Cerca Partners

A leading co-investment VC fund based in Ra'anana, Israel, investing alongside top-tier VC funds in promising Israeli tech startups.

Venture Capital Active Ra'anana, Israel Est. 2014
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Last updated 2026-07-20
Portfolio
23
in our dataset
Rounds participated
32
Rounds led
7
Rounds' value
$1.5B
total disclosed, rounds participated
Stages
B Round, Pre-Seed, Seed, A Round

About

Cerca Partners is a leading co-investment venture capital fund based in Ra'anana, Israel. The firm focuses on investing in the most promising Israeli technology startups across various verticals, including fintech, cybersecurity, and automotive technology. They leverage their experience, network, and community of successful tech entrepreneurs and executives to provide guidance and added value to their portfolio companies. Cerca Partners has a strong track record of identifying and investing in category leaders and has been involved in the early funding rounds of companies such as Wiz, Cyera, Island, Armis, HiBob, and Upwind.

Portfolio · 23

Guardio
AI & cloud-based platform offering secure browsing solutions and comprehensive online protection against modern web and cloud-based threats.
3 rounds $167.0M committed Latest: 2026-09
Jedify
Jedify is an autonomous context graph for enterprise AI, powering modern agentic applications and workflows with connected enterprise context.
2 rounds $32.5M committed Latest: 2026-06
A Security
A Security is an Israeli autonomous offensive security company that develops a platform to strengthen organizations against weaponized AI by discovering and remediating real attack paths.
1 round $32.0M committed Latest: 2026-06
Aegis
Aegis was an Israeli cybersecurity startup focused on identifying and defending against AI-generated attacks and securing AI infrastructure.
Led ★ 1 round $37.0M committed Latest: 2026-06
Frame Security
A newly launched, unusually well-funded Israeli company attacking AI-powered social engineering — the attacker's side of generative AI aimed at employees, rather than the defender's use of it.
1 round $50.0M committed Latest: 2026-05
Attestable
Attestable is developing an 'AI trust-layer' to ensure system integrity by verifying AI models, prompts, and outputs.
1 round $20.0M committed Latest: 2026-02
Upwind
Upwind is a runtime-first cloud security leader that provides a comprehensive platform to secure public cloud environments.
Led ★ 4 rounds $430.0M committed Latest: 2026-01
imper.ai
The first Identity Verification Platform purpose-built for the workforce, stopping helpdesk vishing and hiring fraud.
1 round $28.0M committed Latest: 2025-12
Koi
Koi provides a centralized platform detecting unmanaged, self-installed software threats across endpoints via a Supply Chain Gateway for inventory, automated policy enforcement, remediation, and an AI risk engine.
Led ★ 2 rounds $48.0M committed Latest: 2025-09
Utila
A secure, scalable stablecoin and digital asset infra provider.
2 rounds $40.0M committed Latest: 2025-09
Unframe
Unframe is an enterprise AI platform that delivers tailored, production-ready AI solutions in days, not months.
1 round $50.0M committed Latest: 2025-04
Bliss Aesthetics
An AI-powered platform for cosmetic enhancement that connects patients with board-certified plastic surgeons and visualizes surgical outcomes.
Led ★ 1 round $17.5M committed Latest: 2025-04
Stigg
A unified monetization platform for engineers, enabling flexible pricing, packaging, entitlements, and usage-based billing through APIs and SDKs.
1 round $17.5M committed Latest: 2024-12
Linx Security
An AI-native identity security and governance platform built for the era of AI agents and non-human identities.
1 round $33.0M committed Latest: 2024-07
Lynx Innovations
An Israeli startup developing a digital signature solution for physical documents using a handheld biometric IoT signing device.
Led ★ 1 round $33.0M committed Latest: 2024-07
Zafran Security
Zafran Security is an AI-native end-to-end Threat Exposure Management platform that helps security teams stop vulnerability exploitation everywhere.
Led ★ 1 round $30.0M committed Latest: 2024-03
Oasis Security
Oasis Security is a cybersecurity company that provides a platform for managing and securing non-human identities (NHIs) and AI agents across hybrid cloud environments.
1 round $35.0M committed Latest: 2024-01
Skippr
An augmented design platform that makes digital product designs for managers and other stakeholders.
1 round $2.0M committed Latest: 2023-06
Wiz
Wiz connects code, cloud, and runtime into a single security graph that provides the end-to-end context required to automate risk reduction and threat response, enabling security teams to operate at AI speed.
1 round $120.0M committed Latest: 2020-12
BE Labs Inc.
A company that helps organizations align culture, talent, technology, and leadership with business growth.
Led ★ 1 round $70.0M committed Latest: 2020-12
TapHire
A network connecting users with providers their friends recommend, aiming to be 'The Work Network'.
1 round $70.0M committed Latest: 2020-12
OpenWeb
A social engagement platform that builds online communities around digital content and helps publishers foster healthy online conversations.
1 round $25.0M committed Latest: 2019-04
Fiverr
Fiverr is the world's largest marketplace connecting clients with freelancers across hundreds of categories, offering services from coding to video editing and AI services.
2 rounds $90.0M committed Latest: 2015-11

Investment activity

29 portfolio exits on record.

Portfolio by sector

Cyber Security28
Business Software24
Fintech & Insurtech4
Industrial Technologies3
Media & Entertainment Technologies2
Undisclosed2
Automotive & Mobility Technologies2
Health Tech & Life Sciences2

Funds · 5

  • Cerca Opportunities — $40M Jan 2024
  • Cerca Discovery — $36M Jan 2022
  • Cerca Partners III — $36M Sep 2020
  • Cerca Partners II — $24M Jun 2016
  • Cerca Partners I — $12M May 2014

Q&A

What was Cerca Partners' most recent fundraise?
Cerca Partners most recently raised the Cerca Opportunities fund in January 2024.
Which portfolio company of Cerca Partners had a significant acquisition in February 2026?
In February 2026, Cerca Partners' portfolio company Koi, an endpoint security platform, was acquired by Palo Alto Networks for $400M.
What was a notable exit for Cerca Partners in March 2025?
Cerca Partners saw a significant exit in March 2025 with the acquisition of Wiz, a cloud security platform, by Google for $32B.
Which portfolio company did Cerca Partners see acquired by Akamai Technologies in May 2024?
In May 2024, Cerca Partners' portfolio company Noname Security, an enterprise API security platform, was acquired by Akamai Technologies for $450M.
What is Cerca Partners' primary investment focus by sector?
Cerca Partners shows a strong focus on the Cyber Security sector, with 42 investment rounds and 28 portfolio companies in this area.
What was Cerca Partners' second most recent fundraise?
Cerca Partners raised the Cerca Discovery fund in January 2022, following their Cerca Opportunities fund.
Can you name a recent acquisition of a Cerca Partners portfolio company in the AI space?
In May 2025, Cerca Partners' portfolio company Hour One AI, an AI-based synthetic video platform, was acquired by Wix.
What was a notable exit for Cerca Partners in September 2023?
In September 2023, Cerca Partners' portfolio company Bionic, an application security posture management platform, was acquired by CrowdStrike for $238.7M.
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