Carmel Ventures, established in 2000, is an Israeli venture capital fund with over $600 million under management. Carmel is focused on early stage companies in the fields of Software, Internet, Media, Communications, Semiconductors, and Consumer Electronics.
Carmel Ventures is an affiliate of the Viola Partners, a private equity investment group with over $1.5B under management focused on technology-based investment opportunities in Israel.
General Partners
Shlomo Dovrat – General Partner, Co-founder. Founder of Tecnomatix; A prominent figure in the Israeli hi-tech entrepreneurial landscape; Until recently the chairman of ECI Telecom.
Avi Zeevi – General Partner, Co-founder. Veteran IT executive, with track record on global Fin-Tech ; A leading figure in the Israeli venture capital community.
Rina Shainski – General Partner. R&D and business development manager in several high-growth companies, including Daisy Systems and Tecnomatix; A major investor and thought leader in mobile software.
Ori Bendori – General Partner. CTO of Lannet and manager of the LAN Systems Group at Lucent Technologies; Leading Carmel’s investments in the communications and semiconductors space.
Exits
| Company |
Industry |
Description |
Initial Investment Date |
Exit |
| Followap |
Communications |
Presence-based and Instant Messaging (IM) solutions to Mobile Operators |
2001 |
Acquired in 2006 for $139M |
| Actimize |
Enterprise Software |
Brokerage compliance, anti-money laundering, and fraud prevention |
2001 |
Acquired in 2007 for $280M |
| ECI Telecom |
Communications |
Networking Infrastructure Equipment |
2002 |
Acquired in 2007 for $1.25B |
Active Portfolio Companies
- Amadesa
- Axerra Networks
- bTendo
- Clarizen
- C-nario
- CopperGate Communications
- cVidya Networks
- Delver
- DesignArt Networks
- Enure Networks
- eXelate Media
- Imagine Communications
- Kontera Technologies
- LiveU
- Metiis Technologies
- mFormation Technologies
- Mobicious
- MyThings
- Nexperience
- Octavian
- Optier
- Optimal Test
- Oversi Networks
- Proficiency
- Red Bend
- Shunra Software
- Skybox Security
- Unipier
- Verix
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