Hyperwise Ventures
Hyperwise Ventures is an Israeli venture capital firm with $70 million under management.
IOF intelligence connections
Hyperwise's partner Ben Omelchenko "served as a security researcher in an elite department of 8200 intelligence unit". The fund's focuses on founders who acquired "unique cyber expertise" in their military service in the IOF.
Unit 8200 developed the AI targeting systems "Lavender", "Gospel", and "Where's Daddy?", which generated automated kill lists of up to 37,000 Palestinians, with operators spending approximately 20 seconds approving each target.
Defending war crimes
On October 13, 2023, the CEO of Web Summit, Europe's largest technology conference, posted on social media criticizing Western leaders for failing to condemn Israel's war crimes in Gaza and the genocide carried out by Israeli Occupation Forces. In response, Hyperwise Ventures joined a coalition of Israeli venture capital firms issuing a joint statement announcing their boycott of the conference.
We, members of the Israeli high tech community, have made the decision to cancel sponsorship and will not attend the upcoming Web Summit. We cannot, in good conscience, participate in a conference whose leadership blames Israel for war crimes while Hamas terrorists committed one of the worst terror attacks in modern history,
Despite the CEO of Web Summit's statement presenting factual observations within the context of the atrocities (later confirmed by the UN) Israeli venture capitalists demanded unwavering support for their state, which was already engaged in the mass killing of civilians at the time.
Sources:
- Hyperwise Ventures Homepage
- +972 Magazine 'Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing spree in Gaza
- Calcalist Google Withdraws from Web Summit; Israeli VCs Unite in Joint Conference Boycott
- UN OHCHR UN Commission finds war crimes and crimes against humanity in Israeli attacks
- X Paddy Cosgrave
Portfolio Companies & Investments
22
Total Investments
13
Active
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IPO
9
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Argon
ARMO
Cytactic
Dealtale
Echo
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Entro
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FeeX
Gloat
IONIX
Kubiya
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