Itzik Parnafes
InvestorGeneral Partner at Battery Ventures · Venture Partner at Key1 Capital · Board director at PrimaryData · Board director at Sisense
Israel
About
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.
Board director at PrimaryData
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In turn, Itzik can intro founders to PrimaryData's investors below.
PrimaryData's investors · 2
Co-founders at PrimaryData
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Rick WhiteExecutive Officer, Director
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Lance L. SmithExecutive Officer, Director
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David FlynnExecutive Officer, Director
Board director at Sisense
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Sisense's investors · 14
AUTHENTIC VENTURESOakland · $100K – $1M checks · since 2019Battery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checks · since 2019Bessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checks · since 2019ClaltechTel-Aviv · since 2019Founders Circle CapitalSan Francisco · since 2019Grand VenturesGrand Rapids · $250K – $2M checks · since 2019Hetz VenturesTel Aviv · $3.6M – $90M checks · since 2026Insight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checks · since 2019JAL Ventures Ltd.Herzliya · since 2026NFXSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checks · since 2026Opus CapitalBurlingame · since 2019PeakSpan Capital PartnersNew York · $3M – $50M checks · since 2026Runa CapitalSofia · $500K – $5M checks · since 2019Smart Partnership CapitalWilmington · $100K – $1M checks · since 2019
Experience
- Battery VenturesAdvisorcurrent2021 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
- Battery VenturesGeneral Partner2009 — 2021
- Stoke TalentBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
- ExceleroBoard Membercurrent2015 — present
- SiSenseBoard Membercurrent2013 — present
- OmioBoard Observercurrent2013 — present
- Minute MediaBoard Membercurrent2012 — present
- Lanes & PlanesBoard Member2020 — 2021
- Xsight Labs LTDBoard Member2020 — 2021
- SoldoBoard Member2019 — 2021
- Gong.ioBoard Observer2018 — 2021
- Kodiak RoboticsBoard Member2018 — 2021
- Quantum MachinesBoard Member2018 — 2021
- GetYourGuideBoard Member2017 — 2021
- ZeitgoldBoard Member2017 — 2021
- CHEQBoard Member2017 — 2021
- ZertoBoard Observer2011 — 2021
- Stata VenturesPartner2007 — 2009
- Juniper NetworksSr. Director2005 — 2006
- Kagoor NetworksCo-founder, VP/Products2000 — 2005
- Cisco SystemsDir Product Management1998 — 2000
- Israel Defense ForcesCaptain1990 — 1997
Skills & more
Start-upsVenture CapitalProduct ManagementStrategic PartnershipsGo-to-market StrategyEntrepreneurshipCloud ComputingMobile ApplicationsBusiness StrategyProduct MarketingBusiness DevelopmentCorporate Development
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Mobile DevicesMergers & AcquisitionsAngel InvestingExecutive ManagementBusiness IntelligenceTelecommunicationsCompetitive AnalysisDistributed SystemsStrategyNegotiationSaaSEnterprise SoftwareLanguages English · Hebrew · Spanish
From Itzik's professional profile.
Deals · 3
SisenseBoard seat
via Battery Ventures · filed Jul 2019 · $103.7M raise
PrimaryDataBoard seat
via Battery Ventures · filed Apr 2017 · $22M raise
GoEuroBoard seat
via Battery Ventures · filed Oct 2016 · $70M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at Battery Ventures
Aaron Neil
Investment Team at Battery Ventures
Abhi Agrawal
Investment Team at Battery Ventures
Alexander Hyldmar
Investment Team at Battery Ventures
Barak Schoster
Partner at Battery Ventures
Barak Schoster Goihman
Partner at Battery Ventures
Bill Binch
Operating Partner at Battery Ventures
Brandon Gleklen
Principal at Battery Ventures
Chelsea Stoner
General Partner at Battery Ventures
Network20
Aaron NeilScout
Investment Team at Battery Ventures
Alex BenikScout
Founder at Encoded Ventures
Anna HaighScout
Analyst at Battery Ventures
Barak Schoster GoihmanScout
Partner at Battery Ventures
Bo IlsoeScout
Managing Partner at NGP Capital
Brandon GleklenScout
Principal at Battery Ventures
Chandler WardScout
Investor at Battery Ventures
Chelsea StonerScout
General Partner at Battery Ventures
Collier SearleScout
Principal at Battery Ventures
Courtney ChowScout
Vice President at Battery Ventures
Danel DayanScout
Principal at Battery Ventures
Dawit WorkieScout
Investment Team at Battery Ventures
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Dharmesh Thakker · scoutDillon Joyce · scoutEnzo Wiener · scoutEric Zinterhofer · scoutGavin Tasker · scoutGeorge Christopher · scoutJason Mendel · scoutThomas Marchioni · scout
Investors connected to Itzik in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Itzik Parnafes?
- 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.
- Where does Itzik Parnafes work?
- Itzik Parnafes is General Partner at Battery Ventures and Board director at PrimaryData and Board director at Sisense.
- What boards does Itzik Parnafes sit on?
- Itzik Parnafes holds tracked board seats at GoEuro, PrimaryData, Sisense.
- Where did Itzik Parnafes go to school?
- Itzik Parnafes studied at Weizmann Institute of Science (Graduate, CS); Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (B.Sc., CS).
Same school
Also attended Weizmann Institute of Science19
Yaron DanielyGeneral Partner & Head of aMoon Alpha at aMoonReut ShemaPartner at aMoonHagai Marmor-KolletAssociate at aMoonPete FlintInvestor at NFXShiran Tehila MashiahPrincipal at Peregrine VenturesSimone BottiSenior Partner at Inkef
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Also attended Technion - Israel Institute of Technology163
Roi Bar-KatManaging Director at Intel CapitalGil GorenPartner at 83NorthOren YungerInvestor at GGV CapitalGordon DaughertyCo-Founder & Chairman at Capital FactoryBoaz PeerManaging Director, Israel & Europe at Qualcomm VenturesGal GitterPartner at Alpha Partners
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Shared employers
Also worked at Stoke Talent1
Also worked at Soldo9
Roberto BonanzingaPartner at Inreach VenturesSonali De RyckerPartner at AccelEvgenia PlotnikovaGeneral Partner at Dawn Capital LLPPietro BezzaManaging Partner at Connect VenturesShiran ShalevPartner at Battery VenturesAaron RinbergPartner at Ibex Investors
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