Reichman University Alumni in Numbers

600+
Startups
$10B+
Funding
22
Unicorns

OUR STORY

About Reichman University

Reichman University (RUNI) is Israel’s premier private university and a globally recognized innovation powerhouse. Founded by the renowned Professor Uriel Reichman, RUNI nurtures entrepreneurs from 91 countries through 36 innovation labs, venture creation programs, tech accelerators, and Israel’s only school dedicated to entrepreneurship. RUNI’s approach is fundamentally different from that of other universities, due to the strong academy-industry relationships it fosters and its commitment to solving real-world challenges.

About RUNI Ventures

RUNI Ventures is an early-stage VC fund affiliated with Reichman University (RUNI). The fund is on a mission to back and support exceptional founders who are building remarkable tech companies across various sectors, with a focus on enterprise software, data, and AI. RUNI Ventures provides founders with initial capital and unmatched resources, including talent, expert guidance, office space, and a global network. The fund also operates the 'RUNI Founders Club'—a global community of startup founders.

 

 

  • Stages: Pre-Seed
  • Check Size: $300K- $500K
  • Sector Focus: Generalist
  • Follow-ons: Absolutely!
  • Approach: We work fast & we keep it simple.

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to help visionary founders transform brilliant ideas into high-performing ventures. However, we know it takes much more than capital to build a global company, especially at the beginning of the journey. That's why we built our "beyond-capital" launchpad, designed to boost and support our portfolio companies and provide them with the personal and professional wings they need to fly!

Experts
Experts

Support from hundreds of accomplished professors, domain experts, and serial entrepreneurs

Talent
Talent

Professional recruitment services for interns and employees

Network
Network

Exclusive access to our global network of partners, investors, and alumni

Office
Office

Co-working space in the vibrant city of Herzliya

Business Services
Business Services

An ultimate package of CFO, CMO, and banking services

Legal Services
Legal Services

Tailored legal support for early-stage start-ups

LEADERSHIP

Adv. Hila Rom
Managing Partner
Dr. Yossi Maaravi
Chairman
Mrs. Tammy Mahn
Advisory Board
Oren Zeev
Advisory Board
Prof. Yair Tauman
Advisory Board
Mrs. Sarit Firon
Advisory Board
Prof. Niron Hashai
Board Member
CPA Golan Zrihan
Board Member

Portfolio

COMING SOON

Stay tuned for Israel’s next generation of disruptive startups.

PORTFOLIO

Relyon.ai

  • Founders

  • Lee Sharir-Dolev, Lottan Horev

  • Domain

  • Security Tech

  • Company

  • Relyon.ai revolutionizes personal security for families, communities, and individuals through its on-demand platform. Partnering with security providers, Relyon enhances emergency call handling, automates tasks with AI tools, and provides real-time insights, empowering providers to elevate safety with advanced technology.

Shopeaks

  • Founders

  • Daniel Abitbul, Shay Amir, Nave Geri

  • Domain

  • E-Commerce

  • Company

  • Shopeaks is a B2B social commerce platform linking social engagement and online shopping. It analyzes visual social media content, detects products, and creates personalized, shoppable experiences. By tailoring shopping journeys to user behavioors, Shopeaks boosts engagement, drives conversions, and grows revenue seamlessly

Canotera

  • Founders

  • Yariv Lissauer, Tal Knafo, David Silver

  • Domain

  • Legal Tech

  • Company

  • Canotera harnesses the power of AI and ML to provide best-in-class litigation prediction. Canotera's transformative technology brings transparency and visibility to dispute resolution, supporting decision making and strategic management of cases for litigators, counsels, and litigation funders

Journeyz

 
 
  • Founders

  • Guy Gadnir, Tamar Barzuza

  • Domain

  • Revenue Optimization 

  • Company

  • Journeyz is an AI-powered platform that helps B2B SaaS companies reduce churn and drive growth by optimizing product usage. It identifies customer needs, aligns them with product capabilities, and provides actionable recommendations for scaling engagement across hundreds to thousands of customers.

ClaroAi

  • Founders

  • Adi Pinhas, Rakefet Weidenfeld

  • Domain

  • Speech Tech

  • Company

  • ClaroAi is a revolutionary communication suite that enhances voice communication by clarifying speech in real-time. It addresses challenges with understanding accents and mispronunciations during phone calls and video conferences, using generative AI technology to soften accents and ensure smooth, productive conversations.

Sequent

  • Founders

  • Shai Bargil, Eduardo Robles, David Ruescas

  • Domain

  • Election Tech, Vertical SaaS

  • Company

  • Sequent revolutionizes elections with its secure, transparent online voting platform. It provides remote voting via mobile, ensuring accurate results with advanced cryptographic algorithms. Developed as an open-source solution, Sequent enhances democracy with high security and transparency, building trust in digital election infrastructure.
Paylow

  • Founders

  • Sagi Avitan, Hanan Amar

  • Domain

  • Fintech

  • Company

  • Paylow is dedicated to helping users optimize their recurring expenses effortlessly. It addresses subscription fatigue and overpayment with a personalized, ML-powered autopilot that tracks, compares, and improves spending. Paylow aims to be the "PayPal for Recurring Expenses," maximizing value while simplifying the process of managing and switching plans with ease.
PredicDO

  • Founders

  • Eran Lazar, Dr. Shay Dubi, Prof. Zohar Yakhini, Ilan Geffen

  • Domain

  • Fintech

  • Company

  • PredicDO is a cutting-edge risk prediction platform for institutional investors, insurers, brokers, and retail investors. Utilizing advanced machine learning and bioinformatics, it helps predict financial disasters such as Security Class Actions. PredicDO’s proprietary database offers actionable insights, reducing annual losses and improving financial risk management.
localbird

  • Founders

  • Ben Levy, Joseph Levy

  • Domain

  • Travel Tech

  • Company

  • Localbird is an AI-powered digital concierge for vacation rentals that helps property managers generate new revenue by offering curated local experiences to guests. By digitizing and streamlining the booking process, Localbird boosts host earnings through commissions and enhances guest satisfaction all around the world.

RUNI Ventures Champions

Meet the RUNI Ventures Champions - an elite group of RUNI alumni tech founders who have made it big! 

Arik Fraimovich
Founder @ Redash
Asaf Greiner
Founder @ Aduva
David Ring
Co-founder @ eToro
Eran Feinstein
Co-founder @ Novaremed AG
Ido Azran
Co-founder @ Dig Security
Litan Yahav
Co-founder @ Segoma
Maor Ezer
Co-founder @ Abbi.io
Omer Matityahu
Co-founder @ Profitect
Ronen Morecki
Founder @ ZooZ
Sagi Schliesser
Co-founder @ Crazy Labs
Tom Livne
Founder @ Verbit
Yael Florenthal
Co-founder @ Spetz
Yoni Epstein
Co-founder @ OrthoSpin

Join RUNI Founders Club!

RUNI Founders Club is a community of Israeli startup founders, open exclusively to Reichman University's 40,000 alumni and 10,000 students.

 

 

JOIN HERE

CAREERS

Join one of our growing portfolio companies!

 

 

  • Sequent

Sequent

Senior Fullstack DevOps Engineer

Location: Globally

Type: Full-time

 

.Sequent is an innovative VC-backed startup that revolutionizes the digital election space by introducing a cryptographically secure, verifiable, and transparent online voting solution for both private and public elections. Sequent is developing an open-core, research-backed solution that utilizes advanced cryptographic algorithms to provide irrefutable mathematical proof that votes are cast and counted correctly and the election results are accurate. We help election managers have the confidence and tools they need to enable voters to vote remotely, digitally, and conveniently from anywhere in the world

Sequent’s solution has been used in more than 200 elections to date. Over 3.2 million votes have been successfully counted on the platform across countries such as Spain, Germany, the United States, Canada, and South Africa. The platform has been utilized by local and regional government authorities, as well as public organizations such as political parties, professional associations, unions, universities, and more

Sequent is an official member of the Amazon AWS GovTechStart  Program, a dedicated program for companies focused on building the next generation of technology solutions for state and local government agencies using the AWS Cloud. In addition, Sequent is a portfolio company of the Microsoft for Startups program and an active contributor to the Microsoft ElectionGuard Project – an open-source software development kit (SDK) that makes voting more secure, transparent and accessible

 

 

:Responsibilities

  • Automate every operational task, such as package updates, configuration changes across all environments platforms without interruptions, and tools for automatic provisioning of electoral services.
  • Code mainly using DevOps/Kubernetes tools, and touching other languages like Rust, Typescript, Java or Go, which are used in the platform. You will need to learn new languages and tools in response to a changing technological landscape.
  • Collaborate with the Product team and other stakeholders to maintain a high bar for our mission-critical, high-quality, and fast-paced iterative environment.
  • Identify opportunities for optimizing costs in our cloud infrastructure, using existing tools and data to evaluate trade-offs between the cost of infrastructure and feature development. 
  • Develop product features and improvements in accordance with the product roadmap and in a secure, well-tested, documented, and performant way. You will take full ownership of your ticket and collaborate with the team on larger projects.
  • Craft code that meets our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices and tooling.
  • Support real-time elections as Tier 2 or Tier 3 weekday and weekend and occasional night on-call rotations to assist in troubleshooting any live issue with product operations, deployments security, and urgent engineering issues.

 

:Requirements

  • At least 5 years of professional DevOps/SRE experience, preferably with strong skills in Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS and Github Actions.
  • Professional Fullstack programming experience, preferably with strong skills in Rust, React and Typescript or motivation to learn those languages.
  • Strong communication skills, in the English language, both written and verbal.
  • Experience working remotely and in a largely asynchronous work environment.
  • Comfort working in a highly agile, intensely iterative software development process.
  • Self-motivated and self-managing, with excellent organizational skills

:Nice to have skills

  • Knowledge of security concepts, vulnerabilities, mitigation techniques, and secure coding practices
  • A keen interest and experience with open source projects.
  • Have experience with, or a strong desire to learn about, optimization of costs of cloud infrastructure in AWS and other clouds.

 

To apply, please send an email with your CV to team@sequentech.io

  • Sequent

Sequent

Senior Fullstack Engineer

Location: Globally

Type: Full-time

 

Sequent is an innovative VC-backed startup that revolutionizes the digital election space by introducing a cryptographically secure, verifiable, and transparent online voting solution for both private and public elections. Sequent is developing an open-core, research-backed solution that utilizes advanced cryptographic algorithms to provide irrefutable mathematical proof that votes are cast and counted correctly and the election results are accurate. We help election managers have the confidence and tools they need to enable voters to vote remotely, digitally, and conveniently from anywhere in the world

Sequent’s solution has been used in more than 200 elections to date. Over 3.2 million votes have been successfully counted on the platform across countries such as Spain, Germany, the United States, Canada, and South Africa. The platform has been utilized by local and regional government authorities, as well as public organizations such as political parties, professional associations, unions, universities, and more

Sequent is an official member of the Amazon AWS GovTechStart  Program, a dedicated program for companies focused on building the next generation of technology solutions for state and local government agencies using the AWS Cloud. In addition, Sequent is a portfolio company of the Microsoft for Startups program and an active contributor to the Microsoft ElectionGuard Project – an open-source software development kit (SDK) that makes voting more secure, transparent and accessible

 

 

:Responsibilities

  • Develop product features and improvements in accordance with the product roadmap and in a secure, well-tested, documented, and preformant way
  • Code mainly in Rust and Typescript, sometimes other languages like Java, Go and DevOps/Kubernetes tools. You will need to learn new languages and tools in response to a changing technological landscape.
  • Collaborate with Product Management and other stakeholders to maintain a high bar for quality in a fast-paced, iterative environment
  • Advocate for improvements to product quality, security, and performance and solve technical problems of moderate scope and complexity
  • Craft code that meets our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices and tooling.
  • Confidently ship small features and improvements with minimal guidance and support from other team members, taking full ownership of your tickets. Collaborate with the team on larger project.
  • Support real-time elections to assist in troubleshooting any live issues with product operations, deployments security, and urgent engineering issues.

:Requirements

  • At least 5 years of professional programming experience, perferably with strong skills in Rust and React, Typescript and GraphQL
  • Experience building web-based applications that were used by thousands, potentially millions of end-users
  • A solid understanding of HTML, CSS, and core Typescript/Javascript concepts.
  • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes, or motivation to learn.
  • Strong communication skills, in the English language, both written and verbal.
  • Experience working remotely and in a largely asynchronous work environment.
  • Comfort working in a highly agile, intensely iterative software development process.
  • Self-motivated and self-managing, with excellent organizational skills

:Nice to have skills

  • Knowledge of security concepts, vulnerabilities, mitigation techniques, and secure coding practices
  • A keen interest and experience with open source projects

 

To apply, please send an email with your CV to team@sequentech.io

  • Sequent

Sequent

Senior QA Engineer

Location: Globally

Type: Full-time

 

Sequent is an innovative VC-backed startup that revolutionizes the digital election space by introducing a cryptographically secure, verifiable, and transparent online voting solution for both private and public elections. Sequent is developing an open-core, research-backed solution that utilizes advanced cryptographic algorithms to provide irrefutable mathematical proof that votes are cast and counted correctly and the election results are accurate. We help election managers have the confidence and tools they need to enable voters to vote remotely, digitally, and conveniently from anywhere in the world

Sequent’s solution has been used in more than 200 elections to date. Over 3.2 million votes have been successfully counted on the platform across countries such as Spain, Germany, the United States, Canada, and South Africa. The platform has been utilized by local and regional government authorities, as well as public organizations such as political parties, professional associations, unions, universities, and more

Sequent is an official member of the Amazon AWS GovTechStart  Program, a dedicated program for companies focused on building the next generation of technology solutions for state and local government agencies using the AWS Cloud. In addition, Sequent is a portfolio company of the Microsoft for Startups program and an active contributor to the Microsoft ElectionGuard Project – an open-source software development kit (SDK) that makes voting more secure, transparent and accessible

 

As a Senior QA Engineer, you will be responsible for defining and executing a comprehensive quality assurance strategy, ensuring our platform meets the highest standards of reliability, security, and performance. You will take ownership of both manual and automated testing processes, with a particular focus on safeguarding the integrity of mission-critical systems that underpin digital elections. This role requires a proactive, detail-oriented professional capable of independently driving QA processes

 

:Responsibilities

  •  Develop and Execute Test Strategies: Design, implement, and oversee a mix of automated and manual testing strategies to ensure quality across Sequent’s platform.
  • Automate Test Processes: Build and maintain robust test automation frameworks for functional, integration, and performance testing, adhering to best practices for SaaS applications.
  • Manual Testing: Perform exploratory, regression, and functional testing as needed to catch edge cases and validate high-impact user stories.
  • Collaborate Across Teams: Work closely with Product, Development, and DevOps teams to maintain a seamless, secure, and iterative development process, advocating for quality at every stage.
  • Integrate with CI/CD: Ensure testing frameworks are integrated into CI/CD pipelines for continuous and reliable deployment, supporting Agile practices.
  • Document and Report: Provide clear documentation of test cases, plans, and results; maintain detailed logs of issues, and contribute to cross-functional knowledge sharing.
  • Security and Reliability Focus: Emphasize the security and reliability of test processes and results to support Sequent’s high-stakes environment.

:Requirements

    • 5+ years of QA experience in software development, preferably with a focus on test automation.
    • Proven experience in mission-critical systems with a focus on ensuring high accuracy, security, and performance.
    • Proficiency with SaaS testing tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Postman) and experience in CI/CD integrations.
    • Strong knowledge of Agile testing methodologies and the ability to drive continuous improvement in QA processes.
    • Self-starter mentality with excellent organizational skills and the ability to work independently, taking full ownership of the QA domain.
    • Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal, with the ability to collaborate remotely.

 

:Nice to have skills

  • Knowledge of security testing practices and cryptographic protocols.
  • Experience with open-source contributions or projects.
  • Familiarity with Rust-based systems and other languages used at Sequent.

 

To apply, please send an email with your CV to team@sequentech.io

  • Relyon.Ai

Relyon.Ai

Product Manager

We are looking for our first Product Manager to join our growing team at Relyon, a cutting-edge startup offering on-demand personal security services through an innovative platform. Relyon partners with security providers, equipping them with advanced AI tools to optimize emergency handling and improve operational efficiency. With paying customers and signed contracts internationally, Relyon is poised to revolutionize the physical security industry

 

This is a unique opportunity to shape the product roadmap for a company with strong traction. As a hands-on role, we seek someone who’s ready to get involved in all aspects of the company’s success—there’s no task too small

A self-starter who takes initiative and thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

This position will join the founding team and have a significant impact on the future of the company

 

:Key Requirements (Must-Have)

  • At least 5 years experience as product
  • Proven experience in B2C product management, with a preference for candidates who have also worked in B2B2C models
  • Proven experience with companies who started from zero users to at least 50k
  • Experience in the U.S. market
  • Strong skills in data analysis and experience working with mobile applications
  • Ready to work 5 days a week from our Tel Aviv office.

 

:Advantages

  • Background in design and user experience
  • Familiarity with the physical security and safety industries
  • Experience working with small, fast-moving startups

To apply, please send an email with your CV to lee@relyon.ai

  • Relyon.Ai

Relyon.Ai

Senior Developer

 

 

We're seeking an exceptional Senior Full-Stack Developer to join our team and play a crucial role in shaping the future of personal safety technology. This position works directly with the CTO and will be instrumental in maintaining and evolving our tech stack while preparing for our next phase of AI-driven innovations

 

:Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain of our React Native mobile app, Next.js dashboard, and Firebase backend
  • Collaborate with and manage outsourced development teams to ensure high-quality code and timely delivery
  • Architect and implement data engineering solutions to support our future AI and machine learning initiatives
  • Design and develop scalable, efficient, and maintainable code across our entire tech stack
  • Implement best practices in security, performance, and code quality
  • Manage DevOps processes and infrastructure to ensure smooth deployment and operation of our services

 

:Required Skills and Experience

 

  • 7+ years of experience in full-stack development, with a strong focus on React Native, Next.js, and Firebase
  • Proven experience with data engineering, including designing data pipelines and working with large datasets
  • Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment

 

:Preferred Qualifications

 

  • Experience in building and scaling products from 0 to 100,000+ users
  • Knowledge of maintaining high-uptime systems (five nines - 99.999% availability
  • Knowledge of vector databases and their applications in AI
  • Experience with LLMs and their integration into production systems
  • Background in geospatial data analysis and optimization algorithms

To apply, please send an email with your CV to lee@relyon.ai

  • Journeyz

Journeyz

Machine Learning Engineer

 

Location: Tel-Aviv (Google for Startups campus, HaOmanim 12)

 

About Us:

We are an early stage dynamic startup founded by highly experienced professionals and supported by top-tier venture capital firms. 

Our mission is to shape a new era of B2B customer retention and expansion by optimizing software adoption, at scale. 

As a key member of our team, you will collaborate in an environment where your efforts will shape the future of the industry.

Founded by a diverse team, our core values include equality, mutual responsibility, give back and responsible AI.

 

What we are looking for: 

We are looking for a Machine Learning Engineer to serve as the cornerstone of our growing data science team. In this role, you will work closely with our Co-Founder and CTO to develop and implement state-of-the-art machine learning models, and architect scalable, cloud-based solutions. 

 

Your expertise will help shape the future of our data-driven strategies and product offerings.

You need to be creative, excited by data, and a natural problem solver. The ideal candidate is resourceful, a self-learner, and a builder at heart who enjoys bringing new ideas to life

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop, and deploy machine learning models for structured/tabular data to improve B2B customer retention and software adoption optimization.
  • Architect and manage a scalable machine learning infrastructure in the cloud (GCP).
  • Collaborate with the CTO and cross-functional teams to integrate models into production environments.
  • Ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of machine learning models and infrastructure.
  • Implement best practices in data management, MLOps, and model monitoring.
  • Optimize data pipelines and training processes for efficiency.
  • Stay up to date with the latest trends and advancements in machine learning and cloud architecture.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor or Master degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • 2+ years of experience in building machine learning models, especially for tabular data.
  • 2+ years of experience in architecting cloud-based machine learning solutions.
  • Proficiency in Python and frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Scikit-learn.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS Sagemaker, GCP AI Platform, Azure ML.
  • Strong understanding of data engineering concepts and ETL pipelines.
  • Strong analytical skills and knowledge of feature engineering
  • Problem-solving skills and an ability to thrive in a startup environment.

 

What We Offer:

The chance to work in a top notch startup environment, and be part of a most talented and supportive team. Collaborate closely with seasoned founders and leadership and have a once in a lifetime chance to grow, learn, explore, and make an impact. 

 

If you feel you’re the right fit for us, please explain why and add your CV to tamar@journeyz.io 

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