Avi Zeevi, General Partner & Co-Founder, Carmel Ventures

Avi Zeevi, a veteran high-tech executive, is a co-founder of the Viola Group, a leading innovative private equity investment group with close to $2 B under management.
Avi has a proven track record as an entrepreneur, executive and investor with more than 25 years of experience. In the year 2000, Avi co-founded Carmel Ventures, a top-tier Israeli venture capital fund, with over $600 million under management, several successful exits, and a growing portfolio of promising start-ups. Avi serves as a General Partner in Carmel and his investment interests include Software, Financial Services and Internet.

Avi is a leading figure in the Israeli VC community and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Israel Venture Association. Avi is a faculty member at the Kellogg Recanati Executive MBA Program where he teaches the “VC –What’s it all about” course.

Avi was the first VC investor in Actimize, where he served as an active Chairman from 2001 and until it was sold to NICE Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: NICE), in August 2007, for $280 million.
Avi also serves on the Board of Directors of OpTier, Verix, Oversi, Clarizen, SundaySky, and Payoneer.

Avi is also the Co-Founder and member of the Board of TZEVA, an educational non-profit organization, which operates enrichment centers for underprivileged children.