Avi Zeevi

Co-founder & General Partner at Viola Ventures ยท Joined 2000

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Biography

Avi Zeevi is Co-founder and General Partner of Viola Ventures and a co-founder of the Viola Group. He co-founded and led MINT Technologies, which merged into Oshap Technologies, where he served as CFO through its 1999 sale to SunGard for $220 million. He was the first venture investor in Actimize and served as its active Chairman from 2001 until its 2007 sale to NICE Systems for $280 million. According to Viola, he led both Payoneer and Pagaya from seed to IPO and serves as Chairman of both. He sits on boards including Payoneer, Personetics, EverC, Sorbet, Duetti and Pagaya, and lectures on venture capital in the Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA program.

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

Payoneer PAYOPagaya PGYActimizePersoneticsEverCDuettiSorbetSympera AITradAirSundaySkyOversiSpottParallelM

Board Seats

Career Timeline

1999
Oshap Technologies, where he was CFO, acquired by SunGard for $220 million
2000
Co-founded Viola Group and its early-stage fund
2001
Became active Chairman of Actimize as its first VC investor
2007
Actimize sold to NICE Systems for $280 million
2021
Payoneer, which he backed from seed, became publicly traded

Sources & References

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