Viola Ventures

Viola Ventures is the early-stage fund of Israel's Viola Group, investing at pre-seed, seed and Series A and backing companies from the ideation phase. Its own page states $1.5B under management, more than 20 years in Israel's tech scene and over 150 companies backed, including ironSource, Payoneer, Redis, Pagaya, Lightricks and Immunai. Current stated focus areas are fintech, cyber, vertical AI, AI infrastructure, defense technology and quantum. The fund was founded in 2000 as Carmel Ventures and rebranded to Viola Ventures in November 2017 when it raised its fifth fund.

$1.5B (under management, stated on the fund's own page) AUM 72/100 Power Score™ 2000 Founded Herzliya, Israel
Fintech Cybersecurity AI Infrastructure Applied AI Defense Tech
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Signature Exit

ironSource (acquired by Unity, 2022)

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Firm Timeline

2000
Founded as Carmel Ventures, the early-stage arm of the newly formed Viola Group
2017
Rebranded from Carmel Ventures to Viola Ventures on raising its fifth fund; Zvika Orron and Omry Ben David joined as partners
2022
Portfolio company ironSource acquired by Unity Software
2025
Raised approximately $250M across Viola Ventures VII and Viola Conviction Fund I