Hanaco Venture Capital
Venture capitalHerzliya · Seed–Growth · 18 people tracked
Investment thesis
The firm prioritizes working with decisive, action-oriented founders who prioritize building over discussion. They invest across the spectrum from early-stage visionaries to growth-stage leaders, seeking to identify and develop exceptional potential into sustainable success.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 18 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 13 of 59 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×7Enterprise Software ×4Cloud Computing ×3Cybersecurity ×3Hardware ×3Data & Infrastructure ×2Mobility & Transportation ×2Semiconductors ×2
HQs:United States×4Israel×2
Investments · 59 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathEnabling telemedicine and digital health
DigitalOcean provides cloud infrastructure and AI tools for developers and builders, offering services including virtual machines (Droplets), Kubernetes, managed databases, and serverless functions.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsNew York City, US
Moisey Uretsky(Executive Officer, Director)Ben Uretsky(Executive Officer, Director)Pueo Keffer(Director)Jason Seats(Director)Peter Levine(Director)Brad Gillespie(Director)
PartnerLior Prosor· led
Tel-Aviv
Board seatPasha Romanovski· per SEC Form D · $8M raise · filed Jul 2020
Enterprise SaaS company enabling financial institutions to deliver digital banking products including verification, fraud protection, lending, and deposit services.
Data based personalized video experience
Breakthrough therapies for neurorecovery
The future of orthodontic care
Chain Reaction designs processors, including its 3PU FHE processor, that make fully homomorphic encryption practical for large-scale computation on encrypted data.
CybersecurityHardwareSemiconductors
Powering restaurants with wholesale food supplies
Revolutionizing the vet experience for pets and their owners
Technology-led bank providing embedded banking, payments, and lending infrastructure to leading fintechs.
A multi-account payment card and app aggregating bank cards with time travel feature
The #1 corporate card & expense management platform
Digital transformation for financial services
Virtual Patient Simulation for Healthcare Professionals
Cloud asset management and IaC control
Financial solutions for property managers and residents
Helps brands drive profitable growth
Optimizing cash flow for small businesses
AI recruiting platform for smarter hiring
Building a safer digital world for small businesses
Plug-and-play conversational AI platform enabling voice and chat interactions with information across digital channels.
Israel Krush(Founder & CEO)
Lightricks develops AI video generation models and a creative platform (LTX Studio) that enable creators to produce high-quality videos efficiently on consumer hardware.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyEnterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment
Zeev Farbman(Co-founder and CEO)
The Future of Autonomous Preventive Medicine
Digital transformation for medication management system
Moovit is a mobile application that provides real-time public transit information, including schedules, maps, and step-by-step directions for buses, trains, trams, and subways across multiple countries.
Mobility & Transportation
AI copilot for property management teams
Managing a decentralized network of technicians
The next OS for Customer Support
Disrupting the Traditional Dairy Industry
Reveal is an insider threat detection platform that monitors AI agents and human users across SaaS, IAM, and development tools to identify and contain risky behavior in real-time.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
The winning model for SMB insurance
End-to-end data product optimization platform for data spend attribution and ROI maximization
End-to-end AI/ML and IoT platform using drone imagery to help farmers optimize management of permanent crops.
Solidus Labs provides compliance and market monitoring software for cryptocurrency and traditional finance.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechNew York, US
Prosor Lior(Director)Shimon Mazor(Director)Asaf Meir(Executive Officer, Director)Chen Arad(Director)Praveen Kumar(Executive Officer, Director)
Speedata develops an Analytics Processing Unit (APU), a purpose-built semiconductor chip designed to accelerate database analytics and AI workloads for enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSemiconductors
Dan Charash(Chairman and Co-Founder)Jonathan Friedmann(Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder)Yoav Etsion(Chief Technologist and Co-Founder)Dani Voitsechov(VP R&D and Co-Founder)Itai Incze(Chief Software Architect and Co-Founder)Rafi Shalom(CTO, Chief Architect and Co-Founder)
BiotechEnglewood, US
Alon Lifshitz(Director)Roi Ophir(Director, Promoter)Shlomi Madar(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Shai Lankry(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Assaf Ruf(Executive Officer)J. Leonard Lichtenfeld(Executive Officer)
The digital infrastructure for public mobility
Zeno develops nuclear batteries that convert heat from decaying radioisotopes into electricity for extended-duration applications in space and deep-sea environments where conventional power sources are inadequate.
Deep TechDefense TechEnergyHardwareSpace Tech
Tyler Bernstein(Founder & CEO)in
AI-powered cloud vulnerability remediation platform
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Hanaco Venture Capital invest at?
- Hanaco Venture Capital invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth stages.
- What is Hanaco Venture Capital's typical check size?
- Hanaco Venture Capital typically writes checks of $2M – $20M.
- What sectors does Hanaco Venture Capital focus on?
- Hanaco Venture Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Marketing Tech, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Hanaco Venture Capital located?
- Hanaco Venture Capital is headquartered in Herzliya, IL.
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Co-investors · 32
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Morgan Creek Capital Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser offering investment management services to institutions and high-net-worth families, including customized and discretionary strategies based on the University Endowment Model.
SYN Ventures is a venture capital firm backing early-stage companies in cybersecurity, industrial security, national defense, privacy, regulatory compliance, and data governance.
Atomico is an international venture capital firm that invests in growth-stage technology companies across multiple geographies. The firm focuses on scaling disruptive technology businesses globally.
Mayfield Fund is a venture capital firm publishing perspectives on artificial intelligence, focusing on what it calls the Collaborative Intelligence era where humans and AI work together.
MS&AD Ventures is the corporate venture arm backed by MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, with a team experienced in both investing and operating.
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