Yoav Samet

Apprente is building intelligent speech-based conversational agents for the enterprise. Leveraging break-through AI technology, our approach centers on training agents via observations of user interactions and through progressively learning from the simple to the complex. The company is delivering enterprise solutions for a broad range of customer service applications that presently necessitate human interaction.

Almaz Capital was founded in 2008 to invest in early stage startups in the CIS (commonwealth of independent states) and CEE (central and eastern Europe) region with the backing of Cisco Systems and the EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development). Almaz Capital set out to invest and build a bridge between investee companies from the newly independent countries of the former Soviet Union to resources and connections in Silicon Valley. With that intention the firm opened its first offices in Silicon Valley and Moscow. During that period Almaz supported many startups with origins in Russia, such as QIK (acquired by Skype), Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX) or Parallels (acquired by Corel). In March 2014, after Crimea was annexed by Russia, Almaz Capital stopped investing in companies with any ties to Russia. In 2017 Almaz moved its European operations to Berlin and focus shifted from the countries of the CIS to the CEE region (central and eastern Europe). Following the crackdowns in Minsk in 2020 Almaz stopped investing in Belarus, another former Soviet state. We are helping our Ukraine-based startups survive the war ravaging their country. Not only are we one of the largest investors in Ukraine over the last 5 years, but we are also a long-time supporter actively involved at the governance level at the UVCA (Ukrainian Venture Capital Association). Almaz Capital invested over $50m in over 15 companies with Ukrainian founders or teams including Adjoy, Arcycle, Content Analytics, DMarket, Hover, Jelastic, Mobalytics, Maketime, Petcube, Speedsize, Starwind, and 3Dlook . Startup teams have shown amazing resiliency and despite the war Ukraine remains one of our favorite investment destinations.

Apprente is building intelligent speech-based conversational agents for the enterprise. Leveraging break-through AI technology, our approach centers on training agents via observations of user interactions and through progressively learning from the simple to the complex. The company is delivering enterprise solutions for a broad range of customer service applications that presently necessitate human interaction.

StageOne leads investments in exceptional Israel-related early-stage start-ups focused on solving large enterprise challenges utilizing transformative deep technologies. Over the past two decades, we have built powerful partnerships that propel seed-stage entrepreneurs forward, from the initial innovation concept through additional quality rounds of funding to market leadership and impact. Our approach is beyond just funding, we have accumulated a wealth of experience in early-stage seed investments, with the ability to identify early breakthrough technology trends, creating market access that young companies need, connecting them with technical expertise, and empowering their business skills with impactful insights.

Pitango is home to visionary entrepreneurs and groundbreaking companies from stealth mode to growth. We partner with exceptional founding teams via three parallel funds Pitango First, Pitango Growth and Pitango HealthTech.