R136 Ventures

R136 concentrates on mid-stage (late Series A through Series B) and growth-stage (Series C and beyond) companies. Its published check sizes range from $2M to $10M for mid-stage positions and $10M to $20M for growth-stage rounds (per the firm). The firm does not seed or pre-seed; it enters after initial product-market fit when execution and scaling become the primary challenges.

R136 uses a proprietary “Discovery Engine” built over a decade, blending structured industry mapping with signal tracking to identify founder-market inflection points before they reach broad consensus (per the firm). This is paired with a five-office presence across Silicon Valley, Israel, the UAE, Central Asia, and Europe, giving it local sourcing capability in both mature and emerging tech corridors.

Investment decisions sit with founding managing partners Victor Orlovski and Yacov Nachmanovich. The broader investment committee includes Partner Ratan Manehani and COO Tom Dennedy. The firm’s website does not detail formal investment committee structure, but Orlovski’s operating history — five unicorns and 13 exits — anchors the team’s decision-making culture (per the firm).

R136 describes itself exclusively as a direct-investment venture firm. Its published materials discuss writing equity checks directly into companies at the mid and growth stages, with no mention of participating in third-party fund commitments, fund-of-fund structures, or LP positions in other VC firms.

R136 identifies the United States and Israel as its core markets. It also maintains investment capability in Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East for what it terms emerging opportunities (per the firm). Its physical hubs cover Silicon Valley, Israel, UAE, Central Asia, and Europe.

The firm presents itself as a lead or active participant rather than a passive co-investor. Founder testimonials on its site explicitly reference R136 acting as lead investor in competitive processes and tough market conditions — for example, Rookout’s CEO noted R136 served as lead during a difficult fundraising market (per the firm). R136 also publicizes its ability to help portfolio companies access $300M-plus in external follow-on funding.

R136 markets its post-investment engagement as an operating partnership rather than a governance or advisory layer. Its 14-person team provides hands-on support in go-to-market execution, product strategy, organizational design, hiring, and financial planning. The firm states it acts across the company lifecycle, not just at board level, drawing on its partners’ experience scaling organizations to 20,000-plus employees.