Shahar Tzafrir

Shahar Tzafrir is a Managing Partner at TLV Partners based in Israel, where he focuses on early-stage technology investments. Before joining the $115 million venture capital firm, he served as a General Partner at Magma Venture Partners across two distinct funds. His operational background spans fifteen years across multiple technology startups, including DigitalFuel, which was acquired by VMware, and Oblicore. Tzafrir began his professional career spending six years as a software programmer in the Israel Defense Forces' Mamram unit, where he received three distinction awards. As an early-stage institutional investor, he has backed numerous enterprise software and cloud companies, leading to notable portfolio exits such as Granulate to Intel and CloudEndure to Amazon. He currently concentrates on seed-stage artificial intelligence startups addressing complex commercial and enterprise challenges in sectors ranging from developer tools to biotechnology.