Cardumen Capital
Venture capitalTel Aviv · Pre-Seed–Series A · 25 people tracked
Investment thesis
Cardumen Capital invests in world-class founders building deeptech companies that bring the future into the present. The firm's team of investors, founders and operators has over a decade of experience helping entrepreneurs build, scale and exit tech companies globally. It has deep expertise in AI, cybersecurity and big data, and invests across both software and hardware. Cardumen specializes in B2B and B2B2C models, favors product-led growth go-to-market strategies, and will also consider strong B2C teams. It backs AI-driven software, big data businesses, cybersecurity across IT/OT/IoT, and B2B foodtech and agritech including food science and the circular economy.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 25 people
from the firm's website & curated & public directories
What they invest in
from 12 of 47 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×10SaaS ×5Cybersecurity ×3Enterprise Software ×3Marketing Tech ×3AdTech ×2Cloud Computing ×2Developer Tools ×2
HQs:United States×5Israel×2United Kingdom×1
Investments · 47 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22023 · 12017 · 14 dated
Lendai provides online mortgage and real estate financing for foreign investors buying US property, offering products such as purchase loans, cash-out refinancing, fix-and-flip loans, and bridge loans, along with insurance and US entity formation services.
AI & Machine LearningFintechPropTechMiami, US
Yair Benyamini(Co-Founder & CEO)inBoaz Leviatan(CFO and Credit Manager)
Co-investorsMeron CapitalViola CreditKesha VenturesMindset Venture
Biographica (Graphica) uses multi-modal machine learning and high-throughput sequencing to identify and prioritize genetic targets for crop gene-editing, working with trait developers to design effective edits.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningBiotechLondon, GB
Cecy Price(CEO)inDominic Hall(CTO)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstFaberFaber Capital SCR SASie VenturesSuperSeedChalfen Ventures+4 more
Brandlight helps brands optimize their visibility and positioning in AI-driven search and recommendation systems.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech
Imri Marcus(CEO)
Co-investorsG20 VenturesLG Technology VenturesPelion Venture Partners
DoControl provides SaaS data security software that uses identity, user, and behavioral context to detect and remediate data exposure across cloud collaboration platforms like Google Workspace and Microsoft 365.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecuritySaaSNew York, US
Adam Gavish(Executive Officer, Director)inOmry Wienberg(Executive Officer, Director)Liel Ran(Executive Officer)Omri Weinberg(Founder)inRick Graham(Vice President of Marketing)
BoardLuke Page(Director)
Co-investorsInsight PartnersRTP GlobalStageOne Ventures
Kfar Saba
Marcos Abadi Teofilo(Director)Yaniv Tal(Director)Issac Zach(Director)Asaf Menoba Elssibony(Director)Daniel Shmuel Avidor(Director)Omri Lachman(Executive Officer)
Creates an organically generated business glossary that maps and enriches data elements with searchable business context.
Co-investorsICItoDay Ventures
Coffee-as-a-Service platform with in-house roasting, IoT bean-to-cup machines, and a subscription model, avoiding single-use capsules.
Co-investorsBStartupBynd Venture CapitalLever VCMcWin Capital PartnersP101 Ventures
IVIX is an AI-powered platform that uses open-source intelligence (OSINT) to give government authorities visibility into hidden business activity, helping them identify tax noncompliance and financial crime.
AI & Machine LearningFintechGovTech
Mattan Fattal(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)Doron Passov(Co-Founder & Chief Operations Officer)Don Fort(Chief Business Officer)Stephen Ryan(Chief Revenue Officer)Dan Volfman(Chief Technology Officer)Yoav Zeevi(Chief Product Officer)
Co-investorsDisruptive AIKli CapitaltoDay Ventures
Loops is an AI tool that analyzes top-performing ads in a brand's market to extract winning patterns and automatically generate static ad creatives tailored to the brand.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech
Co-investorsKima VenturesA16Z SpeedrunScale Venture Partners
Loops builds an email platform designed for software companies to manage customer communication and engagement.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSWashington, US
Chris Frantz(Founder)inAdam Kaczmarek(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorA16Z SpeedrunScale Venture PartnersTwenty Two Ventures
Platform enabling restaurants and retailers to sell surplus food, rescuing meals and groceries that would otherwise go to waste.
Kirill Perepelica(Founder)in
Co-investorsInteractive Venture Partners LlcSilicon GardensRemagine Ventures
NeuReality builds software and networking infrastructure that helps AI teams improve GPU and XPU utilization, throughput, and cost per token for production AI inference.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSemiconductors
Moshe Tanach(Co-founder & CEO)Tzvika Shmueli(Co-Founder & COO)Yossi Kasus(Co-Founder & VP VLSI)Lior Khermosh(CTO)Itay Avilevich(VP R&D)Gaurav Shah(VP Business Development)
Co-investorsCleveland AvenueGefen CapitalOurCrowdVaranaXT Venture CapitalXT Hi-Tech
Substrata develops AI tools that analyze behavioral and communication cues in sales interactions, including online meetings (SoundWave), prospect personality analysis (Temper), email signal detection, and message drafting.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsAltaIR CapitalEvolution VenturesRaptor GroupSyntax CapitalVerissimo Ventures
Vendict is an AI-native governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platform that automates manual compliance work such as security questionnaires, audits, and third-party risk workflows.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechTel Aviv, IL
Udi Cohen(Founder)in
Co-investorsDisruptive AIJAL Ventures Ltd.Moneta VCNewfund CapitalNFX
Verax provides a platform to help enterprises securely adopt generative AI, offering real-time visibility, governance, and policy enforcement across AI usage while maintaining compliance and data protection.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US
Leo Feinberg(Co-founder & CEO)inOren Gev(Co-founder & CTO)inOren G(Founder)Oren G.(Founder)inLeonid (Leo) Feinberg(Founder)in
Co-investorsRLC VenturesTq Ventures LlcXTX Markets
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Loops · prnewswire.com · Jul 30, 2026
Brandlight · calcalistech.com · Jul 17, 2026
Munch · trysignalbase.com · Jun 23, 2026
NeuReality · datacenterdynamics.com · May 7, 2026
Raftt · jpost.com · Feb 10, 2026
Biographica · tech.eu · Jan 7, 2026
Loops · thesaasnews.com · Dec 15, 2025
Lendai · calcalistech.com · Dec 9, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Cardumen Capital made?
- Cardumen Capital has 42 tracked investments.
- What stage does Cardumen Capital invest at?
- Cardumen Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Cardumen Capital's typical check size?
- Cardumen Capital typically writes checks of $900K – $35M.
- What sectors does Cardumen Capital focus on?
- Cardumen Capital focuses on AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Circular Economy, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, FoodTech, Hardware.
- Where is Cardumen Capital located?
- Cardumen Capital is headquartered in Tel Aviv, IL.
- Who does Cardumen Capital co-invest with?
- Cardumen Capital most often shares deals with Disruptive AI, toDay Ventures, Insight Partners, among 35 tracked co-investors.
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Co-investors · 16
Insight Partners is an investment firm focused on accelerating revenue and profit growth in software companies, providing capital and operational support through its Insight Onsite team.
Scale Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with AI companies, supporting their transition from founder-led growth to a scalable go-to-market operation.
OurCrowd is an online private markets investment platform that gives accredited and high-net-worth investors access to pre-vetted startup deals, targeted venture funds, and alternative assets such as private equity and private credit.
Qualcomm Ventures is the corporate venture investment arm associated with Qualcomm, backing technology companies from early to growth stage across multiple sectors.
StageOne Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs founders building enterprise and deep-technology companies, having invested across five funds.
10D is an Israel-focused venture capital firm that partners closely with early-stage technology entrepreneurs, providing hands-on support in business development, talent acquisition, and fundraising.
Alumni Ventures (AV) is a venture capital firm that co-invests alongside lead VCs in startups, backing founders with capital and access to a large investor and operator community.
Long Journey Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that backs unconventional, 'magically weird' founders and ideas, positioning itself as a hands-on, community-oriented partner to its companies.
Sierra Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in first-principles founders, backing companies from inception through Series A across AI infrastructure, applied/vertical AI, deep tech, and physical/embodied AI.
Cyberstarts is a venture firm focused on cybersecurity startups, backing founders who have overcome significant challenges and using a systematic process to identify urgent problems in the sector.
Citi Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Citi, based in Palo Alto with additional offices in New York, Shanghai, and Singapore. The unit makes equity investments and develops innovations that align with Citi's strategic priorities, working with both internal business units and external companies.
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Firms observed investing alongside Cardumen Capital, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Cardumen Capital's recorded portfolio.
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