This section presents examples for the Club's three sectors of investment: startups, real estate and infrastructure.
In the startup sector, the examples include 3 companies in which the Club made follow-on investments, as is done with other startups that appear promising. The main criteria for investing in startup companies are: quality and experience of the lead team, size of current funding round, existence of a known lead investor, previous funding rounds, patents, etc. The Club generally invests in A round companies.
In the real estate sector, the examples include 2 companies – Crown and Netz, with which the Club has made a substantial part of its real estate investments.
In the infrastructure sector, the 2 major investments were made in the Israel Infrastructure Fund (IIF).
A complete description of the investments appears in the section "Portfolio."
Additional Investments
NanoBebe
Developer and marketer of innovative baby-care products. The multiple-award winning leading product is an innovative breastmilk baby bottle that preserves the nutrients of breastmilk. The company's products are sold through Amazon and leading retail chains in the U.S. such as Walmart, Target, and Babylist, among others.
Baby Care
Orasis
Developer of eye drops that will eliminate the need for reading glasses. The company is currently in the final clinical trial stage before commercialization of the pharmaceutical drug. Investors in the company include world leading funds such as Blue Capital, Visionary Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and others.
Biomed
Netz US
Joint investments with the company in U.S. residential real estate in New Haven, Connecticut, and a joint investment in office real estate in Miami, Florida. In the Miami office project, an exit was made after 3 years. In the other investments in New Haven, refinancing was done within less than two years after the investment date.
Real Estate in U.S.
Cognni
Developer of advanced technology-based solutions against attacks on documents in motion. The company has a collaboration with Microsoft and other leading companies around the world.
Cyber/Software
Crown
Joint investments with the company in U.S. residential real estate in the cities Atlanta, Georgia; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Melbourne, Florida; and Houston, Texas. In the 5 multifamily real estate investments in Atlanta, a good exit was achieved after 2-3 years.
in the world.
Real Estate in U.S.
IIF | קרן תש"י
Two investments were made in the Israel Infrastructure Fund (IIF) – in IIF2 in 2013 and in IIF4 in 2020.
