Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) Closes $220M Fund

Hubs in Israel and New York to Identify Next Generation of International Market Leaders

Newest Fund VIII Brings Together Major Investors Spanning the US, Europe and Asia

Jerusalem and New York, February 20th, Leading Israeli VC firm, Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), today announced the close of its latest fund, JVP VIII, with $220 million in commitments.

This new fund aims to invest in early through mid-stage technologies that are transforming key global markets, such as computer vision meets wellness, cybersecurity meets fintech and insurtech, artificial intelligence meets retail and media, big data meets healthcare IT and many more.

With investment hubs located in Jerusalem at the JVP Media Quarter in the heart of the city, home to JVP’s Corporate Headquarters, in Beer Sheva, the Southern Cyber-Epicenter, home to the JVP Labs alongside key universities and international corporations; and in New York in the recently launched Hub.NYC by JVP. Each of these hubs serve as centers of innovation and entrepreneurship, bringing together key global corporations, best academic minds and JVP’s investment team, identifying the next international market leaders.

JVP VIII attracted leading investors from across the U.S., from Europe, such as France, Germany, Austria, Italy and the UK, and from Asia, including Japan. These included U.S. and European government sovereign funds, leading international insurance companies, endowments from universities and major global corporations, all of which turned to Israel’s tech ecosystem as a source of innovation.

“I am delighted to see young, as well as second time, entrepreneurs partner with business leaders from North America, Europe and the world over to advance new ideas and companies that are changing every category of business as we know it,” said Erel N. Margalit, PhD, Founder and Executive Chairman of JVP. “Over the next decade, we’re going to see up to fifty percent of the most well-known brands be surpassed and eventually displaced by a wave of disruptive companies –- many of whom are being launched today and in the near future.”

JVP ended 2018 with nine new investments in emerging companies across tech categories like cyber and big data. This momentum has been driven by the JVP team, led by its founder and executive chairman Erel Margalit; General Partners Fiona Darmon and Yoav Tzruya; Partner and head of JVP Cyber Labs, Gadi Porat; Chief People Officer and Partner, Tali Rabin; Partners Michal Drayman and Haim Kopans; CFO Rinat Remler, and Venture Partners, Joy Marcus and Gadi Tirosh. The JVP investment team is supported by its next generation of investment professionals Barrel Kfir, Julia Kagan and Alex Dikman.

The new fund also follows JVP’s expansion into New York City with the new cybersecurity investment hub, HUB.NYC by JVP, along with other public-private partnerships to further strengthen its innovation footprint around the world. JVP was selected to establish a cyber hub as part of the City of New York’s $100M cybersecurity initiative, Cyber NYC. Hub.NYC is expected to open this Spring and will support growth-stage startups by providing access to clients, business support, and investment.

About Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)
Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), is an internationally renowned venture capital fund based in Israel. Established in 1993 by Dr. Erel Margalit, JVP has raised to date $1.4 billion across 9 funds, and has been listed numerous times by Preqin, and other rankings, as one of the top-ten consistently performing VC firms worldwide. JVP has built over 130 companies, leveraging a broad network of partners and market expertise to help companies become global market leaders. Among the pioneering firms of the Israeli venture capital industry, JVP has been instrumental in building some of the largest companies out of Israel, facilitating 12 Initial Public Offerings on NASDAQ including CyberArk Software (NASDAQ: CYBR, $3.6 billion mkt. cap.), QLIK Technologies (NASDAQ: QLIK, then $2.5 billion mkt. cap.) and Cogent Communications (NASDAQ: CCOI, $2.3 billion mkt. cap.). https://jvpvc.com/

For more details:

Pnina Ben-Ami | VP Marketing, JVP | pnina@jvpvc.com | Tel: +972 2 640 9076 | https://jvpvc.com

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A Defining Moment for Cybersecurity, for JVP, and for Israel/US Cooperation: CyberArk’s $25B Merger with Palo Alto Networks

Last week marked a moment of both pride and reflection for all of us at JVP. The announcement of CyberArk’s $25 billion acquisition by Palo Alto Networks is not just a landmark deal in the cybersecurity landscape—it’s a powerful validation of the JVP Way, our approach to company building that continues to define our firm today.

While we are no longer CyberArk shareholders, having exited our position a few years after its IPO, we were proud to have been CyberArk’s leading and largest shareholder from its early days to several years after it became a public company and its emergence as an international category leader. While I was Chairman of the company, we partnered closely with the founders during the most formative years of its journey. Back in 2011, when many investors were ready to sell the company for $120 million, JVP chose to reinvest and increased our position to 47%, buying out early shareholders, bringing in Goldman Sachs as an equity investment partner, and partnering with management to lay the foundation for a strong international expansion. That pivotal moment gave the company the opportunity to scale into a true global market leader.

CyberArk has always been ahead of the curve—pioneering insider threat protection, secrets management, machine-to-machine authentication, and most recently, preparing the world for secure Agentic-AI infrastructure. Its merger with Palo Alto Networks positions it to lead the AI era with a fully integrated, end-to-end security platform.

We invite you to revisit JVP’s unique role in CyberArk’s growth in this Forbes feature, Reuters press, and from CyberArk’s newsroom.

This milestone is a reminder that JVP’s tried and true approach – invest, reinvest, roll up our sleeves, and work diligently alongside founders and management teams to build category leading global companies – works. The JVP Way, developed over 30 years, is what enables JVP to build companies that lead and transform industries to the benefit of our investors.

Today, we continue to apply the same methodology to our current portfolio with company after company surpassing the $100 million revenue threshold, with JVP owning 40% or more, as they too become category-leading international businesses.