Creating a professionally managed
venture
capital market in Israel.
Yozma has earned worldwide recognition as the creator of the Israeli venture capital industry.
Yozma makes equity investments in technology companies engaged in fields where Israel has demonstrated world leadership. Yozma targets high-growth companies in the sectors of Communications, Information Technologies and Life Sciences.
Investment Targets
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communication
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Information Technology
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Life Science
Venture Fund
Originating from a government program aimed at prompting venture investments in Israel, Yozma I has transformed the domestic landscape of private equity investments.
This effectively created the Israeli venture capital market in 1993 through the formation of its first venture fund, Yozma I.
Over the years, ten drop-down funds were established. And Yozma also made direct investment in start up companies. This marked the beginning of a professionally managed venture capital market in Israel. Today, Yozma's drop down funds constitute the backbone of the Israeli venture market.
With the backing of prominent American, European and Israeli investors, Yozma successfully launched its second and third funds, Yozma II & III.
Yozma II & III continued the successful strategy of making direct investments in technology companies and to play a significant role as a value added investor by recruiting senior managers, formulating business strategies, raising additional capital rounds and attracting strategic and financial investors to its portfolio companies.
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Technoloy incubators
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M&A
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Global IPO
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US IPO
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Yozma helped a significant number of its portfolio companies go public on major stock exchanges in the US and Europe
In addition, Yozma was instrumental in positioning its portfolio companies for acquisition or an investment by leading corporations such as AOL, Cisco, Computer Associates, ECI Telecom, General Instruments, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, Microsoft, Sequoia Capital and Benchmark.
Yozma earned worldwide recognition as the founder of Israel's VC industry.
Our seasoned and cohesive management team, working together since 1993, possesses decades of collective experience in making a direct investment in high-growth technology companies. We pride ourselves for having a proprietary deal flow and for earning the trust of our portfolio companies as a true partner and value-added investor
Yigal ErlichFounder, chairman & managing partner