Uri Levine

Overview

Israeli entrepreneur and angel investor Uri Levine co-founded Waze, the world's largest community-based driving traffic and navigation app, which was acquired by Google for over $1 billion in 2013. He has since been involved in various startups, focusing on disrupting inefficient markets and improving under-functioning services. Levine has been in the high-tech business for over 30 years, with more than half of that time dedicated to the startup scene. He is also a world-class speaker on entrepreneurship, disruption, evolution vs. revolutions of markets, mobility, and startups. Motivated to encourage the next generation of thinkers and innovators, he also leads an academic workshop entitled 'How to Build a Startup', aimed at undergraduate and graduate-level business students. Levine is a BA graduate from Tel-Aviv University. Before attending University, he served in the Israeli army at special intelligence unit 8200. In his public activity, he serves on the board of trustees at the Tel-Aviv University. He also mentors young entrepreneurs at the Zell Entrepreneurship program at IDC Herzliya. Levine's investment focus includes technology, mobile, automotive, FinTech, agriculture, e-commerce, payments, computer vision, leisure, retail, recreation, games, B2C, and travel sectors. He primarily invests in seed-stage companies across various geographical regions, including Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, India, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and South Africa. His investment size ranges from $50,000 to $250,000. Levine's portfolio includes companies such as SeeTree, Engie, Zeek, WeSki, and Dynamo. He has also served on the board of directors of Moovit, Seetree, LiveCare, HERE Technology, and Dynamo. Levine's vision in building startups is specifically intended to disrupt inefficient markets and improve under-functioning services, with a focus on solving 'BIG problems' and saving consumers time and money, while empowering them and changing the world for the better. He has been in the high-tech business for the last 30 years, half of them in the startup scene, and has seen everything ranging from failure, middle success, and big success. He is also a world-class speaker on entrepreneurship, disruption, evolution vs. revolutions of markets, mobility, and startups. Motivated to encourage the next generation of thinkers and innovators, he also leads an academic workshop entitled 'How to Build a Startup', aimed at undergraduate and graduate-level business students. Levine is a BA graduate from Tel-Aviv University. Before attending University, he served in the Israeli army at special intelligence unit 8200. In his public activity, he serves on the board of trustees at the Tel-Aviv University. He also mentors young entrepreneurs at the Zell Entrepreneurship program at IDC Herzliya.

Investment Focus

• Innovative solutions addressing significant market inefficiencies
• Strong potential for scalability and impact
• Experienced and dedicated founding teams

Portfolio Companies