1. Description
| Name of the organisation | Zaitoun Ventures |
| Typology | Venture Capital |
| Description | Zaitoun Ventures is a values-driven, hybrid investment company and start-up factory. It leads and executes investments in disruptive start-ups together with its international partners.
Zaitoun Ventures believes strongly in the power of diversity and seeks to invest in early-stage companies that are not only capable of disrupting their industries, but are also committed to leveraging diverse teams to propel their companies forward.While Zaitoun Ventures invests in a wide range of verticals, it is particularly interested in partnering with founding teams that bring together Jewish and Arab entrepreneurs. Zaitoun Ventures defines itself as an investment company rather than a VC, because of a more flexible model of investments (both in existing startups as well as de new companies they incubate under the “umbrella” of Zaitoun. |
| Location | Tel Aviv |
| Geographical scope | Israel, China |
| Experiences in financing eco innovative projects | https://www.zaitounventures.com/portfolio |
| Instruments | / |
| Average investment – amount | Flexible |
2. Investor Criteria
| Average investment – amount | Flexible |
| Investments criterias | |
| Scope of operations – Industry/tags | Zaitoun Ventures’ portfolio companies range from medical devices and wearables to entertainment and next-gen fiberoptics, while focusing in companies gathering Arab and Jewish co-founders. |
| Phase of growth | Growth and Scale |
| Most important prerequisites for financing a project | Ethnic mix of the team. The only existing startups Zaintoun looks to invest in are those led by Arab entrepreneurs / those with Jewish-Arab co-founders. |
| Most important barriers that prevent financing | / |
| Minimum investment required | Flexible |
| Currently available financial products | Equities |
3. Contact details
| Contact persons / emails | info@zaitounventures.com |
| Address and telephone | Hamelitz 9, Unit #9 Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel 63295 |
| Web site | www.zaitounventures.com |
