About Viola Ventures
Viola Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2000. It is primarily based out of Herzliya, Israel. As of Aug 2025, Viola Ventures has invested in 44 companies. It primarily invests in Series A round in Israel based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Retail and High Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of QuamCore Overall, Viola Ventures portfolio has seen 1 unicorn, 1 IPO and 23 acquisitions including key companies like Payoneer, VMware and Verbit. A lot of funds co-invest with Viola Ventures, with names like Viola Credit sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Viola Ventures has team of 5 people including 3 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Series B & 4 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Unicorns
Portfolio Soonicorns
Viola Ventures' List of Top Investments
Viola Ventures has a portfolio of 44 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments are in Wanova and Wanova.Their portfolio spans across Israel, United States, Germany and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Retail, High Tech and 18 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Series B and 4 more. Here is the list of top investments by Viola Ventures:1. Payoneer
Provider of cross-border payment solutions for freelancers, businesses, and marketplaces. The company facilitates payments, manages multiple currencies, and offers working capital advances. It provides tools for global workforce management, including compliant hiring and payment solutions. The company offers services such as contractor management and employer of record options.
Key facts about Payoneer
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $1B+ as on Dec 31, 2025
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $269M
- Employee Count: 3,313 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Sprout Capital Partners, Vintage Investment Partners and 24 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Dec 05, 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. VMware
Cloud based orchestration solutions. It enables running any app on any cloud on any device through the solutions for modern apps, multi-cloud, and digital workspace. It transform data centers into aggregated computing infrastructures with VMware vSphere, its virtualization platform.
Key facts about VMware
- Founded Year: 1998
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $596M
- Employee Count: 10,392 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Intel, Founders Circle Capital and 33 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Jan 01, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. Verbit
Provider of cloud and AI-based natural language processing platform to develop speech recognition applications. It is leveraging a cloud-based speech recognition technology that is based on the latest advances in the field of deep learning neural networks. It has applications in court reporting and depositions, education and disability needs, distance learning and relearning, media production, and business analysis.
Key facts about Verbit
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $550M
- Employee Count: 1,624 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Sapphire Ventures, Vertex Ventures Israel and 38 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Nov 23, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Pagaya
Provider of an AI-powered lending network that connects financial institutions with institutional investors. It allows banks and fintechs to approve more customers while preserving their brand, avoiding balance sheet expansion, and retaining borrowers through diverse loan products like personal loans, auto finance, BNPL, and real estate.
Key facts about Pagaya
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $146M
- Employee Count: 470 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: GIC, Citi and 18 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Mar 24, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Public
5. PlainID
Cloud based identity security platform. It provides a policy based authorization platform, enabling organizations to govern, administer, and control access to digital assets. The platform bridges the gap between identity and security, offering a centralized policy management solution with decentralized enforcement. It helps enterprises address complex identity security challenges and offers secure access control.
Key facts about PlainID
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Misgav (Israel)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $100M
- Employee Count: 98 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: SIB Investment Group, Vintage Investment Partners and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Dec 21, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Viola Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Viola Ventures has invested in 44 companies over the last 26 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment. Its most recent first time investment was in QuamCore and most recent follow-on round was in Verbit.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2019 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2018 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
2017 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Viola Ventures' Investments by Stage
Viola Ventures is primarily an Early Stage Investor investor majorly investing in Series A (20) rounds where average round size is $185M, Series B (11) rounds where average round size is $134M and Seed (4) rounds where average round size is $27.9M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 20 |
Series B | 11 |
Seed | 4 |
Conventional Debt | 1 |
Series C | 1 |
Others | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Viola Ventures' Investments by Sector
Viola Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, Consumer, High Tech and FinTech. Notably, it has invested in 42 Tech companies, 36 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 35 Software companies and at least 21 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 28 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 10 |
Consumer | 9 |
High Tech | 7 |
FinTech | 6 |
Others | 32 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Viola Ventures' Investments by Geography
Viola Ventures has made most investments in Israel (22), followed by United States where it has made 15 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Israel | 22 |
United States | 15 |
Germany | 1 |
Portugal | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Viola Ventures' recent investments
Viola Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Viola Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 04, 2025 | Israel | Series A | 3413 | [+5] | |
Oct 23, 2023 | United States | Seed | 7034 | [+1] | |
Jan 31, 2023 | Israel | Seed | 2633 | [+3] | |
Nov 08, 2022 | Portugal | Series A | 2838 | [+2] | |
Nov 17, 2020 | United States | Seed | 6883 |
Unicorns in Viola Ventures' Portfolio
Viola Ventures has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Verbit. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Verbit which became a unicorn in 2021, 2 years after Viola Ventures first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Viola Ventures' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
75 | Provider of cloud and AI-based natural language processing platform to develop speech recognition applications | 2017 | New York City | Series E | cjcyajw |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Viola Ventures' Portfolio
1 of Viola Ventures' portfolio company became public - Pagaya. It got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Feb 2021 at marketcap of $312MHere are Viola Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 25, 2021 | Apr 03, 2019 | Series C | 4811 |
Acquired companies in Viola Ventures' Portfolio
23 companies from Viola Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Payoneer in Jun 2026 by Nuvei for $*****.Here are Viola Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 15, 2026 | Jul 24, 2008 | Series B | 2496 | |
Dec 04, 2024 | Sep 09, 2019 | Series B | 2164 | |
Feb 27, 2024 | Sep 29, 2016 | Series A | 1473 | |
Jul 11, 2022 | Jan 06, 2009 | Series A | 1601 | |
May 23, 2022 | - | - | 6484 |
Team profile of Viola Ventures
Viola Ventures has a team of 5 members including 3 Partners and 1 Principal located in Israel. Viola Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Viola Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Israel | - | ||
Partner | - | - | ||
Partner | - | - | - | |
Principal | - | - |
Co-investors of Viola Ventures
Over the past 26 years, 203 investors have co-invested in Viola Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Viola Ventures: Viola Group, Sequoia Capital and 38 others have invested in rounds before Viola Ventures. There are 3 companies where Viola Group has invested before Viola Ventures and 3 companies where Sequoia Capital has invested before Viola Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Viola Ventures: 53 investors entered a company along with Viola Ventures. These include investors like Viola Credit (4 companies).
- Invested after Viola Ventures: A total of 110 investors have invested in Viola Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Viola Group (9 companies), Vintage Investment Partners (4 companies) and Samsung NEXT (3 companies).
