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Adam Fisher

Partner

Adam Fisher is widely regarded as one of the top investors in Israel with experience investing across the technology stack, from cutting edge hardware to consumer Internet. Always focused on product-oriented companies, among his many areas of interest is SMB focused SaaS, applications, and marketplaces (e.g. Yotpo, Melio, Hibob, Choco).

Managing Bessemer’s Israel office since 2007, Adam has invested in more than 30 Israeli startups and several European startups, a third of which were pre-product at the time of his initial investment. With more than 21 M&A and IPO exits over his career, he has also been recognized as one of the top investors.

Adam’s life experiences–like his investments–are uniquely global. Born in South Africa, Adam was raised and educated in the US, where he studied at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Before joining Bessemer, he spent nine years at Jerusalem Venture Partners, where he was a partner in their New York, Jerusalem, and Beijing offices.

“Software may be eating the world, but a lot of it is running on silicon developed in Israel.”

Companies

Altair Semiconductor *

Altair Semiconductor

ACQUIRED BY: SONY CORPORATION

Altair Semiconductor is a fabless semiconductor company. In January 2016, Altair was acquired by Sony Corporation.

Astrix

Astrix

Astrix is the developer of an access management platform for for third-party app integrations.

Axis Network Technology *

Axis Network Technology

ACQUIRED BY: ACE TECHNOLOGY

Axis Network Technology developed a digital radio platform for mobile-broadband networks. In 2010, Axis was acquired by Korea's Ace Technology.

BillGuard *

BillGuard

ACQUIRED BY: PROSPER MARKETPLACE

BillGuard is a personal-finance security service. In October 2015, BillGuard was acquired by Prosper Marketplace.

Choco

Choco

Choco is a mobile ordering platform that directly connects restaurants with food suppliers.

Cloudinary

Cloudinary

Cloudinary is a cloud-based image and video management service for web and mobile developers.

CTERA

CTERA

CTERA is a storage service platform for enterprises and cloud providers.

Demostack

Demostack

Demostack delivers tailored product demos that drive discovery, build connection, and win more business.

DriveNets

DriveNets

DriveNets helps Communications Service Providers (CSPs) take advantage of the greatest demand surge in telco history.

Dynamic Yield *

Dynamic Yield

ACQUIRED BY: MCDONALD'S

Dynamic Yield is a conversion optimization and personalization platform for web businesses. In March of 2019, McDonald's acquired Dynamic Yield.

Hibob

Hibob

Hibob is a cloud platform for employee management that integrates HR and benefits.

Intucell *

Intucell

ACQUIRED BY: CISCO

Intucell offers a self-optimizing network solution that enable radio operators to better utilize their radio access networks. In February 2013, Intucell was acquired by Cisco.

Leaba Semiconductor *

Leaba Semiconductor

ACQUIRED BY: CISCO

Leaba is a fabless semiconductor company. In March 2016, Leaba was acquired by Cisco.

Melio Payments

Melio Payments

Melio Payments is a B2B payments experience, offering small businesses an easy-to-use tool for paying suppliers and controlling cash flow.

MyHeritage *

MyHeritage

ACQUIRED BY: FRANCISCO PARTNERS

MyHeritage is an online service for building family trees, conducting genealogy research and connecting with distant family members.

MyHeritage was acquired by Francisco Partners in February 2021.

Nilus

Nilus

Nilus is a plug-and-play platform that automates reconciliation, reporting, and payment workflows for finance teams with zero development required.

Nym

Nym

Nym is a NLU based autonomous medical coding technology that enables healthcare facilities to optimize their revenue cycle processes.

Otonomo *

Otonomo

NASDAQ: OTMO

Otonomo is the first neutral automotive data services platform that paves the way for the development of new apps and services. Otonomo went public in August 2021 (NASDAQ: OTMO).

Prospera *

Prospera

Acquired by: Valmont Industries

Prospera is an agriculture technology data company that develops intelligent solutions.

Prospera was acquired by Valmont Industries in May 2021.

Ravello Systems *

Ravello Systems

ACQUIRED BY: ORACLE

Ravello Systems is a cloud service powered by nested virtualization. In March 2016, Ravello Systems was acquired by Oracle.

Salto

Salto

Salto reimagines the way business applications are configured and managed via software development and developer operations processes

ScyllaDB

ScyllaDB

ScyllaDB is a high performance NoSQL database compatible with Apache Cassandra.

Sedona Systems *

Sedona Systems

ACQUIRED BY: CISCO

Sedona Systems revolutionizes the way high-end networks are designed and operated, leveraging the emerging wave of SDN (software defined networks). Sedona Systems was acquired by Cisco in June 2021.

Sisense

Sisense

Sisense simplifies business analytics for complex data by providing a complete solution for preparing, analyzing and visualizing big data.

Soluto *

Soluto

ACQUIRED BY: ASURION

Soluto is a device protection service. In 2013, Soluto was acquired by Asurion.

Storwize *

Storwize

ACQUIRED BY: IBM

Storwize provides a real-time storage compression solution that boosts available storage space. In August 2019, Storwize was acquired by IBM.

StuffThatWorks

StuffThatWorks

StuffThatWorks empowers people with chronic conditions to transform their experience into an organized knowledge database aimed at figuring out which treatments work best.

Sweep

Sweep

Sweep enables you to customize and scale any Salesforce configuration, without the development time.

Traffix *

Traffix

ACQUIRED BY: F5 NETWORKS

Traffix Systems was a 4G network-signaling company offering diameter products for telecommunications service providers. In 2012, Traffix was acquired by F5 Networks.

Vayyar

Vayyar

Vayyar develops 3D imaging sensors, opening the world to a new generation of safe, mobile and low cost imaging devices.

Wandera *

Wandera

ACQUIRED BY: JAMF

Wandera pioneered the secure mobile gateway to help organizations protect their data and gain better visibility and control over their mobile data usage. Wandera was acquired by JAMF in May 2021.

Yotpo

Yotpo

Yotpo is a commerce marketing cloud offering businesses customer reviews, visual marketing, loyalty, and referrals.

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