Maverick Ventures Israel

Founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs is how Maverick Ventures Israel describes its venture capital firm. The name is borrowed from Hebrew, where the word it draws on means to shine, and the team says it sees itself as the catalyst that takes leading technology start-ups to the next level and lets founders' own spirit show. It invests across a wide range of industries, which it says lets it concentrate on finding products that could change a market, built by exceptional teams.

What the firm looks for

Its criteria are stated plainly on the site. First and last, it asks for good people, using the Yiddish word mensches. Between those two bookends come a fully committed team with proven technical experience, differentiated and defensible technology, and early traction and revenue, which it treats as a plus rather than a requirement. The firm says it seeks outsiders who are outstanding.

What a portfolio company receives

Maverick offers capital for continued growth, an experienced sounding board for business challenges of all kinds, and a promise that if it cannot help directly it almost certainly knows someone who can. Hands-on operating help comes from an in-house team whose training spans technology, law, finance and advertising, and who have mostly founded businesses before. The fourth element is a network of successful private investors spread across many countries and professions.

Companies it has backed

The portfolio on the site is varied. Recent entries include Fourier, which designs optics for augmented reality eyewear; Hunch, an AI product analyst; LightSolver, which applies the physics of light to a new computing approach; Fairgen, which uses generative AI to speed up insight for research teams; HEQA Security, protecting data communication with methods based on quantum physics; MDI Health, a pharmacology intelligence platform that aims to prevent medication problems; and Revuze, which turns customer feedback into consumer insight.

Others work in games, insurance and storage. Uncaged Studios is building web3 games. Sling offers cyber insurance that monitors the darknet for threats against a client's systems. Storone makes storage systems for small and large businesses. Lusix grows diamonds in a laboratory, and Equinom uses computation to breed seeds. Earlier portfolio descriptions also mention Behalf, which finances purchase orders for small businesses, and Diagnostic Robotics, a layer of AI across healthcare.

Maverick Ventures Israel is a venture capital firm that invests in technology start-ups. Its name comes from a Hebrew word meaning 'to shine', reflecting the aim of helping founders reach the next stage.

What Maverick Ventures Israel does

• Growth capital: funds companies that are growing and, ideally, already generating early traction.
• Operational support: A dedicated team with backgrounds in technology, law, finance and advertising, several of them former entrepreneurs.
• Investor network: access to individual investors across many countries and professions.

Clients

Committed technical teams. Its portfolio spans areas such as cyber insurance, storage systems, seed breeding, purchase-order financing, healthcare technology, data analytics and search marketing software.

Key facts

• Based in: Israel
• Portfolio examples: Sling, Storone, Equinom, Behalf, Binah, cClearly, Diagnostic Robotics