Genesis Partners

Genesis Partners is a prominent Israeli venture capital firm established in 1996, specializing in early-stage investments in technology-driven companies. The firm focuses on sectors such as communications and wireless technologies, infrastructure software and hardware, enterprise software, internet applications and services, digital media, consumer applications and services, and mobile applications and services. With over $20 billion in assets under management, Genesis Partners has invested in more than 300 companies, including Any.do, Allot Communications, AudioCodes, ClickSoftware Technologies, Compugen, eToro, Homeis, Innovid, JoyTunes, Kidaro, Monday.com, PrimeSense, Radwin, Riskified, Sisense, SolarEdge, and Valens Semiconductor. The firm's investment strategy emphasizes identifying and nurturing Israeli innovation-driven technology companies with global potential. In 2011, Genesis Partners launched The Junction, Israel's first open house for entrepreneurs, providing selected startups with a six-month program culminating in a Demo Day to Israeli angel investors and venture capital firms. The firm's partners include Eddy Shalev, Eyal Kishon, Gary Gannot, Jonathan Saacks, and Hadar Kiriati. In 2016, three members of the senior investment team, including Jonathan Saacks and Eddy Shalev, spun out with a seed-stage fund, F2 Venture Capital, and took over management of The Junction. In 2019, Insight Venture Partners announced the purchase of a majority of the portfolio of Genesis Partners' fourth fund, Genesis Partners IV. Eyal Kishon, Eddy Shalev, Jonathan Saacks, and Gary Gannot remain on their investment boards, per the agreement.

Focus on early-stage technology companies, Preference for Israeli innovation-driven startups, Interest in sectors such as communications and wireless technologies, infrastructure software and hardware, enterprise software, internet applications and services, digital media, consumer applications and services, and mobile applications and services