NEOME

NEOME

Founded in 2018 by co-founders Orit Alperovitz and Inbal Polak, NEOME operates as an investment club designed to grow the number of women angel investors in Israel. The community draws members from legal, medical, financial services, technology, and scientific backgrounds, combining professional expertise with a shared objective of actively narrowing the gender gap in startup leadership and funding. Alperovitz, a former legal counsel at UBS Israel and Edmond de Rothschild Group, and Polak, the former head of fund ratings at S&P Maalot and a past investment fund analyst at UBS Israel, built the firm on a thesis that community-driven decision-making and sector diversity within the investor base produce stronger deal selection. The club targets early-stage Israeli startups, with members making independent investment decisions from collectively reviewed deal flow. The approach spans seed to growth stages, blending the club's internal network with external partnerships — described as relationships with a global community of angels and venture funds outside NEOME. Sourcing draws on members' professional networks and direct founder submissions, maintaining a sector-agnostic stance that favors technology-driven companies. NEOME emphasizes that each member builds her own portfolio, supported by the group's shared due-diligence sessions, knowledge-sharing events, and exposure to emerging technologies. NEOME's community operates without publicly reported assets under management or a centralized fund structure, consistent with its club-based model where individual members deploy personal capital. The firm provides an alternative path to venture exposure for accredited women who had not previously built direct startup portfolios. The membership includes professionals such as lawyers, doctors, tech experts, and retail specialists, with legal advisory provided by Sharon Gazit, a partner at Goldfarb Seligman and head of the firm's technology department. Since its 2018 launch, the club has scaled to dozens of members but has not disclosed a total deployment figure or the number of portfolio companies backed. NEOME's structure — a membership collective rather than a pooled blind-pool fund — differentiates it from both traditional venture firms and standard angel syndicates that require passive limited-partner commitments. Women retain full control over their capital allocation while leveraging the club's diligence capacity and co-investor network, creating a hybrid between an angel education platform and an active investment circle. This governance model also aligns incentives around participation rather than fee generation, making the club's growth dependent on member engagement and successful collective vetting of startups.