Protego Ventures
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Protego Ventures is an Israel-based venture capital fund investing in early-growth defense technology companies in areas such as sensors, AI/ML, drones and UAVs. It backs companies whose technology was developed in Israel's defense ecosystem and helps them expand into US and allied markets.
Protego Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Israel. It invests directly in companies, from Series A to Series B, in defense technology, AI & Machine Learning, sensors and drones. $125 million under management, as it reports.
“As a pioneering fund in this sector, we invest in early growth-stage companies across key defense areas, including sensors, AI/ML, and autonomous systems such as drones and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).”
— Protego Ventures, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Headquarters
- Israel
- Invests in
- Israel, United States, allied nations
- Sectors
- defense technology, AI & Machine Learning, sensors, drones, UAVs, cybersecurity, autonomous systems
- Assets under management
- $125 million
Team, as Protego Ventures publishes it
- Lital Leshem Co-Founder & Managing Partner
- Lee Moser Co-Founder & General Partner
- Yoel Mazur CFO
- Ben Moore Head of Partnerships and Value Creation
- Danielle Zettel Investor Relations
- Nir Gilbert Principal Investor
- Dalit Krainer People & Growth
- Paz Lazar Chief of Staff
- Maya Scholnick Operations and Welfare Manager
Names and roles exactly as listed on protego.vc. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Protego Ventures publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.protego.vc/name, is_investor, layer, type, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, thesis_quote, status, confidence
- https://www.protego.vc/about-ushq_country, description, aum, stage_min, stage_max
- https://www.protego.vc/teampeople
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Record 15687 · added 2026-10-20 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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