What is Giza Venture Capital?
Giza was founded by Mr. Zeev Holtzman and has been at the forefront of Israel’s venture capital industry for more than 20 years, supporting innovative entrepreneurs and helping them build great businesses. Since 1992, Giza has formed five venture capital funds and invested approximately $600 million in more than 100 start-ups and has achieved over 40 successful exits.
​Giza consistently generated top financial returns for its investors which include leading international financial and strategic investors from US, Europe and Asia.
​Giza’s mainly focus its activities on realization of Giza V remaining portfolio companies. Giza V is already a top quartile performance fund with a net IRR of 27%.
​Giza, an early stage investor in Israel, targeted: entrepreneurs with vision, who are capable of growing and scaling up companies; ground breaking technologies and products that meet real market needs; and addressing large and growing markets.
​Giza was a lead investor and played an active role in supporting the companies from initial stages until exit. Giza’s added value is reflected by active board participation, assistance in strategy, recruiting senior management, capital raising and syndication with co-investors, introduction to potential customers, assistance in establishing joint venture with strategic partners as well as in exit formulation and implementation.
​Giza was one of the first international VCs to identify Asia as a major target market and has extensive experience in working with Asian partners and companies, as well as successful investment track record in Asia.
Quick Facts:
- Established: 1992
- HQ: Ramat Aviv, Israel
- Size of Fund: Over $600 million across 5 funds
- Notable Exits: Compugen, Visually, and Altair Semiconductor. 45 exits in total
- Partners: Zeev Holtzman, Zvi Schechter, Tal Mizrahi, Eyal Niv, Yuval Avni, Shuki Erlich, Ezer Soref, Moshe Nazarathy
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