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Team8

VC
Tel Aviv, IsraelWebsite

Team8 is a Seed venture capital firm based in Tel Aviv, Israel investing in Security, Enterprise, Other. The firm typically writes $2.0M–$7.0M checks and has 14 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$2.0M – $7.0M

AUM

$1.5B

Portfolio

14+ companies

Team

28 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2025Investments in last 12 months: 2

Investment Thesis

Focuses on building and investing in enterprise cyber and cryptography companies, aiming to tackle pressing enterprise compliance and security challenges.

How Team8 invests

Team8 is a vc firm based in Tel Aviv, Israel. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Security, Enterprise, Other, SaaS, AI / ML.

Team8 typically writes checks of $2.0M–$7.0M per investment, backed by approximately $1.5B in assets under management.

Investing since at least 2015, Team8 has backed 14 companies in our records, including Mate, Think Outside The Checkbox, Charm Security. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2025, with 2 investments logged over the last 12 months.

Meet the Team

US

Uri Shamay

Chief Technology Officer

NA

Nick Aharoni

Director of Cybersecurity

JP

Jake Pizem

Director of Talent Acquisition

YK

Yoav Koren

Vice President

RN

Ruthie Navon

Director of Finance

AH

Alon Huri

Managing Partner

NH

Noa Hen

Director of Strategy

YS

Yuval Shachar

Executive Chairman & Managing Partner

GB

Galia Beer-Gabel

Managing Partner

NR

Nufar Rogel

Vice President of Operations

RR

Rakefet Russak-Aminoach

Managing Partner

Fintech
SF

Sarit Firon

Managing Partner

Digital Health
AZ

Amir Zilberstein

Managing Partner

Cyber
Software Infrastructure
AH

Aviad Harell

Managing Partner

AM

Assaf Mischari

Managing Partner

IG

Israel Grimberg

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

OY

Ori Yankelev

Partner & CRO

HS

Hadar Siterman Norris

Partner

DG

Dror Grof

Partner

YT

Yuval Tal

Operating Partner

LG

Liran Grinberg

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Cyber
Software Infrastructure
MJ

Matthew J. Schoenfeld

Operating Partner

RH

Roy Heldshtein

Managing Partner, COO & CFO

NR

Noam Rahav

Director of Innovation

DE

Dr. Eldad Rom

Partner, Group Psychologist

DL

Demetrios L. Kouzoukas

Partner

OB

Ori Barzilay

Partner

PV

Prof. Varda Shalev

Managing Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Security
Enterprise
Other
SaaS
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (14)

2025

MA

Mate

Disrupting Security Operations with Wisdom-Led Performance

TH

Think Outside The Checkbox

2024

CH

Charm Security

An AI-powered customer security platform for protection from scams, social engineering and human-centric fraud

AS

Astelia

Astelia is the only platform that reveals true vulnerability exposure through reachability analysis.

LU

Lumia

Lumia helps enterprises adopt AI with speed and safety.

PO

Popai

Transform care delivery with voice AI

KO

KOI

Koi lets you secure anything with an install button

2023

DA

Data Utilization Platform

CL

Clover

Design-led Product Security

2022

CE

Celery

AI-driven financial oversight platform

How to pitch Team8
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Security, Enterprise, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $2.0M – $7.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Uri Shamay, Chief Technology Officer.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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