TLV Partners | Activity

Essay

TLV Partners published its second annual TLV AI 50 list, mapping 50 Israeli researchers and founders expanding the frontier of AI, highlighting AI Security and Vision as areas where Israel is at the frontier.

TLV AI 50 | 2026 – The 50 Israelis Expanding the Frontier of AI

TLV Partners

tlv.partnersSEP 9, 2026

SEP 9, 2026

Investment

TLV Partners announced its investment in Airis Labs, a video-intelligence platform for government missions.

Airis Labs

Airis Labs TLV Partners

tlv.partnersMAY 27, 2026

MAY 27, 2026

Investment

TLV Partners led Copperhelm’s $7M seed round to back agentic cloud security.

Copperhelm

Copperhelm TLV Partners

tlv.partnersAPR 26, 2026

APR 26, 2026

Investment

TLV Partners announced its investment in Spacial, an AI engineer for architectural design.

Spacial

Spacial TLV Partners

tlv.partnersOCT 30, 2025

OCT 30, 2025

Investment

TLV Partners co-led Onfire's $20M Seed round — an AI revenue intelligence platform purpose-built for IT sellers, unifying first-party and third-party data to reveal buyer intent.

Onfire

Onfire TLV Partners

tlv.partnersOCT 27, 2025

OCT 27, 2025

Investment

TLV Partners led Cyata’s seed round for agentic defense and identity security.

Cyata

Cyata TLV Partners

tlv.partnersJUL 31, 2025

JUL 31, 2025

Essay

Yonatan Mandelbaum published a VC philosophy essay arguing that for AI companies at the application layer, brand is the only durable moat, and proposed a 'barbell strategy' for startups.

What's in a Moat? — VC Philosophy essay by Yonatan Mandelbaum

TLV Partners

tlv.partnersMAY 6, 2025

MAY 6, 2025

Team Change

Ophir Shay joined TLV Partners’ investment team after working at Visitt and founding Next October.

Ophir Shay joined TLV Partners

TLV Partners

tlv.partnersFEB 6, 2025

FEB 6, 2025

Exit

Portfolio company Run:ai was acquired by Nvidia.

Run:ai

Run:ai TLV Partners

tlv.partnersDEC 30, 2024

DEC 30, 2024

New Fund

TLV Partners announced Fund V at $250M and said the firm had surpassed $1.07B in AUM.

Fund V

TLV Partners

tlv.partnersJUL 17, 2023

JUL 17, 2023

Exit

Portfolio company Neosec was acquired by Akamai Technologies.

Neosec

Neosec TLV Partners

tlv.partnersAPR 19, 2023

APR 19, 2023

TLV Partners Activity

TLV Partners published its second annual TLV AI 50 list, mapping 50 Israeli researchers and founders expanding the frontier of AI, highlighting AI Security and Vision as areas where Israel is at the frontier.

Shahar Tzafrir published a deep essay on biotech patents, arguing that AI's biggest impact in drug development is at the sequence/IP stage, using Converge Bio as an example of AI-driven protein engineering.

TLV Partners announced its investment in Airis Labs, a video-intelligence platform for government missions.

TLV Partners led Copperhelm’s $7M seed round to back agentic cloud security.

TLV Partners announced its investment in Spacial, an AI engineer for architectural design.

TLV Partners co-led Onfire's $20M Seed round — an AI revenue intelligence platform purpose-built for IT sellers, unifying first-party and third-party data to reveal buyer intent.

TLV Partners led Cyata’s seed round for agentic defense and identity security.

Yonatan Mandelbaum published a VC philosophy essay arguing that for AI companies at the application layer, brand is the only durable moat, and proposed a 'barbell strategy' for startups.

Ophir Shay joined TLV Partners’ investment team after working at Visitt and founding Next October.

Portfolio company Run:ai was acquired by Nvidia.

TLV Partners announced Fund V at $250M and said the firm had surpassed $1.07B in AUM.

Portfolio company Neosec was acquired by Akamai Technologies.