on G2, businesses prefer MineOS over the competition for its simplicity, unique automation, and ML-assisted features, which make quick work of compliance. Discover data quickly and thoroughly, highlight and act on relevant risks, manage data requests and customer consent beautifully, prevent breaches and ensure compliance stays effortless - with MineOS.

Applicaster

Series D in 2020
Applicaster is a cloud-based platform for app development and content distribution, providing the tools and insights needed to own and engage audiences across all platforms and devices. The company's innovative platform enables nearly endless functionality, provided through formal integrations, an open plugin environment, and tools for development and design. Applicaster helps broadcasters and media companies reduce costs, increase engagement, and go to market faster across mobile and connected TV. The company powered apps are used by millions of viewers worldwide every day, by audiences of customers including DirecTV, Fox, Viacom, ProSiebenSat.1, Televisa, Kwesé, and, Mediaset. Using Applicaster's SaaS cloud platform, broadcasters and content owners can develop and launch apps and OTT services or integrate selected engagement and interactivity features into third-party apps. Applicaster serves its customers worldwide, with offices in Los Angeles, Miami, New York, London, and Tel Aviv.

Zeitgold

Series B in 2020
Zeitgold provices an app which combines human expertise with artificial intelligence to allow small companies such as owners of cafes, restaurants, small retailers or craft businesses (who ususally have 3 to 20 employees), to manage preparatory accounting and other administrative tasks and run their business easily. The app app covers all areas of a business’s finance processes. In details, the system features: – a digital, real-time and compliant cash journal, – a tool to automate preparatory bookkeeping, – a document archive, – payments tools to manage open invoices, – tools to manage personnel master data and pay employees,

floLIVE

Series B in 2020
floLIVE provides global, secure, cloud-native connectivity solutions to enterprises, mobile operators and cloud providers. Its platform comprises local core networks that provide local connectivity while being centrally managed and controlled over the cloud. This unique approach enables enterprises to benefit from high performance, secure and regulatory-compliant local connectivity with the flexibility and elasticity of a cloud-native platform. floLIVE offers a complete, cloud-based IoT eco-system that includes a core network with integrated device management, Inventory, and Billing services – all provided as-a-service and support a pay-as-you-grow business model.

Mine

Seed Round in 2020
The Privacy, Governance & Compliance Operating System from Mine! As the #1 rated data privacy platform on G2, businesses prefer MineOS over the competition for its simplicity, unique automation, and ML-assisted features, which make quick work of compliance. Discover data quickly and thoroughly, highlight and act on relevant risks, manage data requests and customer consent beautifully, prevent breaches and ensure compliance stays effortless - with MineOS.

Polyrize

Seed Round in 2019
Polyrize is a cyber security service providing company.

Applicaster

Series C in 2019
Applicaster is a cloud-based platform for app development and content distribution, providing the tools and insights needed to own and engage audiences across all platforms and devices. The company's innovative platform enables nearly endless functionality, provided through formal integrations, an open plugin environment, and tools for development and design. Applicaster helps broadcasters and media companies reduce costs, increase engagement, and go to market faster across mobile and connected TV. The company powered apps are used by millions of viewers worldwide every day, by audiences of customers including DirecTV, Fox, Viacom, ProSiebenSat.1, Televisa, Kwesé, and, Mediaset. Using Applicaster's SaaS cloud platform, broadcasters and content owners can develop and launch apps and OTT services or integrate selected engagement and interactivity features into third-party apps. Applicaster serves its customers worldwide, with offices in Los Angeles, Miami, New York, London, and Tel Aviv.

Zeitgold

Series A in 2019
Zeitgold provices an app which combines human expertise with artificial intelligence to allow small companies such as owners of cafes, restaurants, small retailers or craft businesses (who ususally have 3 to 20 employees), to manage preparatory accounting and other administrative tasks and run their business easily. The app app covers all areas of a business’s finance processes. In details, the system features: – a digital, real-time and compliant cash journal, – a tool to automate preparatory bookkeeping, – a document archive, – payments tools to manage open invoices, – tools to manage personnel master data and pay employees,

Origami Logic

Series D in 2018
Origami Logic is a marketing analytics company that helps teams master their marketing performance by letting them see what’s working and what’s not, so they can optimize their efforts. Thousands of marketers and global brands like P&G, HP, JCPenney, Intel, and Omni Hotels, trust Origami Logic to help them unify and refine their vast array of marketing data, across every channel and platform, and let them search and organize it in real-time, in whatever way makes sense to them, so they can better understand their marketing efforts and improve their overall impact. Origami is funded by top-tier investors Accel Partners, Icon Ventures, NextWorld Capital, DAG Ventures, and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

EX.CO

Series C in 2017
EX.CO, formerly known as Playbuzz, is a prominent technology company that provides a storytelling platform for brands and publishers to create engaging content optimized for social sharing. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with additional offices in New York, London, São Paulo, and Lviv, EX.CO offers two main product lines. Channels by EX.CO delivers a content-driven in-stream video solution designed to help publishers generate revenue. The EX.CO Platform allows users to develop interactive content that enhances audience engagement, increases dwell times, and improves conversion rates. Through its innovative approach, EX.CO enables businesses to achieve impactful results by leveraging various media formats, including video, images, animations, and text.

Similarweb

Series F in 2017
SimilarWeb offers an AI-based market intelligence platform that helps monitor web and mobile app traffic. The company gives a global multi-device market intelligence to understand, track, and grow digital market share. It allows the user to gain insight into any website's statistics and strategy. SimilarWeb was founded in 2007 and headquartered in New York, it has offices in Israel, the UK, France, Japan, and Australia.

EX.CO

Series C in 2016
EX.CO, formerly known as Playbuzz, is a prominent technology company that provides a storytelling platform for brands and publishers to create engaging content optimized for social sharing. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with additional offices in New York, London, São Paulo, and Lviv, EX.CO offers two main product lines. Channels by EX.CO delivers a content-driven in-stream video solution designed to help publishers generate revenue. The EX.CO Platform allows users to develop interactive content that enhances audience engagement, increases dwell times, and improves conversion rates. Through its innovative approach, EX.CO enables businesses to achieve impactful results by leveraging various media formats, including video, images, animations, and text.

Giiv

Series A in 2010
Giiv is a text message gifting platform that allows users to give tangible items to other individuals instantaneously via text message delivered to the recipient's mobile device redeemable for specified items at the point-of-sale of partner retailers.

Skydeck

Series A in 2008
Skydeck is a new way to meet people who like taking and sharing photos. Members create a brief profile, take a photo, choose a filter and post it to Skydeck. Other members browse photos from people in their area or anywhere in the world. Skydeck permits users to message, chat, and swap pictures privately. There's no charge to use the service, but members who want their photos featured in search results for 24 hours may choose a pay a small fee.
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