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Joule Ventures

Venture capitalActively deploying

Tel Aviv · Pre-Seed–Seed · 3 people tracked

Also known as JOULE VENTURES LLC

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Investment thesis

Joule Ventures partners with Israeli founders from day one to build enterprise solutions, believing these entrepreneurs are uniquely positioned to address the many inefficiencies found across the modern enterprise. The firm operates on a partner-only model, giving founders direct access to decision makers and senior resources without organizational hierarchy. Its emphasis on strong relationships and delivering tangible value is designed to create a clear path toward accelerated U.S. commercialization for the companies it backs.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
Check
$1M – $3M
HQ
Tel Aviv, New York, IL
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2012
Private fund assets
$182.6M
VC funds
10
Tracked investments
25

Team · 3 people

from the firm's website

What they invest in

from 19 of 25 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×11SaaS ×10Cybersecurity ×9Enterprise Software ×5Developer Tools ×4Fintech ×4Cloud Computing ×2Data & Infrastructure ×2

HQs:United States×8Israel×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 8 portfolio companies
50%
solo founders
4 of 8 mapped founding teams

Founding team size:solo founder×42 founders×33 founders×1

Investments · 25 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2025 · 42023 · 12021 · 27 dated

Atomationatomation.netinMay 2025

Atomation makes wireless, battery-powered "Atom" IoT sensors that monitor equipment and environmental conditions such as bearing temperature, vibration, impact, and tilt, sending trigger-based alerts to a cloud dashboard.

Advanced ManufacturingHardwareIoTSaint Louis, US

Guy Weitzman(Executive Officer, Director)Stephen Charles Hassell(Executive Officer, Director)Eran Keshet(Executive Officer, Director)Yoel Cheshin(Director)

BoardReuvin Avi-Tal(Director)Christopher Dorr(Director)

Board seatDaniel Frankenstein· per SEC Form D

Co-investors2B.VC

acsenseacsense.comin

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

Itzik Hanan(Founder)

Co-investorsDreamit Venturesfresh.fundFusion VCTachles VC

Arnicaarnica.ioin𝕏Jul 2021

Arnica provides an application security platform that governs AI-generated code by injecting security policies into AI coding assistants like Copilot, Cursor, and Claude Code, and scans every code push with AI SAST, SCA, IaC, and secrets detection.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSaaSJohns Creek, US

Eran Medan(Secretary and Chief Technology Officer)Nir Veltman(Executive Officer, Director)Moshe Dahan(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardAmit Sridharan(Director)inBrian Rosenzweig(Director)in

Co-investorsFirst Rays Venture Partners

BioCatchbiocatch.comin𝕏

BioCatch develops behavioral biometric authentication technology for fraud detection and identity verification.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintech

Avi Turgeman(Co-founder)Benny Rosenbaum(Co-founder)Uri Rivner(Co-founder)Gadi Mazor(CEO)inP. Howard Edelsteinin

Co-investorsBain Capital Tech OpportunitiesBlumberg CapitalEpisode1Maccabee VenturesMaverick VenturesOurCrowd+1 more

Control Monkeycontrolmonkey.ioin

ControlMonkey provides a backup and recovery platform that protects cloud infrastructure and configuration for security and cloud teams.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsTel Aviv, IL

Aharon Twizer(Founder)in

Co-investorsGaia VenturesLool Ventures

Coralogixcoralogix.comin𝕏

Coralogix provides an AI-native observability platform with a data lake that lets engineering teams ingest, store, and query telemetry (logs, metrics, and traces) across their stack using a unified query language and conversational AI investigation interface.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Ariel Assaraf(Founder)inYoni Farin‏(Founder)in

Co-investors2B.VCAlephBright Pixel CapitalBrighton Park CapitalGreenfield PartnersLakewest Venture Partners+6 more

Corbelpaycorbelpay.com

Corbel offers an AI-powered quoting and sales assistant for capital equipment sellers, engaging leads around the clock, generating quotes, recommending configurations and add-ons, and surfacing financing options.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSales Tech

Co-investorsFinancial Venture StudioRestive VenturesSelah Ventures

Hearhear.aiin𝕏

Hear.ai offers an AI platform that analyzes customer interactions across calls, chats, and tickets to provide insights, quality assurance automation, and compliance monitoring.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsRUNI Ventures

Ironvestironvest.comApr 2025

IronVest provides intent-centric biometric authentication that verifies user identity and intent behind financial interactions to prevent AI and human fraud, including deepfakes, scams, malware, and account takeover.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechSaaSNew York, US

Avi Turgeman(Director, Executive Officer)inYaron Dror(Founder)

BoardAdam Hurwich(Director)Rob Shavell(Director)

Co-investorsNorwest Venture Partners

Lingacomlingacom.com

Lingacom develops and manufactures muon-based detection and imaging systems that use cosmic ray muons for non-destructive, radiation-free scanning.

CybersecurityDeep TechHardware

Mirato360mirato360.com
Mycachemycache.ai

Co-investorsHoneystone Ventures

Newsboundnewsbound.aiin

Newsbound offers an AI-powered "PR autopilot" that monitors the web to identify relevant journalists, writes personalized pitches, sends them, and manages follow-ups, backed by human PR professionals.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

Co-investors91 Ventures

Outgageoutgage.co
Paper Tigerpapertiger.comin

Paper Tiger is a strategic design partner that provides art direction, responsive web design, full-stack and low-code development (including WordPress-to-Webflow migrations), and brand strategy for companies.

Creator EconomyMarketing Tech

Co-investorsM13

Perfectgoperfect.comin𝕏Feb 2025 · $23M

GoPerfect offers an AI recruiting platform whose agent sources, screens, and engages candidates by searching 800M+ profiles, scoring applicants, and sending personalized outreach via LinkedIn, email, and SMS.

AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSVancouver, US

Michael Wallace(Executive Officer, Director)Stephen Lile(Executive Officer, Director)Miriam Kim(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsFirestreak Ventures

Pyntpynt.ioin𝕏Sep 2023 · $6M

Pynt is an API security platform that provides API discovery, security testing, LLM API testing, and an MCP runtime firewall to detect business-logic vulnerabilities and shadow endpoints.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper Tools

Co-investorsHoneystone Ventures

Reecoreeco.ioin𝕏

Miami, US

Omri Shalev(Founder)

Reposifyreposify.comin𝕏

Reposify now redirects to CrowdStrike's External Attack Surface Management (EASM) product, which discovers and secures internet-facing assets by continuously mapping the internet and providing adversary-driven risk insights.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorstoDay VenturesFirst Rays Venture Partners

Sayarisayari.comin𝕏

Sayari provides forensic investigation services using corporate records, trade data, and network analysis to uncover hidden risk networks across sanctions evasion, financial crime, counternarcotics, and adversary operations for law enforcement and government clients.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechGovTechLegalTechWashington, US

Farley Mesko(Executive Officer)inEric Rhoades(Executive Officer)Benjamin Power(Executive Officer)inDavid Asher(Executive Officer)

BoardMike Zappert(Director)Benjamin Cukier(Director)

Co-investorsIn-Q-TelCentana Growth PartnersIronGate Capital AdvisorsLavrock VenturesMissionOGTFX Capital+3 more

Shield-IoTshieldiot.ioin𝕏

Shield-IoT offers ShieldEdge, an agentless AI SaaS platform that provides asset visibility, threat detection, and regulatory compliance for connected edge devices across IoT, OT, and IT networks.

CybersecurityIoTSaaS

Co-investorsBloc VenturesFuture Energy VenturesNextLeap VenturesTachles VC

Swishswish.aiin𝕏Acquired

The company offers an enterprise AI platform for deploying agentic workflows, with each solution reusing shared context and enriched data to speed up subsequent deployments.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsSamsung NextAccelBain Capital VenturesStageOne Ventures

Tackle.iotackle.ioin𝕏Feb 2025 · $23M

Tackle provides a platform that helps enterprise software companies sell and transact through cloud marketplaces like AWS, Microsoft Marketplace, and Google Cloud.

B2B MarketplacesCloud ComputingSaaSSales TechBoise, US

Dillon Woods(Founder / CTO)inBrian Denker(Founder / COO)inJohn Jahnke(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardMichael Droesch(Director)inLeo Spiegel(Director)Michael Asher(Director)

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBessemer Venture PartnersCoatue Management

WeWorkwework.comOct 2021

New York, US

Jared DeMatteis(Chief Legal Officer)Sandeep Mathrani(Chief Executive Officer and Director)Benjamin Dunham(Chief Financial Officer)

Co-investorsAvant Global LLCDag VenturesInvestXMetaPropSoftBank Vision FundRRE Ventures

Portfolio news

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Joule Ventures made?
Joule Ventures has 23 tracked investments, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Joule Ventures invest at?
Joule Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
What is Joule Ventures's typical check size?
Joule Ventures typically writes checks of $1M – $3M.
What sectors does Joule Ventures focus on?
Joule Ventures focuses on Enterprise Software, Sector Agnostic.
Where is Joule Ventures located?
Joule Ventures is headquartered in Tel Aviv, IL.
Does Joule Ventures lead rounds?
Yes, Joule Ventures leads investment rounds.
Who does Joule Ventures co-invest with?
Joule Ventures most often shares deals with 2B.VC, Bright Pixel Capital, Honeystone Ventures, among 50 tracked co-investors.

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Co-investors · 3

First Rays Venture Partners

First Rays Venture Partners is an early-stage investor focused on the AI-native infrastructure stack, backing enterprise infrastructure and B2B systems companies.

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Hanaco Venture Capital

Hanaco Venture Capital is an investment firm backing companies from early to growth stage, focusing on founders and their potential.

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Journey Ventures

Journey Ventures focuses on building a portfolio of Israeli and international companies specializing in tourism, travel tech, and hospitality with advanced technological capabilities.

Firms observed investing alongside Joule Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Joule Ventures's recorded portfolio.

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