# Red Dot Capital Partners Red Dot Capital Partners is a Private Equity based in Savyon, Israel. ## Overview - **Organization type:** Private Equity - **Headquarters:** Savyon, Israel - **Region:** Middle East - **Address:** 28 HaArba'a St, Hagag - South Tower, 9th floor, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, 6473925, Israel - **Founded:** 2016 - **Assets under management:** Over $500M across three funds (per the firm) - **Website:** www.red-dot.capital - **LinkedIn:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/red-dot-capital-partners ## Regulatory record - **Reports private funds:** No ## About Yaniv Stern, a former McKinsey private-equity specialist, and Barak Salomon, who previously led NTT DoCoMo Ventures’ Israel coverage, co-founded Red Dot alongside Yoram Oron in Tel Aviv in 2016. The firm was built with an explicit cross-border architecture: Temasek Holdings of Singapore anchors the funds, and the LP base consists exclusively of operating companies with large industrial portfolios across Asia. That structure was intended from inception to create hardwired distribution channels for Israeli enterprise-software, fintech, and cybersecurity companies seeking market access east of Europe. Red Dot writes first checks of $10–20M into late-Series-A through Series-C rounds, typically leading the deal. The strategy targets companies that have already demonstrated product-market fit and need capital and relationships to scale internationally, not to iterate on product. Confirmed portfolio positions include cyber-physical security platform Claroty, cross-border e-commerce enabler Global-e (NASDAQ: GLBE), IoT security firm Armis, observability platform Coralogix, digital-asset infrastructure provider Utila, and retail computer-vision company Trigo. The firm’s reach extends from Israel into Singapore, Tokyo, and other South East Asian markets — regions where its LPs provide on-the-ground commercial introductions rather than passive capital. Red Dot operates with roughly 15 professionals from its Tel Aviv headquarters. The team reflects the firm’s thesis: partners include former operators from Cisco, Akamai, and AWS, alongside a Head of AI who previously built Facebook’s AI data-optimization organization and scaled x.ai through its acquisition. In 2025, the firm added Roni Sendik Shoham — most recently Program Director at Intel Ignite — to lead business development and portfolio support, reinforcing its systematic approach to helping companies bridge Israel and Asia. The website states over $500M managed across three funds, committing Red Dot to deploy at a pace that maintains its early-growth specialty as larger multi-stage funds crowd the Israeli market. Red Dot’s structural differentiator is the bilateral anchor relationship with Temasek and its curated LP syndicate of Asian industrials. This is not a fund-of-funds overlay or a marketing arrangement — the LPs routinely co-invest directly into portfolio companies, creating a built-in, balance-sheet-backed path to commercial partnerships in markets that Israeli founders often struggle to access without a local sponsor. The model makes Red Dot a de facto distribution partner as much as a growth-equity investor, a dual role that larger Israeli venture platforms do not replicate at the same stage of entry. ## Sectors - Enterprise Software - FinTech - Cybersecurity - AgriTech & FoodTech - Data Analytics - Mobility & Transportation - RegTech - Robotics & Automation - Workflow Automation - AI/ML - Consumer Tech - Edge & IoT - Quantum Computing - Web3 & Blockchain - Digital Assets ## People - Yaniv Stern — Co-Founder, Managing Partner - Barak Salomon — Managing Partner - Yoram Oron — Co-Founder, Chairman - Danielle Ardon Baratz — Partner - Atad Peled — Partner - Roni Sendik Shoham — Director of Business Development - Liying Iris Wang — Head of AI ## Questions ### How is Red Dot Capital Partners anchored, and who are its LPs? The fund is anchored by Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, which has been the cornerstone LP since 2016. The remaining investor base consists exclusively of select operating companies with large industrial portfolios and deep geographic expertise in Asia. The firm states these LPs engage with portfolio companies and often invest directly alongside the fund. ### What exactly does Red Dot mean by serving as a gateway to Southeast Asia and Japan? Red Dot structures its LP relationships to provide portfolio companies with commercial introductions, distribution partnerships, and market-entry support in Southeast Asia and Japan. Because the LPs are operating companies rather than purely financial investors, the network is designed to generate revenue deals and local customer relationships, not just follow-on capital. ### At what stage and check size does Red Dot typically invest? The firm writes first checks in the $10–20M range into companies that have achieved product-market fit, targeting late Series A through Series C rounds. Red Dot usually leads the rounds it participates in and invests as a growth-equity specialist rather than an early-stage seed investor. ### Who runs investment decisions at Red Dot Capital Partners? Co-Founder and Managing Partner Yaniv Stern leads the investment team alongside Managing Partner Barak Salomon. Co-Founder and Chairman Yoram Oron brings over 25 years of Israeli venture experience, previously founding Vertex Venture Capital. Partners Danielle Ardon Baratz and Atad Peled complete the senior investment committee. ### Does Red Dot participate in fund commitments or only direct deals? Red Dot Capital Partners is a direct investment firm. It makes equity investments into individual Israeli technology companies, leading rounds and taking board positions. There is no public evidence of the firm making fund-of-fund commitments. ### Which sectors does Red Dot explicitly focus on, and which does it avoid? The firm describes itself as sector-agnostic but concentrates on Israeli areas of excellence: enterprise software, fintech, and cybersecurity. Portfolio evidence extends into digital assets, quantum computing, agritech, and mobility. There are no explicit sector exclusions, but the firm screens for a technology moat and category-leadership potential. ### What is Red Dot’s relationship to Vertex Venture Capital? Yoram Oron, Red Dot’s co-founder and chairman, founded Vertex Venture Capital in 1997 and remains associated with its legacy. Red Dot operates as a distinct legal and investment entity, with a separate team, LP base, and strategy focused on growth-stage expansion into Asian markets — a mandate Vertex does not replicate. ## Related profiles - [Red Door Capital Partners](https://altss.com/profile/red-door-capital-partners) - [REDDS Capital](https://altss.com/profile/redds-capital) --- Last updated: 2026-06-03T20:00:00.000Z Canonical page: https://altss.com/profile/red-dot-capital-partners Maintained by Altss — https://altss.com — methodology: https://altss.com/methodology