Assaf Araki

Investment Director atIntel CapitalFirm active Oct 14Israel

Assaf Araki is an Investment Director at Intel Capital in Israel, focusing on data, analytics, and machine learning platforms. He joined Intel Capital in 2018 and has invested in companies like Anyscale, Opaque, Ponder, and Verta.

What Assaf can write

Writes checks of$1M to $30M+
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Best routeA short note on LinkedInA warm intro from a founder they backed works better.

Intel Capital writes $1M to $30M+ checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: Intel Capital.

Career

  1. Intel AI team · engineering lead
  2. Intel Capital · Investment Director
    Now

Investments named in public bios

AnyscaleOpaquePonderVerta

Focus

dataanalyticsmachine learningcloud

Education

Ben Gurion University, MBABen Gurion University, BSc in Information Systems

Also at Intel Capital

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Who is Assaf Araki?

Assaf Araki is an Investment Director at Intel Capital in Israel, focusing on data, analytics, and machine learning platforms. He joined Intel Capital in 2018 and has invested in companies like Anyscale, Opaque, Ponder, and Verta.

How much does Assaf Araki invest?

Assaf Araki invests through Intel Capital, which writes checks of $1M to $30M+ at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Assaf Araki?

A warm intro from a founder Intel Capital backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.

What did Assaf Araki do before Intel Capital?

engineering lead at Intel AI team.

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