# Top 50 Automotive Startup Investors in Israel in May 2026 ## Maniv Mobility - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Software Maniv Mobility is a global venture capital fund investing in the world's leading mobility start-ups. ## MizMaa Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology MizMaa Ventures is a principal investment firm that specializes in investments in technology companies in Israel. ## Nextgear Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles Next Gear Ventures venture capital firm specializing in early stage. The firm typically invests in the Israel. Next Gear Ventures venture is based in Israel. ## Firstime Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence Firstime Ventures is investing in companies who are building a sustainable & accessible future for all. ## iAngels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech iAngels is a VC and angel investment platform that leverages due diligence and analytics to enable accredited investors around the world the ability to invest in early-stage technology deals in Israel. ## Vertex Ventures Israel - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence We partner early with global-minded entrepreneurs seeking to disrupt large markets ## Grove Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software Grove Ventures is a leading early-stage venture capital fund in Israel. It partners early with exceptional Israeli founders who believe th... ## Entrée Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech We're a team of former serial founders managing over $1B across a number of funds, with offices in Tel Aviv, London, and New York. ## Zohar Zisapel - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Cyber Security, Information Technology, Security Zohar Zisapel ## Vertex Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce Vertex US is an early stage VC that backs fearless founders building a smarter digital economy through B2B software. ## J-Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Software, Machine Learning J- Ventures is a Silicon Valley based group of VC funds with over $60m under management. Backed by 400+ leading Investors ( 140+ Serial founders, 100+ VCs, 170+ Fortune 500 Executives) as LPs. Our active-LP venture fund brings the power of this connected & intellectual capital to add real value to the companies we invest in and create aremarkable difference by helping our founders grow and scale to markets quicker. Based in Silicon Valley with investors from 15 communities - Tel Aviv, NYC, LA, London, Miami, Boston, and more. Since 2016 the group made over 50 investments, 4 unicorns and over 10 exits. ## Mirai Creation Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series B, Series A - Focus: Robotics, Information Technology, Software The Mirai Creation Fund invests in companies and projects that use the latest technologies and business models, supporting the growth of value in these companies and projects, wherever they are found around the world. ## Eyal Ofer - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Financial Services, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Eyal Ofer (born 1950) is Chairman of Ofer Global, leading the group’s private portfolio of international businesses in shipping, real estate, energy, technology, banking and investments. In 2017, Eyal launched O.G. Venture Partners, a single LP Venture Capital fund focused on investing in early-growth-stage technology start-ups, demonstrating hislong-standing support for tech entrepreneurs.In 2022, O.G. Venture Partners announced Fund II of $400M following the successful $100m Fund I, later expanded to $150m. Fund I has invested in 21 companies since its 2017 launch, with 5 exits already. The Fund I portfolio includes: LendBuzz, WSC Sports, BlueVine, Bringg, Paxos, Connecteam, Elementor, Coralogix, Candivore and SuperPlay. Eyal Ofer (born 1950) is Chairman of Ofer Global, leading the group’s private portfolio of international businesses in shipping, real estate, energy, technology, banking and investments. In 2017, Eyal launched O.G. Venture Partners, a single LP Venture Capital fund focused on investing in early-growth-stage technology start-ups, demonstrating his long-standing support for tech entrepreneurs. In 2022, O.G. Venture Partners announced Fund II of $400M following the successful $100m Fund I, later expanded to $150m. Fund I has invested in 21 companies since its 2017 launch, with 5 exits already. The Fund I portfolio includes: LendBuzz, WSC Sports, BlueVine, Bringg, Paxos, Connecteam, Elementor, Coralogix, Candivore and SuperPlay. ## OurCrowd - Type: VC Fund - Location: Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Access exclusive VC angel investment deals in pre-vetted startup companies. Join now. ## Champel Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Machine Learning As a young and dynamic company with a spirit of entrepreneurship, we look first and foremost at the vision leading the entrepreneur. We believe that we should be investing in people, before everything else. We want to be investing in companies led by entrepreneurs who are capable of envisioning and growing great companies with products and/or services meeting real market needs in large and growing markets. ## Maxfield Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Mobile, SaaS Venture fund investing in global information technology companies. ## Uri Levine - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Mobile, Travel Uri Levine - Co-Founder & Chairman @ Refundit ## TA Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet TA Ventures is globally-minded and network-driven VC firm investing in early-stage tech startups in Europe and North America shaping the industries of tomorrow. Our ticket size starts from $100k up to $1M. We offer speed of execution, proactive support, and access to a broad international network. Drawing upon our network, we support our portfoliocompanies by proactively soliciting large, growth-minded co-investors in subsequent rounds. We utilize our industry knowledge and network to give portfolio companies and partner VCs access to the highly skilled and cost-effective R&D outsourcing teams in Central and Eastern Europe. ## Bessemer Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Redwood City, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS For the entrepreneurs who want to create revolutions of their own. ## Porsche Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Seed, Series A - Focus: Automotive, Transportation, Information Technology Porsche Ventures is a venture capital arm of Porsche that invests in companies from early-stage through growth. The firm was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. ## Magma Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, Mobile Magma is Israel's leading venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in communication, semiconductors, internet and media. They seek bright ideas, infuse them with experience and foresight, and facilitate their rise as industry leaders that redefine the global communications sector. They use their experience and sectorspecialization in cooperating with entrepreneurs, industry experts, and other investors to define the future of the communication, semiconductors, internet and media arenas. Their goal is to foster and enable the flow of innovation from an idea's early stages and through a company's emergence as a leader within its dynamic market. They understand the local market and help to influence the global one. ## Sente Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Information Technology Sente is a Chicago-based startup investment and innovation platform. Sente searches the world for the most high-potential startups and helps them scale through unprecedented guidance, support, and connections. ## Connetic Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Covington, Kentucky, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, Food and Beverage, Artificial Intelligence Connetic Ventures is an investment firm that provides its services to early stage startup companies.The firm participates with venture capital firms and angel syndicates for companies that are in the seed stage. It focuses on developing core investment strategies and deploying them on startups to build up their portfolios. Connetic Ventures wasfounded by Brad Zapp in 2015. It is headquartered in Covington, Kentucky. ## lool Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Mobile lool Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early stage Israeli startups. ## HATCHER+ - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care Hatcher+ is a data-driven venture capital firm that uses AI and machine learning-based technologies to identify early-stage opportunities in partnership with leading accelerators and investors, worldwide. ## Trucks Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Transportation, Autonomous Vehicles, Automotive Trucks Venture Capital funds the entrepreneurs building the future of transportation. ## iArgento - Type: VC Fund - Location: Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Parking, Software, Automotive iArgento operates as a Multi-Family Office specializing in wealth management and investment banking with its main focus on alternative investment management platforms. ## Canaan Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care Canaan is an early stage venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs with visionary ideas. With $5B under management, a diversified fund and over 190 exits to date, Canaan has invested in some of the world's leading technology and healthcare companies over the past 30 years. Canaan’s focus areas include fintech, enterprise/cloud,marketplaces, frontier tech, biopharma, digital health, and medtech. ## North First Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Big Data, Financial Services North First Ventures is a Venture Capital Fund, partnering with seed to round A stage companies in Israel that harness innovative technologies, solve real-world problems within large existing markets or create new markets. ## StageOne Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning StageOne Ventures, leads investments in exceptional Israel-related entrepreneurs. We focus on early-stage transformative deep tech startups solving complex enterprise challenges. ## IN Venture - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, iOS, Personalization IN Venture is the venture capital arm of Sumitomo Corporation that invests in early-stage technology startups across multiple domains. ## Glory Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing Glory Ventures is a cross-border venture capital fund established by a new generation of investors with a global perspective. Already achieving excellent performance, the investment team has plentiful experience in both China and Israel's high-tech and venture capital industries. The unique advantages by which Glory Ventures distinguishesitself from other domestic venture capitalists lie in the fact that it is a research-driven VC that realizes the value of an entire industrial value chain. They integrate industrial resources from the private equity markets and public-listed companies to build strategic synergy. They deliberate exits by both M&A and IPO, taking into consideration both opportunities. Thus, they strive to build an ecosystem across various industries through investment in specific value-chains and providing value-added services that lead to synergetic exits. With a clear multi-industrial positioning backed by their professional and outstanding investment team, Glory Ventures has been highly recognized by Chinese first-class investors and has won the strategic investments of famous organization such as Banyan Capital, major shareholders from various A-share listed companies, founding team of Dianping.com, and many others, making it a top-tier investment ecosystem combining early-stage venture capital investment and the integration of high-end entrepreneurs and industrial resources. Currently, Glory Ventures invests actively in Israel and China, but their global vision encompasses much more. In Israel, Glory Ventures invests in customer-proved, disruptive innovative companies which are synergistic with China’s enormous consumer market, including companies in the field of intelligent hardware, IoT, AI, computer vision. In China, Glory Ventures invests in subsectors such as B2B enterprise service, consumption upgrade, and IoT. Their portfolio includes 20+ stellar companies in the fields of AI, IoT, Fintech and consumption upgrade, over half of which have won the follow-up investment from the industrial capital and famous funds like HTC, Quanta Computer, Alibaba, Shanda Networks, Wind, Crystal Optoelectronics, Join-In Group, and Fortune Capital. ## Maven Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Mobile, Transportation Maven Ventures invests in software startups that millions of consumers use daily to improve their lives. It makes $750K-$1M Seed investments in founders with a "vision worth fighting for” and the potential to build billion-dollar businesses. Its team identifies future consumer trends—it has already seen its investment predictions come to lifein areas like self-driving cars, the proliferation of mobile, and video communication, the future of retail, and digital health. Notable investments include Zoom (IPO “ZM”), Cruise (acquired by GM), and Chariot (acquired by Ford). As they only make 6 new startup investments each year, they focus on each one, rolling up their sleeves to teach founding teams how to achieve product/market fit, hone their consumer messaging, reach millions of customers with viral marketing, and set them up for success. ## YL Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Cyber Security, Security, Network Security YL Ventures funds and supports brilliant Israeli cybersecurity entrepreneurs from seed to lead. Based in Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv, YL Ventures manages over $300 million and accelerates the evolution of portfolio companies via strategic advice and U.S.-based operational execution, leveraging a powerful network of CISOs and global industry leaders. ## Fraser McCombs Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Antonio, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Software We are an investment firm dedicated to creating value for our investors, entrepreneurs and the communities in which we live. We identify trends and partner with teams who are both reinventing the movement of people and goods as well as redefining how transportation services are delivered & consumed. ## Taya Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series D - Focus: Medical, Automotive, Biotechnology A seed-stage venture fund that will offer entrepreneurs guidance, knowledge and access to Taya Media’s professional network. ## VectoIQ LLC - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Autonomous Vehicles, Automotive, Machine Learning VectoIQ is an advisory firm helping new companies in the smart transportation space. Reverse merger with Nikola Motor in June 2020. ## Hyundai Motor Company - Type: VC Fund - Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Automotive, Software, Transportation The Hyundai Motor Company is a South Korean multinational automotive manufacturer. It has various vehicle lineups, brand vision, and global campaigns like clean mobility, sustainability, art, and sports partnership.The company was founded in 1967 and, along with its 32.8% owned subsidiary, Kia Motors, together comprise the Hyundai Motor Group,which is the world's fifth-largest automaker based on annual vehicle sales in 2012. In 2008, Hyundai Motor (without Kia) was ranked as the eighth largest automaker. As of 2012, the company sold over 4.4 million vehicles worldwide in that year, and together with Kia total sales were 7.12 million. ## LETA Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Our goal as an investment firm is to deliver high returns to our investors by financing improvements in the world through IT and new technologies. ## Avis Budget Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Parsippany, New Jersey, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series C - Focus: Software, Automotive, Mobile Avis Budget Group, Inc. (Avis Budget) operates two brands in the global vehicle rental industry through Avis and Budget. Avis is a rental car supplier positioned to serve the commercial and leisure segments of the travel industry and Budget is a rental car supplier focused primarily on more value-conscious segments of the industry. It operates inthree segments: North America, consisting of its Avis and Budget car rental operations in the United States and its Avis and Budget vehicle rental operations in Canada; International, consisting of its Avis and Budget vehicle rental operations in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, South America, central America, the Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand, and Truck Rental, consisting of its Budget truck rental operations in the United States. On October 3, 2011, the Company acquired Avis Europe plc. In July 2013, Avis Budget Group Inc acquired Payless Car Rental.` ## Canaan Partners Israel - Type: VC Fund - Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Autonomous Vehicles, Mobile, Security Canaan Partners Israel (CPI) is a venture capital fund focused on early stage technology investments in Israel. Started by experienced entrepreneurs and inv... ## O.G. Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Monaco, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Financial Services, SaaS, Cyber Security O.G. Tech is a founder-friendly multi-stage VC primarily focused on Early Growth opportunities. We team up with passionate founders and ambitious teams seeking to disrupt existing industries and create new markets. ## GoAhead Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Software, SaaS GoAhead Ventures is an early stage Venture Capital fund based in Silicon Valley. As a startup ourselves, we are always looking to innovate and break the Venture Capital mold. We are a people-first fund and as such we like to cover a lot of ground and meet talented founders from across the globe. Check out our website to submit your pitch to ourmanaging partners, this is the first step for all founders that we meet. All 3 of our managing partners review every submission, and from there we give founders a NEXT DAY decision after a partner pitch! We have begun deploying from our new fund and we lead ~40 deals per year. ## 8VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology 8VC seeks to enable industry transformation. In a wave of creative destruction, they believe emerging platforms will replace the decades-old technology infrastructure behind many industries, promoting greater innovation and prosperity. ## Varana Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Semiconductor Varana Capital is an investment firm. ## BNP Paribas Cardif - Type: VC Fund - Location: Nanterre, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Apps, SaaS, Finance BNP Paribas Cardif is the Life and Property & Casualty insurance unit of BNP Paribas. ## Ataria - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lima, Lima, Peru - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Apps, Internet Ataria is a venture capital firm that offers family offices and conglomerates in Latin America diversified access to early-stage high-tech startups in Israel and Silicon Valley. It provides startups with the opportunity to expand into Latin America, a region with a substantial and fast growing customer base. ## ZIM Integrated Shipping Services - Type: VC Fund - Location: Haifa, Hefa, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: FinTech, Shipping, E-Commerce The ZIM Team has taken a flexible, out-of-the-box approach towards solving difficult shipping challenges. No matter how remote the destination or how unusual the load, we work around the clock -- and around the globe -- to deliver your cargo safely and swiftly. ## Mindset Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Mindset Ventures is an early-stage VC firm that supports entrepreneurs in their growth and international expansion. The firm targets B2B startups technology applied to Agriculture, Financial Services, Healthcare, Cybersecurity, Education, and Enterprise Software industry. It was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil. ## Skywell Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Financial Services Skywell Capital Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs with visionary ideas around the globe. We are looking for entrepreneurs who are building ground-breaking and sustainable businesses that are going to change the world. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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