We Catch The Stars
"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." - Norman Vincent PealeBacked by Reichman University, with exceptional access to Israeli entrepreneurs, we invest in outstanding Israeli tech founders and provide them with unique resources to accelerate and scale.
We invest in exceptional Israeli founders, both Reichman University alumni and non-alumni, at the earliest stage of their journey – pre-seed and seed.
Reichman University (RUNI) is Israel’s first and only private university and one of the world’s top entrepreneurship schools founded by Prof. Uriel Reichman. Ranked *top 10 universities worldwide for producing entrepreneurs, its alumni have launched 700+ startups, achieved 200+ exits, and built 22 unicorns.
According to Pitchbook report. Universities under 15,000 students
Built by founders, for founders. Prof. Uriel Reichman founded Reichman University, Prof. Yossi Maaravi created Israel’s first academic school of entrepreneurship and co-founded RUNI Ventures, and Managing Partner Hila Goldman-Aslan is a three-time entrepreneur and exited founder. We’ve been where you are.
RUNI Ventures is deeply rooted in the Israeli tech ecosystem through its founding team and Reichman University unique access to elite industry leaders, unicorn founders, and post-exit entrepreneurs.
Meet The Team
Meet the team backing Israeli founders in Israel and globally and committed to supporting founders every step of the way.
Hila Goldman-Aslan
Managing Partner
Gil Rifkin
Associate
Yossi Maaravi
Co-Founder & Chairman
Sara Kalowski
Head of Value CreationHila Goldman-Aslan
Managing PartnerYossi Maaravi
Co-Founder & ChairmanGil Rifkin
AssociateSara Kalowski
Head of Value CreationOur Focus
Early Stage – Investing at pre-seed and seed stages.
Israeli Founders – Partnering with outstanding Israeli founders, alumni and non-alumni of Reichman University, based in Israel and abroad.
Sector Agnostic – Actively looking for bold and disruptive ideas across all sectors and technologies.
Our VENTURE FELLOWS
We’ve built a community of Reichman University Alumni Venture Fellows including post-exit entrepreneurs, unicorn founders, VC partners and investors, who are actively sharing deal flow, co-invest, and support our founders with their domain expertise.
200+
Exited founders
22
Unicorn founders
Top 8
Universities Worldwide by Number of Startup Founders
(*universities<15K students)
Co-founder @ Dig Security
Acquired by Palo Alto Networks
Co-founder @ OrthoSpin
Acquired by J&J
Founder @ Redash
Acquired by Databricks.
Founder @ Verbit
Unicorn Company
Co-founder @ Profitect
Acquired by Zebra Technologies
Co-founder @ Spetz
Acquired by Paradox
Co-founder @ Crazy Labs
Unicorn Company
Founder @ ZooZ
Acquired by PayU
Co-founder @ Abbi.io
Acquired by WalkMe
Co-founder @ Segoma
Acquired by R2NET Inc.
Co-founder @ eToro
IPO (NASDAQ)
Co-founder @ Novaremed AG
IPO (NASDAQ)
RUNI VENTURES ADVANTAGES
RUNI Ventures benefits from deep integration within the Israeli ecosystem and the broad infrastructure of Reichman University, extending its capabilities far beyond a typical early-stage fund - delivering unique deal flow and far more than just capital to its portfolio companies.
