About
Avigdor Willenz was born in 1957 in Israel. Mr. Wilenz is a serial tech entrepreneur and prolific angel investor.
He is currently the Co-founder and chairman of Lightbits Labs, which is developing innovative solutions providing enterprises with significant cloud infrastructure benefits. He is also currently the Co-founder and chairman of Habana Labs, which develops solutions for artificial intelligence and deep-learning computing.
Mr. Willenz is responsible for one of the largest exits in Israeli history, having sold his company Galileo Technologies in 2001 to Marvell Technology Group for $2.7 billion. In 2015, he sold another company he co-founded, Annapurna Labs, to Amazon for $370 million.
Prior to these roles, Mr Wilenz served as Corporate Product Definition Manager/Chief Engineer for Integrated Device Technology (IDT), and as a Design Manager at Elbit Computers.
Mr. Wilenz's investment strategy is split into two groups. The first are companies he founded himself, based on ideas he wants to see come into fruition. In such cases, he relies on the ecosystem he has built over the years. The second group consists of entrepreneurs that approach him and his network.
Mr. Wilenz holds a B.Sc.E.E. from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.
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- What is Avigdor Willenz's most recent investment?
- Avigdor Willenz most recently invested in Quantum Machines in February 2025, participating in a $170 million C Round.
- Which company did Avigdor Willenz co-found and sell for $2.7 billion?
- Avigdor Willenz co-founded Galileo Technologies, which was sold to Marvell Technology Group for $2.7 billion in 2001.
- What was Avigdor Willenz's role at Habana Labs?
- Avigdor Willenz was the Co-founder and chairman of Habana Labs, which develops solutions for artificial intelligence and deep-learning computing. Habana Labs was acquired by Intel for $2 billion in December 2019.
- What is Avigdor Willenz's investment strategy?
- Avigdor Willenz's investment strategy is twofold: he invests in companies he founded based on his own ideas, leveraging his established ecosystem, and he also invests in entrepreneurs who approach him and his network.
- Has Avigdor Willenz had any notable exits in recent years?
- Yes, DustPhotonics, a company Avigdor Willenz invested in, was acquired by Credo Technology Group for $1.3 billion in April 2026. Additionally, Vdoo was acquired by JFrog for $300 million in July 2021.
- Which company did Avigdor Willenz co-found and sell to Amazon?
- In 2015, Avigdor Willenz sold Annapurna Labs, a company he co-founded, to Amazon for $370 million.
- What is Avigdor Willenz's involvement with Lightbits Labs?
- Avigdor Willenz is currently the Co-founder and chairman of Lightbits Labs, which is developing innovative solutions providing enterprises with significant cloud infrastructure benefits.
- What was Avigdor Willenz's first recorded investment?
- Avigdor Willenz's first recorded investment was in LocalizeOS in January 2016, participating in a $3 million Seed round.
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