97212 Ventures

www.97212.vc/team

VCMatch tracks 97212 Ventures as an investor focused on AI/ML, Enterprise SaaS, and Developer Tools companies, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds, and Israel, New York (Nyc), and United States markets. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

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Stages

Pre-Seed, Seed

Focus Areas

AI/ML, Enterprise SaaS, Developer Tools

Geography

Israel, New York (NYC), and United States

Investment Thesis

97212 Ventures positions itself as a hands‑on, founder‑first early stage investor that helps Israeli‑founded startups scale in the NYC market. They invest at pre‑seed and seed, deliberately limit the number of portfolio companies to provide “full attention,” and structure their work around driving execution and outcomes by leveraging a team of founders, operators and NYC investors to “wrap each company with critical resources, knowledge and a high‑quality network.”

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

97212 Ventures is most relevant for founders raising Pre-Seed and Seed rounds in AI/ML, Enterprise SaaS, Developer Tools, and Cybersecurity, especially across Israel, New York (NYC), and United States.

Focus statement

They focus on pre‑seed and seed Israeli‑founded startups that aim to scale globally from NYC, prioritizing execution and deep US/NYC market engagement. As the site states: "Our thesis is simple. We invest early and focus on execution so you can build your dream company out of NYC."

Value Add

Israel + NYC native perspective: "Born in Israel and with decades of experience investing and building companies in NYC, we get the unique challenges Israeli founders face when building a global company, and know how to connect the dots..."
Highly selective, limited portfolio approach: "We limit the number of our investments and selectively invest in a small set of companies" to provide focused support.
Operationally oriented team of founders and operators (product, go‑to‑market, AI/ML, growth) who provide in‑market NYC experience and go‑to‑market help (e.g., Operating Partner Ronnie Lavi and others).
Strong NYC investor and operator network / LP base that is described as "high‑touch, every step of the way."
Willingness to anchor pre‑seed rounds and to join seed rounds led by like‑minded VCs from Israel and NYC, signaling both capital leadership and syndication strategy.