February 10, 2016| Israeli fund Singulariteam made the most investments into Israeli startups in 2015, according to a report released today by Israeli research firm IVC and Israeli law firm APM & Co. Founded by Moshe Hogeg and Kenges Rakishev with $232 million under management, Singulariteam made 12 first investments in 2015, outpacing last year’s most active fund, Jerusalem Venture Partners by two deals. Placing second, with nine first investments each, were Israeli fund Carmel Ventures and American fund Innovation Endeavors, co-founded by Google’s Chairman, Eric Schmidt and Dror Berman. Carmel, with $802 million under management, invested from its vintage 2014 fourth fund. The third place is shared by two Israeli funds, Magma and TheTime, with eight investments each. Magma, with $450 million under management, invested from its fourth fund, raised in 2014, while TheTime is managing a $60 million fund dedicated to companies that started in their incubator. The Most Active Micro VC fund was crowdsourcing platform OurCrowd, with seven first investments from its vintage 2014 $10 million fund. Following OurCrowd was lool Ventures with six investments from a $33 million fund closed in 2011.
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