Over the last 25+ years that I have been investing in Israeli startups, Israeli entrepreneurs have faced a dilemma from the moment they start their company: Should I incorporate in Israel, or in Delaware? Sometimes the decision is influenced by well-meaning accountants and lawyers, either based on the latest developments in tax regulations, or other legal minutiae in Israel or the US. Six years ago, President Donald Trump’s tax policies caused many investors and advisors to push Israeli entrepreneurs to incorporate in the US. Oftentimes, they ask the entrepreneur where the company’s critical ..read more

At Aleph we have been investing a lot since October 7th I am currently traveling in New York and everywhere I go people ask me whether we at Aleph have been investing during the war. The answer is an emphatic yes. We have completed 5 new investments since October 7th. But that is not all. In the last four months, we have raised over $150M into our portfolio companies from leading foreign venture capitalists. On Day 30 of the war, we signed our investment in Dream. Led by Shalev Hulio and Sebastian Kurz, Dream provides national-level AI-based solutions for cyber protection against state le ..read more

Sequence team Today, I want to share our recent investment in Sequence — a platform that puts people back into the driver’s seat of their financial future. I first met Gilad Uziely, Sequence’s CEO, at The Junction accelerator, 10+ years ago. He was working on Mekomy, a marketplace for off-the-beaten-path tours and activities. The right founder, the wrong startup. What caught me was his focus on making life better and his ability to create mission-based communities. Something that’s clearly visible in how Gilad, and his Co-Founders Tom and Oren, approach the building of Sequence. Sequence allow ..read more

Budget and messaging templates included https://youtu.be/FiW8XRw3xfs All companies begin with the joy of starting something new. An idea, a product, a process, a team that is coming together or reuniting after being apart. But just as companies come to life, they also come to an end. Not every idea reached its audience at the right time or was received with the excitement its founders had expected. In other cases, market indications could be positive, but the fundraising was unsuccessful for all sorts of reasons. Whatever the situation may be, you and the team reached a dead end, and it h ..read more

Dear All, These are trying times. Our community has been through unparalleled horrors that will forever change us. It feels impossible to make sense of much of what happened on October 7th, and since then, around our region and around the world. We are grieving. People of conscience, and Jews in particular, are both horrified and frightened. But trying times create resilience. Friction and pressure, when well-channeled, can fuel creativity and innovation. Determination and the will to live and prosper is foundational to entrepreneurship and the pioneering spirit that defines Israel and Aleph ..read more

What’s Up At Aleph — June 2023 Simply Featured by Apple • theGist Launches AI-Workspace Simply Featured by Apple Apple featured Simply (formerly JoyTunes) in their keynote address on Vision Pro, the much-awaited release of their new mixed reality headset. Simply’s CEO Yuval Kaminka says AR is going to change everything for creative skills. Read Yuval’s Blog Post Here theGist Announces AI-Workspace theGist’s new AI-powered workspace addresses two of the biggest challenges for employees at the office: constant context switching and not focusing on the most important, valuable ..read more

What’s Up At Aleph — May 2023 Sightful’s AR Laptop • Healthy.io Raises $50M Sightful Unveils Spacetop AR Laptop After nearly three years of development, our portfolio company Sightful has finally unveiled their first-of-its-kind product that allows you to work — and be your most creative self — from absolutely anywhere. Read the Wired Review Here Healthy.io Raises $50M Series D Following landmark FDA clearance, Healthy.io raises $50M to accelerate US adoption of its smartphone-powered kidney test, enabling 75 million Americans at risk of chronic kidney disease to test ..read more

What’s Up At Aleph — April 2023 Jeff & Orit on Invested • Our Latest Investments Jeff & Orit on Invested Watch or listen to Michael’s interviews with Jeff Swartz, former CEO of Timberland, and Orit Farkash HaCohen, former Israeli Minister of Science, Technology and Space, as they discuss social impact, AI, natural gas exploration and diversity in high-tech. Listen and Subscribe Here Welcome to Floodlight We are thrilled to announce our latest investment in Floodlight, as they raise a $6.4M seed round to simplify financial management for e-commerce SMEs and entrepreneurs. Read ..read more

What’s Up At Aleph — March 2023 Michael’s New Podcast • Our Latest Investments Our New Video Podcast How can values create value? Listen to our first two episodes, featuring Aryeh Bourkoff and Russ Roberts, as they join host Michael Eisenberg to explore the values behind business, the impact of technology on humanity and the humanity behind digitization. Listen and Subscribe Here Welcome to Ply We are thrilled to announce our latest investment in Ply, which supercharges work by enabling you to add features to the apps you already use. Learn why we are proud to be Ply’s too-early ..read more

Disclaimer: Tal Bussel, our Engineer in Residence, and Uri Ar, our Chief Brand Experience Officer, wrote this post together following a burst of extreme enthusiasm from using Ply. Have you ever wished you could just create a button that adds that one little feature you’ve always wanted to the app you’re using? That action that requires so very little of your skill, but so much of your time and focus? We definitely did. And then, luckily for us, Eden invested in Ply. “I’ve always been a productivity buff. I love automating processes, maybe out of productive laziness,” said Eden, when ..read more