Participated · Seed · Dec 2022

Suplyd provides an end-to-end digital procurement solution for small and medium-sized restaurants, replacing fragmented daily orders with a single streamlined platform. The product connects operators with hundreds of quality products, offers real-time analytics, and delivers procurement insights to simplify restaurant supply procurement. The company intends to expand operations and its development efforts and to enter untapped areas across Egypt while accelerating the development of new service verticals. Suplyd has shown strong operational growth since its 2022 pre-seed, growing nearly 20x in restaurants served and value of goods delivered. Today it serves over 5,000 restaurant customers and continues to roll out new operational tools and services. Suplyd operates a B2B procurement platform for HoReCa businesses that digitizes order procurement, payment and fulfillment, giving restaurants on-demand access to a wide range of SKUs at competitive prices. The platform aims to bring an e-commerce experience to restaurant supply chains, reduce waste, optimize assets and save time by replacing offline sourcing and manual supplier follow-ups. Suplyd also runs a network of tech-enabled fulfillment centers that provide real-time analytics and demand-pattern insights to inform stocking and guarantee fulfillment. The company was founded in January this year and is currently serving 500 customers in greater Cairo, reporting nearly 50% month-over-month growth since launch. Suplyd plans to use the new funding to scale its technology, expand within and beyond Cairo and explore additional growth opportunities across the MENA region.

Participated · Series A · Jun 2018

DocAuthority builds an AI-based data identification platform that automatically discovers and accurately identifies unprotected sensitive documents. The platform is designed to enable organizations to fully protect high-risk data without obstructing business processes by supporting broad, business-friendly security policies. DocAuthority completed a $10M Series A and plans to use the financing to accelerate growth, expand into new markets, and deepen integrations with key ecosystem partners. The round signals investor confidence in its data-discovery and classification capabilities. Participating investors include Greycroft, ffVC, Differential VC, 2B Angels and Plus Ventures. The company is led by CEO Steve Abbott and co-founder/CTO Ariel Peled.

Participated · Equity · Dec 2016

Knowmail offers an AI engine that installs on top of Outlook to study users' email habits, time management, and preferences, then surface messages based on urgency and importance. The product automatically categorizes emails as ‘urgent’, ‘important’, or other, and includes features like one-click filing, email deferral, and intelligent auto-complete search. It also provides a Knowmail bot and announced support for Microsoft Cortana. The company positions its technology as a solution to communication and information overload in the workplace. Knowmail recently closed $3.5M in new funding to continue developing functionality. The startup is preparing for a full launch early next year. Knowmail offers a personal-assistant SaaS that uses deep-learning algorithms to navigate users’ inboxes, surface immediate priorities and reduce email overload. The product is designed to understand each professional’s goals and work habits to provide personalized guidance and boost productivity. Knowmail emphasizes privacy and data security, keeping user data private and secure. The company says its technology can free up time by distinguishing urgent items from less important ones, improving corporate communication and collaboration. Knowmail plans to use its recent funding to scale its sales and development teams, expand partnerships, and broaden the product’s capabilities. The company positions itself as a solution for time management, prioritization, and work/life balance for professionals.

Participated · Equity · Jun 2016

FICX (fka CallVU) is a San Francisco, CA–based CX automation company that provides enterprises a no-code software platform to automate customer processes and deliver them over any customer channel. Its platform lets companies add custom digital workflows in websites, apps, chat, IVR, call centers and in-store, and integrates with existing enterprise technology via prebuilt connectors and APIs. These integrations sync front-end experiences with backend CRM, contact center, service desk and payment systems. Customers named in the article include National Bank of Canada, Bank Leumi, Banca Transylvania and the Israeli Ministry of Health. Led by CEO Michael Oiknine, the company raised $8M in a Series B round led by NAventures with participation from Prytek and Liberty Global Ventures. It plans to use the funds to expand its core platform and drive market adoption of its CX automation tools. CallVU develops a Mobile Digital Engagement Platform that combines rich digital and interactive media with the voice channel to deliver engaging and collaborative customer experiences for contact centers. The platform creates a new customer service channel for smartphone users. Customers include banks, credit card companies and telecom carriers. The company is led by president and chairman Tuval Lava and CEO Ori Faran. CallVU recently raised $3M in funding. It intends to use the proceeds to expand its global reach, strengthen marketing, open offices abroad and grow its workforce by hiring sales, product management, software development and marketing experts.

Participated · Series A · Sep 2015

Rollout provides mobile developers with a real-time SDK that enables code-level changes to be deployed to live apps without releasing a new app-store version or waiting for users to update. Led by CEO and co-founder Erez Rusovsky, the company supports more than 3,000 developers across over 200 apps running on more than 25 million devices. Customers include Intuit, Badoo, ask.fm, Glow and GrabTaxi. Founded in 2014, Rollout is based in Tel Aviv and also has an office in New York. The company intends to use the new funding to develop additional product features, including launching Android support for the SDK, and to push go-to-market efforts. The company completed a $1M funding round in February 2016. Rollout.io offers an SDK that changes an app's runtime to give developers method-level access on iOS, enabling on-the-fly fixes such as disabling crashing functions, adding analytics events, or injecting try/catch blocks. The SDK includes pre-packaged solutions and supports injecting JavaScript for more complex repairs, all managed via an online dashboard that can also message affected users in real time. Founded in June 2014 by former Intel engineers Erez Rosovsky and Eyal Keren, the company opened limited testing and reports 1,700 developers registered and over 100 apps in production. Testers are currently using the service for free; Rollout.io plans a SaaS monthly subscription priced by volume. Future product plans include richer debugging capabilities, the ability to change the user interface and toggle third-party SDKs, and an Android SDK planned for next year to complement the iOS SDK available today. Tel Aviv-based Rollout.io is backed by $2 million from Canaan Partners Israel, Plus Ventures, and Star Farm Ventures.