What stage does Cedar Fund invest at?

Cedar Fund invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.

What is Cedar Fund's typical check size?

Cedar Fund typically writes checks of $2M – $10M.

Where is Cedar Fund located?

Cedar Fund is headquartered in Herzelia, IL.

Cedar Fund

Venture capital

Herzelia · Pre-Seed–Series A · 7 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Cedar Fund is an early-stage venture investor that partners with founders and management teams, backing startups from an early point and supporting them as they grow.

Invests inCloud Computing Consumer Data & Infrastructure Enterprise Software Hardware Media & Entertainment SaaS SemiconductorsHerzliyaIsrael

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage

Pre-Seed–Series A

Check

$2M – $10M

Herzelia, IL

Instruments

Equity

Founded

1997

AUM

$325M

Tracked investments

Team · 7 people

from the firm's website & public directories

Shlomi Shiloni Shem Tov· General Partner and CFO

Shlomi Shiloni Shem Tov is a General Partner and CFO at Cedar Fund, which he joined in 2016. He previously worked as Financial Controller and Analyst at Fortissimo Capital, a private equity fund focused on special situations, and as a Senior Auditor at EY covering VC, PE, pharmaceutical, and high tech companies. He is a Certified Public Accountant in Israel and holds an MBA from Tel Aviv University and a BA in Economics and Business from Bar Ilan University.

Yuval Ron Rohama· General Partner

Yuval Ron-Ruhama joined Cedar in 2010. He previously served as CFO of Metalink Ltd. (NASDAQ: MTLK), a chipset provider for the telecommunications and consumer electronics industries, where he led the finance and legal departments. Earlier in his career he interned at the Weksler, Bregman & Co law office and worked as a CPA at KPMG Israel; he is certified in Israel as both an attorney and a CPA and holds an MBA.

Amnon Shoham· Managing Partner· Herzliya, Israelin

Co-founder of Cedar Fund with high-tech investing experience since 1993, focused on enterprise software with early-stage successes including Cloudlock, Guardium, Onaro and Appilog. Previously Managing Partner of Star Ventures in Israel and an M&A/securities attorney at Skadden Arps in New York.

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Gal Israely· Managing Partner· Israelin

Co-founder of Cedar Fund who focuses on mobile, video, and hardware investments and serves on the boards of several portfolio companies. Previously a Managing Director in Bear Stearns' High Tech Investment Banking group in New York, and led early-stage investments including BigBand Networks.

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Motti Vaknin· Partner· Israelin 𝕏

A serial entrepreneur with deep experience in U.S. and Israeli enterprise software. He was CEO of BeInSync (acquired by Phoenix Technologies), co-founder and CEO of WebLayers (a Cedar pre-seed investment), founder and CEO of Bridges for Islands (acquired by Attunity), and VP Sales and Marketing at Shiron Satellite Communication. At Cedar he focuses on enterprise software, cloud, SaaS, mobile, and internet opportunities.

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Yuval Ron-Ruhama· General Partner· Israelin

Yuval Ron-Ruhama is Active Chairman of GRAM Biotech Venture Foundry and CEO of Oculus Consulting Services, which provides strategic financial services and invests in startups. As General Partner at Cedar Fund, he supports portfolio companies with strategy development, business modeling, and value proposition definition. His background includes investment roles focused on software and communications sectors, as well as senior executive positions including VP of Strategic and Business Planning and CFO at a Nasdaq-listed company. He holds an MBA and is a certified attorney and CPA with over two decades of experience in technology sector finance and business strategy.

Anat Frieberg· Office Manager

Office manager who coordinates the day-to-day operations of the firm.

What they invest in

from 1 of 9 portfolio companies

Cloud Computing ×1Cybersecurity ×1Enterprise Software ×1

HQs:United States×3

Investments · 9 tracked

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Appilog

Clickfox

Greenwood Village, US

Chuck Haling(Director)Matthew Safaii(Director)Geoffrey Oblak(Director)David Johnson(Director)Tim Dahltorp(Executive Officer)Lenny Nash(Executive Officer, Director)

CloudLockcloudlock.comin 𝕏

Cisco Cloudlock is a cloud access security broker (CASB) that protects cloud users and data by enforcing security policies, preventing malware spread, and limiting data exfiltration in cloud applications.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise Software

Guardium

Intigua

Newton, US

Ram Metser(Director)Sundar Subramaniam(Director)Shimon Hason(Executive Officer, Director)Chris Hayes(Director)

BoardAmnon Shoham(Director)

JsonarJun 2020

Waltham, US

David Campbell(Director)Ury Segal(Director)Ron Ben-Natan(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardAmnon Shoham(Director)

Onaro

Orsus

PeerApp

Frequently asked questions

What stage does Cedar Fund invest at?: Cedar Fund invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What is Cedar Fund's typical check size?: Cedar Fund typically writes checks of $2M – $10M.
What sectors does Cedar Fund focus on?: Cedar Fund focuses on Cloud Computing, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Media & Entertainment, SaaS, Semiconductors.
Where is Cedar Fund located?: Cedar Fund is headquartered in Herzelia, IL.

Co-investors · 10

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs from early stages through every stage of growth, publishing investment roadmaps across multiple technology sectors.

Both backed · 1

CloudLock

$5M – $100M

Accel

Accel is a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional founding teams, positioning itself as a first partner to startups globally.

$1.6M – $70M

Spark Capital

Spark Capital is a venture capital firm that backs founders across technology and consumer companies; it notably led Twitter's Series B in 2008.

$500K – $25M

Innovation Endeavors

Innovation Endeavors is an early-stage venture fund that invests in founders and supports venture creation through pre-team and pre-idea programs. The firm provides portfolio companies with access to mentors, advisors, and an entrepreneur ecosystem.

$1M – $15M

Summit Partners

Summit Partners is a growth investing firm that backs category-leading companies across technology, healthcare and life sciences, and growth products and services, providing capital and resources to support their expansion.

$10M – $500M

Team8

Team8 is a venture creation and venture capital firm that partners closely with founders and industry experts to identify core problems and build long-lasting companies.

$3M – $60M

StageOne Ventures

StageOne Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs founders building enterprise and deep-technology companies, having invested across five funds.

$500K – $3.5M

Correlation Ventures

Correlation Ventures is an early-stage venture capital investor active across the US, backing companies regardless of sector, location, or business model, with a portfolio of 200+ companies.

$100K – $4M

F2 Capital

Leta Capital

Leta Capital is a venture capital firm managing three funds and investing in exceptional founders regardless of geography, primarily in B2B software and deep-R&D IT solutions.

$500K – $5M

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