Wadi Ventures

Wadi Ventures, founded in August 2012 by Jonathan Pacifici and Reuven Ulmansky , is the new and improved accelerator model for early stage disruptive internet and new media startups in Israel. Wadi Ventures is on the lookout for Israel’s top talent and plans to accept tens of new startups by the end of 2015. Israel’s startup community is bursting at the seams with unique ideas but they’ve seen awesome ideas fall flat when the business side of the company did not receive proper attention.

Jonathan Pacifici

General Partner

Reuven Ulmansky

Partner

12 past transactions

Croosing

Seed Round in 2015
The proprietary SUPERLINK technology (patents pending) for autonomous browsing has an impact on all aspects of the digital sphere: From tutorials, auto-guidance and self-service, to e-commerce, content sharing, ed-tech, digital gov., accessibility and more, creating better experience for the users and leading to better results for businesses. Croosing is based in Beer Sheva, Israel, and is a proud alumni of the IBM Alpha Zone program.

Talking Layers

Seed Round in 2013
Talking Layers Ltd. operates as a platform that allows online content publishers to increase interaction, traffic, and revenue. Its platform also allows brands and organizations can promote their products and services to reach out to the publisher’s community. The company provides an HTML5 mobile toolbar that integrates seamlessly to the publisher’s mobile site. Talking Layers Ltd. was founded in 2013 and is based in Israel.

Karma

Pre Seed Round in 2014
Shoptagr is an intelligent shopping assistant with 1M+ members (smartphone app and browser extension) that allows you to save products you plan to buy from any store on the web to access later in one place across your devices. Shoptagr automatically checks your products for you every hour and will send you real-time alerts if the price drops or when it comes back in stock. Shoptagr helps you stay organized while saving you time and money as you shop online.

SeatID

Seed Round in 2014
SeatID is a SaaS suite of Social Media Solutions developed to grow your business. Through the implementation of Social Login, Social Proof, Social Seating and Booking and Social WiFi, you can bring the power of social media influence to the exact place where buying decisions are being made, substantially improving consumer confidence, conversions and sales.

Bablic

Seed Round in 2013
At Bablic we believe that languages should not be a barrier when it comes to accessing content on the internet. Bablic makes localizing your website a simple and quick task. No programming needed. Just paste their code snippet into your pages and your website will be professionally translated, in every language, within 5-10 hours.

ADINCON

Seed Round in 2014
Adincon increase revenues for online content publishers by managing in-content advertisements using a unique technology that optimize ads location, price and traffic. Most of the advertisements in the web suffers from banner blindness, since most of the attention of the users is focused on the content. In order to get better results, Adincon technology analyzes every page and insert traditional ads in the most effective locations inside the content. By working with multiple ad-exchanges, Adincon make sure all inventory get sold in the most optimal price. Adincon also identify in real-time which pages performing better than others and can direct traffic to them from low conversion pages in order to maximize monetization. Adincon solution helps any content owner from professional publishers, like online news sites, to small blogs to monetize their content in the most effective way.

PicBadges

Seed Round in 2014
PicBadges owns and operates platform for collecting and creating visual symbols that represent personal interests, actions and achievements. The company’s clientele includes Nokia, Disney, Swatch, Zynga, Starbucks, Nikon, Mitt Romney, Pearl Jam, and MTV music. The company is based in Israel.

Zikk Software Ltd.

Seed Round in 2014
Zikk Software released its unique mobile to mobile remote support app in 2013. The app was featured in top technology blogs and websites as Lifehacker, USA TODAY, The Gadget show and more. Zikk Software continue to develop innovative software solutions.

SeatID

Angel Round in 2012
SeatID is a SaaS suite of Social Media Solutions developed to grow your business. Through the implementation of Social Login, Social Proof, Social Seating and Booking and Social WiFi, you can bring the power of social media influence to the exact place where buying decisions are being made, substantially improving consumer confidence, conversions and sales.

Winkapp

Seed Round in 2013
WinkApp Ltd. develops a mobile application which links printed content to digital content. Its technology enables the use of multiple links in a printed paper to link to an external content. It serves publishers, advertisers, and users. The company is based in Ramat-Gan, Israel.

Clctin

Seed Round in 2013
Clctin Ltd. provides a free online platform for collectors to show their collections, catalog them, trade, share information, and get to know other collectors. It serves collectors worldwide. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Ganei Tikva, Israel.

Folloyu

Private Equity Round in 2013
Folloyu is a technology that enables online users to easily move from one device to another (PC to mobile and visa verse) while keeping the same state they were on the previous device. This would increase websites stickiness, conversion rates and overall users loyalty.