Vertex Ventures Israel

Vertex Ventures Israel has been an influential player in the Israeli tech ecosystem for over 22 years, having invested in more than 120 companies and facilitated over 40 successful exits. The firm specializes in early-stage investments, focusing on Seed to Series B rounds in companies with the potential to disrupt significant markets across various sectors. Vertex has collaborated with some of Israel's top entrepreneurs and has been an early investor in notable success stories, including Waze, CyberArk, and SolarEdge. Additionally, through its global network, which includes operations in Silicon Valley, China, Singapore, and India, Vertex Ventures Israel offers its portfolio companies access to a wide array of resources and expertise, helping them maximize their growth potential.

Aviad Ariel

General Partner

Liat Arukh

Vice President Finance

Tami Bronner

Partner

Ran Gartenberg

General Partner and CFO

David Heller

General Partner

Yaara Kassner

Investor

Yanai Oron

General Partner

Merav Shemesh

Director of Finance

Emanuel Timor

General Partner

242 past transactions

Trigo

Series A in 2019
Trigo is a developer of AI-based automated retail checkout systems. It streamlines retail operations, prevents shoplifting, provides invaluable retail insights, and presents opportunities for new levels of customer engagement within retail environments. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Solidum Systems

Series B in 2001
Solidum is a leader in the development of wirespeed packet classification products. Solidum's unique approach, based on programmable state machine technology and an openly distributed pattern processing language, accelerates the time to market for a wide range of broadband network applications. The company develops ICs for high-speed communication equipment manufacturers. Solidum is a founding member of CPIX ( www.cpixforum.com), a principal member of the Optical Internetworking Forum (www.oiforum.com), and a participating member of CSIX (www.CSIX.org), and the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance (www.10gea.org).

Nucleai

Series B in 2022
Nucleai Ltd. develops AI-powered pathology platform that is used for satellite image analysis to detect cancer, prostate, breast, and gastrointestinal related diseases. Its platform leverages unique tissue datasets to produce insights into cancer biology, increasing clinical trial efficacy, and improving patient care. It serves hospitals and labs in in the United States and Israel. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

DataRails

Series A in 2021
DataRails is a spreadsheet management solution for financial organizations. Our technology delivers full control, data integrity and compliance, while driving business productivity and efficiency.

TrigoVision Ltd.

Private Placement in 2019
TrigoVision Ltd. develops application software which uses in-store ceiling mounted cameras to identify items picked by customers and create a no-checkout shopping experience. The technology streamlines retail operations, prevents shoplifting, and provides invaluable retail insights. TrigoVision Ltd. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Ethos Networks

Venture Round in 2010
Ethos Networks helps service providers migrate their legacy metro transport network to Carrier Ethernet, enabling operational simplicity and cost effectiveness. Ethos Networks' Carrier Ethernet switches, combined with its comprehensive, yet easy-to-use Domain Management System provide a pure-packet transport solution, while maintaining carrier-grade “five 9s” service availability and SONET/SDH-like operational simplicity. Ethos Networks' standards-based products utilize patented traffic engineering technology to address the stringent quality-of-service requirements of demanding applications like mobile backhaul, voice and video services. Ethos Networks is a privately held company that brings together years of experience in Ethernet and carrier networks to deliver innovative solutions to its customers.

Digiflex

Series A in 2008
DigiFlex offers a revolutionary inkjet CtP solution, transforming the quality of analog photopolymeric plates for the flexographic, letterpress, dry-offset and rotary silk screen printing technologies, to the digital era. -The first really affordable Computer-to-Plate solution for quality in-house plate making -Ideal for narrow web applications printers -A great motivation to replace the traditional low quality film solution -The propriety, revolutionary, Bi-component ink is the result of years of research by top scientists and technologists with excellent printing industry track

Axonius

Private Placement in 2020
Axonius, Inc. develops a cybersecurity platform to secure and manage connected devices in use by businesses. It enables enterprises manage their mobile, compute, and IoT devices, as well as see which devices are active on their networks and control them. Its features include integration of new device types through a simple to use adapter API and plug-in framework, secure sharing of adaptors and plug-ins across the organization, and deployment on premise or in the cloud. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Joonko

Series A in 2021
Joonko Diversity Inc. operates a platform that leverages users’ data to solve bias in enterprises. Its solution allows users to integrate SaaS platforms and get real-time insights into workplace bias as it occurs. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Birmingham, Alabama with additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Cylus

Seed Round in 2018
Cylus was founded to help mainline and urban railway companies avoid safety incidents and service disruptions caused by cyber-attacks. ‍ Cylus offers solutions that are specifically designed to address the unique requirements and needs of the railway industry, enabling to detect cyber threats in signaling and control networks, trackside and onboard, facilitating an effective response before harm happens. ‍ Led by veterans from the elite technological unit of the Israel Defense Forces’ Intelligence Corps, together with top executives from the railway industry, Cylus’ team combines deep expertise in cybersecurity and rail.

Ethos Networks

Series A in 2007
Ethos Networks helps service providers migrate their legacy metro transport network to Carrier Ethernet, enabling operational simplicity and cost effectiveness. Ethos Networks' Carrier Ethernet switches, combined with its comprehensive, yet easy-to-use Domain Management System provide a pure-packet transport solution, while maintaining carrier-grade “five 9s” service availability and SONET/SDH-like operational simplicity. Ethos Networks' standards-based products utilize patented traffic engineering technology to address the stringent quality-of-service requirements of demanding applications like mobile backhaul, voice and video services. Ethos Networks is a privately held company that brings together years of experience in Ethernet and carrier networks to deliver innovative solutions to its customers.

DBmaestro

Series A in 2017
DBmaesto is a database platform that provides an end-to-end approach to database automation solutions. Its disruptive technology approach for automating CI/CD processes in the database has been groundbreaking in the IT market. With automatic drift prevention mechanisms, customizable role management, and a complete audit trail, the platform makes unplanned database downtime a thing of the past. The platform combines several key features that make its value greater than the sum of its parts: repeatable release automation, database version control, governance and security modules, and a business activity monitor. The result is complete database oversight from a single source and a vital edge over the competition. Yariv Tabac and Yaniv Yehuda established the company in Petah Tiqva, HaMerkaz in 2008.

Cymulate

Series C in 2021
Cymulate helps companies to verify their security posture and controls through breach and attack simulation platform that empowers organizations with complex security solutions to safeguard their business-critical assets. By mimicking the myriad of strategies hackers deploy, the system allows businesses to assess their true preparedness to handle cyber security threats effectively. Cymulate was established in 2016 and is based in Rishon Lezion, Israel.

Inside Secure

Series B in 2007
Mobile security and secure transaction offerings to protect critical assets including connected devices, content, services and transactions.

Perfecto Mobile

Series E in 2015
The Perfecto Mobile system is a hardware and software solution. Mobile handsets are mounted on cradles and they connect to the Perfecto Mobile system through their data ports. Users access the handsets via a web-based UI. When a user clicks on a handset’s key in the GUI, the Perfecto Mobile system sends a command to the real handset and the same key on the actual device is pressed. The system also captures and records the handset’s audio. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Petah Tikva, Israel.

Voltaire

Series E in 2005
Voltaire, Inc. designs and develops server and storage fabric switches and network virtualization software for mission-critical applications. It offers host communications adapters, multi-service switches, integrated gigabit Ethernet and fiber channel routers, and I/O virtualization gateways. The company's products comprise Grid Director Switches, which provides computing fabrics for data centers, high performance computing, and cloud environments; server adapters that supports various host interfaces, InfiniBand rates, and upper-layer protocols; server software, which is used for high performance computing, clustered databases, server virtualization, low latency messaging, and database applications; and Unified Fabric Manager, a platform for managing scale-out computing environments. Voltaire offers solutions for financial services, media and entertainment, research and education, government, manufacturing, energy, life sciences industries. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts. Voltaire, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Voltaire Limited.

Cylus Cyber Security Ltd.

Private Placement in 2019
Cylus Cyber Security Ltd. develops cyber security solutions for railway industry. The company offers a platform that will allow both public and private owners of railway and metro systems to protect their infrastructure from cyber threats. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Cylus

Series B in 2019
Cylus was founded to help mainline and urban railway companies avoid safety incidents and service disruptions caused by cyber-attacks. ‍ Cylus offers solutions that are specifically designed to address the unique requirements and needs of the railway industry, enabling to detect cyber threats in signaling and control networks, trackside and onboard, facilitating an effective response before harm happens. ‍ Led by veterans from the elite technological unit of the Israel Defense Forces’ Intelligence Corps, together with top executives from the railway industry, Cylus’ team combines deep expertise in cybersecurity and rail.

Indegy

Private Placement in 2018
The Indegy Industrial Cyber Security Suite arms security and operations teams with full visibility, security and control of industrial control systems (ICS) activity and threats by combining hybrid, policy-based monitoring and network anomaly detection with unique device integrity checks. Indegy solutions are installed in manufacturing, pharmaceutical, energy, water and other industrial organizations around the world.

SMIC

Series C in 2003
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is a semiconductor foundry providing integrated circuit (IC) foundry and technology services at 0.35-micron to 40-nanometer. SMIC develops one-stop turnkey services to meet its customers’ needs. In addition to IC manufacturing, SMIC offers a full range of services that includes design services, mask manufacturing, and testing. SMIC provides integrated circuit (IC) foundry and technology services on process nodes from 0.35 micron to 28 nanometer. Headquartered in Shanghai, China, SMIC has an international manufacturing and service base. In China, SMIC has a 300mm wafer fabrication facility (fab) and a 200mm mega-fab in Shanghai; a 300mm mega-fab and a majority-owned 300mm fab for advanced nodes in Beijing; 200mm fabs in Tianjin and Shenzhen; and a majority-owned joint-venture 300mm bumping facility in Jiangyin; additionally, in Italy SMIC has a majority-owned 200mm fab. Headquartered in Shanghai, China, SMIC has a 300mm wafer fabrication facility (fab) and a 200mm mega-fab in Shanghai, a 300mm mega-fab in Beijing, a 200mm fab in Tianjin, and a 200mm fab project under development in Shenzhen. SMIC also has customer service and marketing offices in the U.S., Europe, Japan, and Taiwan, and a representative office in Hong Kong. SMIC competes with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., United Microelectronics Corporation, GlobalFoundries, Fujitsu Limited, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and Toshiba Corporation.

Cymulate

Private Placement in 2019
Cymulate helps companies to verify their security posture and controls through breach and attack simulation platform that empowers organizations with complex security solutions to safeguard their business-critical assets. By mimicking the myriad of strategies hackers deploy, the system allows businesses to assess their true preparedness to handle cyber security threats effectively. Cymulate was established in 2016 and is based in Rishon Lezion, Israel.

DataRails

Series B in 2022
DataRails is a spreadsheet management solution for financial organizations. Our technology delivers full control, data integrity and compliance, while driving business productivity and efficiency.

Actelis Networks

Series E in 2007
Actelis Networks is the leading provider of high performance, scalable broadband over copper solutions to Telco, Mobile, and IoT networks. Actelis turns copper into a strategic asset that enables delivering reliable, high-speed Ethernet services and broadband access to more places and devices more quickly, easily, and cost-effectively than can be done by using fiber optics or microwave. The company was founded in 1998 and headquartered in Fremont, California.

DataRails

Series A in 2021
DataRails is a spreadsheet management solution for financial organizations. Our technology delivers full control, data integrity and compliance, while driving business productivity and efficiency.

Perfecto Mobile

Series A in 2007
The Perfecto Mobile system is a hardware and software solution. Mobile handsets are mounted on cradles and they connect to the Perfecto Mobile system through their data ports. Users access the handsets via a web-based UI. When a user clicks on a handset’s key in the GUI, the Perfecto Mobile system sends a command to the real handset and the same key on the actual device is pressed. The system also captures and records the handset’s audio. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Petah Tikva, Israel.

MultiPhy

Series B in 2010
MultiPhy, a pioneer in Data Center connectivity infrastructure, revolutionizes the expansion of massive Data Centers by use of advanced IC technologies. The company’s state-of-the-art ICs drive 100Gb/s and 400Gb/s Data Center connections needed to address the rapid increase in capacity demands caused by video streaming and cloud based services. MultiPhy's winning team of multidisciplinary experts in DSP optical communications, high speed digital design and analog design, have created differentiated patent pending technology redefining cost effective, high-performance solutions at 100Gb/s, 400Gb/s and beyond for next-generation networks. MultiPhy has offices in Ness Ziona's Science Park in Israel and Palo Alto, CA

Axonius

Private Placement in 2019
Axonius, Inc. develops a cybersecurity platform to secure and manage connected devices in use by businesses. It enables enterprises manage their mobile, compute, and IoT devices, as well as see which devices are active on their networks and control them. Its features include integration of new device types through a simple to use adapter API and plug-in framework, secure sharing of adaptors and plug-ins across the organization, and deployment on premise or in the cloud. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Adaptive Shield

Series A in 2021
A.S. Adaptive Shield Ltd. offers an automated solution and built-in knowledge base for SaaS security controls. It provides posture management, catch drifts, access control, data leakage prevention, malware protection, password management, privacy control, secure baseline, auditing, and spam protection. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

OwnBackup

Private Placement in 2018
OwnBackup is a cloud-to-cloud backup and restore vendor, provides secure, automated, daily backups of SaaS and PaaS data, as well as sophisticated data to compare and restore tools for disaster recovery. Helping more than 2,000 businesses worldwide protect critical cloud data, OwnBackup covers data loss and corruption caused by human errors, malicious intent, integration errors, and rogue applications. Built for security and privacy, OwnBackup exceeds the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements for backed-up data. Co-founded by seasoned data-recovery, data-protection, and information-security experts, OwnBackup is a top-rated backup and restore ISV on Salesforce AppExchange and was awarded the Salesforce Appy Award in 2018.

Bites

Seed Round in 2021
Bites is a computer software company that offers a mobile application platform that allows its users to manage digital bitesize learning units. Its platform specializes in communicating and it serves as a mobile learning unit. The company was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Identify Software

Series B in 2004
Identify Software offers enterprises, software vendors, and information technology consultancies with software solutions that enable them to find solutions to problems in applications. Identify Software offers BMC AppSight, a system that assists development teams to determine the root cause of software bugs and customer issues in .NET, Windows-based, and J2EE applications. Identify Software was acquired by BMC Software in May 2006. Identify Software was founded in 1996 and is based in Petah Tikva, Israel.

Digiflex

Series B in 2010
DigiFlex offers a revolutionary inkjet CtP solution, transforming the quality of analog photopolymeric plates for the flexographic, letterpress, dry-offset and rotary silk screen printing technologies, to the digital era. -The first really affordable Computer-to-Plate solution for quality in-house plate making -Ideal for narrow web applications printers -A great motivation to replace the traditional low quality film solution -The propriety, revolutionary, Bi-component ink is the result of years of research by top scientists and technologists with excellent printing industry track

Verbit

Series A in 2019
VERBIT.AI develops transcription and captioning software using a combination of AI technologies to make verbal data accessible. The company offers an artificial intelligence-based system that automatically transcribes recorded speech. Its platform offers features, such as enterprise-grade, interactive editor, billing and analytics, monitoring, administration, and success manager and 24/7 support. It serves education, media, legal, financial services, speech companies, financial companies, SEO, and transcription companies. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Thriver

Series B in 2020
Thriver is a food and culture platform that enables workplace culture programs that engage employees. The platform also enables the company to create new workplace programs around wellness, education, and teambuilding, as well as double down on research and development, and marketing functions. They fuel workplaces with an enterprise platform that curates food and experiences, tracks related spending, and gathers valuable employee feedback. Thriver was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Zeugma Systems

Series D in 2010
Zeugma Systems is a privately held telecommunications equipment supplier delivering open solutions that accelerate new service deployment for broadband service providers of all types. The Zeugma Services Node, a service delivery router (SDR), uniquely combines massive compute resources with next-generation capacity, service awareness, and subscriber awareness in a carrier-grade, fully redundant system. The result is a new class of equipment that enables service providers to: Rapidly prototype and launch new revenue-generating services and network behaviors, Identify and monitor session flows on a highly granular per-subscriber, per-service basis, Manage individual session flows in order to enforce policy-based quality of service (QOS), Develop applications, such as targeted ad insertion, that add value to individual session flows, Reduce the number and types of edge devices required to deliver high-value services while performing, standard broadband aggregation and subscriber management functions.

ActionBase

Series A in 2008
ActionBase provides a simple and powerful way to manage day-to-day ad-hoc, human centric, unstructured processes while adhering to the industry's best practices and corporate procedures. The solution simplifies and lowers operational costs by eliminating process inefficiencies caused due to human processes managed in email and plain documents. ActionBase's Human Process Management System (HPMS) supports a dynamic working environment by providing full visibility and control over unstructured processes that were previously managed via plain documents and e-mail correspondence. It is completely integrated into standard Microsoft Office applications and provides end-to-end real-time visibility and a complete audit trail. ActionBase works with global IT leaders including Orange, Texas Instruments and Amdocs, and specializes in complex industries such as financial services and insurance, oil and gas, utilities and telecom. The company is headquartered in Israel with offices in the United States and United Kingdom.

HyperRoll

Series C in 2004
HyperRoll Data Performance Management Suite™ The HyperRoll Data Performance Management SuiteTM dramatically improves load time, query time and throughput for data warehouses. It offers agility to respond quickly to data and metadata changes. It also lowers the total cost of ownership for data warehouses. Built upon an innovative software architecture, the HyperRoll suite is the latest evolution in technology for managing the performance of business data.

Adaptive Shield

Private Placement in 2020
A.S. Adaptive Shield Ltd. offers an automated solution and built-in knowledge base for SaaS security controls. It provides posture management, catch drifts, access control, data leakage prevention, malware protection, password management, privacy control, secure baseline, auditing, and spam protection. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

D Pharm LTD.

Series D in 2001
D-Pharm (TASE: DPRM) is a drug-development company focused on innovative drugs for the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) conditions. The Company’s particular area of interest is in developing innovative medicine for degenerative and age-related disorders.

Codefresh

Private Placement in 2020
Codefresh, Inc. develops a cloud based application user interface to provide services, tools, and platforms for hosted IDEs, SCMs, testing, deployment, Infrastructure, and monitoring. The company’s applications simplifies and automates the interaction with the tools and services, such as git commands, code review, tasks, CI, test, monitoring, deployment, hot fixes, and others. It also provides desktop and web IDEs, as well as hosts Orion, an Eclipse open source project. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Mountain View, California with additional offices in Salt Lake City, Utah and Givatayim, Israel.

Wisair

Series D in 2008
Wisair is a fabless semiconductor company providing single-chip based Ultra Wideband (UWB) and Wireless USB solutions for personal computing, consumer electronics, and mobile devices.

MultiPhy

Series C in 2014
MultiPhy, a pioneer in Data Center connectivity infrastructure, revolutionizes the expansion of massive Data Centers by use of advanced IC technologies. The company’s state-of-the-art ICs drive 100Gb/s and 400Gb/s Data Center connections needed to address the rapid increase in capacity demands caused by video streaming and cloud based services. MultiPhy's winning team of multidisciplinary experts in DSP optical communications, high speed digital design and analog design, have created differentiated patent pending technology redefining cost effective, high-performance solutions at 100Gb/s, 400Gb/s and beyond for next-generation networks. MultiPhy has offices in Ness Ziona's Science Park in Israel and Palo Alto, CA

SolarEdge Technologies

Series B in 2009
SolarEdge Technologies, a global leader in the DC power optimizer market. The company provides module-level electronics for solar power harvesting and monitoring systems for residential, commercial and utility-scale solar photovoltaic installers. The SolarEdge portfolio of products includes power optimizers and a web portal for module-level optimization and monitoring, as well as PV inverters, specialized to work with power optimizers. SolarEdge envisions that every solar module will be individually managed by DC-DC module-level electronics, accelerating the pace towards grid parity and making clean energy affordable. Founded in 2006, SolarEdge established the DC power optimizer segment and is leading it with over 70% market share. By Q4 2012, SolarEdge has shipped over 1,600,000 power optimizers to more than 40 countries worldwide. With strategic partnerships across the PV value-chain from module manufacturers to integrators, SolarEdge installations can be found in five continents.

Indegy

Series B in 2018
The Indegy Industrial Cyber Security Suite arms security and operations teams with full visibility, security and control of industrial control systems (ICS) activity and threats by combining hybrid, policy-based monitoring and network anomaly detection with unique device integrity checks. Indegy solutions are installed in manufacturing, pharmaceutical, energy, water and other industrial organizations around the world.

Zencity

Private Placement in 2018
Zencity Technologies Ltd. develops an artificial intelligence (AI) based data analytics software tools to the government agencies. The company offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) based software solution , which collects and analyses interactions across communication platforms, including social media, local broadcast media, and government customer service channels. It provides community feedback and actionable insights to the government agencies. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

Sidense

Series A in 2008
Leading developer of silicon-proven embedded NVM (non-volatile memory) intellectual property (IP). Sidense's patented one-time programmable OTP memory and logic NVM enables a wide range of electronic products.

Trigo

Series B in 2020
Trigo is a developer of AI-based automated retail checkout systems. It streamlines retail operations, prevents shoplifting, provides invaluable retail insights, and presents opportunities for new levels of customer engagement within retail environments. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Waze

Series A in 2008
Waze is a social traffic & navigation app based on the world's largest community of drivers sharing real time road info and contributing to the “common good” out there on the road. By simply driving around with Waze open users passively contribute traffic and other road data. Users can take a more active role by sharing road reports on accidents, police traps, or any other hazards along the way, helping to give other users in the area a 'heads-up' about what's to come.

Innoviz Technologies

Series A in 2016
Innoviz is a manufacturer of solid-state LiDAR sensors and perception software that enable the mass-production of autonomous vehicles. InnovizPro is a solid-state LiDAR that offers outstanding performance and value for automotive and other applications. InnovizOne is a cutting-edge, automotive-grade LiDAR sensor that provides superior 3D sensing for Level 3-Level 5 autonomous driving. The company is backed by top-tier strategic partners and investors, including Magna International, Samsung, Aptiv, Magma Venture Partners, Vertex Ventures, SoftBank Ventures Asia, China Merchants Capital (SINO-BLR Industrial Investment Fund, L.P.), 360 Capital Partners, Glory Ventures, Naver, Shenzhen Capital Group, New Alliance Capital, Harel Insurance Investments and Financial Services, Phoenix Insurance Company, and others.

Seebo

Private Placement in 2020
Seebo Interactive LTD. provides a technology solution to create, develop, analyze, and maintain smart toys. Its technology includes software development tools, and runtime software and cloud solutions. The company also provides concept and creative support, rapid prototyping service, app developer matching, electronic sourcing support, support for production setup, PCB layout support, and post-launch support. The company’s technology also enables students and business travelers to connect with their travel gear. In addition, its technology is used in the areas of smart baby products, smart modern living products, and smart fashion products. Seebo Interactive LTD. is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

LightCyber

Series B in 2016
LightCyber provides Behavioral Attack Detection solutions that provide accurate and efficient security visibility into attacks that have slipped through the cracks of traditional security controls. The LightCyber Magna™ platform is the first security product to integrated user, network, and endpoint context to provide security visibility into a range of attack activity. Founded in 2011 and led by world-class cyber security experts, the company’s products have been successfully deployed by top-tier customers around the world in the financial, legal, telecom, government, media and technology sectors.

CyberArk Software

Series B in 2005
CyberArk is a security company focused on striking targeted cyber threats. It helps companies protect their highest-value information assets, infrastructure, and applications. The company is focused  on delivering a new category of targeted security solutions that help clients stop reacting to cyber threats and get ahead of them, preventing attack escalation before irreparable business harm is done. CyberArk was launched by Udi Mokady in 1999 and is based in Newton, Massachusetts with offices in the U.S., Israel, U.K., France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Singapore and serves customers in more than 65 countries.

Universal Ad

Series B in 2008
Universal Ad provides the On Demand Promotions (ODP) Suite, which is a comprehensive retail promotions software system for planning, managing and creating profitable promotional campaigns. For more information on Universal Ad, Inc call 860-402-2433

Cylus Cyber Security Ltd.

Private Placement in 2018
Cylus Cyber Security Ltd. develops cyber security solutions for railway industry. The company offers a platform that will allow both public and private owners of railway and metro systems to protect their infrastructure from cyber threats. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Zencity

Private Placement in 2018
Zencity Technologies Ltd. develops an artificial intelligence (AI) based data analytics software tools to the government agencies. The company offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) based software solution , which collects and analyses interactions across communication platforms, including social media, local broadcast media, and government customer service channels. It provides community feedback and actionable insights to the government agencies. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

OwnBackup

Series B in 2018
OwnBackup is a cloud-to-cloud backup and restore vendor, provides secure, automated, daily backups of SaaS and PaaS data, as well as sophisticated data to compare and restore tools for disaster recovery. Helping more than 2,000 businesses worldwide protect critical cloud data, OwnBackup covers data loss and corruption caused by human errors, malicious intent, integration errors, and rogue applications. Built for security and privacy, OwnBackup exceeds the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements for backed-up data. Co-founded by seasoned data-recovery, data-protection, and information-security experts, OwnBackup is a top-rated backup and restore ISV on Salesforce AppExchange and was awarded the Salesforce Appy Award in 2018.

Mr Miyagi Ltd

Venture Round in 2017
Mr Miyagi is a portfolio company of Vertex Ventures.

Argus Cyber Security

Series A in 2014
Argus is an automotive cyber security pioneer, helping car manufacturers, their Tier 1 suppliers and aftermarket connectivity providers protect connected cars and commercial vehicles from car-hacking. Founded in 2013 by cyber security experts, Argus solutions combine innovative security methods and proven computer networking know-how with deep understanding of automotive best practices. Argus’ R&D is based in Tel-Aviv, Israel, with offices in Michigan, the Silicon Valley, Stuttgart and Tokyo.

Press-sense

Series A in 2005
Press-sense, Ltd. develops automated business flow solutions for the printing industry. Its solutions enable print buyers to place orders over the net from their working environments. The company’s products include Press-sense iWay, which is a Web-based, end-to-end, print-on-demand, workflow, and management solution; Press-sense Manager, a print management solution that enables the clients to capture and control the business flow; and Press-sense Omnium, which is an end-to-end business flow automation system. It offers its products through distributors and re-sellers in Europe, America, and Asia/Pacific. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Or Akiva, Israel with an additional office in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Correlsense

Series C in 2012
Correlsense helps businesses achieve IT reliability by detecting degradations and outages caused by poorly performing applications. The company’s award-winning flagship product, SharePath, tracks every transaction through each hop in the data center, providing unprecedented visibility into the infrastructure. Easy to deploy and maintain, SharePath is used by businesses of all sizes to optimize the end-user experience, to minimize the risks associated with new service roll-outs and data center migration, to issue chargebacks for IT resources consumed, and to improve the capacity planning process. The company offers an Express edition of SharePath to measure the end-user experience of cloud-based and on-premise applications. This free enterprise-class software can be downloaded at http://www.real-user-monitoring.com. Correlsense was founded in 2005 and is privately held.

dbMotion

Series B in 2005
The dbMotion™ Solution is a proven, connected healthcare, SOA-based interoperability platform that enables healthcare organizations and health information exchanges (HIEs) to meaningfully integrate and leverage their information assets, driving improvements in the quality, safety and efficiency of patient care. dbMotion transforms care through the creation of a virtual patient record that integrates patient information to connect care providers and settings.

Actelis Networks

Series B in 2000
Actelis Networks is the leading provider of high performance, scalable broadband over copper solutions to Telco, Mobile, and IoT networks. Actelis turns copper into a strategic asset that enables delivering reliable, high-speed Ethernet services and broadband access to more places and devices more quickly, easily, and cost-effectively than can be done by using fiber optics or microwave. The company was founded in 1998 and headquartered in Fremont, California.

Verbit

Private Placement in 2020
VERBIT.AI develops transcription and captioning software using a combination of AI technologies to make verbal data accessible. The company offers an artificial intelligence-based system that automatically transcribes recorded speech. Its platform offers features, such as enterprise-grade, interactive editor, billing and analytics, monitoring, administration, and success manager and 24/7 support. It serves education, media, legal, financial services, speech companies, financial companies, SEO, and transcription companies. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Nucleai

Private Placement in 2020
Nucleai Ltd. develops AI-powered pathology platform that is used for satellite image analysis to detect cancer, prostate, breast, and gastrointestinal related diseases. Its platform leverages unique tissue datasets to produce insights into cancer biology, increasing clinical trial efficacy, and improving patient care. It serves hospitals and labs in in the United States and Israel. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

Cymulate

Series B in 2019
Cymulate helps companies to verify their security posture and controls through breach and attack simulation platform that empowers organizations with complex security solutions to safeguard their business-critical assets. By mimicking the myriad of strategies hackers deploy, the system allows businesses to assess their true preparedness to handle cyber security threats effectively. Cymulate was established in 2016 and is based in Rishon Lezion, Israel.

Zencity

Series A in 2018
Zencity Technologies Ltd. develops an artificial intelligence (AI) based data analytics software tools to the government agencies. The company offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) based software solution , which collects and analyses interactions across communication platforms, including social media, local broadcast media, and government customer service channels. It provides community feedback and actionable insights to the government agencies. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

dbMotion

Series C in 2009
The dbMotion™ Solution is a proven, connected healthcare, SOA-based interoperability platform that enables healthcare organizations and health information exchanges (HIEs) to meaningfully integrate and leverage their information assets, driving improvements in the quality, safety and efficiency of patient care. dbMotion transforms care through the creation of a virtual patient record that integrates patient information to connect care providers and settings.

Runcom

Series B in 2000
Runcom Technologies develops, manufactures and markets superior technological standards and products that target the emerging beyond 3G market, enabling the delivery of enhanced communications services to cellular phones and other mobile and fixed devices. A privately owned company headquartered in Rishon LeZion, Israel, Runcom is the recognized pioneer of OFDMA® (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) NLOS (Non-Line Of Sight) technology, which has been adopted by ETSI for wireless telecom applications and by the WiMAX Forum® for its IEEE 802.16e standard.

Verbit

Private Placement in 2019
VERBIT.AI develops transcription and captioning software using a combination of AI technologies to make verbal data accessible. The company offers an artificial intelligence-based system that automatically transcribes recorded speech. Its platform offers features, such as enterprise-grade, interactive editor, billing and analytics, monitoring, administration, and success manager and 24/7 support. It serves education, media, legal, financial services, speech companies, financial companies, SEO, and transcription companies. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Argus Cyber Security

Series B in 2015
Argus is an automotive cyber security pioneer, helping car manufacturers, their Tier 1 suppliers and aftermarket connectivity providers protect connected cars and commercial vehicles from car-hacking. Founded in 2013 by cyber security experts, Argus solutions combine innovative security methods and proven computer networking know-how with deep understanding of automotive best practices. Argus’ R&D is based in Tel-Aviv, Israel, with offices in Michigan, the Silicon Valley, Stuttgart and Tokyo.

Aternity

Series D in 2011
Aternity LLC develops an enterprise-class digital experience management platform that provides AI-powered analytics and self-healing control to improve employee productivity and customer satisfaction. Its platform enables customers to isolate the causes of problems that impact revenue and customer experience, and connect performance metrics with business results. The company serves customers in finance and insurance, legal, manufacturing, retail, technology, and transportation industries. Aternity LLC was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts with offices globally.

Zencity

Private Placement in 2020
Zencity Technologies Ltd. develops an artificial intelligence (AI) based data analytics software tools to the government agencies. The company offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) based software solution , which collects and analyses interactions across communication platforms, including social media, local broadcast media, and government customer service channels. It provides community feedback and actionable insights to the government agencies. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

DataRails

Series A in 2018
DataRails is a spreadsheet management solution for financial organizations. Our technology delivers full control, data integrity and compliance, while driving business productivity and efficiency.

InnoPath

Series C in 2003
innoPath technology drives the support and care of mobile devices in an always-on world. Using mobileUpdate and activeCare2, mobile operators and device manufacturers update, diagnose, and fix devices over-the-air. The benefits of using innoPath technology include avoided device recalls and returns, reduced incidence of support calls, improved first call resolution for issues related to Android and iOS devices, and increased subscriber satisfaction.

E8 Storage

Series B in 2016
E8 Storage provides the next generation of flash storage with a rack-scale architecture for the enterprise and software-defined cloud, delivering 10 times the performance for half the cost of existing storage products. E8 Storage’s appliance E8-D24 is the first array that provides an uncompromised trifecta by combining the high performance of NVMe drives, the high availability and reliability of centralized storage, and the high scalability of scale-out solutions. The company was founded in 2014 by storage industry veterans from IBM-XIV, Zivan Ori and Alex Friedman, who serve as CEO and VP R&D respectively. The company is venture-funded by Accel Partners, Magma Venture Capital and Vertex Israel, with R&D operations in Tel Aviv, Israel, and sales and marketing in Santa Clara, Calif.

Hyperchip

Series B in 1999
Hyperchip (www.Hyperchip.com) is the Petabit Routing Company. Founded in 1997, Hyperchip is a privately held company funded by Siemens, Argo Global Capital (backed by the worlds leading telcos) and TechnoCap, Montreal's leading net-focused venture fund. The company is headquartered in Montreal. All financial figures included in this press release are cited in Canadian dollars. Hyperchip and the Petabit Routing Company are trademarks of Hyperchip Inc. Other trademarks identified in this release are the property of their respective companies.

Identiq

Seed Round in 2019
Identiq Protocol LTD, doing business as Identiq, operates an anonymous verification network that enables its members to validate new users. It verifies the identity of new users, and vouches for ones they already know, all without sharing any user data. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Inside Secure

Series C in 2008
Mobile security and secure transaction offerings to protect critical assets including connected devices, content, services and transactions.

ColorChip

Series B in 2006
ColorChip designs and manufactures optical sub-systems and components for the Datacom and Telecom markets. These sub-systems and components are based on Application Specific Photonic Integrated Circuits (ASPICs) that leverage the company's unique and robust PLC technology.

CyberArk Software

Venture Round in 2007
CyberArk is a security company focused on striking targeted cyber threats. It helps companies protect their highest-value information assets, infrastructure, and applications. The company is focused  on delivering a new category of targeted security solutions that help clients stop reacting to cyber threats and get ahead of them, preventing attack escalation before irreparable business harm is done. CyberArk was launched by Udi Mokady in 1999 and is based in Newton, Massachusetts with offices in the U.S., Israel, U.K., France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Singapore and serves customers in more than 65 countries.

Kryon

Series C in 2019
Kryon delivers innovative, intelligent Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solutions enabling digital transformation for enterprises. Using patented visual and deep learning technologies, our flagship intelligent RPA platform, allows companies to automate business processes quickly and easily, for immediate productivity gains, near zero error rates, reduced costs and significant ROI results. Kryon supports both virtual and human workforces alike, facilitating the efficient and accurate execution of business processes on any enterprise application. Kryon’s RPA platform can be leveraged for both unattended (virtual machine) and attended (desktop) automation as well as Hybrid Automation where there is interaction between the virtual and human workforce providing a greater ROI on automation investments and delivering corporate-wide business process improvement. Join numerous Fortune 500 organizations who are benefitting from considerable cost savings, improved efficiencies, and reduced errors using Kryon’s RPA platform. For more information visit www.kryonsystems.com .

Actelis Networks

Series C in 2001
Actelis Networks is the leading provider of high performance, scalable broadband over copper solutions to Telco, Mobile, and IoT networks. Actelis turns copper into a strategic asset that enables delivering reliable, high-speed Ethernet services and broadband access to more places and devices more quickly, easily, and cost-effectively than can be done by using fiber optics or microwave. The company was founded in 1998 and headquartered in Fremont, California.
Heptagon provides intelligent micro optics systems for smart devices.Their industry leadership in imaging, light and sensors results from a unique combination of wafer-level integration, pragmatic innovation, total supply chain control, a culture of integrity, and a 20+ year track record of delivering breakthrough technologies to leading OEMs.

RFWaves

Series F in 2003
RFWaves offers repair and upgrade services for HI-FI audio amplifiers and a range of tube amplifiers.

dbMotion

Series A in 2004
The dbMotion™ Solution is a proven, connected healthcare, SOA-based interoperability platform that enables healthcare organizations and health information exchanges (HIEs) to meaningfully integrate and leverage their information assets, driving improvements in the quality, safety and efficiency of patient care. dbMotion transforms care through the creation of a virtual patient record that integrates patient information to connect care providers and settings.

Sidense

Series C in 2013
Leading developer of silicon-proven embedded NVM (non-volatile memory) intellectual property (IP). Sidense's patented one-time programmable OTP memory and logic NVM enables a wide range of electronic products.

OwnBackup

Series C in 2019
OwnBackup is a cloud-to-cloud backup and restore vendor, provides secure, automated, daily backups of SaaS and PaaS data, as well as sophisticated data to compare and restore tools for disaster recovery. Helping more than 2,000 businesses worldwide protect critical cloud data, OwnBackup covers data loss and corruption caused by human errors, malicious intent, integration errors, and rogue applications. Built for security and privacy, OwnBackup exceeds the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements for backed-up data. Co-founded by seasoned data-recovery, data-protection, and information-security experts, OwnBackup is a top-rated backup and restore ISV on Salesforce AppExchange and was awarded the Salesforce Appy Award in 2018.

Actelis Networks

Series D in 2005
Actelis Networks is the leading provider of high performance, scalable broadband over copper solutions to Telco, Mobile, and IoT networks. Actelis turns copper into a strategic asset that enables delivering reliable, high-speed Ethernet services and broadband access to more places and devices more quickly, easily, and cost-effectively than can be done by using fiber optics or microwave. The company was founded in 1998 and headquartered in Fremont, California.

Verbit

Private Placement in 2020
VERBIT.AI develops transcription and captioning software using a combination of AI technologies to make verbal data accessible. The company offers an artificial intelligence-based system that automatically transcribes recorded speech. Its platform offers features, such as enterprise-grade, interactive editor, billing and analytics, monitoring, administration, and success manager and 24/7 support. It serves education, media, legal, financial services, speech companies, financial companies, SEO, and transcription companies. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Scopus Video Networks

Series A in 2001
Scopus Video Networks develop, market and support digital video networking products, including intelligent video gateways, encoders, decoders and network management products. Their customers include satellite, cable and telecom service providers and terrestrial broadcasters, collectively referred to as network operators.

Trigo

Seed Round in 2018
Trigo is a developer of AI-based automated retail checkout systems. It streamlines retail operations, prevents shoplifting, provides invaluable retail insights, and presents opportunities for new levels of customer engagement within retail environments. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Trigo

Series C in 2022
Trigo is a developer of AI-based automated retail checkout systems. It streamlines retail operations, prevents shoplifting, provides invaluable retail insights, and presents opportunities for new levels of customer engagement within retail environments. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Taranis

Series D in 2022
Taranis is a leading precision agriculture intelligence platform that uses sophisticated computer vision, data science and deep learning algorithms to effectively monitor fields. The system enables farmers to make informed decisions by detecting early symptoms of weeds, uneven emergence, nutrient deficiencies, disease or insect infestations, water damage and machinery problems. Overseeing millions of acres of farmland in Argentina, Brazil, Russia, Ukraine and the United States, Taranis gives farmers the tools to address issues in real-time, increasing yields and cutting costs. Taranis employs over 100 people worldwide and is headquartered in San Francisco with subsidiaries in Israel, Argentina and Brazil.

Ask-AI

Seed Round in 2022
Ask-AI aggregates text-heavy company knowledge and customer communications, surfacing pinpointed answers to questions and revealing product insights that would otherwise go unnoticed.

Nagish

Series A in 2024
Nagish stands for 'Accessible'​ in Hebrew and our mission is to make phone calls more accessible. We believe that everyone should have the right to use a phone without having someone listening to their private calls. Nagish gives its users full ownership of their calls by converting text-to-speech and speech-to-text in real-time so that one side of a phone call could type and read while the other side can hear and speak.

Nucleai

Private Placement in 2018
Nucleai Ltd. develops AI-powered pathology platform that is used for satellite image analysis to detect cancer, prostate, breast, and gastrointestinal related diseases. Its platform leverages unique tissue datasets to produce insights into cancer biology, increasing clinical trial efficacy, and improving patient care. It serves hospitals and labs in in the United States and Israel. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.