Yossi Matias Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Status
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Active
- Investments
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9
- Portfolio
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6
- Exits
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2

Yossi Matias General Information
Description
Dr. Yossi Matias serves as Head of Google Research at Google for Startups. As a leading innovator in global Internet and privacy technologies, Dr. Matias brings a unique combination of computer science and technology experience - in both academic and industrial research - to Zapper Technologies. He has authored numerous research papers and holds over 13 patents, with an additional 20 patents pending, on diverse technologies including video scrambling, data structures, query processing, parallel computing, data compression, database technologies, Internet technologies, and electronic commerce. As an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University, his research involved information storage and retrieval, query processing for massive data sets, parallel computation, data compression, Internet technologies, and e-commerce. Before his tenure at Tel Aviv University, he spent five years at Bell Laboratories where he led projects related to Internet technologies and massive databases. He has served as an expert academic advisor to the Platform for Privacy Preferences Project of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), was a member of the Ad-Hoc Working Group on Unsolicited Commercial Email, and was a signatory on the report submitted to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. He received his Ph.D., with distinction, in Computer Science from Tel Aviv University. He earned his M.Sc. from the Weizmann Institute and his B.Sc, cum laude, from Tel Aviv University - both degrees in Computer Science. He is an Angel Investor.
Business Details
Investor Status
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- 543 Howard Street
- 1st Floor
- San Francisco, CA 94105
- United States
Yossi Matias Investments (9)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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Terra Security | 21-Apr-2025 | Seed Round | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | ||
Enso (Business/Productivity Software) | 09-Jul-2024 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
DataGen | 23-Mar-2022 | Business/Productivity Software | Bankruptcy: Liquidation | |||
Sensi.AI | 01-Dec-2021 | Other Healthcare Technology Systems | Generating Revenue | |||
Anyword | 18-Nov-2021 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
timeOS | 18-Feb-2021 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Walnut. | 17-Dec-2020 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Tonara | 31-Jul-2012 | Early Stage VC | Education and Training Services (B2B) | Generating Revenue | ||
Tonara | 01-Jan-2011 | Seed Round | Education and Training Services (B2B) | Generating Revenue |
Yossi Matias Exits (2)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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DataGen | 01-Mar-2024 | Bankruptcy: Liquidation | |
Tonara | 22-Sep-2016 |
Yossi Matias Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Yossi Matias Co-Investors (74)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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Homeward Ventures | 2 |
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Matias Ventures |
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Michael Matias |
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Tomer Cohen |
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Scale Venture Partners |
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Yossi Matias FAQs
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Who is Yossi Matias?
Yossi Matias is an angel Investor who has made 9 investments.
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What kind of investor is Yossi Matias?
Yossi Matias is an angel investor.
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What does Yossi Matias do?
As an angel investor, Yossi Matias invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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What has Yossi Matias invested in?
Yossi Matias has made numerous investments in companies like Terra Security, Enso (Business/Productivity Software), and DataGen within the Business/Productivity Software industry.
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What has Yossi Matias invested in recently?
Yossi Matias's latest investment was on 21-Apr-2025 in Terra Security, a company within the Business/Productivity Software industry.
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