Viola Group

Viola Group is Israel's technology-focused investment group that operates a multi-strategy platform to support technology entrepreneurs from early stage to growth. Based in Herzliya and founded in 2000, the group manages over $3 billion in assets and oversees several specialized units, including Viola Ventures (early-stage venture capital), Viola Growth (growth capital), Viola Credit (private credit), Viola Partners (private investor fund), and Viola FinTech (cross-stage fintech investments). Viola Group primarily backs Israeli technology companies and related ventures, while also pursuing global opportunities. The firm provides more than capital by offering strategic guidance, board participation, and access to a broad international network to help portfolio companies scale in software, cybersecurity, fintech, AI, semiconductors, and other tech-enabled sectors. The approach emphasizes long-term value creation through investments across multiple stages and active portfolio support.

Yael Alroy

Principal

Itzik Avidor

Partner

Harel Beit-On

Founder and General Partner

Shlomo Dovrat

Co-Founder and General Partner

Ranit Etzion-Weiss

Analyst

Past deals in ASIC

Speedata

Series A in 2021
Speedata develops specialized processors for accelerating big data analytics across various industries. Its core product is the Analytics Processing Unit (APU), designed to optimize datacenter and cloud-based database workloads, significantly enhancing performance while reducing costs, power consumption, and space requirements.

Pliops

Venture Round in 2021
Pliops is an Israel-based developer of cloud storage processor technology founded in 2017. The company provides solutions that accelerate storage performance for databases, analytics, and AI/ML workloads in cloud and enterprise data centers. Its flagship Pliops Extreme Data Processor (XDP) is delivered as a compact PCIe card that consolidates multiple storage processing layers into a single ultra-fast device, dramatically increasing throughput, capacity and data efficiency while reducing power consumption and computational load. By simplifying data processing and storage management, Pliops aims to unlock faster access to data and lower infrastructure costs as data growth and modern workloads intensify.

Speedata

Seed Round in 2020
Speedata develops specialized processors for accelerating big data analytics across various industries. Its core product is the Analytics Processing Unit (APU), designed to optimize datacenter and cloud-based database workloads, significantly enhancing performance while reducing costs, power consumption, and space requirements.

Pliops

Series B in 2019
Pliops is an Israel-based developer of cloud storage processor technology founded in 2017. The company provides solutions that accelerate storage performance for databases, analytics, and AI/ML workloads in cloud and enterprise data centers. Its flagship Pliops Extreme Data Processor (XDP) is delivered as a compact PCIe card that consolidates multiple storage processing layers into a single ultra-fast device, dramatically increasing throughput, capacity and data efficiency while reducing power consumption and computational load. By simplifying data processing and storage management, Pliops aims to unlock faster access to data and lower infrastructure costs as data growth and modern workloads intensify.

Pliops

Series A in 2017
Pliops is an Israel-based developer of cloud storage processor technology founded in 2017. The company provides solutions that accelerate storage performance for databases, analytics, and AI/ML workloads in cloud and enterprise data centers. Its flagship Pliops Extreme Data Processor (XDP) is delivered as a compact PCIe card that consolidates multiple storage processing layers into a single ultra-fast device, dramatically increasing throughput, capacity and data efficiency while reducing power consumption and computational load. By simplifying data processing and storage management, Pliops aims to unlock faster access to data and lower infrastructure costs as data growth and modern workloads intensify.

ColorChip

Series F in 2016
ColorChip designs and manufactures optical sub-systems and components for datacom and telecom markets. Its products include transceivers, PLC splitter chips, planar lightwave circuits, and industrialized optics, based on Application Specific Photonic Integrated Circuits.

Multiphy

Series C in 2016
MultiPhy, Ltd. is a fabless semiconductor company based in Ness Ziona, Israel, specializing in the design and development of integrated circuits that leverage digital signal processing for high-speed networks. The company focuses on advanced technologies for optical communications and algorithms, offering a range of complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) chips that facilitate direct detection and coherent transmission solutions. MultiPhy develops high-capacity chips, including those capable of 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s data rates, to meet the growing demands of data center connectivity, particularly in response to the surge in video streaming and cloud services. With a team of experts in high-speed digital design, MultiPhy aims to provide cost-effective and high-performance solutions for next-generation networks. The company has established a strategic partnership with Semtech Corporation and operates additional offices in Palo Alto, California.

ColorChip

Debt Financing in 2012
ColorChip designs and manufactures optical sub-systems and components for datacom and telecom markets. Its products include transceivers, PLC splitter chips, planar lightwave circuits, and industrialized optics, based on Application Specific Photonic Integrated Circuits.

Multiphy

Series B in 2010
MultiPhy, Ltd. is a fabless semiconductor company based in Ness Ziona, Israel, specializing in the design and development of integrated circuits that leverage digital signal processing for high-speed networks. The company focuses on advanced technologies for optical communications and algorithms, offering a range of complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) chips that facilitate direct detection and coherent transmission solutions. MultiPhy develops high-capacity chips, including those capable of 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s data rates, to meet the growing demands of data center connectivity, particularly in response to the surge in video streaming and cloud services. With a team of experts in high-speed digital design, MultiPhy aims to provide cost-effective and high-performance solutions for next-generation networks. The company has established a strategic partnership with Semtech Corporation and operates additional offices in Palo Alto, California.

Multiphy

Series A in 2009
MultiPhy, Ltd. is a fabless semiconductor company based in Ness Ziona, Israel, specializing in the design and development of integrated circuits that leverage digital signal processing for high-speed networks. The company focuses on advanced technologies for optical communications and algorithms, offering a range of complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) chips that facilitate direct detection and coherent transmission solutions. MultiPhy develops high-capacity chips, including those capable of 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s data rates, to meet the growing demands of data center connectivity, particularly in response to the surge in video streaming and cloud services. With a team of experts in high-speed digital design, MultiPhy aims to provide cost-effective and high-performance solutions for next-generation networks. The company has established a strategic partnership with Semtech Corporation and operates additional offices in Palo Alto, California.

DesignArt Networks

Debt Financing in 2009
DesignArt Networks is a prominent silicon provider specializing in 4G infrastructure products. The company develops software-defined system-on-chip (SoC) platforms that deliver high performance for compact base stations, including Enterprise Femto, Pico, and Micro variants, as well as Remote Radio Heads (RRH) and backhaul links utilizing NLOS, Microwave, and E-Band technologies. DesignArt Networks' SoC platforms come pre-loaded with proven software packages, facilitating the efficient design of advanced products while minimizing both bill of materials costs and power consumption.

DesignArt Networks

Series B in 2008
DesignArt Networks is a prominent silicon provider specializing in 4G infrastructure products. The company develops software-defined system-on-chip (SoC) platforms that deliver high performance for compact base stations, including Enterprise Femto, Pico, and Micro variants, as well as Remote Radio Heads (RRH) and backhaul links utilizing NLOS, Microwave, and E-Band technologies. DesignArt Networks' SoC platforms come pre-loaded with proven software packages, facilitating the efficient design of advanced products while minimizing both bill of materials costs and power consumption.

EZChip

Debt Financing in 2006
EZChip Semiconductor Ltd. is a fabless semiconductor company based in Yokneam, Israel, specializing in the development and marketing of Ethernet network processors for networking equipment. The company offers a diverse range of products, including processing and classification engines, traffic managers, and media access controllers, which enable the design of multi-port line cards. EZChip's network processors serve as the silicon core for various networking devices, such as switches and routers, facilitating the integration of voice, video, and data across numerous applications. Additionally, EZChip provides evaluation boards, network-processor-based systems, and development software toolkits to assist customers in creating and implementing solutions. The company also maintains a library of features supporting various protocols and functionalities, enhancing the capabilities of its processors. EZChip serves networking equipment vendors directly and through contract manufacturers and distributors. Originally established in 1989 as LanOptics Ltd., EZChip rebranded in 2008 and has been a subsidiary of Mellanox Technologies since 2016.

Provigent

Debt Financing in 2006
Provigent Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for fixed wireless networks, private wireless networks, and cellular infrastructure markets. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company develops a range of products, including the PVG610 SoC for broadband wireless transmission systems and the PVG610X SoC, which enables the transmission and reception of two orthogonally polarized signals at the same RF carrier frequency. Additionally, Provigent offers the PVG310, which integrates baseband functionality for point-to-point broadband wireless systems. The company also provides development kits, such as the PVG9610, to support the creation of systems based on its SoCs, as well as the PVG350MDK modem development kit for wireless point-to-point applications. Provigent's products are utilized in various applications, including cellular/WiMAX backhaul networks and fixed wireless transmission, contributing to enhanced internet connectivity solutions.
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