Yaniv Jacobi

Overview

Yaniv Jacobi serves as a Board Member at Datarails[1] and is Co-founder and Managing Partner of Horizon Capital, a sector-agnostic fund investing in Israeli founders at Pre-Seed and Seed stages[2]. Jacobi has held this position at Horizon Capital since January 2012[3] and has spent 12 years in venture capital, during which Jacobi developed EVOLVER, Horizon's program for guiding founders toward product-market fit[2]. Horizon's portfolio includes companies that achieved unicorn status such as Verbit, along with five successful exits including OwnBackup, Appoxee, Ondigo, NanoRep, and Blue Ribbon[2]. Beyond Horizon Capital, Jacobi serves on multiple boards including those of Verbit (since March 2017), Identiq (since September 2018), Vee (since September 2020), Spikerz (since April 2023), Intail AI (since May 2023), Aiode (since October 2023), and Session42 (since January 2024)[10][9][8][7][6][5][4]. Jacobi holds a BSc in Computer Science from The Academic College of Tel-Aviv, Yaffo and an Executive MBA from both Tel Aviv University and Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management[13][11][12].

Career history

1. HCCo-Founder and Managing PartnerJan 2012 to presentHorizon Capital
2. SBoard MemberJan 2024 to presentSession42
3. ABoard MemberOct 2023 to presentAiode
4. IABoard MemberMay 2023 to presentIntail AI
5. SBoard MemberApr 2023 to presentSpikerz
6. VBoard MemberSep 2020 to presentVee
7. IBoard MemberSep 2018 to presentIdentiq
8. Board MemberMar 2017 to presentVerbIT
9. Board MemberDatarails
10. Board MemberFeedvisor

Education

1. Executive MBA2007 - 2009Tel Aviv University
2. Executive MBA2007 - 2009Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
3. BSc, Computer Science1999 - 2003The Academic College of Tel-Aviv, Yaffo