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Hetz Ventures

Tel Aviv, Israel · Invests in MENA; US; Europe; Asia · Website

Pre-SeedSeedB2B SaaSAI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsData & AnalyticsCybersecurityDeveloper Tools & InfrastructureSecurity & CybersecurityEnterprise Software

Thesis

Israeli engineers have a distinct competitive advantage in building deep infrastructure products. We partner with technical founders from day one to transform excellence into category-defining companies. Data is the critical leverage point for enterprise AI.

Likely not a fit for

Non-technical founders without technical co-founders, consumer-focused plays, B2B SaaS without competitive moat or infrastructure differentiation

How they invest

Lead or follow
Usually leads
Typical decision
~2 weeks
Warm intro
Not required
Involvement
Takes a board seat
Fund status
Actively deploying
Assets under mgmt
$500M
Decision process
Partnership vote

Partners & team

10 contacts on file

JT

Judah Taub

General PartnerManaging Partner, Co-Founder · Primary contact

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Pavel Livshiz

General PartnerGeneral Partner

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Guy Fighel

PartnerPartner & Head of Hetz Data Program

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IM

Itamar Mula

PrincipalPrincipal

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AE

Anat Eitan

Platform & OpsCFO & Partner

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Liz Cohen

Platform & OpsVP Platform

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AS

Alex Shine

Platform & OpsHead of Operations

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Stuart Roden

PartnerNon-Executive Chairman and Partner

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Neil Cohen

Platform & OpsBoard Member

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Shraga Katz

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Portfolio

FundamentalDeveloper Tools Infra

Fundamental.dev is a platform for Laravel Streams, offering documentation and administration tools. It focuses on enhancing Laravel development.

LumidaSecurity Cyber

Lumida offers an AI-powered security operations platform that utilizes Decision-Based Exposure Management to streamline vulnerability management and remediation processes.

Majestic LabsEnterprise Software

Majestic Labs specializes in developing AI-driven solutions for various applications, focusing on enhancing operational efficiencies and decision-making processes.

BlinkOpsSecurity Cyber

BlinkOps has raised over 100m to build the future Agentic Security Automation Platform ASAP!

Prompt SecuritySecurity Cyber

Prompt Security empowers organizations to safely and securely embrace AI by managing GenAI risks and securing LLM applications.

Silk SecuritySecurity Cyber

Silk Security provides advanced cybersecurity solutions focused on vulnerability management and remediation, utilizing AI to enhance operational efficiency and risk management.

InfinipointSecurity Cyber

Infinipoint is a Zero Trust Workforce Access Platform that provides passwordless authentication and device-based access control to secure user and device identities at the point of access.

TabnineDeveloper Tools Infra

Tabnine is an AI code assistant that enhances software development by providing context-aware coding assistance and improving the software development lifecycle (SDLC) with AI-powered chat.

SeekretDeveloper Tools Infra

Seekret provides tools for capturing production traffic using eBPF technology, enhancing observability and monitoring capabilities for software applications.

GranulateEnterprise Software

Granulate provides solutions for optimizing Java performance through advanced performance tuning techniques.

DigmaEnterprise Software

Digma provides an AI-powered platform for autonomous identification, root cause analysis, and remediation of code and infrastructure issues, enhancing software development workflows.

VelocityEnterprise Software

Velocity is an AI-powered Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) solution that helps teams resolve incidents faster and reduce Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR) by providing AI-driven insights and automation for incident response.

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Research briefRead more
Hetz Ventures Research Investment Thesis Hetz Ventures is a specialized seed-stage VC fund focused exclusively on Israeli founders building infrastructure software, data/AI systems, and cybersecurity solutions with global ambitions. The firm believes that Israeli engineers have a distinct competitive advantage in building deep infrastructure products, and they partner with founders from day one to

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