Viola Group

Viola Group is Israel's technology-focused investment group that operates a multi-strategy platform to support technology entrepreneurs from early stage to growth. Based in Herzliya and founded in 2000, the group manages over $3 billion in assets and oversees several specialized units, including Viola Ventures (early-stage venture capital), Viola Growth (growth capital), Viola Credit (private credit), Viola Partners (private investor fund), and Viola FinTech (cross-stage fintech investments). Viola Group primarily backs Israeli technology companies and related ventures, while also pursuing global opportunities. The firm provides more than capital by offering strategic guidance, board participation, and access to a broad international network to help portfolio companies scale in software, cybersecurity, fintech, AI, semiconductors, and other tech-enabled sectors. The approach emphasizes long-term value creation through investments across multiple stages and active portfolio support.

Yael Alroy

Principal

Itzik Avidor

CFO and Partner

Shlomo Dovrat

Co-Founder and General Partner

Ranit Etzion-Weiss

Analyst

S. Fitzgerald Haney

Partner and Head of Strategic Development

Past deals in Insurance

INSHUR

Venture Round in 2024
INSHUR is a digital insurance platform specializing in auto insurance for drivers and fleet owners. It leverages proprietary data and analytics to provide quotations, facilitate purchases, and manage insurance policies, enabling users to handle their entire insurance lifecycle via mobile devices.

Faye

Series B in 2024
Faye is a travel insurance company that provides whole-trip protection and technology-enabled assistance for travelers. Through its app and proprietary platform, the company offers coverage for health, trip cancellations or interruptions, lost or delayed belongings, and even pets, with real-time proactive support, quick reimbursements, and 24/7 customer service to resolve disruptions. Its automated travel rebooking capability and claims processing streamline assistance and reimbursements, enhancing the travel experience by enabling immediate responses and smoother claims resolutions. Faye serves American travelers with consumer-centric, tech-enabled coverage designed to support continuous travel and mitigate travel mishaps.

Hokodo

Debt Financing in 2024
Founded in 2018, Hokodo is a European provider of B2B Buy Now, Pay Later solutions. It offers an easy-to-integrate digital platform that streamlines the order-to-cash process, enabling merchants to make real-time credit decisions, protect against bad debt, and access working capital finance options.

Faye

Series A in 2023
Faye is a travel insurance company that provides whole-trip protection and technology-enabled assistance for travelers. Through its app and proprietary platform, the company offers coverage for health, trip cancellations or interruptions, lost or delayed belongings, and even pets, with real-time proactive support, quick reimbursements, and 24/7 customer service to resolve disruptions. Its automated travel rebooking capability and claims processing streamline assistance and reimbursements, enhancing the travel experience by enabling immediate responses and smoother claims resolutions. Faye serves American travelers with consumer-centric, tech-enabled coverage designed to support continuous travel and mitigate travel mishaps.

INSHUR

Series B in 2023
INSHUR is a digital insurance platform specializing in auto insurance for drivers and fleet owners. It leverages proprietary data and analytics to provide quotations, facilitate purchases, and manage insurance policies, enabling users to handle their entire insurance lifecycle via mobile devices.

Planck

Venture Round in 2022
Planck is a commercial insurance data platform that enhances the underwriting process for insurers through advanced technology and artificial intelligence. The platform aggregates extensive datasets to provide real-time analytics and insights, streamlining the assessment of risks associated with businesses. By automating the completion of ACORD forms and leveraging publicly available data, image processing, and company reports, Planck facilitates accurate and efficient underwriting. This approach minimizes the potential for fraud and errors, ultimately helping insurance providers to develop tailored policies and reduce loss ratios. Through its innovative solutions, Planck aims to transform the way insurance companies evaluate and underwrite risks in the commercial sector.

Faye

Seed Round in 2022
Faye is a travel insurance company that provides whole-trip protection and technology-enabled assistance for travelers. Through its app and proprietary platform, the company offers coverage for health, trip cancellations or interruptions, lost or delayed belongings, and even pets, with real-time proactive support, quick reimbursements, and 24/7 customer service to resolve disruptions. Its automated travel rebooking capability and claims processing streamline assistance and reimbursements, enhancing the travel experience by enabling immediate responses and smoother claims resolutions. Faye serves American travelers with consumer-centric, tech-enabled coverage designed to support continuous travel and mitigate travel mishaps.

Cowbell Cyber

Series B in 2022
Cowbell Cyber develops an artificial intelligence powered platform that quantifies cyber risk for small and mid-sized businesses. It provides standalone cyber insurance designed to adapt to evolving threats, increase insurability, and give clear visibility into risk exposure. The platform combines inside-out data and advanced machine learning to assess insurable threats and support continuous underwriting, mapping risk exposures to potential losses. The company delivers a closed loop risk management approach that includes risk prevention, mitigation, incident preparedness and response services, helping policyholders manage cyber risk over time. Cowbell serves a range of industries and focuses on SMEs seeking easy to understand, individualized coverage that evolves with their risk profile.

Spott

Seed Round in 2022
Spott is an eCommerce-only insurance solution that protects online stores from unexpected losses. With a new breed of dynamic insurance products, the company addresses the risks of lawsuits and sales disruptions. Spott strengthens eCommerce businesses by providing one-click coverage at the best price.

Insurify

Series B in 2021
Insurify, Inc. is an online platform based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that specializes in car, home, and life insurance. Founded in 2013, the company leverages artificial intelligence and natural language processing to simplify the insurance shopping experience for users. By utilizing chatbots and personalized recommendations, Insurify helps customers easily compare insurance quotes, discounts, and payment options from various providers in one convenient location. This approach aims to make the process of finding and purchasing insurance more straightforward and affordable, ultimately enhancing user satisfaction in the insurance market.

INSHUR

Series B in 2021
INSHUR is a digital insurance platform specializing in auto insurance for drivers and fleet owners. It leverages proprietary data and analytics to provide quotations, facilitate purchases, and manage insurance policies, enabling users to handle their entire insurance lifecycle via mobile devices.

Planck

Venture Round in 2021
Planck is a commercial insurance data platform that enhances the underwriting process for insurers through advanced technology and artificial intelligence. The platform aggregates extensive datasets to provide real-time analytics and insights, streamlining the assessment of risks associated with businesses. By automating the completion of ACORD forms and leveraging publicly available data, image processing, and company reports, Planck facilitates accurate and efficient underwriting. This approach minimizes the potential for fraud and errors, ultimately helping insurance providers to develop tailored policies and reduce loss ratios. Through its innovative solutions, Planck aims to transform the way insurance companies evaluate and underwrite risks in the commercial sector.

Planck

Series B in 2020
Planck is a commercial insurance data platform that enhances the underwriting process for insurers through advanced technology and artificial intelligence. The platform aggregates extensive datasets to provide real-time analytics and insights, streamlining the assessment of risks associated with businesses. By automating the completion of ACORD forms and leveraging publicly available data, image processing, and company reports, Planck facilitates accurate and efficient underwriting. This approach minimizes the potential for fraud and errors, ultimately helping insurance providers to develop tailored policies and reduce loss ratios. Through its innovative solutions, Planck aims to transform the way insurance companies evaluate and underwrite risks in the commercial sector.

omni:us

Series A in 2020
omni:us specializes in intelligent insurance claim automation. Its Digital Claims Adjuster integrates with existing systems like Guidewire and Sapiens to automate end-to-end claims processes for seven property and casualty lines of business. Powered by AI, it offers a comprehensive claims decision catalog, significantly reducing process costs while enhancing customer satisfaction.

Insurify

Series A in 2020
Insurify, Inc. is an online platform based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that specializes in car, home, and life insurance. Founded in 2013, the company leverages artificial intelligence and natural language processing to simplify the insurance shopping experience for users. By utilizing chatbots and personalized recommendations, Insurify helps customers easily compare insurance quotes, discounts, and payment options from various providers in one convenient location. This approach aims to make the process of finding and purchasing insurance more straightforward and affordable, ultimately enhancing user satisfaction in the insurance market.

INSHUR

Series A in 2019
INSHUR is a digital insurance platform specializing in auto insurance for drivers and fleet owners. It leverages proprietary data and analytics to provide quotations, facilitate purchases, and manage insurance policies, enabling users to handle their entire insurance lifecycle via mobile devices.

Planck

Series A in 2018
Planck is a commercial insurance data platform that enhances the underwriting process for insurers through advanced technology and artificial intelligence. The platform aggregates extensive datasets to provide real-time analytics and insights, streamlining the assessment of risks associated with businesses. By automating the completion of ACORD forms and leveraging publicly available data, image processing, and company reports, Planck facilitates accurate and efficient underwriting. This approach minimizes the potential for fraud and errors, ultimately helping insurance providers to develop tailored policies and reduce loss ratios. Through its innovative solutions, Planck aims to transform the way insurance companies evaluate and underwrite risks in the commercial sector.

Earnix

Debt Financing in 2008
Founded in 2001, Earnix develops integrated software for pricing analytics and optimization. It empowers banks and insurance companies worldwide to predict customer behavior and optimize business performance across various product lines.

InsureWorx

Debt Financing in 2006
InsureWorx is a leading provider of enterprise and tactical software solutions for Workers’ Compensation, Commercial Property & Casualty and Risk Administration organizations. Established in January of 2005 following WorldGroup’s acquisition of Taliant Software, InsureWorx, Inc. combined the expertise, product strength and industry savvy of two highly respected insurance industry software solution providers. The result: a powerhouse organization possessing expanded research and development capabilities; and the ability to expedite forward-looking commercial lines and ancillary product options. Comprising decades of experience deploying reliable, well-built and functionally rich software applications, our Workers’ Compensation client base alone provides more than 25 percent of the WC insurance in the United States. Our flagship PowerComp™ product line delivers unmatched breadth and depth of functionality in an enterprise class software solution. Acquired by Fiserv.
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