Hetz Ventures

Hetz Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Tel Aviv, focused on backing Israeli entrepreneurs in deep technology.

Venture Capital Active Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Est. 2018
Last updated 2026-07-20
Portfolio
23
in our dataset
Rounds participated
32
Rounds led
20
Rounds' value
$783.5M
total disclosed, rounds participated
Stages
Seed

About

Hetz Ventures is a Tel Aviv-based venture capital firm that focuses on seed-stage investments in Israeli technology startups. The firm specializes in deep technology sectors, specifically data and artificial intelligence infrastructure, cybersecurity, developer tools, and enterprise software. Hetz Ventures emphasizes a hands-on approach, often leading seed rounds and providing operational support, industry expertise, and access to a global network of corporate executives to assist portfolio companies with go-to-market strategies, business development, and subsequent institutional financing rounds. The firm manages approximately $500 million in assets under management.

Portfolio · 23

Keewano
Keewano provides KeewanoDB, the first database built for machine reasoning at scale, giving AI agents the context to answer complex questions traditional databases were never designed to handle.
Led ★ 1 round $12.0M committed Latest: 2026-09
Arrakis Security
Arrakis Security provides an autonomous workforce governance platform for enterprises running AI agent fleets.
Led ★ 1 round $8.0M committed Latest: 2026-08
Aligned
Aligned is an AI deal workspace for B2B sales teams that streamlines communication and content between sellers and buyers.
Led ★ 3 rounds $73.8M committed Latest: 2026-07
Oak
An AI-native Identity Operating System for enterprise identity and access management.
Led ★ 1 round $60.0M committed Latest: 2026-07
OakMiner AI Inc. (Oakie.ai)
Oakie.ai offers AI agents designed to automate complex business processes for professionals and enterprises.
1 round $60.0M committed Latest: 2026-07
Stealth Mode Startup
A company operating in secrecy, limiting public knowledge until launch.
1 round $6.0M committed Latest: 2026-07
Upriver Data
An AI-native data engineering platform that autonomously manages the data layer enterprises depend on to make AI work.
Led ★ 1 round $14.0M committed Latest: 2026-06
Lama AI
AI-powered Lending Exchange for Small Businesses
Led ★ 2 rounds $21.0M committed Latest: 2026-06
Willow
Willow is an agentic access platform for enterprise AI, providing governance and control over AI agents.
Led ★ 1 round $7.0M committed Latest: 2026-06
Onit Holdings Ltd.
An innovative digital platform designed to make private medical services in Israel easily, quickly and clearly accessible.
Led ★ 1 round $11.0M committed Latest: 2026-03
Nimble Way
Cloud-based platform offering data pipeline preparation solutions and real-time web data for enterprises and AI.
Led ★ 1 round $47.0M committed Latest: 2026-02
Fundamental
Fundamental is an AI foundational model designed to crunch large databases that underpin enterprise decision-making, to predict risks and trends such as financial fraud, pricing and customer churn.
1 round $225.0M committed Latest: 2026-02
Gain Security
AI-native network security platform for proactive threat detection and response.
Led ★ 1 round $8.5M committed Latest: 2025-12
Optinetix Inc.
Plesk is a web server, website and web apps management tool.
Led ★ 1 round $20.0M committed Latest: 2025-11
Faireez
Faireez offers a platform for task-based cleaning services in residential buildings, aiming to provide a hotel-like housekeeping experience.
Led ★ 3 rounds $13.5M committed Latest: 2025-03
Gomboc AI Inc.
Gomboc AI provides a deterministic AI platform to automatically fix misconfigurations in cloud infrastructure.
Led ★ 2 rounds $13.0M committed Latest: 2025-02
Jones
Jones is an AI-driven vertical software company that automates the insurance compliance process for real estate and construction clients.
Led ★ 2 rounds $19.6M committed Latest: 2025-01
Flarion
Provider of data processing acceleration software for distributed data engines.
Led ★ 1 round $8.0M committed Latest: 2024-09
SilkIt Ltd.
Revolutionizing regenerative and aesthetic biomedicine by optimizing silk purification, making high-quality silk more effective, affordable, and customizable to all.
Led ★ 1 round $12.5M committed Latest: 2023-08
NTrigo Inc.
We make bolder choices and uncover transformative change through intelligent & security driven technology ventures.
Led ★ 3 rounds $129.0M committed Latest: 2022-10
FloxDev Inc.
Flox is a software development platform that lets developers, platform engineers, and operators focus on building fast with reproducible environments that span the enterprise software development life cycle.
Led ★ 1 round $2.6M committed Latest: 2022-03
GoTech Vision Ltd.
GoTech Vision Ltd. provides a platform to manage entire security systems for organizations.
Led ★ 1 round $7.0M committed Latest: 2018-07
GroundedOps
Grounded Operations offers design, installation, maintenance, and consulting for composting toilets and graywater systems.
Led ★ 1 round $5.0M committed

Investment activity

10 portfolio exits on record.

Portfolio by sector

Business Software20
Cyber Security10
Media & Entertainment Technologies3
Industrial Technologies2
Fintech & Insurtech2
Retail Platforms1
Education & Knowledge Technologies1

Funds · 5

  • Fund IV — $140M Jan 2026
  • III — $123M May 2022
  • Opportunity Fund — $27 Mar 2022
  • II — $77M Sep 2020
  • I — $55M Feb 2018

Q&A

What is Hetz Ventures' most recent fund closure?
Hetz Ventures closed its Fund IV in January 2026, raising $140M.
What was a notable exit for Hetz Ventures in 2026?
In May 2026, Hetz Ventures saw its portfolio company Deepchecks, an evaluation platform for LLM-based apps, acquired by Check Point Software Technologies.
Which portfolio company did Hetz Ventures exit in April 2026?
Hetz Ventures exited Runhouse, a company focused on building and running ML applications on Kubernetes, through an acquisition by Anthropic in April 2026.
What was a recent acquisition of a Hetz Ventures portfolio company in the security sector?
In December 2025, Hetz Ventures' portfolio company infinipoint, which provides secure workforce access, was acquired by Outpost24.
Can you name a recent exit for Hetz Ventures in the developer tools space?
In November 2025, Hetz Ventures' portfolio company Velocity, offering developer environment tools, was acquired by BigPanda for $22M.
What is Hetz Ventures' primary investment stage?
Hetz Ventures primarily invests in Seed stage companies, with 37 Seed rounds as initial investments.
Which sector does Hetz Ventures focus on most for its investments?
Hetz Ventures shows a strong focus on the Business Software sector, with 35 investment rounds and 20 portfolio companies in this area.
What was Hetz Ventures' most recent fund prior to Fund IV?
Prior to Fund IV, Hetz Ventures closed Fund III in May 2022, raising $123M.
What was a significant exit for Hetz Ventures in 2024?
In April 2024, Hetz Ventures saw Silk Security acquired by Armis for $150M.
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