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Building Homes With AI – Our Investment in Spacial

Housing is one of the foundational engines of modern economies. The oft sought after “American Dream” is defined by homeownership. Homes are also the single largest purchase that most people will make in their lifetimes. 

Why We Bet Big on MetalBear

We are extremely excited to be partnering with Aviram Hassan (CEO) and Eyal Bukchin (CTO) and leading their $12.5M Seed round along side TQ Ventures, MTF, and Netz Capital, as well as prominent angel investors including David Cramer, co-founder of Sentry, and Ben Sigelman, co-creator of OpenTelemetry.

5 Takeaways from our Equity Benchmark Survey

Discover 5 key insights from TLV Partners’ survey on startup equity grants. Learn how early-stage founders at Seed and Series A can use stock options to attract and retain talent more effectively.

The Generational Moment in PropTech

Discover how PropTech is evolving from simple digitization to AI-powered orchestration. Explore the rise of Israeli startups leading the next real estate revolution.

Code-driven real estate: Israel’s next proptech revolution

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“The future of real estate will be managed by code. The Israeli startups that will succeed in the coming decade won’t be the ones building another software layer on top of old systems, but those rethinking the entire operational model,” writes Ophir Shay of TLV Partners.

Why We Invested in Bonfy.AI

As GenAI becomes embedded in everything from email to code to customer communication, the line between human- and AI-generated content blurs. Sensitive information flows faster, gets repurposed endlessly, and often bypasses the traditional security stack entirely.

What’s in a Moat?

In the AI era, traditional moats like tech and data are fading. Here’s why brand may be your startup’s strongest advantage.

Reimagining Enterprise Software: Why We Bet on Unframe

When I met Shay, Larissa, and Adi, Unframe’s founders, I immediately knew they were building something fundamentally different. Their product story wasn’t just another take, it was a complete break from conventional thinking.

From Early Bet to $2.6B: The NEXT Insurance Journey

Since founding TLV Partners back in 2015, we have always been steadfast in our belief that the only thing that matters in building a successful venture firm is partnering with the best founders. While that seems obvious, in practice there is a lot of distracting noise from the market that can push you in different […]

Arming the Rebels With Data – Investing in PDQ

We’ve had the pleasure of working with the team at PrettyDamnQuick (PDQ) for the past two years since we led their Seed round. It’s been fascinating to be a part of their journey from craft brewery operators to tech startup co-founders, and they recently announced their $25M Series A led by Peakspan.

Hardware Strikes Back: Investing in AI-Driven Hardware

**Author’s note: The following post should be read as a “thesis in development”. One of the most wonderful things about working in venture capital is having the mandate to let our minds wander and explore various sectors and strategies. At TLV Partners we remain primarily focused on software-based investments, but due to the reasons outlined […]

Israeli VCs find opportunity in adversity, betting big on 2025

For local fund managers, the Israeli high-tech industry seems immune to crises, disasters, wars, or upheavals, whether local or global. This sentiment is evident in the 2025 VC Survey project, which includes interviews with over 50 leading venture capital fund managers in Israel.

GenAI Revolution: Navigating Cybersecurity Challenges Report

Generative AI (GenAI) has made incredible progress, yet cybersecurity lags behind. While 92% of Fortune 500 companies already have employees using ChatGPT, 84% of enterprises see cybersecurity risks as the topmost roadblock to GenAI adoption. This report will analyze the most critical GenAI risks, explore emerging solutions, and address the question: How can enterprises safely leverage GenAI?

“The AI market in early 2018 seemed like a different world”

TLV Partners led the seed round for Run:ai in 2018. Rona Segev, managing director of TLV, said in a statement, “The AI market in early 2018 seemed like a different world. OpenAI was still a research company and Nvidia’s market cap was ‘only’ around $100 billion. We met Omri and Ronen who painted a picture for us of what the future of AI would look like. In their vision of the future, AI was ubiquitous.”

It’s official: Our portfolio company Run:ai has been acquired by Nvidia

We had the privilege of being part of the Run:ai story from the very beginning – leading the company’s seed round and participating in the following rounds alongside S Capital, Insight Venture Partners, Tiger Global and others. We’re thrilled for Omri, Ronen and the entire team and are excited to see the heights that they reach within Nvidia.