Based in Tel Aviv with a global reach
The energy of this vibrant city fuels innovation
Red Dot was founded in 2016 and manages over half a billion dollars across three funds. We are an early growth fund and invest in companies that have reached product-market fit, in late series A to series C rounds. We usually lead rounds and invest in companies, with first checks in the $10-20M range.
As a sector agnostic fund, we focus on Israeli areas of excellence, including enterprise software, fintech and cybersecurity. We seek companies that have a real technology moat and that are positioned to become category leaders.
The fund is anchored by Temasek Holdings from Singapore and has a select group of limited partners (LPs), all with large operating portfolios and deep industry and geographic expertise. The LPs engage with our portfolio companies and often also invest in them directly.
MEET OUR TEAM
YANIV STERN
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Yaniv has over 20 years of experience in the fields of technology, finance and investing.
Prior to founding Red Dot Yaniv was a Vice President at Adama Partners, a venture firm that invests in, builds and operates businesses in the luxury products space. Earlier, he was part of the Private Equity and Principal Investors Practices at McKinsey & Company where he focused on investment strategy development, deal evaluation and portfolio company growth strategies, primarily in the tech, business services and industrial sectors. Yaniv served for 10 years as an officer in the Israeli Intelligence.
Yaniv holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.Sc. in Computer & Software Engineering from the Technion – the Israel Institute of Technology.
BARAK SALOMON
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Barak has over 20 years of experience as an investor and operator, with significant expertise in the tech and industrial sectors.
Prior to joining Red Dot, Barak represented Japan-based NTT DoCoMo Ventures and the NTT group in Israel and led investing and business development activities on their behalf. Earlier, Barak was a Principal in Viola Growth, an Israeli based growth stage fund, and Apax Partners, an international Private Equity firm.
He has held independent Board member positions at public and private Israeli companies, including Gaon Holdings Ltd., Amir Marketing Ltd., MaxQ.Ai and Albert.Ai.
Barak holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and computer science (cum laude) from Bar Ilan University in Israel.
YORAM ORON
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Yoram has been a leading venture capital investor in Israel for the past 25 years and is a founder and manager of several successful high-tech companies.
Prior to founding Red Dot, Yoram founded Vertex Venture Capital in 1997, was a co-founder and Chairman of Telegate, President and CEO of Aryt Industries, Co-Founder of Geotek and President and CEO of Reshef Technologies. Notable investments include CyberArk (IPO), Solar Edge (IPO), WAZE (sold to Google), Morecom (sold to Liberate), Tradeum (sold to VerticalNet) and Vision Tech (sold to Broadcom).
Yoram graduated with an M.B.A. from Tel Aviv University, Israel and a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
DANIELLE ARDON BARATZ
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Danielle joined Red Dot’s investment team in 2019. Prior to Red Dot, Danielle was an Associate at O.G. Tech, Eyal Ofer’s investment arm – where she led due diligence in early-stage companies leading to seven investments. Prior to O.G. Tech, Danielle spent five years at NICE’s Corporate Development team where she led projects that were integral to the medium and long-term growth strategy of the company and supported its M&A activities. With her support, NICE acquired inContact for approximately $940 million in May 2016.
Danielle holds an MBA and a B.A. in Business Administration from Reichman University International School.
ATAD PELED
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Atad joined Red Dot’s investment team in 2018. Prior to Red Dot, Atad held product management roles at Cisco, Akamai and Amazon Web Services, where he worked on various products including Identity Access Management (IAM) and cloud-based Network Access control (NAC).
Atad is an Israeli Air Force Major (Res.) F-15 fighter pilot and a former deputy commander of an F-15 Squadron. He graduated flight academy with honors (“Top Fighter Pilot” award) and landed his first plane at the age of 13.
He has an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management, an M.A. in Government from Reichman University International School, and a B.A. in Information Technology and Aviation Science from Ben Gurion University and the Israeli Air Force Academy.
LIDOR SIGRON
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Lidor is part of the investment team and is involved in research, deal sourcing, due diligence and value creation.
Prior to joining Red Dot Lidor was a member in EY’s Transaction Advisory Services department where is led valuation, business modeling, market research and competitive analyses projects for private and public companies.
Lidor is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Israel and holds a B.A. in Accounting & Economics from Tel Aviv University.
OMRI GREENBERG
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Omri joined Red Dot’s investment team in 2022. Prior to Red Dot, Omri was the Co-Founder and CEO of OneView, a synthetic image generation platform for accelerating computer vision model training. The company raised $4M in funding, and Omri led the company to signing customer contracts of over $1M.
Prior to OneView, Omri worked as an engineer and product manager at Mellanox (acquired by Nvidia) and SolarEdge.
Omri is an alumni of the IDF technological unit – 81, and holds a B.Sc in Electrical Engineering from Tel Aviv University.
MICHELLE BERGER
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Michelle oversees Red Dot’s investor relations and fundraising activities. Michelle has over 20 years of experience in the technology and capital markets with a focus on Asia and Europe.
Prior to joining Red Dot, Michelle’s positions included Director of Business Development for Vertex Ventures Israel in Singapore and Head of Marketing at the DPE department for Microsoft Austria as well as working for the Davidson Technology Growth Debt Fund in Berlin and helping to set up the first growth debt fund in Germany.
Michelle graduated with honors from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, with a degree in Chinese.
VARDA SAGIV
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Varda oversees all financial activity in the fund, including cash management, portfolio company monitoring, investor reporting and financial and tax reporting.
Prior to joining Red Dot, Varda was the CFO of several public and private companies, including Blue Phoenix Solutions (NASDAQ: BPHX) and Formula Ventures, an Israel based VC fund. In these roles, Varda focused on M&A activity, equity financing, financial and tax reporting, transfer price methodology, regulatory audit and compliance, risk management and public and private investors relations.
Varda is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Israel and holds a B.A. in Economics and Accounting from Tel Aviv University.
MERAV ZIV YOFAN
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Merav oversees the Fund’s accounting activity and financial and tax reporting.
Prior to joining Red Dot, Merav was VP Finance at Nextage, which provides financial services to high-tech companies. At Nextag Merav was responsible for all the financial activity of several companies, including cash management, building and managing budgets, financial and tax reporting, regulatory audit and compliance as well as took part in M&A processes and equity financing.
Merav is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Israel and holds a B.A. in Business and Accounting from the College of Management.
OFRA DERY
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Ofra has over 20 years of experience in financial accounting and has been a part of the Red Dot financial team since 2020. Prior to joining Red Dot, Ofra was a Senior Bookkeeper and Payroll Manager at Acoustiguide and, prior to that, at Planus, an Israeli-based venture debt fund.
Ofra holds a senior certificate in accounting and payroll management from the College of Management, Israel.
TAMI STERN
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Tami has more than 15 years of office management and administrative assistance experience in hi-tech, government and philanthropic organizations.
Before joining Red Dot, Tami held administrative assistance and office management positions at the San Francisco Jewish Federation Israeli office, the State Comptroller’s Office, the Marc Rich Foundation and Comverse’s marketing department.