JVP

Overview

Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) is an internationally recognized venture capital fund based in Jerusalem, Israel, with partnerships in the US, Europe and China. Established in 1993 by MK Dr. Erel Margalit, JVP has raised over US $1bilion and was ranked by Preqin as one of the top-10 consistently performing VC firms in the world. Over the years, JVP has built over 120 companies in Israel, Europe, Asia and the US and continues to leverage its market expertise, experienced and dedicated team as well as a substantial capital base to build companies with the potential to graduate into the global market. \\JVP invests in companies that can demonstrate the technological depth and business acumen to achieve market leadership in its key areas of focus. The companies will span areas such as digital media, cyber-security and big data, next generation storage and enterprise software. As a pioneering firm in the Israel venture capital industry, JVP has contributed significantly to a variety of successful portfolio company exits through industry sales and NASDAQ IPO's. To date, JVP has helped orchestrate 28 prominent portfolio company exits, 12 of which were initial public offering on NASDAQ. JVP's most recent IPO was successfully concluded in September 2014, Cyber-Ark Software, Israel's then most prominent private cyber company, was listed for IPO on NASDAQ (CYBR). \\Over the years JVP has forged deep strategic partnerships with global corporations working together to identify and build some of the largest and leading companies emerge from Israel today. In recent years JVP has also integrated these partners into the funds, creating a closer collaboration between the fund, its partners, its portfolio and these major global players. JVP operates two incubators under the State of Israel's incubator program, JVP Media Labs, in the areas of media and storage (in Jerusalem) and JVP Cyber Labs, in the areas of cyber-security and big data (in Beer Sheva)