Viola Ventures closes $250m in new VC funds

Israeli enterprise capital agency Viola Ventures right now introduced the closing of two new funds totaling $250 million to assist the subsequent technology of Israeli startups. The funds embody the primary dry shut of flagship Viola Ventures 7 Early-Stage Investment Fund and Viola Conviction Fund I.

Viola’s Conviction Fund I has raised about $100 million to take a position, by way of secondary transactions, in outlier portfolio corporations. The fund has already been totally deployed and permits Viola Ventures buyers to double down on probably the most promising Viola portfolio corporations.

The flagship fund, Viola Ventures 7, representing nearly all of the capital raised, will give attention to supporting the subsequent technology of early-stage tech gamechangers (seed rounds, sequence A, and incubation processes). The fund will give attention to vertical AI, enterprise AI, fintech, AI infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Quantum and Defense expertise. The fund has accomplished its first dry shut and can solely be activated within the first half of 2026, as new investments are nonetheless being made out of the Viola Ventures VI fund.

Viola Ventures managing accomplice Omry Ben David stated, “Despite challenging couple of years for the region, the Israeli tech ecosystem continues to grow at record pace. In 2025 alone, tech funding reached $11.3B YTD and M&As broke an all-time high of $67B YTD. This announcement demonstrates the confidence our investors have in Israel, being at the forefront of the exciting, AI-driven, new wave of transformative innovation and the continued leadership position of Viola Ventures in this ecosystem.”

Viola Ventures 7 will probably be led by managing companions Omry Ben David and Zvika Orron with co-founder and Managing Partner Shlomo Dovrat.

Published by Globes, Israel enterprise news – en.globes.co.il – on December 15, 2025.

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