Viola Group

Viola Group is a leading technology-focused investment organization based in Herzliya, Israel, managing over $3 billion in assets. Founded in 2000, the group comprises several distinct investment arms, including Viola Ventures, Viola Growth, Viola Credit, Viola Partners, and Viola FinTech. Viola Ventures specializes in early-stage technology investments across various sectors, such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and fintech. Viola Growth targets expansion-phase companies, while Viola Credit provides custom credit solutions to technology firms. Viola FinTech focuses on global investments in the fintech sector, emphasizing digital services, wealth management, customer engagement, and regulatory technology. The group supports Israeli entrepreneurs in building transformative technology companies and has backed over 200 firms to date, contributing significantly to the growth of Israel's vibrant tech landscape. Each investment arm operates independently but shares access to a broad network of resources and expertise.

Yael Alroy

Partner

Harel Beit-On

Founder and General Partner

Rafi Carmeli

General Partner

Shlomo Dovrat

Co-Founder and General Partner

Ranit Etzion-Weiss

Analyst

Ruthi Simha

General Partner and Co-Founder

S. Fitzgerald Haney

Partner and Head of Strategic Development

Roni Kahn

Principal

Jonathan Kolber

Investor

Uri Lampert

Principal

Maayan Levy

Principal

Tomer Michaeli

General Partner @ Viola FinTech

Zvika Orron

General Partner

Natalie Refuah

General Partner

Jeffrey Shapiro

Partner, Human Capital

Alex Shmulovich

Principal

Ido Vigdor

Partner @ Viola Credit

Orr Yidov

Analyst

Avi Zeevi

Co-Founder and General Partner

Or Zolty

Associate

Past deals in Virtualization

Wanova

Convertible Note in 2011
Wanova specializes in Distributed Desktop Virtualization solutions that enhance the management, support, and security of desktops and laptops within organizations. Its technology centralizes desktop infrastructure control while optimizing the user experience and facilitating offline access. Wanova's innovative architecture allows companies to reduce operational costs and improve IT efficiency, enabling better productivity for users. The company's solutions are designed to provide secure access to files from any location, streamlining the management of distributed and mobile enterprise devices. By focusing on centralized management, Wanova empowers IT teams to concentrate on strategic projects rather than the complexities of individual endpoint management.

Axxana

Series B in 2009
Axxana Inc. specializes in disaster recovery solutions tailored for enterprises and cloud service providers, focusing on achieving zero data loss over any distance. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Tel-Aviv, Israel, with an additional office in Newton, Massachusetts, the company offers innovative products such as the Phoenix System for Oracle and Exadata, which allows for data recovery across diverse distances and communication channels. Additionally, Axxana's Phoenix System RP enhances the performance of RecoverPoint's asynchronous replication, providing synchronous data protection without data loss. The company's approach integrates expertise from aviation's Flight Data Recorder technology, addressing critical challenges in data protection, including data loss, distance between data centers, and associated costs. Axxana's offerings are designed for deployment in production data centers globally, marking a significant advancement in the field of disaster recovery and enterprise data recording.

Wanova

Series A in 2009
Wanova specializes in Distributed Desktop Virtualization solutions that enhance the management, support, and security of desktops and laptops within organizations. Its technology centralizes desktop infrastructure control while optimizing the user experience and facilitating offline access. Wanova's innovative architecture allows companies to reduce operational costs and improve IT efficiency, enabling better productivity for users. The company's solutions are designed to provide secure access to files from any location, streamlining the management of distributed and mobile enterprise devices. By focusing on centralized management, Wanova empowers IT teams to concentrate on strategic projects rather than the complexities of individual endpoint management.

Metis Technologies

Venture Round in 2008
metis technologies is an management and technical team focused on networking, virtualization, enterprise applications and data services who recognize the challenges distributed enterprises face. Metis is developing a breakthrough that will improves IT desktop services.

StoreAge

Debt Financing in 2006
StoreAge's Storage Virtualisation Manager is out-of-data path software installed on a switch-based appliance, which pools storage resources around a storage-area network. The company also has snapshot copy, replication, disaster recovery and migration software

Shunra

Series A in 2004
Shunra is a leader in Application Performance Engineering (APE) and a pioneer in WAN Emulation, providing software solutions that enable organizations to assess and enhance application performance across various networks, including WAN, Web, Mobile, and Cloud. By allowing professionals to develop, test, and simulate application performance before deployment, Shunra helps clients identify and address potential issues, leading to significant cost savings through improved operational efficiency. The company serves a diverse clientele, including 75 of the Fortune 100, with notable customers such as Apple, AT&T, and Bank of America. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Shunra is privately held and focuses on delivering customized performance insights to optimize complex network environments.
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