How many investments has Key1 Capital made?

Key1 Capital has 17 tracked investments, including 6 dated in the last 24 months.

What stage does Key1 Capital invest at?

Key1 Capital invests at the Growth stage.

Where is Key1 Capital located?

Key1 Capital is headquartered in Herzliya, IL.

Who does Key1 Capital co-invest with?

Key1 Capital most often shares deals with 83North, Celesta Capital, Celesta Capital, among 40 tracked co-investors.

Key1 Capital

Growth equity

Herzliya · Growth · 16 people tracked

Also known as KEY 1 CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LTD

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Investment thesis

Key1 Capital invests in growth-stage technology companies across Israel and Europe, targeting businesses with genuine technical depth and structural competitive advantages. Its focus areas include AI infrastructure, mission-critical software, and defense, though it backs standout companies across sectors. The firm prioritizes visionary, values-driven founders and positions itself as a hands-on partner, offering strategic global connections, support for both organic and inorganic growth, and comprehensive strategic planning aimed at preparing companies for and beyond an ultimate exit.

Invests inAI & Machine Learning Data & Infrastructure Deep Tech Defense Tech Enterprise Software SaaS Europe Herzliya Israel

Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.

Stage

Growth

Herzliya, IL

Instruments

Equity

Founded

2021

Last 12 months

4 investments

AUM

$300M

VC funds

Tracked investments

Team · 16 people

from the firm's website & public directories

Amit Pilowsky· Co-Founder & Managing Partner· Herzliya, Israelin

Spent seventeen years in leadership roles at Goldman Sachs in London and Tel Aviv, including Head of Consumer and Retail at the Cross Markets Group in EMEA, and served in the Israeli Air Force. Co-founded Key1 focused on backing founders building meaningful, scalable companies.

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Danny Akerman· Co-Founder & Managing Partner· Herzliya, Israelin

A former professional gymnast who spent 10 years at Goldman Sachs in Tel Aviv leading its TMT investment banking practice, with earlier roles at JPMorgan and Credit Suisse in New York. Applies discipline and teamwork values to growth investing.

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Sarel Eldor· Co-Founder & Managing Partner· Herzliya, Israelin

Joined Goldman Sachs's Finance Group in New York in 2001, later opened and led the Israel office, became CEO of Goldman Sachs Israel, and headed the Growth Markets team in London. Co-founded Key1 to guide startups through growth as a hands-on partner.

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Aner Levkovich· Principal· Tel Aviv District, Israelin

Holds a bachelor's in Statistics and Economics from Tel Aviv University and a Master of Financial Mathematics from MIT, and previously worked as a consultant at BCG in Tel Aviv and an investment banker at JP Morgan in New York. Focuses on companies with strong financials and clear paths to profitability.

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Amikam Norkin· Venture Partner· Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israelin

Major General (Ret.) and former Commander of the Israeli Air Force (2017-2022), now Managing Partner at ACE, an early-stage defense tech firm partnered with Key1, and Co-founder and Chairman of Aerospace Spirit. Brings deep aerospace and defense expertise and a global network.

Boaz Chalamish· Venture Partner· Israelin

A serial CEO with senior leadership experience in infrastructure and enterprise software, storage, and cybersecurity, formerly SVP and GM at VMware and HP, SVP of R&D at Mercury Interactive, and CEO/Chairman of Clarizen.

Dr. Sanjiv Sobti· Venture Partner· United Statesin

Brings over 35 years of Wall Street experience, having led Financial Institutions M&A at Bear Stearns, JP Morgan, and Lehman Brothers, and co-founded and chaired FIRE Capital Funds. Also a venture partner at a seed-stage fintech fund and former senior advisor to Credit Suisse.

Eran Liron· Venture Partner· Palo Alto, California, United Statesin

Former EVP of Corporate Development and Marketing at NICE Systems, having led close to 50 M&A transactions, with earlier roles at Mercury and Tower Semiconductor and as co-founder of digiGroups. Currently CSO of Next Insurance; holds a doctorate from Stanford Business School and a BSc from the Technion.

Itzik Parnafes· Venture Partner· Israelin 𝕏

Brings over 20 years of technology investing experience in infrastructure, application software, and consumer technology, having previously been a General Partner at Battery Ventures and an entrepreneur.

Shimon Tsentsiper· Venture Partner· Israelin

Former Head of the IAF Technology Sector and retired Brigadier General with a 28-year military career, now Managing Partner at ACE and Co-founder and CEO of Aerospace Spirit. Specializes in translating military innovation into commercial aerospace and defense solutions.

Adi Harari· CFO· Tel Aviv District, Israelin

Spent 15 years at EY as Managing Director providing audit, tax, and consulting services to private equity and real estate funds, working with major Israeli VC funds and tech companies. Serves as CFO supporting the fund and portfolio companies.

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Deanna Grunfeld· Vice President· Herzliya, Israelin

Began her career in finance at Wells Fargo after studying business and finance at USC, then invested across private markets at a global family office and at Brookfield in New York. After relocating to Israel, she joined KDT, the venture arm of Koch Industries, focusing on growth-stage tech, before joining Key1.

Elad Baron· Investment Professional· Israelin

Earned degrees in Law and Accounting from Tel Aviv University and worked as an M&A investment banker at Rothschild & Co. for nearly three years before joining Key1 as a growth investor focused on scaling entrepreneurs.

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Liat Doukhan· Office Operations Manager· Israelin

Started as an office manager in an IDF Paratrooper unit and holds a BA in Business Administration from Colorado Technical University, with over 20 years of office management experience supporting business leaders.

Liran Zvibal

Daniel Akerman· Director

What they invest in

from 15 of 17 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×9SaaS ×4Cloud Computing ×3Consumer ×3Cybersecurity ×3Enterprise Software ×3Gaming ×3Biotech ×2

HQs:United States×3Germany×1India×1

Investments · 17 tracked

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By year:2026 · 2 2025 · 4 2024 · 1 2022 · 29 dated

by Playtikasuperplay.co in

Superplay is a gaming studio founded in 2019 by gaming and film industry veterans that develops casual, evergreen mobile games aimed at a global audience.

Gaming

Gilad Almog(Founder)inEyal Netzer(Founder)in

Co-investors83North NFX O.G. Venture Partners vgames

Cheqcheq.one in 𝕏Feb 2022 · $150M

CheQ is a mobile app for paying credit card and utility bills in one place, offering rewards (CheQ Chips), a wallet, credit score dashboard, and instant cash and loan-against-mutual-funds products.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerFintechBengaluru, IN

Aditya Soni(Founder)in

Co-investors3one4 Capital Sherpalo Ventures Battery Ventures Tiger Global Management

CHEQcheq.ai in 𝕏Feb 2022 · $150M

CHEQ operates a threat intelligence team that analyzes bot, human abuse, and AI-agent activity in real time and embeds those findings into its detection engine to protect enterprise digital interactions.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS

Ehud Levy(Co-founder & President)inGuy Tytunovich(Co-Founder & CEO)inAsaf Botovsky(Co-founder & CTO, Head of Threat Intelligence Team)Toby Arbel(Chief Human Resources Officer)inRory Stern(Chief Revenue Officer)inMerav Niv(Chief Financial Officer)in

Co-investorsBattery Ventures MizMaa Ventures Tiger Global Management WestRiver Group

Chunk Foodschunkfoods.com in

Chunk Foods makes plant-based meat alternatives produced through fermentation, including a whole-cut product designed for slicing, slow-cooking, marinating, and roasting.

BiotechConsumerFoodTechNew Materials

Amos Golan(Founder & CEO/CTO)inAmir Gueron(CFO)inItay Uri(VP R&D)inAlex Malamud(VP Business, US)Michal Gayer(Director of Operations)inJoe Loria(Director of Marketing)in

Co-investorsCheyenne Ventures FLORA Ventures Stray Dog Capital Fall Line Capital FootPrint Coalition Good Seed Ventures +1 more

Dust Photonicsdustphotonics.com in 𝕏

DustPhotonics develops silicon photonics chips (PICs) and an end-to-end SiPho platform with laser integration and fiber coupling, based on its proprietary L3C laser-attach technology.

Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors

Co-investorsCelesta Capital Celesta Capital Deep Insight Greenfield Partners Intel Capital Sienna Venture Capital

FundGuardfundguard.com in 𝕏

FundGuard develops cloud-based investment accounting and asset servicing software for banks, asset managers, and fund administrators.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingFintechSaaSDedham, US

Lior Yogev(CEO & Co-founder)inYaniv Zecharya(Founder)in

Co-investorsBlumberg Capital LionBird Maccabee Ventures Mindset Venture Symbol Union Tech Ventures +1 more

Habana Labshabana.aiJan 2026 · $107M

Habana Labs designs AI processors optimized for training deep neural networks and inference deployment in production environments.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductors

David Dahan(Founder)in

Co-investorsBessemer Venture Partners Celesta Capital Atreides Management Exor Ventures Fidelity Investments

Healtheehealthee.com in 𝕏Apr 2025 · $50M

Healthee provides an AI-powered health plan comparison platform that helps employees select appropriate insurance coverage during open enrollment based on their family needs and healthcare priorities.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechHR TechSaaS

Guy Benjamin(Founder)in Dr. Elad Ofir(Founder)in

Co-investorsGlilot Capital Partners Invariantes Fund Fin Capital

Holiduholidu.com

Munich, DE

Johannes Siebers(Founder)in

Co-investors83North Bootstrap Europe Claret Capital Partners Newtown Partners Northzone Prime Ventures+2 more

Remepyremepy.com in

Remepy develops "Hybrid Drugs" that combine pharmaceuticals with targeted digital interventions to deliver personalized and adaptive therapies for patients.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital Health

Or Shoval(Founder)in

Co-investors97212 Ventures fresh.fund IT-Farm Corporation NFX O.G. Venture Partners PsyMed Ventures +4 more

Sentrasentra.io in 𝕏

Sentra provides data governance and visibility solutions that help enterprises understand and control what data their AI systems can access and potentially expose.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US

Ron Reiter(Founder)Yair Cohen(Founder)in

Co-investorsBessemer Venture Partners Claltech Munich Re Ventures Together Fund

Sentrasentra.app 𝕏Apr 2025 · $50M

Sentra is a tool that captures and reconstructs the context behind engineering decisions, linking discussions, tickets, and pull requests to explain why choices were made.

Developer ToolsFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US

Andrey Starenky(Founder)in Al Rey(Founder)in

Co-investorsBackwards Capital A16Z Speedrun Antigravity Capital Bessemer Venture Partners Precursor Ventures Standard Investments +3 more

Sweetsweet.io in 𝕏Nov 2025 · $75M

Sweet is a platform that lets professional sports leagues create gamified blockchain-based digital collectible experiences.

Crypto & Web3GamingSports Tech

Tom Mizzone(Founder)in

Co-investorsPure Ventures Evolution Equity Partners Glilot Capital Partners Rebalance Earth

Sweet Securitysweet.security in 𝕏Nov 2025 · $75M

Sweet Security is a runtime security platform that detects and blocks threats as they happen across cloud workloads and AI agents, using a Learning Loop™ that continuously evolves defenses against zero-day threats.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurity

Orel Ben Ishay(Founder)in

Co-investorsEvolution Equity Partners Glilot Capital Partners Munich Re Ventures

WekaIO, Inc.weka.io in 𝕏May 2024

WEKA develops a high-performance data infrastructure platform designed for AI and HPC workloads, offering storage and compute management across edge, core, and cloud environments.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & Infrastructure

Liran Zvibel(Founder)in

Co-investors10D Celesta Capital Celesta Capital Hitachi Ventures Lumir Ventures Norwest Venture Partners +8 more

Xsightxsight.online in 𝕏Aug 2026 · $300M

XSight is a multiplayer augmented reality platform that connects metaverse experiences to real-world scenarios such as coffee runs, conferences, and nightlife.

ConsumerGamingSocial

Co-investorsYoubi Capital Atreides Management Battery Ventures Fidelity Investments Intel Capital Maverick Capital +2 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

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Remepy Raises $36 Million Series A, Bringing Total Funding To $62 Million As Parkinson's Hybrid Drug Heads Toward Phase III

Remepy · pulse2.com · Aug 20, 2026

Private Markets: Function, Xsight Labs lead latest funding wave - TipRanks.com

Xsight · tipranks.com · Aug 6, 2026

Hot Five: Neon raises $13m, one month of Pokémon Champions, and Tencent reportedly in talks to purchase SuperPlay | PocketGamer.biz

by Playtika · pocketgamer.biz · Jul 27, 2026

Chunk Foods Set to Double Sales & Defy Plant-Based Meat Slowdown

Chunk Foods · greenqueen.com.hk · Jul 14, 2026

The Sweet Change raises ₹1.7 Cr pre-seed funding led by Rebalance

Sweet · entrepreneur.economictimes.indiatimes.com · Jun 4, 2026

Sentra Raises $5.0M Seed Round

Sentra · trysignalbase.com · May 5, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Key1 Capital made?: Key1 Capital has 17 tracked investments, including 6 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Key1 Capital invest at?: Key1 Capital invests at the Growth stage.
What sectors does Key1 Capital focus on?: Key1 Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
Where is Key1 Capital located?: Key1 Capital is headquartered in Herzliya, IL.
Who does Key1 Capital co-invest with?: Key1 Capital most often shares deals with 83North, Celesta Capital, Celesta Capital, among 40 tracked co-investors.

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