SkyBeam Venture Partners said Friday it launched its inaugural $250 million early-stage fund to back Israeli venture managers and technology founders.
The firm will invest in funds targeting pre-seed and seed-stage startups and make later-stage investments in breakout companies emerging from those funds. SkyBeam said the platform is intended to give institutional investors broader access to Israel’s innovation economy and venture market.
SkyBeam is led by co-founders Daniel Benel, founder of Tenere Capital, and Gabby Czertok, founder of the Tel Aviv-based innovation platform The Builders.
The fund will focus on foundational technology sectors, including AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, quantum computing and other deep technologies tied to global innovation, security and resilience.
“The greatest alpha in Israel’s venture market is created at the earliest stages of company formation, an opportunity that has historically been difficult for global investors to access at scale,” Benel said. “We launched SkyBeam to build an institutional-grade platform that gives global investors access to Israel’s most innovative founders at inception.”
Czertok said a new generation of Israeli managers is building venture firms differently, often outside traditional institutional frameworks.
“SkyBeam was built to support that shift, helping GPs focus on execution while providing a disciplined, transparent way to engage with Israel’s innovation economy,” he said.
SkyBeam said it will emphasize governance and transparency, offering investors access to early-stage Israeli technology opportunities that can be difficult to source independently.
The fund is backed by scaled endowment capital and supported by a senior advisory board led by Aaron Stone, formerly of Apollo Global Management. Other board members include Sam Lessin of Slow Ventures and Wesley Friedman of Pumada Investments.
LionTree will serve as an adviser and investor to SkyBeam, supporting strategic development and global connectivity.