Jerusalem Global Ventures

Jerusalem Global Ventures (JGV) is a venture capital firm founded in 1994 by Shlomo Kalish and based in Jerusalem, Israel. The firm holds over $150 million in capital for investment across multiple funds and has announced a $200 million growth equity fund — the Tamar Fund — focused on early-growth-stage, category-leading technology companies. The firm's two leading partners, Shlomo Kalish (Founder and General Partner) and Ranan Grobman (General Partner), have worked together for more than 17 years through multiple market cycles. Daniel Reich serves as Partner and Chief Operating Officer. JGV invests at seed and early stages in communications, information technology, and life sciences, with particular emphasis on AI, cybersecurity, AR/VR, and wearable technologies. It leads rounds across its portfolio. JGV has built a track record of landmark exits over more than three decades investing in Israeli technology. Early exits led by Kalish include Galileo Semiconductors (sold to Marvell), Mellanox Semiconductors (NASDAQ-listed, later acquired by NVIDIA for $6.9 billion), Tradus/QXL (sold to Naspers), Creo (sold to Kodak), Saifun Semiconductors (sold to Spansion), PowerDSine (sold to Microsemi), and Accord Video (sold to Polycom). More recently, the firm backed Moovit — the transit and mobility app acquired by Intel for approximately $900 million in 2020 — JGV's largest recent exit. Current and recent portfolio companies include Lumus (augmented reality optics), Powermat (wireless charging technology), Ginger Software (AI writing assistant), and Wilocity. JGV has developed strong ties with top Israeli entrepreneurs and technologists over 24-plus years of active investing, positioning the firm as a long-standing anchor of the Jerusalem and Israeli startup ecosystem.