Aleph

Investor - Venture Capital

Overview

Aleph is an Israel-based venture capital fund which invests in early stage technology, software and service companies, primarily in Israel.

Country: Israel

Founded: 2013

Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Israel

Investment Strategy

Geography

  • North America
  • Middle East and Israel

Sector Focus

  • Data and Analytics
  • Blockchain

Investment Stage

  • Seed
  • Early Stage Venture
  • Series A
  • Series B
  • Series C

Summary

Aleph is an early-stage fund with $330m under management, and invests in early stage technology companies in both the Middle East & Israel, as well as North America.

The firm has made several investments into FinTech, notably multiple investments into both the US-based InsurTech company Lemonade, and the Israel-based Blockchain company Colu.

Founded in 2013, the firm has had a couple of venture funds to date, the first, in 2013; a $150m inaugural fund, and then the second in 2016, which totaled $180m.

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Investments

Date

Name

Size

Round

Co-Investors

Sector

Country

December 2016

Lemonade

$34m

Series B

InsurTech

United States

September 2016

Anodot

$8m

Series B

  Eden Shochat

Data and Analytics

Israel

June 2016

Colu

$9.6m

Series A

Blockchain

Israel

December 2015

Lemonade

$13m

Seed

  Michael Eisenberg

InsurTech

United States

January 2015

Colu

$2.5m

Seed

  Eden Shochat

Blockchain

Israel

Funds Raised

Vintage

Fund Name

Amount

2016

Aleph Fund II

$180m

2013

Aleph Fund I

$154m

Key Employees

Yael Elad
CEO

Aaron Rosenson
Managing Partner

Michael A. Eisenberg
Equal Partner

Eden Shochat
Equal Partner