StageOne Ventures
Venture capitalHerzliya Pituach · Seed–Late Stage · 25 people tracked
Also known as STAGE ONE II CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LTD.
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Investment thesis
StageOne Ventures focuses on seed-stage investing in enterprise technology companies, backing founders whose technologies have potential to disrupt global markets. The firm positions itself as providing the infrastructure founders need to make sound early decisions, validate their technologies, and scale globally. Its team is composed of experienced investors who came from backgrounds as entrepreneurs, executives, researchers, and innovators, and it emphasizes building long-lasting investor-founder relationships grounded in mutual respect, communication, and trust. The firm leverages global networks spanning multiple dimensions of the enterprise landscape.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.
Team · 25 people
from the firm's website & public directories
Founder mafia
2 people who came through StageOne Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 45 of 64 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×34SaaS ×19Enterprise Software ×18Cybersecurity ×15Cloud Computing ×10Developer Tools ×9Data & Infrastructure ×6Hardware ×4
HQs:United States×10Israel×4Canada×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 24 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×152 founders×23 founders×54+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 33 founders with education data
Technion ×7Tel Aviv University ×7Reichman University ×5The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ×5The Academic College of Tel-Aviv, Yaffo ×4Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ×2The College of Management Academic Studies ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 30 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×16Engineering ×6Business & Management ×4Mathematics & Statistics ×3Physics ×3
Where their founders worked beforefrom 36 founders with career history
Intel Corporation ×6Mamram ×3Amiti Ventures ×2eXelate, A Nielsen Company ×2hibob ×2IDF ×2Israeli Air Force ×2John Bryce ×2
1 founders hold a PhD · 6 hold an MBA (of 32 with degree data)
Investments · 64 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 42024 · 22023 · 32022 · 82021 · 52020 · 42019 · 22016 · 32013 · 12012 · 12009 · 134 dated
DoControl provides SaaS data security software that uses identity, user, and behavioral context to detect and remediate data exposure across cloud collaboration platforms like Google Workspace and Microsoft 365.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecuritySaaSNew York, US
Adam Gavish(Executive Officer, Director)inOmry Wienberg(Executive Officer, Director)Liel Ran(Executive Officer)inOmri Weinberg(Founder)inRick Graham(Vice President of Marketing)in
BoardLuke Page(Director)
Board seatTal Slobodkin· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsCardumen CapitalInsight PartnersRTP Global
Consumer online privacy and security solutions; acquired by Opera and later Symantec.
Palo Alto, US
Alex Seton(Executive Officer)Steve Shillingford(Executive Officer, Director)Rick Simmons(Executive Officer)Paul Kraus(Executive Officer)Ted Peck(Executive Officer)Joe Levy(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsBantam GroupCross Creek AdvisorsCrosslink CapitalKortschak Investments L.P.Mantella Venture PartnersMenlo Ventures+7 more
Avanan provides AI-powered email and collaboration security for enterprise companies, powered by Check Point's threat detection engines.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Michael Landewe(Founder)in
Co-investorsGreenfield PartnersMagma Venture Partners
Axonize provides IoT strategy consulting and support services to help organizations advance their Internet of Things initiatives.
IoT
Janiv Ratson(Founder)in
Co-investorsCornerstone Venture PartnersMeron Capital
Backline develops an autonomous vulnerability remediation platform that automatically detects, prioritizes, and fixes security vulnerabilities at enterprise scale.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Eran J. Leib(Founder)in
Co-investorsEvolution Equity PartnersGradient Ventures
Backslash provides endpoint security and governance for autonomous AI agents running across enterprise devices and infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Yossi Pik(Founder)inShahar Man(Founder)in
Co-investorsKOMPAS VCManiv Mobility
Beamup runs autonomous AI agents that detect, diagnose, and fix execution failures across the many operational systems used by D2C brands, marketplaces, and manufacturers.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainRetail Tech
Co-investorsKOMPAS VC
Buildots Intelligence Lab is a research hub that produces data, standardized performance metrics, and benchmarks for the construction industry.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechData & InfrastructureSaaS
Roy Danon(Founder)inYakir Sudry(Founder)in
Co-investorsConnetic VenturesFuture Energy VenturesIntel CapitalLightspeed Venture PartnersMaor InvestmentsO.G. Venture Partners+4 more
Canditech is a pre-employment skill assessment platform that evaluates candidates' technical and soft skills, cognitive abilities, and personality through AI-generated job simulations, video interviews, and pre-screening chatbots.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaS
Vardit Legali(Co-Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsInsight Partners
Capitalise.ai provides a no-code trading automation platform that allows non-technical traders to automate trading strategies using natural language interfaces.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechSaaS
Amir Shiovich(Founder)in
Co-investorsGefen CapitalQED InvestorsSalica Investments
Stealth mode startup providing real-time software solutions for human interaction over digital using computer vision, deep learning, and 3D compression; acquired by Apple.
Amir Bassan-Eskenazi(Founder)in
Coralogix provides an observability platform that analyzes real-time telemetry with AI-powered investigation and cost controls for engineering teams.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Ariel Assaraf(CEO & Co-founder)inYoni Farin(Founder)inYoni Farin(CTO & Co-founder)inChetan Chaudhary(CRO)inYael Sapir-Zahavi(CHRO)Eran Hadad(CFO)in
Co-investors2B.VCAlephBright Pixel CapitalBrighton Park CapitalGreenfield PartnersJoule Ventures+7 more
DagsHub is a web platform built on open source tools for hosting, discovering, and collaborating on machine learning and data science projects.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsDover, US
Dean Guy Smoilovsky(Executive Officer, Director)Rami Lachter(Director)
Co-investorsAviso VenturesVerissimo VenturesRainfall Ventures
Silverfort provides a unified identity security platform that protects all identities across cloud and on-premises environments.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareTel Aviv, IL
Hed Kovetz(CEO, Co-Founder)Yaron Kassner(CTO, Co-Founder)inMatan Fattal(Co-Founder)
Co-investorsAcrew CapitalAspect VenturesBrighton Park CapitalEvolution Equity PartnersGreenfield PartnersLumir Ventures+8 more
Definity builds agentic AI capabilities for data engineering teams to design, operate, and manage data pipelines and platforms at scale.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareChicago, US
Ohad Raviv(Founder)inTom Bar-Yacov(Founder)inRoy Daniel(Founder)in
Co-investorsGreatPoint VenturesHyde Park Venture Partners
Eikona provides an adaptive content engine that uses generative AI and reinforcement learning to automatically generate, test, and refine lifecycle marketing content for individual users.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsClarim VenturesCrescendo Venture Partners
Entro is a security platform for managing and protecting non-human identities and programmatic access to cloud services and data, including AI agents.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Adam Cheriki(Co-Founder & CTO)inItzik Alvas(Co-Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsHyperwise VenturesDell Technologies Capital
F5 develops application delivery and security software and hardware platforms, including BIG-IP load balancers and application firewalls, for enterprise and government networks.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Co-investorsCyber Mentor FundJC2 VenturesKoch Disruptive TechnologiesMayfield FundRidge Ventures
Frontitude is a platform that centralizes collaboration and automates content workflows for design and development teams, enabling them to manage UX content consistency, localization, and code synchronization from a single source of truth.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsMarketing TechSaaS
Gain Security is developing an AI-native network security platform that maps cloud network behavior in real time and automatically generates enforceable security policies without agents or infrastructure changes.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurity
Geniez brings generative AI capabilities to mainframe computing systems, enabling enterprises to leverage modern AI technology within their existing mainframe infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Co-investorsCanapi Ventures
Helios developed runtime application security tooling using eBPF and OpenTelemetry-based data collection at the platform, kernel, and application levels to give security and development teams visibility into how applications behave in production.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Eli Cohen(CEO)
Co-investorsEntrée CapitalHetz Ventures
Kovrr provides AI-driven cyber risk management and governance solutions that help organizations assess security exposure and business impact through data-driven insights.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Yakir(CEO)inShalom(Chief Product Officer)in
Co-investorsFounders FactoryKickstart InnovationMindset VentureMundi VenturesOcean Azul PartnersSixThirty Ventures
Lightrun provides real-time debugging for live production and staging systems using dynamic runtime instrumentation, letting AI agents insert logs, snapshots, and metrics into running applications without redeploying or reproducing issues locally.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsAccelGlilot Capital PartnersGTM CapitalInsight PartnersSAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Tal Ventures
Materialspace provides an AI-powered platform for cabinet and countertop companies to manage estimation, pricing, and design workflows for multifamily, commercial, and production builder projects.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaS
Co-investorsMaccabee Ventures
Minerva Labs was an Israeli endpoint security company whose anti-evasion platform prevented malware by simulating hostile environments to deter evasive threats.
Cybersecurity
Co-investorsAmplify PartnersWebb Investment Network
NeuroBlade builds SPU (data analytics accelerator) technology delivered as PCIe cards or accelerated cloud instances to speed up query processing for AI/ML workloads.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSemiconductors
Elad Sity(Founder)in
Co-investorsIntel CapitalCorner VenturesGrove Ventures
Parter is an AI-powered parts management platform designed for hardware companies to automate selection, tracking, and lifecycle management of components from design through manufacturing.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHardwareLogistics & Supply Chain
Asaf Israelit(Founder)in
Co-investorsZenda
Quantum Art designs and builds scalable quantum computers aimed at commercial applications across various industries.
Deep TechHardwareQuantum ComputingPalo Alto, US
Tal David(Co-founder)inAmit(Co-founder)inRoee Ozeri(Co-founder)inElkana(Co-founder & CEO)inJonas Lamis(Director)Justin Aversano(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAmiti VenturesBattery VenturesDisruptive AIEntrée CapitalLumir VenturesTrue Ventures
JFrog ML (formerly Qwak) is an MLOps platform for building, deploying, managing, and monitoring AI and machine learning workflows, including generative AI, large language models, and classical ML models.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Ran Romano(Founder)inAlon Lev(Founder)inLior Penso(Founder)in
Co-investors83NorthAmiti VenturesAnsa CapitalBessemer Venture PartnersGeodesic CapitalLeaders Fund+10 more
Raftt provides a cloud-based development platform that enables developers to spawn and manage remote environments for coding and collaboration, with automatic Git workflow integration and instant code reflection.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Co-investorsAlephCardumen Capital
Ramon.Space builds space-grade computing infrastructure, including digital payloads, data center infrastructure, space storage, and edge computing systems.
Cloud ComputingDeep TechHardwareSemiconductorsSpace Tech
Co-investorsDeep InsightUMC CapitalWorldQuant VenturesGrove Ventures
RGo Robotics builds AI-based perception technology that gives mobile machines location-aware, human-level spatial understanding, allowing them to see and operate in complex environments.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareRoboticsCambridge, US
Amir Bousani(Founder)inAssaf Agmon(Founder)inNizan Horesh(Founder)in
Co-investorsConvergeConvergence Ventures
Second Nature builds a resident experience platform for property management that serves renters, property managers, and property owners.
Enterprise SoftwarePropTechSaaS
Co-investorsBonaventure CapitalMultiplier CapitalVesta VenturesWolfpack Investor NetworkAngel Invest
Second Nature offers an AI-driven role-play training platform where sales reps and support agents practice scenarios such as discovery calls, objection handling, and escalations, receiving real-time feedback and coaching.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechTel Aviv, IL
Alon Shalita(Founder)in
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Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalGrit VenturesSienna Venture Capital
Sedric is an AI-powered compliance platform for financial services teams in regulated industries, converting company policies into automated controls that review, monitor, and enforce marketing content and customer communications.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSNew York City, US
Eyal Peleg(Founder)in
Co-investorsGefen CapitalK20 FundAmex VenturesFoundation Capital
Siit builds a service desk platform that centralizes tools and information for teams, enabling leaders to make data-driven decisions, managers to automate workflows, and employees to have a personalized experience.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Co-investorsSeventure Partners
Staircase AI analyzes customer conversations to detect churn risk, expansion opportunities, and stakeholder sentiment or disengagement for customer success teams.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Lior Harel(Founder)in
Co-investorsDisruptive AI
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-investorsJoule VenturesSamsung NextAccelBain Capital Ventures
Co-investorsPathbreaker VenturesPoint72 VenturesSCB 10X
The GIST is a sports media brand that produces newsletters, podcasts, and social content with emphasis on equal coverage of women's and men's sports.
GamingMedia & EntertainmentSports TechToronto, CA
Jacie deHoopinEllen HyslopinRoslyn McLartyin
Co-investorsTechstarsBettor CapitalBezos ExpeditionsBlackstoneJDS SportsSapphire Sport+1 more
Theator builds an intelligence layer for surgery that turns video from minimally invasive procedures into usable data.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesPalo Alto, US
Dotan Asslemann(Director)Tamir Wolf(Executive Officer, Director)inDotan Asselmann(Founder)in
BoardGigi Levy Weiss(Director)in
Co-investorsBlumberg CapitalInsight PartnersNFXKdT VenturesPegasus Tech Ventures
San Francisco, US
Erez Druk(Executive Officer, Director)inYoav Samet(Director)Arie Bronshstein(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardYaniv Golan(Director)in
Co-investorsLool Ventures
Valence provides a SaaS security platform that builds a complete inventory of sanctioned, unsanctioned, and shadow IT and AI applications, detecting risky integrations, OAuth tokens, service accounts, and non-SSO access.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Yoni Shohet(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)StoneMill VenturesYL Ventures
vHive offers an enterprise platform that digitizes physical assets using autonomous data capture (including drone-based) and AI analytics, helping organizations automate processes, cut costs, and plan across the asset life cycle.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Yariv Geller(Founder)in
Co-investorsOctopus VenturesDTCP
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
ApprenteCvidyaCyberintEpsagonGuardiumModel9model9_n1v_portfolioNeuraOversiSafeDKSecond Nature AISilverfortTraffix SystemsVaradaWing Cloud
Exits · 9
9 acquisitions · showing 4CommonGroundacq. by AppleGuardiumacq. by IBMMinerva Labsacq. by Rapid7NeuroBladeacq. by AWS
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Helios · ts2.tech · Aug 20, 2026
Entro Security · calcalistech.com · Jun 15, 2026
Coralogix · fintech.global · Jun 4, 2026
Definity · pulse2.com · Apr 30, 2026
Data & Security Early · calcalistech.com · Apr 28, 2026
Quantum Art · calcalistech.com · Apr 27, 2026
Swish · finance.yahoo.com · Mar 24, 2026
Backslash · calcalistech.com · Feb 11, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has StageOne Ventures made?
- StageOne Ventures has 64 tracked investments, 9 of which have exited, including 5 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does StageOne Ventures invest at?
- StageOne Ventures invests at the Seed, Late Stage stages.
- What is StageOne Ventures's typical check size?
- StageOne Ventures typically writes checks of $500K – $3.5M.
- What sectors does StageOne Ventures focus on?
- StageOne Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Hardware, SaaS, Semiconductors.
- Where is StageOne Ventures located?
- StageOne Ventures is headquartered in Herzliya Pituach, IL.
- Does StageOne Ventures lead rounds?
- StageOne Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does StageOne Ventures co-invest with?
- StageOne Ventures most often shares deals with Gefen Capital, Greenfield Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, among 97 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamHow StageOne Ventures Supports Entrepreneurs in Achieving Their Vision ft. Tal Slobodkin
IsraelTech · Tal Slobodkin
Ep392: Yuval Cohen | Founder and Managing Partner, StageOne Ventures
The Matias Experiment · Yuval Cohen
Co-investors · 66
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Greenfield Partners is a technology-focused investment firm that partners with companies at the early growth stage, helping them scale from product-market fit to global reach.
Intel Capital is the corporate venture capital arm associated with Intel, investing in and supporting technology companies as they scale.
TLV Partners is an Israeli early-stage venture capital firm that backs founders from day zero onward across sectors such as AI, cybersecurity, fintech, insurtech, healthcare and quantum computing.
Grove Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with founders at the pre-seed and seed stages, backing enterprise AI, deeptech, AI infrastructure, and healthtech companies, with a focus on Israeli startups.
Cardumen Capital is a global venture capital and asset management firm with a presence in Europe and the Middle East that backs deeptech founders building transformative technology companies.
Lightspeed is a global venture capital firm that has spent over two decades backing innovative companies as an early and first investor.
Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs across enterprise, consumer, and healthcare sectors from early stages through growth.
Accel is a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional teams, positioning itself as a first partner to founders globally.
Acrew Capital is a venture capital firm that emphasizes a team-based approach to investing, offering portfolio companies access to its full team.
KOMPAS VC is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on enabling technologies for physical industries such as manufacturing, energy, logistics, infrastructure, and the built environment.
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Maniv MobilityDisruptive AINew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Alumni VenturesMenlo VenturesFoundation CapitalSapphire VenturesBattery VenturesGradient VenturesAmplify PartnersUS Venture PartnersDell Technologies CapitalViola VenturesPoint72 VenturesSpider Capital83NorthNewView CapitalMizMaa VenturesConvergence VenturesYL VenturesIsrael Growth PartnersLool VenturesCedar FundRed Dot Capital PartnersCraft VenturesGreylock PartnersIndex VenturesRedpoint VenturesBenchmarkAME Cloud VenturesAccel-KKRCanvas VenturesMeritech Capital PartnersCyberstarts23andMeComcast VenturesThird Point VenturesCoelius CapitalTeam8Z47Vertex Ventures IsraelMorado Venture PartnersPitangoAngular VenturesGE VenturesFrontline VenturesS CapitalSaaSholicSommet ABPicture CapitalGlencrest GroupFirst Rays Venture PartnersHummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP)Hearst Ventures
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