IMS Digital Ventures
Venture studioSeed–Series A · 1 people tracked
Investment thesis
IMS Digital Ventures combines full-stack venture building with family office capital to pursue global private equity opportunities. Its partnership model creates an ecosystem advantage through a hands-on network of financial and operational partners with deep market expertise. The firm emphasizes commercial architecture matched to real industry needs rather than hype-driven builds. Its internal R&D division, IMS Labs, develops proprietary, defensible technology and patented IP to accelerate and de-risk time to market, helping companies move from MVP to a durable competitive moat and enabling sustainable, scalable value creation across multiple asset classes.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 1 people
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What they invest in
from 4 of 6 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×4Deep Tech ×2Enterprise Software ×2Fintech ×2Crypto & Web3 ×1Cybersecurity ×1Data & Infrastructure ×1Robotics ×1
HQs:United States×1
Investments · 6 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBlacklight is a cybersecurity platform built by former SOC operators and security engineers that uses autonomous agents to reduce alert fatigue and automate security investigations.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
IMS Group is a global private investment partnership that deploys capital across multiple divisions focused on specialist credit, venture building, and technology infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Deep TechEnterprise SoftwareFintech
IMS Sports Capital provides financial services and investment expertise tailored to sports-related assets, athletes, and sports businesses, drawing on teams with backgrounds in institutional finance, venture capital, and sports operations.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSports Tech
Anastasios Papadopoulos(Founder/Leader)Manuela Buerki(Founding Member)
Deploys an integrated suite of sensing and mapping technologies to generate on-demand tactical mapping, using fused photogrammetry, electromagnetic sensing, and real-time computer vision to build a live, AI-assembled understanding of the environment.
Wayland Autonomy builds an aerial mapping and 3D digital-twin platform that fuses drone flight data into a persistent, georeferenced 3D Gaussian splatting model, letting operators detect changes, replay past states, and export to GIS or hand the map to robots and vehicles.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRobotics
Shai De Toledo(Co-Founder & CEO)Eatay Ben Shechter(Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer)Motti Shechter(Co-Founder & Head of Strategy)James Summerville(Co-Founder & Head of Operations & Integration)Richard Shaver(VP, Hardware & Manufacturing)
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has IMS Digital Ventures made?
- IMS Digital Ventures has 6 tracked investments.
- What stage does IMS Digital Ventures invest at?
- IMS Digital Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does IMS Digital Ventures focus on?
- IMS Digital Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech, E-commerce, Fintech, Logistics & Supply Chain, Retail Tech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
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