Latest fund size
$236M
Announced
November 11, 2026
Global HQ
United States
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Check size
$100K-$5M
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Stage focus
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
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Regions of investment
North America, Middle East, South America
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Vine Ventures is a U.S.-Israel venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Eric Reiner and Dan Povitsky to back very early-stage companies, often as the first investor, with a mandate to keep investing from inception through IPO. The firm operates across New York, Tel Aviv, and San Francisco, investing along the U.S.-Israel technology corridor with an international mandate.
Eric Reiner, Founder and Managing Partner
Dan Povitsky, Cofounder and Partner
Adam Valkin, Partner
Barak Kaufman, Partner and Head of Israel
Demren Sinik, Partner and Head of West Coast
Alex Moskowitz, Partner
Idan Tendler, Venture Partner
Naftaly Gluskin, Principal
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Names, roles, emails and LinkedIn profiles for the team, plus the fund's website.
Vine Ventures invests in pre-idea and idea-stage through seed companies that aim to be global from the start, with follow-on investing through Series A, Series B, and beyond.
The firm focuses on fintech and payments, e-commerce and marketplaces, enterprise software, developer tools and infrastructure, security and cybersecurity, healthcare and digital health, AI, and defense.
Roughly half of the firm's capital is earmarked for Israeli companies, with the rest allocated to U.S. companies, and the firm frequently co-invests alongside larger funds, including five co-investments with Sequoia.
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What the fund looks for in founders and which sectors it backs.
Vine Ventures closed its third fund at $236 million, its largest to date and above its initial target, announced November 2026.
The close follows a $50 million debut fund and a $140 million second fund, bringing the firm's total assets under management above $500 million five years after founding.
Backers include leading global asset managers, prominent family offices, and CEOs of large corporations, including both new and returning limited partners.
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Fund size, LPs and track record.
Leadership
Investment Strategy
Vine Ventures typically invests as the first institutional check into a company and continues investing through later rounds, often co-investing alongside larger funds; the firm has co-invested with Sequoia on five deals.
Notable Investments
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Leadership, investment strategy, notable investments and exits.
