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What is Viola Ventures?

One of Israel’s oldest, and yet still most active VC funds, Viola recently closed their 5th round (Viola V) in November 2017 raising $200m.

They have an impressive list of exits, and strong current portfolio, and a strong pipeline, currently managing $1.3 billion of assets.

Notable exits include: Notable Exits: DynamicYield (2019), Cloudyn (2017), Kampyle (2016), Skybox Security (2016), Kontera (2014), Snaptu (2011).

Partners (7): Shlomo Dovrat, Avi Zeevi, Ronen Nir, Daniel Cohen, Omry Ben David, Itzik Avidor, Zvika Orron.

Focus: Early-stage investors looking for the next unicorns.


Viola is Israel’s leading technology-focused investment group with over $2.8 billion assets under management. We enable Israeli entrepreneurs to build global transformational technology companies.

Viola’s mission and passion is to enable Israeli entrepreneurs to build global Transformational technology companies.

We are backed by leading global institutional investors from all over the world and provide long-term, world-class returns by identifying and pursuing attractive investment opportunities in Israel’s vibrant tech industry.

Our focused, separate investment arms – Viola Ventures, Viola Growth, Viola Credit and Viola Partners – each operates independently with a dedicated investment team, different investors and portfolio companies, but shares access to value-added services and professionals.

Viola was founded in 2000 and has supported over 200 technology companies to date.


Quick Facts:

  • Established: 2000
  • HQ: Herzliya, Israel
  • Size of Fund: $1.3 billion under management (part of Viola Group with over $2.8 billion under management).
  • Notable Exits: DynamicYield (2019), Cloudyn (2017), Kampyle (2016), Skybox Security (2016), Kontera (2014), Snaptu (2011)
  • Partners: Shlomo Dovrat, Avi Zeevi, Ronen Nir, Daniel Cohen, Omry Ben David, Itzik Avidor, Zvika Orron
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