Team8

Quick read

Team8 is a venture creation and venture capital firm founded in 2014 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. It operates a hybrid model: building companies from scratch via an in-house foundry and investing in external startups across cybersecurity, AI, fintech, and digital health. Leadership draws heavily from alumni of Israel's Unit 8200, and backers include Microsoft, Cisco, Walmart, Barclays, and Moody's.

Key facts

Founded

2014

Founders

Nadav Zafrir, Liran Grinberg

Employees

251

Sectors

security, fintech, ai, healthcare, enterprise

Website

team8.vc

Investment thesis

Team8 backs and builds companies at the intersection of cybersecurity, AI, fintech, and digital health by combining a hands-on company-creation foundry with a traditional venture fund. The firm targets enterprise technology problems identified by a community of C-suite operators and former Unit 8200 intelligence leaders, then co-develops solutions from inception rather than waiting for inbound deal flow.

Recent activity

• Feb 2026investment
  Team8 made its latest investment in Astelia, a network management software company, on 24 Feb 2026. pitchbook.com
• Feb 2026investment
  Team8 co-led the $24M raise for Lema AI, an agentic AI platform securing enterprise supply chains, alongside Salesforce Ventures and F2 Capital. tracxn.com
• Jan 2026press
  Team8 published its 'Designing 2026' outlook, with partners sharing theses across cybersecurity, AI evaluation, fintech judgment-encoding, and consumer search. team8.vc
• Jul 2025leadership
  Team8 appointed two new partners: Ori Barzilay (investment partner, cyber and AI focus) and Matthew Schoenfeld (operating partner, GTM strategy), and announced five new investments simultaneously. businesswire.com
• 2024fundraise
  Team8 closed $500M in new funds, pushing total AUM above $1 billion, with backing from existing LPs including Microsoft, Walmart, Cisco, Barclays, and Moody's. fintechfutures.com
• 2024leadership
  Serial entrepreneur Alon Huri, co-founder of NEXT Insurance, joined Team8 to build companies under the Venture Creation model with a fintech focus. team8.vc

Notable investments

• AsteliaundisclosedFeb 2026pitchbook.com
• Lema AISeed ($24M)Feb 2026tracxn.com
• BandSeed ($17M)2025zoominfo.com
• Portundisclosed ($58M raised total)2024businesswire.com
• Sawmillsundisclosed2024businesswire.com
• Finoutundisclosed2024linkedin.com

Key people

Named individuals at the firm. We don't expose direct email or phone — use their LinkedIn for outreach.

• Liran Grinberg · Co-Founder & Managing Partner
• Nadav Zafrir · Co-Founder
• Sarit Firon · Managing Partner, Team8 Capital
• Yuval Shachar · Managing Partner & Chairman
• Hadar Siterman Norris · Partner, Team8 Capital
• Ori Barzilay · Partner (Cyber & AI)
• Matthew Schoenfeld · Operating Partner (GTM)
• Israel Grimberg · Co-founder & Managing Partner
• Galina Antova · Co-founder, Claroty
• Ronen Zoran · Managing Partner

Sources

• Team8 Homepage
• Team8 LinkedIn
• Team8 New Partner Appointments – BusinessWire Jul 2025
• Team8 Raises $500M – Fintech Futures
• Team8 – PitchBook
• Team8 – Tracxn
• Sarit Firon Profile – Ctech / Calcalist
• Designing 2026 – Team8

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