Mony Hassid

Mony is a managing partner at M12, where he leads the fund’s activities in EMEA. He co-founded M12 in 2016, opening the Tel Aviv office and establishing the UK and Germany offices. Mony is leading globally M12’s investments in Cyber Security and DevOps. Mony has over 20 years of experience in venture capital, business development, research and development, and management. Previously a managing director at Qualcomm Ventures and Motorola Ventures in Israel, Mony led both offices from their earliest stages, developing them into the preeminent corporate venture capital firms in the region. Mony has invested in over 35 startups (early and growth rounds) to date and currently serves on 15 boards in sectors including cybersecurity & identity, cloud infrastructure, data & AI, developer tools, and business applications. He has shepherded 15 meaningful exits to date, including Mobileye (NYSE:MBLY) as well as acquisitions by Intel, Qualcomm, Facebook, Broadcom, Singtel, TripActions, Oracle, GrubHub, CWT, Honeywell, etc. Three of Mony’s investments while at M12, Aqua, RapidAPI and At-Bay became unicorns recently. Mony earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in electrical engineering as well as an MBA from Tel Aviv University, all with cum laude distinction. Member, Board of Directors (Current) - Aqua Security (CWPP - Cloud Native AppSec) - At-Bay (FinTech - Cyber Insurance) - RapidAPI (API Platform) - Hunters (XDR; SoC platform) - Mend (Shift left AppSec) - BlueVine (FinTech - Business Banking) - Ox Security (Securing SDLC) - Theom (Cload Data Security - DSPM and DD&R) - Authomize (authorization management - security and compliance) - nsknox (Corporate Payments Fraud Prevention) - Valence Security (SaaS Security) - env0 (IaC management) - Codefresh (CICD) - Xsight Labs (Data Center ASIC) Others - Onfido (Identity Verifications - London) - Hazy (Synthetic Data Platform - London) - Illusive Networks (Identity & Access Management) - Zencity (Gov Tech - Applied AI) Exits M12 - Comtravo (acq. TripActions) - NanoFabrica (acq. NanoDimension) Qualcomm Ventures - Ravello Systems (acq. Oracle) - Wilocity (acq. Qualcomm) - Crazylabs (acq. Embracer Group) - Magisto (acq. Vimeo) - Pontis (acq. Amdocs) - Tapingo (acq. GrubHub) - Panoramic Power (acq. Direct Energy) Motorola Ventures - MobilEye (IPO 2014; acq. Intel) - Amobee (acq. Singtel) - Broadlight (acq. Broadcom) - DesignArt Networks (acq. Qualcomm) - Coppergate (acq. SigmaDesign) - NextNine (acq. Honeywell) - Amimon (acq. Vitec) - Onavo (acq. Facebook) - Worldmate (acq. CWT)