Early-stage focus
Identify and support promising companies at the seed and Series A stages.
Dual-use expertise
Specialize in companies developing technologies with both defense and commercial applications.
AI driven
Investing in companies with real, unique AI capabilities
Global network
Leverage our presence in Israel and Silicon Valley to source deals and provide strategic support.
Proven track record
Our team has a successful history of investing in and scaling early-stage companies.
About
The Opportunity
ZVP capitalizes on low entry costs driven by the market bottoming out, by bridging the funding gap for Israeli startups with clear business plans, working products, and realistic founders, that will benefit from on-going demand in the defense and security sectors.
The Team
Partners
Ido Gur
Managing General Partner
Investment Committee
Yonathan Gur
Partner
Investment Committee
Steven Eitan
Partner
Investment Committee
Oz Ganor
Venture Partner
Defense-tech expert
Partners Team Strengths
Our experienced team, with expertise in AI, defense-tech and cutting-edge technologies, leverages global connections to invest in and assist rapid-growth companies.
9
Exits
12
Investments
7
CEO roles
5
Continents business experience
4
World leading institutions
Portfolio
We're working hard to find the best and brightest companies that fit our investment focus, and we've already discovered some real gems! We're eager to invest as soon as our fund closes, and we'll share updates on our portfolio companies here.
Extended Team
Irit Idan
Advisory Board
Ex. EVP R&D of Rafael
Advanced Defense System
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Eyal Grinboim (Grini)
Advisory Board
Ex. Deputy Commander
of the Israeli Air Force
Giora Bitan
Investment Committee
Ex. General Partner at Giza
VC & Ex. CFO at ECI Telecom
& Scitex
Michal Tal Adler
Advisor
Human Resources
expert
Moran Leshem Bar
Advisor
Startup Scout Expert
Yuval Dorfan
Advisor
Bio convergence
expert
Gadi Bahat
Advisor
Experience Leader
News
Contact Us
IL +972-545-787144
US +1 (917) 4351780
ido@zedvp.com
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How We Seize this Opportunity
We leverage two differentiating abilities:
Deep, focused expertise in AI technology, processes, people, and markets that allows us to identify outstanding technical and personal abilities with exceptional potential in the AI domain.
Unique VC Scale with an Angel’s Touch approachto successfully guide teams and products tocommercialization in defense-tech and civilian markets (Dual use).
Our Focus
We focus on early-stage companies with dual-use technologies that form the foundation of the Israeli tech sector.
Dual use: Capitalizing on increasing government investments and addressing critical technological gaps, while simultaneously benefiting from fast time-to-market and diverse exit options.
AI-driven: Leveraging AI's transformative potential to offer unprecedented efficiency, scalability, automation, and predictive capabilities.
Backbone of Israeli Tech: Contributing to the Israeli tech ecosystem by prioritizing high success rates over high returns per success and supporting a diverse portfolio of companies with strong technical and human capital.