Headquarters at Akershtein Towers, Herzliya
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Industry | Venture capital |
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Founded | 1996 |
Headquarters | Herzliya, Israel |
Website | www.genesispartners.com |
Genesis Partners is an Israeli venture capital firm, founded in 1996 by Eddy Shalev and Dr. Eyal Kishon.
Genesis's investment strategy is focused on early-stage Israeli innovation-driven technology companies. Their companies operate in the following spaces: communications & wireless technologies, infrastructure software & hardware, enterprise software, internet applications and services, digital media, consumer applications and services, and mobile applications and services. Genesis has over the past 19 years invested in over 80 companies.
Genesis Partners co-invests alongside other leading venture capital firms and angel investors, like Sequoia Capital,Norwest Venture Partners, Canaan Partners, Accel Partners,Benchmark Capital,Greylock Partners, Joe Lonsdale (founder of Palantir Technologies), and Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors and more.
In 2011, Genesis Partner's launched The Junction, Israel's first open house for entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs who are selected to work on their venture at The Junction for six months, before ending their experience in a Demo Day to Israeli angel investors and venture capital firms.
The firm's partners include Eddy Shalev, Dr. Eyal Kishon, Gary Gannot, Jonathan Saacks and Hadar Kiriati.