Decima Ventures

About Decima Ventures

Many investors regard investment as a "numbers' game"- they invest in a large number of startups, assuming that if you throw enough darts you are bound to hit something With such approach- they don't have the ability or the motivation to help their investments succeed, and indeed the vast majority of them, if not all, fail

We at Decima Ventures rather take more selective approach We selectively pick fewer startups to invest in and with that- we are committed to making sure they succeed What it takes from us as investors, we know, is more than some cash and a quarterly phone call

"The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. "

HOW DO WE SELECT OUR INVESTMENTS?

How do we select our investments? Over the years we have built expertise, resources and networks that serve well to benefit the advancement of our portfolio companies We therefore tend to pick investments that are in a position to rip the greatest benefits from collaborating with us Our history shows that our involvement is most impactful with ventures that are at a certain location, sector and stage That is not to say that ventures that do not meet these criteria are not worthwhile investments They may very well be- just not for us We are most likely to invest in startups that meet the following criteria:

STAGE: Decima Ventures invests in early stage companies- with investment size of anything between $50K and $4mm
For our portfolio companies we also fund expansion rounds
Typically, we provide the first outside money that a company raises
While we invest in companies pre-revenue, we do expect our investments to have a proven proof of concept or the ability to show some traction
DOMAIN: While we may consider a broad range of high-tech and internet companies, we prefer to invest in companies in the areas where we have developed domain expertise
These areas include cyber-security, social networking, messaging and video
GEOGRAPHY: In order to provide our portfolio companies an on-going support and unlimited access to our resources and people, we prefer to invest in ventures that are headquartered in the markets where we have a year-round physical presence- namely the US and Israel
PEOPLE: Lastly- and most importantly we fund companies, but we invest in people
People are the single most important criteria to our investment decision
We look for passionate, committed, bright teams with relevant experience and a proven track record

RONY ZAROM: INVESTOR, SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR, PHILANTHROPIST.

The world first took notice of Mr Zarom when he sold his first company, Exalink to Comverse (NASDAQ: CNSI) for $550mm, only 18 months after establishing it But in fact - Mr Zarom’s propensity towards entrepreneurship was apparent long before then

Mr Zarom was a founding member of Elronet - the first commercial ISP in israel, which merged into Netvision and became Israel’s biggest Internet service provider (ISP) to date

An initiative Mr Zarom had championed while at Elronet, namely Arel- had branched off to become ArelNet, a publically traded company on the Israeli Stock Exchange in 1996 (Today owned by AirSpan) Mr Zarom’s business activity is not limited to the tech industry He is the the majority share owner of Aspen Group, a publicly traded company that specializes in high-yield commercial real estate and solar energy systems, with assets valued at approximately 2 2 Billion NIS

As a committed philanthropist - Mr Zarom is the founder, chairman and the driving force behind Unistream (established 2001) - a non-for-profit organization dedicated to empowering underprivileged youth through entrepreneurship Unistream had been awarded Presidential Volunteer Medal by Israeli president Shimon Peres

Mr Zarom holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from CUNY- City University of New York

He is married and has 4 children He divides his time between Tel Aviv and NYC

“It’s only when you think big, act big, that you will become big”

-Rony Zarom, Founder & CEO; Decima Ventures

DECIMA VENTURES CURRENT INVESTMENTS.

Chatway is a secure group chat application for Android, iOS and Web that allows you to share office documents from PCs and servers as well as from cloud storage services like Dropbox and Google Drive Chatway is the first chat application that integrates productivity tools like collaborative notes and task lists with each group chat that enables group members to work together more effectively

newrow_ is an education targeted solution that connects students and instructors online in a way that replicates the physical classroom, face to face connection Run engaging, interactive classes from anywhere, with any device

Cybonet© is a leading global provider of cyber security solutions Formed to meet the growing demand for cyber security, Cybonet developed security software specifically designed to protect enterprise, carrier and ISP against Botnet attacks

Selected as “Startup to Watch” at Social Media Week and as Finalist in SXSW Accelerator Competition, Samba is a beautifully designed tool to record, share and save video messages and their associated replies

Samba combines the energy of face-to-face communication and the convenience of asynchronous communication

Samba Video Messaging with Reactions Protecting an organization’s mission-critical data is a top priority for every IT department Axxana award-winning disaster-recovery technology guarantees that no transaction is ever lost (RPO=0), and that recovery time (RTO) is minimal