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Viola Credit
Viola Credit is an SEC-registered investment adviser in Tel Aviv, registered since 2012. It advises on credit strategies and has a presence in the US.
Viola Credit
Viola Credit is an SEC-registered investment adviser in Tel Aviv, registered since 2012. It advises on credit strategies and has a presence in the US.
General information
Firm type
Asset Manager
Year founded
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AUM
Over $4B (per the firm)
Location
Region
Middle East
Country
United States
City
Tel Aviv
Corporate office
126 E 56th St, New York, NY 10022, United States
Additional offices
Tel Aviv, Israel · London, United Kingdom
Principals
Ruthi Furman
Managing Partner
Ido Vigdor
Managing Partner
Michael Chen
Managing Director, Head of US Investments
Neha Mittal
Managing Director, Head of Europe
Conor Sheehy
Managing Director and Head of Asset Backed Lending, Europe
Elad Friedman
Managing Director
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who makes the final investment decision at Viola Credit?
Investment decisions are made by the partnership group led by Managing Partners Ruthi Furman and Ido Vigdor, in conjunction with the heads of geography and strategy. Michael Chen signs off on US investments, Neha Mittal on European growth lending, and Conor Sheehy on European asset-backed deals. The risk committee, chaired by Partner Alex Ginzburg, reviews every transaction before closing.
Does Viola Credit operate as a family office or an institutional asset manager?
Viola Credit is structured as an institutional alternative credit asset manager, not a family office. It manages commingled funds and separate accounts for institutional limited partners. Its website does not disclose any single-family wealth backing the platform.
How does Viola Credit source its deal flow?
Deal flow comes primarily through sponsor relationships — Viola Credit lends to companies backed by venture capital and private equity firms. The firm's growth-lending practice targets sponsor-backed companies from Series A to IPO, while its asset-backed lending group originates through structured-finance and specialty-finance sponsor networks across the US, UK, Europe, Australia, and Israel.
What is the difference between Viola Credit's growth lending and asset-backed lending strategies?
Growth lending provides $5M to $50M loans directly to sponsor-backed operating companies to extend runway, fund M&A, or finance capital expenditures without dilution. Asset-backed lending deploys $10M to $300M through credit warehouses, flow agreements, and securitizations secured by pools of originated receivables across consumer, SME, fleet, and royalty asset classes. The two strategies share a common credit-underwriting framework but target different parts of the capital structure.
Which sectors and geographies does Viola Credit explicitly avoid?
Viola Credit focuses on the innovation economy and has not disclosed explicit sector exclusions. Its geographic footprint is limited to the US, UK, Western Europe, the Nordics, Israel, Australia, and New Zealand; it does not currently lend into Latin America, Africa, or most of Asia.
Does Viola Credit participate in equity co-investments or fund commitments?
Viola Credit's disclosed strategies are entirely debt-focused. The firm has not publicly stated that it makes equity co-investments or LP fund commitments alongside its credit facilities, though its sponsor-backed model naturally aligns it with equity holders in the same portfolio companies.
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