Active Capital

Awz embraces the unknown—proactively cultivating deep-technology solutions to the world's biggest challenges from inception to global success.
About Awz
Our Team
Our Funds
Our Portfolio
Awz X-Seed Hub
Our Journey

About Awz

Active Capital

Awz combines business, technology & investment experts with the world's leading security & intelligence minds to deliver exceptional returns to our investors—as we actively guide our portfolio companies through their journey to commercial success and liquidity opportunities.
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Our Team

People First

Our partners & strategic advisors are entrepreneurs with a history of successful exits, seasoned investment professionals, and former senior director of Israeli and global security and intelligence agencies.
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Founder & Managing Partner
Yaron Ashkenazi
Founder & Managing Partner
Edward Sonshine
Founding Partner & Chairman of the Board
Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper
Partner & President of Advisory Committee
Dame Stella Rimington​ ​
Former MI5 Director-General
Richard Fadden​ ​
Former CSIS Director
James Woolsey​
Former CIA Director
Tamir Pardo
Former Director of the Mossad
Buck Revell
Former FBI Associate Deputy Director
Richard Nesbitt
Strategic Advisor, Financial Services
Prof. Peretz Lavie
Strategic Advisor
Daniel Mak
Executive General Partner, Strategic Growth
Avi Libman
Executive Partner, Investor Relations & Global Operations
Josh Gutenberg
Executive Partner, Finance & Compliance
Howard Tanenbaum
Director
Kenny Finkelstein
Director
Ronnie Faust
Director
Murray Goldman
Director
Howard Sokolowski
Director
Rick Ekstein
​Director
Aaron Mandelbaum
Director
Eyal Beinart​
General Partner, Awz Ventures I & II
Erez Kreiner​
Venture Partner, Awz Ventures I & II
Osher Shapira
Venture Partner, Awz Ventures III
Brig. Gen. (Ret) Ehud Schneorson
Venture Partner, Awz Ventures III; Former Commander of Unit 8200
Roni Alsheich
General Partner, Awz X-Seed
Dr. Amira Sharon ​
Strategy & Technology Partner
Ofer Kotler
General Partner, Awz X-Seed
Ofer Simchony​
Partner, Strategic Relationships
Ambassador Yuval Rotem​
Venture Partner
Haim Tomer​
Venture Partner
Gary Barnea​
Strategic Advisor
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Michael Day
Strategic Advisor
Dr. Nigel Meir​
Venture Partner
Ilan Azouri​
Venture Partner
Dr. Tahel Altman​
Strategic Advisor, Medtech
Dr. Michal Arad​
Strategic Advisor, Technology Horizons
Ariel Zamir​
Strategic Advisor
Patrice E. Merrin​
Strategic Advisor
Ross Johnson ​
Strategic Advisor
Nadine Miller​
Strategic Advisor
David Posluns​
Strategic Advisor
Ran Bar Or
Strategic Advisor, Commercial Growth
Peter Tanenbaum​
Strategic Advisor
Michael Shapiro​
Strategic Advisor
Joshua Goldman​
Strategic Advisor
Andrew Goldman​
Strategic Advisor
David Amsalem​
Strategic Advisor
Nira Kirkirus
VP HR & Value Creation
Ilana Schwartz​
VP Communications
Ilana Gross
VP Operations, Israel
Shmil Naftalovich
VP Customer Development
Nadav Katzir​
Portfolio Manager & In-House Counsel, Awz X-Seed
Einat Maller Joan
HR Manager
Isoken Akpata​
Senior Associate
Itai Rotem
Financial Associate, Awz X-Seed
Andrey Liaskovets​
Investment Associate, Awz X-Seed
Roni Rabinian
Technology Analyst
Shlomi Pinchuk
Associate, Managing Partner’s Office
Daniel Kedem
Analyst
Reouven Zana
Fundraising Associate
Liby Manash
Strategy & Technology Analyst
Sasha Stalick
Investor Relations Associate
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Our Funds

From Inception to Exit

As part of our multi-stage strategy, Awz has established distinct funds focusing on a range of investment stages—each with dedicated GPs on the ground in Israel; managing over $350M across 4 funds and several co-investment vehicles.
Awz X-seed 1
Vintage 2021
Series: Inception, Pre-Seed, Seed
Awz ventures 1
Vintage 2017
Series: Seed, A
Awz ventures 2
Vintage 2019
Series: Seed, A, B
Awz ventures 3
Vintage 2022
Series: A, B
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Our Portfolio

Transformational Technology
Limitless Potential

With our unparalleled Active Capital strategy, Awz actively supports our carefully selected portfolio companies whose next-generation, Artificial Intelligence-powered technologies benefit from our hands-on approach to foster their growth & success.
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COMPANIES
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350
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AUM
04
EXITS
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The Awz X-Seed Hub

Technology Accelerated

Awz X-Seed is an unequalled early-stage technology fund: Investing more capital than an accelerator and providing more active support than a seed-stage fund, Awz X-Seed grows extraordinary technologies from inception to commercialization.
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Our Journey

Investing in a Safer Tomorrow

Founded in 2016, Awz Ventures is the realization of Yaron Ashkenazi’s vision to build an investment powerhouse that brings together the expertise of Awz’s partners and advisors to address the global need for innovative security & intelligence technologies—to create a safer, more secure world.
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Media Room

Business Wire

Classiq Extends Series B Funding to $49 Million

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Business Wire

DeepCube Acquired by Nano Dimension to Drive Industry 4.0 Evolution

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Calcalist Tech

Homeland Security Fund Awz Invests $4.5 Million in NanoLock Security

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