Gefen Capital
Venture capitalHerzliya Pituach · Seed–Series B · 8 people tracked
Also known as US ISRAEL GEFEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LTD
Investment thesis
Gefen Capital backs companies that demonstrate strong technological differentiation, address large potential markets, and are oriented toward the US market. The firm emphasizes a flexible investment approach without pressure for quick exits, leveraging a strong US network and the operational experience of its principals to support portfolio companies.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 8 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 20 of 27 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×13SaaS ×10Enterprise Software ×9Data & Infrastructure ×6Cybersecurity ×5Fintech ×4Digital Health ×3Hardware ×3
HQs:United States×7Israel×3
Who they back
founder profiles across 8 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×42 founders×33 founders×1
Investments · 27 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathCo-investorsAgate Medical Investments LPBRM CapitalDeep InsightTitan Capital Partners
Acsense provides an IAM resilience platform that backs up, monitors, and recovers Identity and Access Management systems such as Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure AD, Ping, and Forgerock.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsGoAhead Ventures
Ametrine develops cloaking and invisibility technologies to help military and defense personnel avoid advanced sensor detection on the battlefield.
Deep TechDefense TechHardwareNew Materials
BoardKen Tovo(Advisor/Leadership)
Co-investorsJAL Ventures Ltd.
Blink Eye develops AI-powered eye-tracking technology that enables human-computer interaction through eye movement alone.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningConsumerDeveloper ToolsHardwareRetail TechSan Jose, US
Oren H. Yogev(Co-Founder & CEO)Gilad Drozdov(Co-Founder & CTO)Tanmoy Chowdoury(Executive Officer)Mor Swiel(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardYuval Neeman(Director)Preetish Nijhawan(Director)
Co-investorsPerot JainTrilogy Equity Partners
Capitalise.ai provides a no-code trading automation platform that allows non-technical traders to automate trading strategies using natural language interfaces.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechSaaS
CardinalOps offers an AI-driven detection engineering platform that analyzes an organization's SIEM and EDR tools to identify coverage gaps, fix broken or noisy detection rules, and generate new threat-informed detections mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBoston, US
Michael Mumcuoglu(Co-Founder & CEO)inYair Manor(Co-Founder & CTO)Adi Sapir(CFO)
Co-investorsBattery VenturesIN VentureViola VenturesGlilot Capital PartnersRepsol Energy VenturesSymbol+2 more
Diagnostic Robotics develops an AI engine for healthcare that aims to improve efficiency and accessibility in clinical operations.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtech
Kira Radinsky(Co-founder and CTO)inNigel Ohrenstein(CEO)in
Co-investorsMaverick Ventures IsraelPerot Jain
Glassbox provides a digital experience intelligence platform that automatically captures interactions from websites and mobile apps to analyze user behavior, performance, and session data.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSGlen Head, US
Yaron Gueta(Founder)inRichard Levinson(Executive Officer)Christopher Hummel(Executive Officer)Dorothy Young(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMarianne Caponnetto(Director)Eric Wheeler(Director)
Co-investorsBrighton Park CapitalStand Up VenturesSusquehanna Growth EquityUpdata PartnersFinTech CollectiveIbex Investors+3 more
Glassbox is a digital experience intelligence platform that captures and analyzes 100% of customer interactions across websites and mobile apps.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Immunai develops AMICA, a data platform for decoding the immune system to accelerate drug discovery and development.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechData & InfrastructureNew York City, US
Co-investorsCatalio Capital Management, LPKoch Disruptive TechnologiesMeron CapitalPerot JainTLV PartnersViola Ventures
Loadmill provides API and end-to-end testing tools designed for teams operating at scale with distributed systems, prioritizing determinism and reliability over test coverage volume.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsMizMaa VenturesUpWest
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)inTzvika Shmueli(Co-Founder & COO)inYossi Kasus(Co-Founder & VP VLSI)inLior Khermosh(CTO)inItay Avilevich(VP R&D)inGaurav Shah(VP Business Development)in
Co-investorsCardumen CapitalCleveland AvenueOurCrowdVaranaXT Venture CapitalSamsung Ventures+2 more
Nucleix is a healthcare company developing diagnostic technology based on DNA/nucleic acid analysis for cancer detection.
BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Eli Frydman(President EMEA)
Co-investorsOrbiMedRA CapitalBlackRockLilly Asia VenturesLYFE CapitalSands Capital Ventures
Cloudera Data Lineage (formerly Octopai) is a SaaS platform that automatically captures and visualizes data lineage across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid data environments with native integrations and universal connectors.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsForefront VentureMoneta VCNorth First VenturesPerot JainSIBF (Southern Israel Bridging Fund) VCiAngels+1 more
PVML is a cloud data access platform that connects, centralizes, and monitors multiple data sources in a single secure workspace, using differential privacy to let users query and share data via AI, API, and BI tools without moving or exposing raw data.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureTel Aviv, IL
Rina Galperin(Founder)inShachar Schnapp(Founder)in
Co-investorsNFX
Sedric is an AI-powered compliance platform for financial services teams in regulated industries, converting company policies into automated controls that review, monitor, and enforce marketing content and customer communications.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSNew York City, US
Eyal Peleg(Founder)
Co-investorsK20 FundStageOne Ventures
Co-investorsICONYC labs
Co-investorsNew Era Capital Partners
Co-investorsMizMaa Ventures
Vibrant Gastro develops a drug-free medical device using micro-vibrations to treat chronic idiopathic constipation in adults.
ConsumerDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesItasca, US
Lior Ben Tsur(CEO & Co-Founder)
Co-investorsUnorthodox Ventures
Vorpal develops advanced drone monitoring systems using signal intelligence and signal processing technology to detect and track unmanned aircraft and their operators across diverse environments.
CybersecurityDeep TechDefense TechHardwareIoTTel Aviv, IL
Tamar(CFO)
Co-investorsTrilogy Equity Partners
Zenity provides a security and governance platform for AI agents, giving enterprises visibility into agents across SaaS, cloud, custom stacks, and endpoints and enforcing policies on agent actions before, during, and after decisions.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US
Michael Bargury(CTO)inBen Kliger(Founder)in
Co-investorsIntel CapitalThird Point VenturesUpWestDTCPVertex VenturesFelicis Ventures+7 more
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfoliooctopai_acq. by Cloudera
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
CardinalOps · jpost.com · Aug 19, 2026
Zenity · finance.yahoo.com · Aug 4, 2026
Immunai · thenextweb.com · Jul 15, 2026
NeuReality · datacenterdynamics.com · May 7, 2026
Glassbox · financialit.net · Aug 7, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Gefen Capital made?
- Gefen Capital has 25 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Gefen Capital invest at?
- Gefen Capital invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What sectors does Gefen Capital focus on?
- Gefen Capital focuses on Biotech, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Medical Devices, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Semiconductors.
- Where is Gefen Capital located?
- Gefen Capital is headquartered in Herzliya Pituach, IL.
- Who does Gefen Capital co-invest with?
- Gefen Capital most often shares deals with Perot Jain, MizMaa Ventures, Trilogy Equity Partners, among 36 tracked co-investors.
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