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StageOne Ventures Fund V

Geography: Israel
Stage: Seed
Fund size: $165M
Focus: AI/ML, Cybersecurity and Data Infrastructure
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About StageOne Ventures Fund V

One of Israel's most established seed funds. Fund V focuses on AI infrastructure companies. $165M close marks continued growth for the firm backing Israel's next generation of deep tech and AI startups.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionIsrael

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

Cybersecurity

Data Infrastructure

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Israeli pre-seed/seed deep-tech founder building defensible AI infrastructure or cybersecurity

AI infrastructure

cybersecurity

physical AI

agentic orchestration

vertical AI

Bullish Signals

Fund V closed at $165M, largest fund yet, with US and European LP retentionblog

21 exits to Cisco, Check Point, JFrog, IBM signals strong M&A networkblog

Explicit agentic orchestration mandate signals ahead-of-curve thesis convictionblog

Physical AI focus positions fund ahead of software-only US seed competitorsblog

Contrarian Signals

Larger fund size risks diluting selectivity that drove past outperformanceblog

Geopolitically sensitive market; some international LPs already pulling backblog

Rejects LLM wrappers and application-layer AI without infrastructure depthblog

Founder Do's

Build at the infrastructure or architecture layer, not just AI applications

Position your company as strategically acquirable by enterprise buyers like Cisco or Check Point

Come with deep technical defensibility and systems-level expertise

Target pre-seed or seed stage with a clear Israeli engineering advantage

Emphasize agentic orchestration or enterprise AI workflow infrastructure if applicable

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch LLM wrappers or pure AI-powered applications without infrastructure depth

Don't approach without a realistic M&A exit narrative — IPO-first stories are a poor fit

Don't come without Israeli roots or IDF Unit 8200-caliber technical foundations

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$165M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Yuval Cohen, Tal Slobodkin, Netanel Meir

Yuval CohenFounder & Managing Partner

Tal SlobodkinManaging Partner

Netanel MeirPartner

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