ZORA Ventures

Venture Capital Active Herzliya, Israel Est. 2016
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Last updated 2026-06-18
Portfolio
12
in our dataset
Rounds participated
14
Rounds led
1
Rounds' value
$34.2M
total disclosed, rounds participated
Stages
Pre-Seed, A Round, Seed

About

ZORA Ventures backs Israel's leading scientists and founders designing deeptech B2B solutions to the world's most acute climate challenges. Our teams develop climate solutions innovations to be deployed by the world's largest companies across massive markets in order to ignite rapid change at unprecedented scale.

Our goal? Back a portfolio of best-in-class companies who will collectively offset or remove a cumulative gigaton of CO2e by 2040.

Portfolio · 12

Rewind
Deep-Sea Biomass Storage for Carbon Removal and Sustainability
1 round $5.0M committed Latest: 2023-09
Forsea
Seafood Cultivation
1 round $5.2M committed Latest: 2022-10
Gigablue
Ocean-based Carbon Dioxide Removal and Storage
1 round $2.5M committed Latest: 2022-10
NewMoo
Plant Molecular Farming Protein Production
Led ★ 1 round Latest: 2021-11
BiotaX Labs
Decoding Precision Medicine
1 round Latest: 2021-06
Amai Proteins
Sweet Designer Proteins as a Sugar Substitute
2 rounds $5.0M committed Latest: 2021-03
EyeControl
Wearable Assistive Communication Device
2 rounds $7.5M committed Latest: 2020-08
Solutum
Biodegradable and Recyclable Alternative to Single-Use Plastic Packaging
1 round $4.5M committed Latest: 2019-11
Wasteless
AI-based Pricing Engines for Supermarkets
1 round $1.3M committed Latest: 2019-03
PlanetWatchers
Remote Sensing Analysis for Crop Insurance Applications
1 round $1.8M committed Latest: 2017-07
CodeMonkey Studios
Game-based Computer Programming Curriculum
1 round $1.5M committed Latest: 2017-02
RxWare
Patient Journey Gateway
1 round Latest: 2016-07

Investment activity

Portfolio by sector

Agriculture & Food Technologies5
Industrial Technologies3
Health Tech & Life Sciences3
Education & Knowledge Technologies1
Business Software1

Q&A

What is ZORA Ventures' primary investment thesis?
ZORA Ventures focuses on backing Israeli scientists and founders developing deeptech B2B solutions for acute climate challenges, aiming for a portfolio that collectively offsets or removes a cumulative gigaton of CO2e by 2040.
Which sectors does ZORA Ventures primarily invest in?
ZORA Ventures shows a strong concentration in Agriculture & Food Technologies, with 5 portfolio companies, and also invests in Industrial Technologies and Health Tech & Life Sciences, each with 3 portfolio companies.
What are the typical investment stages for ZORA Ventures?
ZORA Ventures invests across Pre-Seed, Seed, and A Round stages. According to startupim data, they have made 9 Seed investments and 2 A Round investments.
Can you name some notable portfolio companies of ZORA Ventures?
ZORA Ventures' portfolio includes Amai Proteins, which develops sweet designer proteins as a sugar substitute, and PlanetWatchers, focused on remote sensing analysis for crop insurance applications.
What is ZORA Ventures' most recent investment activity?
ZORA Ventures made an investment in September 2023, following two investments in October 2022.
Who are the key individuals at ZORA Ventures?
The team at ZORA Ventures includes Vanessa Bartram, who is the Founder &.
What is ZORA Ventures' geographic focus for investments?
ZORA Ventures is based in Herzliya, Israel, and primarily backs Israeli scientists and founders.
Has ZORA Ventures made any recent investments in the carbon removal space?
Yes, ZORA Ventures has invested in companies focused on carbon removal, including Gigablue, which is developing ocean-based carbon dioxide removal and storage, and Rewind, which focuses on deep-sea biomass storage for carbon removal.
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