Philosophy
Agile
While our companies are all about scale, our own operation is more of a boutique. Consciously focused on helping our companies, we are a small partnership and avoid raising large funds. With an average of one deal per year per partner, we believe we’re positioned to be entrepreneurs’ closest partners.
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5Investing Partners
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73Deals
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11Valued at more than 1B$
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5Funds
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18Exited
Global Category Leaders
JustEat
We invested in Just Eat in 2011, in the early days of online food delivery, when the company’s revenue was less than £20m. Just Eat grew to be the market leader in Europe and Brazil, and IPO’d on the LSE in 2014, at revenue run rate of over £100m and valuation of £1.5B, which grew to over £5B.
Hybris
We met Carsten in 2007, invested personally in Hybris and joined the Board. Later, 83North invested. SAP acquired the company in 2013 for over $1.5B, by which time Hybris was one of the dominant ecommerce s/w vendors in the world.
Mirakl
Philippe and Adrien founded Mirakl, with the ambition to enable the marketplace revolution that will transform the traditional e-commerce landscape. We invested early in the journey in 2015. By 2019, over $1B in GMV was sold through the Mirakl’s customers’ marketplaces.
Wolt
After months of analysis of food delivery in small-mid sized cities, we met Miki and his team at Wolt. They had built unique technology and a company culture, that ensured delivery economics could work in smaller and less competitive cities. Wolt completed a funding round in 2020 at a 1B Euro valuation
ironSource
83North joined the IronSource journey in 2016 when IronSource and SupersonicAds merged to create the powerhouse it is today when it comes to monetization technologies for the most engaged media properties in the world. 83North were the first and largest investors in SupersonicAds.
Payoneer
The Payoneer payment platform is trusted by millions of customers worldwide and chosen by leading marketplaces. 83North were the first institutional investor in the company and a close partner to its management team from 2007 when it raised its seed round.
We build long-term relationships
7. Issy Ben Shaul
CEO of Velostrata
Velostrata was the third time we served on the board of a company founded by Issy. All three were acquired, Actona by Cisco Systems, Wanova by VMware and Velostrata by Google. We are looking forward to his next one.
Mans Hultman
Partner at Zobito
We met Måns in 2003 when he was CEO of Qliktech. He was CEO 2000–2007, and Chairman between 2004–2009, the years that defined QlikTech’s strategy and momentum, leading to a very successful IPO in 2010. During Måns´ tenure as CEO, QlikTech’s sales grew from $2M to $153M. Later Måns co-invested with us and sat on the Board of Hybris. Today Måns is a partner at Zobito, investing in and advising tech companies.
Carsten Thoma
Founder of Hybris
We have known Carsten since 2007. He built Hybris from a start-up to a leading ecommerce s/w platform vendor, when it got acquired by SAP for over 1.5B$ (just before going public). Carsten then led SAP Hybris, SAP CRM & Commerce businesses. He is now a Venture Partner with 83North, co-investing with us in many companies and sitting on some boards. He splits his time between NYC and Switzerland and is considered a world expert in enterprise SW.
Dov Moran
Managing Partner, Grove Ventures
Dov is one of Israel’s most famous entrepreneurs. He invented the USB drive and sold his company Msystems for 1.6B$ in 2006. Our relationship with him started in 2001 during that ride. Dov is now the managing partner of Grove, an early stage VC firm, and we invest and look at deals together. We also meet for coffee at the same cafe for many years where we tell each other the same jokes for almost 20 years.
David Buttress
Former CEO of Just Eat and Venture Partner at 83North
David was the CEO of JustEat, where 83North was an early investor. Through operational excellence and a series of global acquisitions, he consolidated its market leadership and took it public into what is now a 7B$ market cap leader in food delivery. After leaving Just Eat David joined 83North as a Venture Partner.
Nati Davidi and Uri Alter
Co-Founders of Vdoo
We know Uri and Nati since 2011. They founded Cyvera and grew the company all the way to its acquisition by Palo Alto Networks. Uri and Nati chose to work with us again when they founded VDOO. They are part of 83North’s extended family. This partnership goes far beyond financial investment. Uri and Nati help us assess new opportunities, invest with us and formed personal friendships with us.
Boaz Palgi
Serial Entrepreneur
We have known Boaz for over 20 years, from his first senior position in the storage industry. In 2011 we teamed up with Boaz as his core investors at ScaleIO and served on the board of the company until it was acquired by EMC in 2014.
We recently teamed up again as core investors in his new company.
Entrepreneurs First
“83North was intrigued and excited about our vision to revolutionize payments for mobile devices. We all knew this would be a long and hard road, but they supported us at every step.”
"While most investors stay above the fray, the ones at 83North jump into the trenches and help carry the load. They understand that's where real value is created."
“Good companies have access to capital. It's what comes with this capital that makes 83North fundamentally different than most other funds. Supportive, humble, and always helpful in good times and bad.”
“Contrary to most VCs, 83North didn’t make big promises. Contrary to most VCs, 83North delivered big. We found we could lean on their experience and pattern recognition, and that they’re great people. A lot of VCs waste your time. 83North doesn’t.”
"As a sophisticated European founder working with 83North is like wearing a beautiful non show-off watch: it is proven, reliable, guides you through good and bad times and you don't get any of the bullshit that you get from VCs who think they are the stars"
"It's a real pleasure to work with 83North, and to have them on our board.
Their approach is always full of humility, constructive and supportive.
They have a rich experience and a real understanding of entrepreneurs’ issues and challenges for fast-growing start ups."