NextLeap Ventures
Venture capitalHerzliya · Pre-Seed–Series A · 10 people tracked
Investment thesis
NextLeap Ventures gives investors access to early-stage Israeli high-tech and deep-tech startups building breakthrough technologies that address global challenges. Focus areas include artificial intelligence, sustainability, digital health, mobility, Industry 4.0, and bio-convergence. The firm differentiates itself through a team of eight partners with more than 200 years of combined experience spanning global technology companies such as Intel, Adobe, and Siemens, as well as startups. This breadth covers investments, strategy, technology, innovation, IP, marketing, product, and finance, enabling rigorous due diligence and hands-on portfolio support after investment.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 10 people
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What they invest in
from 19 of 27 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×13Hardware ×6Medical Devices ×6Digital Health ×5Healthtech ×5Deep Tech ×4Cleantech ×3Enterprise Software ×3
HQs:Israel×8United States×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 8 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×62 founders×2
Investments · 27 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathAirwayz provides defense-grade airspace management software for organizations operating in complex low-altitude environments, offering real-time planning, deconfliction, asset protection, and coordinated threat detection and mitigation through a single operational platform with an AI assistant.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechGovTech
Carrar is a battery technology company that develops battery modules and systems using a proprietary two-phase immersion architecture to improve battery performance and longevity across cell types and climates.
CleantechEnergyHardwareMobility & Transportation
Erez Freibach(Co-Founder & Chairman)inEitam Friedman(Co-founder & CEO)inYael Wilf-Shoham(CFO)in
Co-investorsNext Gear Ventures
Gideon Lapidoth(Founder)in
Co-investorsFirst Star VenturesKhosla Ventures
New York, US
TOMER MORAD(Executive Officer, Director)TOMER PAZ(Director)ANDREY GELMAN(Executive Officer)
BoardNICHOLAS J. ADAMS(Director)in
Co-investorsDifferential VenturesNeer Venture PartnersJ-Ventures
CorrActions develops NeuroMonitor, a software-only system that detects driver and passenger cognitive states such as alcohol impairment, fatigue, and inattention using data already available in vehicles, deployed via over-the-air updates without hardware changes.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsNext Gear Ventures
Co-investorsIL VenturesOcean Azul Partners
Dataloop is an enterprise AI development platform that lets data teams build, train, and manage AI applications in one unified environment, with support for unstructured data types like image, video, text, lidar, and audio.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Avi YasharNir Buschi(Business Officer)Koby Molcho(Chief Technology Officer)Shlomi Avigdor(Chief Product Officer)
Co-investors91 VenturesAlpha Wave GlobalAmiti VenturesF2 Venture CapitalICONYC labsNGP Capital+2 more
Enervibe develops kinetic energy harvesting and battery-less sensing platforms that convert vibration, rotation, and motion into electrical power for industrial IoT and connected devices.
Deep TechHardwareIoT
Co-investorsCapital Nature Ltd.
Uses advanced computational algorithms to design sophisticated novel enzymes.
Geneyx offers a genomic data analysis platform for secondary and tertiary interpretation of NGS data, including exome, whole genome sequencing, and gene panels, with AI/ML-driven variant interpretation, automated annotation, and customizable reporting.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital Health
HT BioImaging develops HDI (Heat Diffusion Imaging), a patented medical imaging platform that measures heat diffusion in biological tissue and converts the signal into an image for non-invasive, real-time cancer detection.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedical Devices
Gideon Barak(Co-Founder & Chairman)
MAGENTIQ-EYE develops an AI-assisted system for detecting gastrointestinal lesions during colonoscopies, with validation from a multinational clinical trial.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesHaifa, IL
Dror Zur(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsNina CapitalNovaCapital
Marine Edge develops technologies that optimize vessel performance through real-time data analytics and predictive algorithms, including an Engine Load Management System that addresses ocean wave-induced inefficiencies in marine engines.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergyIoTHaifa, IL
Co-investorsTechstars
Mon4t provides quantitative neurological assessment technology that enables remote testing and monitoring of neurological symptoms for clinical research, drug development, telemedicine, and screening applications.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesJerusalem, IL
Ziv Yekutieli(CEO & Founder, PhD)
Brings AI and smartphones to neurological tests.
Precision 3D printing technology for sensors, robotics, optics and electronics (exited 2021).
Co-investorsi3 Partners
NewPhotonics develops photonics technology to enable energy-efficient AI through all-optical connectivity innovations.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Co-investorsAwz Ventures
Polymertal manufactures lightweight products using materials, including a collaboration with UBQ Materials to produce sustainable components.
Advanced ManufacturingCircular EconomyNew Materials
Shield-IoT provides an agent-less, AI-powered SaaS platform for securing IoT, operational technology, and IT networks through asset visibility and threat management.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityIoTSaaS
Udi Solomon(Founder)Noam(Sales Leader)Motty(VP R&D)Shani(CFO)
Co-investorsBloc VenturesFuture Energy VenturesJoule VenturesTachles VC
SonicEdge develops second-generation MEMS microspeakers using modulated ultrasound technology, including SonicTwin, an 8x4x1 mm integrated speaker-microphone for true wireless stereo earbuds and headphones.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsBinyamina-Giv'at Ada, IL
Moti Margalit(Founder)
TechsoMed develops BioTrace, an FDA-cleared software platform for image-guided minimally invasive cancer therapy that uses AI to provide real-time 3D visualization, tumor margin control, needle path planning, and post-ablation tissue response prediction.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMedical Devices
Uses eco-friendly, chemical-free electrical pulse discharge technology to disinfect and treat wastewater.
WADIS develops water and wastewater treatment technologies using chemical-free, low-cost systems designed to reduce water consumption and treatment costs across industrial processes.
CleantechClimate TechEnterprise SoftwareHardwareIsrael, IL
Alan Silberman(CEO)
Waterless liquid cooling solution for data centers and AI superchips.
Co-investorsLIP Ventures BoutiqueOurCrowdReal-Life Innovations
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesDataloop · calcalistech.com · Dec 17, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has NextLeap Ventures made?
- NextLeap Ventures has 27 tracked investments.
- What stage does NextLeap Ventures invest at?
- NextLeap Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does NextLeap Ventures focus on?
- NextLeap Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Climate Tech, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Digital Health, Enterprise Software, Medical Devices, Mobility & Transportation, New Materials, SaaS.
- Where is NextLeap Ventures located?
- NextLeap Ventures is headquartered in Herzliya, IL.
- Who does NextLeap Ventures co-invest with?
- NextLeap Ventures most often shares deals with Next Gear Ventures, Differential Ventures, Khosla Ventures, among 26 tracked co-investors.
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