GIZA VENTURE CAPITAL established in 1992, is a pioneer investor in seed and early-stage technology companies. Giza currently manages five funds totaling about $600 million.

Giza investment professionals bring wealth of expertise and experience in Communications, Semiconductors, Information Technology, Enterprise Software, Life Sciences, CleanTech, Media, Internet & Entertainment.

Giza has invested in 93 companies in the sectors of Communications, Information Technology, Enterprise Software and Life Sciences, with 31 exits. Giza's vision in recognizing future technology leaders led to the following winning investments; Actimize (acquired by NICE Systems), Prosight (acquired by Primavera Systems), Oplus (acquired by Intel), Cyota (acquired by RSA), X Technologies (acquired by Guidant), Precise (NASDAQ:PRSE, acquired by Veritas), Oridion (SWX:ORIDN), Zoran (NASDAQ:ZRAN), M-Systems (NASDAQ:FLSH), DSPG (NASDAQ:DSPG), Butterfly (acquired by TI), DSPC (acquired by Intel), Libit (acquired by TI), Scorpio (acquired by US Robotics) and Telegate (acquired by Terayon).

   
 
   
 

All the fund's partners have previously held key executive positions at leading technology companies or financial institutions. Their combined expertise empowers the team's effective decision-making and problem solving capabilities and accounts for the fund's hands-on approach in working closely with its portfolio companies.

   
 
   
 

Giza invests in seed and early-stage companies in the sectors of Communications, Semiconductors, Information Technology, Enterprise Software, Life Sciences, CleanTech, Media, Internet, Gaming & Entertainment. Giza also has a pre-seed and seed stage investment plan called the Ofek Program whose goal is to secure investment in high-quality seed opportunities at the earliest possible stage. The Fund brings significant added value to its portfolio companies post-investment, through involvement at board level as well as providing active support in strategy, marketing, financial and personnel-related decisions.