Viola Growth
12 Abba Eban Avenue, Herzliya Pituach, 4672530, Israel
Overview
Viola Growth is a technology growth capital fund that focuses on investing in Israeli-related global technology companies at their expansion phase. Founded in 2008, the fund invests in fast-growing, growth-stage companies, with potential for category leadership, substantial annual revenues, profitable unit economics, and a proven business model. Our average check size ranges from $15-$30M. The fund is managed by seven partners, one of whom is based in NY, who hold vast experience working with management teams, building organic and non-organic growth plans, scaling operations, creating business partnerships with global leaders, and driving profitable growth. Our team’s deep understanding of the ecosystem and extensive network of contacts allows us to track the most promising companies. Viola Growth manages three funds with a total of more than $725 AUM and has invested in more than 32 companies to date, with close to a dozen exits.
- Total investments
- 35
- Lead investments
- 22
- Investments · 12mo
- 1
- Active investors
- 8
Sector focus
- Finance
- Financial Services
- FinTech
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Chargeflow
Led · Series A · Nov 2025
Chargeflow is a New York City–based company offering an AI-driven chargeback automation solution for e-commerce merchants. Its software integrates with more than 100 payment, data, and commerce platforms—including Shopify, Stripe, PayPal, WooCommerce, Adyen, and Afterpay—to gather transaction data, assemble evidence, and track dispute outcomes in real time. The system also proactively detects potential friendly fraud, alerting merchants before a chargeback is filed. Today, Chargeflow safeguards over 15,000 merchants worldwide, helping them recover revenue and reduce operational costs associated with disputes. With fresh capital, the company plans to complete its end-to-end chargeback automation suite and scale global go-to-market operations. Chargeflow has raised a total of $49 million to date, reflecting strong investor confidence in its technology-driven approach to payment risk management.
- Scopio Labs
Led · Series D · Jul 2025
Scopio Labs has launched an AI-based Complete Blood Morphology (CBM) analyzer designed to fully automate blood morphology diagnostics. The CBM uses Scopio’s Full-Field technology, combining advanced imaging and AI to analyze ten times more cells than current methods. The product targets the global laboratory staffing crisis by standardizing and automating peripheral blood smear (PBS) reviews and potentially eliminating routine human reviews. Scopio holds CE-marked and FDA-cleared digital imaging applications and plans to showcase the CBM at the ADLM 2025 Annual Conference. Viola Growth invested an additional $10 million to support the CBM’s market launch, raising Scopio’s Series D to $52 million. Company leadership says the technology could reshape hematology workflows, economics, and enable development of morphology-based biomarkers for earlier detection and monitoring of disease. Scopio Labs develops Full-Field Digital Cell Morphology imaging and analysis platforms that use computational photography to capture high-resolution images of thousands of cells. Its platform pairs full-field imaging with clinical AI-based decision support to improve workflow efficiency, enable remote consultation, and expedite diagnostic decision-making in blood cell analysis. The technology is intended to supplant manual microscopy by providing a full-field view of all regions of clinical interest at high resolution. Scopio says it will use new capital to accelerate market penetration, scale sales and marketing, and strengthen customer support globally. The company also plans continued development of its digital morphology platform and creation of next-generation products for hematology laboratories and hospitals. Financially, Scopio recently closed a $42 million Series D, bringing its total fundraising to $130 million. Scopio Labs develops a digital microscopy platform that captures and digitizes full-slide microscopy data using advanced computational photography to reconstruct high-resolution images. Its automated scanning systems deliver high-quality images and include computer-vision based decision support for hematology, pathology, research and veterinary use. The company has launched ScopioVet, an end-to-end digital cytology solution for veterinary professionals. Scopio recently received CE mark certification for its X100 Full Field Peripheral Blood Smear (PBS) system, an all-in-one automated in-vitro hematology diagnostic platform that enables remote consultation. A multi-center study in preparation for an FDA submission is being completed. Led by co-founder and CEO Itai Hayut, the company plans to expand commercial operations across the United States and Europe, ramp up manufacturing and sales, and build a stronger clinical trial pipeline to broaden its offerings. Scopio Labs develops next-generation digital microscopes based on computational imaging breakthroughs and a suite of dedicated image analysis tools. Its technology targets clinical and research applications including cancer, hematology, cytology, academic research and drug discovery. The company was founded in 2015 by Itai Hayut and Erez Na’aman. Scopio plans to use the new funding to expand its Tel Aviv–based team and is hiring computer vision experts, physicists and software developers. The article frames the company as enabling dramatic clinical and research improvements and powering further innovation in diagnostics and discovery.
- Buildots
Participated · Series D · May 2025
Buildots provides an AI and computer-vision platform that processes images captured from 360-degree cameras mounted on managers’ hard hats to track construction progress and forecast issues. The system includes a chatbot for project-status queries and predictive tools that alert teams to delay risks and pacing problems. Founded in 2018 and based in Chicago, the company counts Intel and roughly 50 construction firms among its clients. Buildots has grown to over 230 employees and plans to expand its North American operations with a focus on growing R&D teams. The company intends to use historical project data to train models that benchmark and optimize construction performance and to extend its product to cover more stages of the construction lifecycle. Buildots positions itself as an operations-focused platform for performance management in construction and competes with firms such as BeamUp and Versatile. Buildots is an Israel- and U.K.-based AI construction company that deploys 360-degree cameras and computer-vision models to build digital twins of job sites and track project progress. It works with large contractors such as Pomerleau, NCC and Ledcor to identify bottlenecks and optimize workflows. The company recently launched an AI-powered "delay forecast" feature that in beta tests reduced delay times by up to 50% in some scenarios. Buildots is six years old and has pursued multiple financings to scale its product and deployments. Prior to the new round it had raised around $106 million, including a $60 million tranche two years ago. The firm positions its technology as a way to drive efficiencies and cost savings on large, complex construction projects. Buildots, founded in 2018 by Roy Danon, Aviv Leibovici and Yakir Sudry, builds an AI platform that uses hardhat-mounted 360-degree cameras and computer vision to capture and analyze construction-site progress. The platform ingests project schedules, designs and site footage to generate a model of an active site and automatically compare on-site conditions to plans, with automated blurring of people for compliance. Buildots offers two-way integrations with planning tools including Oracle Primavera P6, Asta Powerproject and Microsoft Project to enable instant timeline updates and monthly progress reports to validate subcontractor payments. The company says it has operated across North America, Europe, Asia‑Pacific and the Middle East, collecting diverse datasets to improve its AI models. Buildots reported that revenue grew tenfold in 2021 while its customer base expanded to “dozens” of contractors. The team has more than doubled over the past year, recently surpassing 200 employees and planning to reach about 300 by the end of 2022; new funding will be used for product development and expansion in Europe and North America. Buildots is a three-year-old construction-technology company headquartered in Tel Aviv and London that uses AI and computer-vision to monitor construction sites via hardhat-mounted 360-degree cameras. Its algorithms automatically validate captured images against original designs and schedules to detect gaps and out-of-spec work, creating a single source of truth for project teams. The platform surfaces installation errors, helps streamline payments, and aims to reduce blaming and inefficiencies on sites. Buildots is deployed on major building projects across the U.S., U.K., Germany, Switzerland, Scandinavia and China and works with four of the top 10 construction companies globally. The company reported more than 50% quarter-over-quarter growth over the past year in three countries where it operates. To meet demand it plans to continue international expansion, double its global team with a focus on sales, marketing and R&D, and explore applications beyond construction. Buildots is a Tel Aviv- and London-based startup founded in 2018 that uses hardhat-mounted 360-degree cameras and computer vision to modernize construction management. Its software creates a digital twin from architectural plans and schedules and compares site imagery to detect missing fixtures or schedule deviations. The system handles construction-site constraints such as limited Wi‑Fi and three-dimensional positioning by using manual uploads and algorithms to determine floor-level context. The company has 35 employees and has expanded beyond Israel and the U.K. into projects in Poland and upcoming work in Japan. Financially, Buildots has raised $16M total (a previously unreported $3M seed plus a $13M Series A) led by TLV Partners. The team plans to scale the business and turn the data it collects into tools and workflows that support more roles on construction sites.
- INSHUR
Led · Equity · Oct 2024
INSHUR operates globally, providing commercial insurance for on-demand mobility drivers, fleet operators, and delivery platforms across the mobility and delivery sectors. Its platform offers a personalized suite of tech-enabled insurance products that provide flexible coverage and protection which adapts to drivers' needs. The company recently surpassed 1 million policies sold in the U.K. and reports a consistent >50% CAGR since 2023 with a clear path to profitability. INSHUR supplies embedded insurance solutions and complementary technology integrations for digital platform providers, including Uber and Amazon, and is an Uber preferred driver insurance provider in certain markets. The company plans to expand across the U.S., advance AI research for underwriting and real-time pricing, and develop solutions for the autonomous vehicle market. Founded in 2016, INSHUR has offices in the US, UK and Netherlands. Inshur provides embedded insurance solutions and complementary technology integrations for digital platform providers, offering flexible, personalized coverage and claims handling for on‑demand livery and delivery drivers. Its capabilities and claims handling enable a personalized suite of protections that adapts coverage to the job. The company intends to use the new funding to build on momentum from 2023, including growth driven by its acquisition of ABI and partnerships with on‑demand platforms such as Uber and Amazon Flex. Founded in 2016 and led by CEO Dan Bratshpis, Inshur operates offices in the US, UK and the Netherlands. It also appointed Bill Walrath as Director of US Markets to lead U.S. insurance operations and expansion across rideshare, last‑mile delivery, carshare and new market segments. Inshur provides embedded insurance solutions and complementary technology integrations for platform providers such as Uber and Amazon, focusing on insurance for on-demand drivers. The company combines data, underwriting capabilities and in-house claims handling to deliver personalized coverage and performance-based ratings that reduce biases tied to location, age and gender. Inshur is an Uber-endorsed insurance provider for independent drivers in certain North American and European markets. The company is led by CEO Dan Bratshpis and was founded in 2016, with operations tied to New York, London and Amsterdam. Inshur has announced a strategic acquisition of American Business Insurance Services (ABI) to expand and scale its operations across the United States. Through the ABI deal, Inshur gains a commercial transportation insurance business that serves more than 50,000 insured vehicles and a portfolio of taxis, limousines, ambulances and other transportation network companies. INSHUR is a global insurtech founded in New York in 2017 that builds commercial insurance products for drivers and small businesses using data and modern technology. The company began by serving New York's UBER drivers and is rolling out new commercial products for delivery and courier drivers. INSHUR positions itself as a technology-driven alternative to analog insurance distribution and pricing models, aiming to improve customer service. It currently has a team of over 100 staff based in New York, Brighton (UK), and Amsterdam and operates in both the US and Europe. The company says the new funding will enable investment in technology, recruiting, and new product launches to support ambitious global growth plans. The fundraising brought the company's total capital raised to $35 million. Inshur offers a mobile app that lets TLC and private-hire drivers quote, purchase, and service auto insurance policies in minutes. The app is live in New York and the UK and is backed by Munich Re Digital Partners. Inshur is an approved Uber insurance partner in Europe. Founded in October 2016 by Dan Bratshpis, the company sold $24M of premium in the first 12 months of operation in 2018. The company raised an additional $1.5M in Series A funding and holds a $2M credit facility, bringing total funding to date to $9.6M. Inshur intends to use the funds to continue expanding operations and its business reach.
- Guesty
Participated · Series E · Aug 2022
Guesty offers a one-stop SaaS platform for accommodation managers, providing listing and booking management, analytics, accounting, multi-property management, and CRM features. It has added in-house payment services and capital advances, damage-protection services, website-building tools, and price-optimization integrations with dozens of listing interfaces. The company says its platform already covers “hundreds of thousands” of properties. Guesty is based in New York and has roots in Israel. Management plans to use new funding to expand the existing platform, move into medium-term stays beyond short-term lets, and pursue potential acquisitions. The company reported revenue growth of 5x over the last three years and expects to become profitable this year. Guesty provides a multi-channel property management platform that centralizes listing, calendar, guest communication, payments, accounting and analytics across major booking marketplaces. Its product today includes about 18 core features and roughly 130 third‑party integrations, and the company has acquired MyVR and Your Porter to broaden capabilities. Guesty is expanding toward greater automation and AI-based communication tools and plans to grow its fintech offerings (billing, credit lines, loans and risk management) to serve hosts as businesses. Leadership describes the company as moving beyond short‑term rentals into aparthotels, co‑living, glamping and other flexible accommodations and aims to offer an end‑to‑end platform for hospitality operators. The company reported 100% year‑on‑year growth, says revenue and listings under management have been doubling, and employs about 585 people. Guesty is not yet profitable but is aiming for profitability next year and is on course to surpass $100M in ARR in the first half of that year. Guesty builds a property-management platform for hosts on short-term rental marketplaces, and has expanded to support multi-unit listings and aparthotels. The company uses machine learning to classify and route roughly 80% of guest messages and plans to expand AI across its platform. It is building out a marketplace of third-party integrations and intends to continue investing in growth and technology. Guesty has been active on the M&A front, acquiring Y Combinator-backed MyVR and Your Porter to serve hosts ranging from small family-run businesses to enterprise-scale managers. Management says travel demand is rebounding, citing U.S. summer reservation volume up 282% versus summer 2020 (and 32% versus 2019) and U.K. reservations up 180% year-over-year (down 19% versus 2019). Guesty provides property managers and management companies an end-to-end platform to simplify short-term rentals. The platform lets users manage listings across multiple online travel agencies including Airbnb, Booking.com, Agoda and TripAdvisor and offers guest-centric tools such as a Unified Inbox, Automation Tools, 24/7 Guest Communication Services and Payment Processing. The company plans to use the funds to open new offices in key growth markets, enhance product capabilities and introduce AI and machine learning into the platform. It also intends to increase its presence in verticals adjacent to urban properties, including the vacation rental space, and to build out its Integrations Marketplace through additional third-party partnerships and integrations. Led by Co-Founder & CEO Amiad Soto, Guesty graduated from Y Combinator in 2014 and is utilized by property managers and management companies in more than 70 countries. Following the Series C, total funding stands at $60M. Guesty offers a vacation-rental management platform that acts like a CRM for property managers, helping track guest check-ins, revenue, and operational tasks. Its tools are designed to manage properties across multiple listing channels such as Airbnb and VRBO. The service aims to simplify running multiple properties as a business by centralizing listings and operations. The company positions itself to meet growing demand as marketplaces like Airbnb roll out more tiers and categories. Guesty was part of Y Combinator’s winter 2014 class and previously raised $3 million in May of the prior year. The company recently filed with the SEC that it raised $19.75 million in a new Series B round.