Shlomo Dovrat

Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Viola Ventures · Joined 2000

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Biography

Shlomo Dovrat is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Viola Ventures and a co-founder of the Viola Group, which he helped establish in 2000. Before turning to investing he founded and served as CEO of two NASDAQ-listed Israeli technology companies, Oshap Technologies (sold in 1998) and Tecnomatix (sold in 2005), and was Chairman of ECI Telecom from 2002 to 2007. He also co-founded Vintage, a global venture platform that invests in venture funds. At Viola Ventures he sits on the boards of companies including Outbrain, Unity, proteanTecs and Worthy. Outside investing he has chaired Israel's National Task Force for Educational System Advancement and the Israel Democracy Institute.

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

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Board Seats

Career Timeline

1998
Sold Oshap Technologies, the NASDAQ-listed company he founded and led as CEO
2000
Co-founded Viola Group and its early-stage fund, then named Carmel Ventures
2002
Became Chairman of ECI Telecom
2005
Tecnomatix, which he founded and led as CEO, was sold

Sources & References

Viola Group - Shlomo Dovrat ↗PR Newswire - Carmel Ventures rebrands as Viola Ventures ↗