# 83North (venture capital firm)
83North is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 as Greylock Israel and independent since 2015, investing in early and growth-stage technology companies in Israel, Europe, and the United States from offices in London and [Tel Aviv](https://www.edgepedia.org/tel-aviv). Its legal manager is 83north 2017 Ltd, and 83North FXV Limited Partnership is one of its [Cayman Islands](https://www.edgepedia.org/cayman-islands)-domiciled fund vehicles. In September 2025 the firm announced that 83North VII would be its final fund and that it would not raise new funds.[3](https://www.83north.com/83north-announces-next-step-in-its-evolution/) • [7](https://www.ivc-online.com/Google-Card?ID=137de34a-207a-e111-ac59-00155d32a403&type=1)
| Key facts | Detail |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2006, as Greylock Israel, an affiliate of Greylock Partners[6](https://inv.institutionalinvestor.com/index%2Ephp/article/one-venture-capitals-top-firms-just-raised-its-final-fund-why-so-rare) • [7](https://www.ivc-online.com/Google-Card?ID=137de34a-207a-e111-ac59-00155d32a403&type=1) |
| Headquarters | London and Tel Aviv[5](https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/07/83north-closes-300m-fifth-fund-focused-on-europe-israel/) (Herzliya/Tel Aviv addresses on SEC filings)[1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1789968/000178996819000001/0001789968-19-000001.txt) |
| Partners | Laurel Bowden, Arnon Dinur, Gil Goren, Yoram Snir (equal partners)[2](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2044464/000204446424000001/0002044464-24-000001.txt) • [6](https://inv.institutionalinvestor.com/index%2Ephp/article/one-venture-capitals-top-firms-just-raised-its-final-fund-why-so-rare) |
| Strategy | Early and growth-stage venture investing across the US, Europe, and Israel[4](https://www.83north.com/philosophy/) |
| Capital under management | Over $2.4 billion per the firm's 2025 announcement; $1.1 billion+ as of the 2019 fifth-fund close[3](https://www.83north.com/83north-announces-next-step-in-its-evolution/) • [5](https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/07/83north-closes-300m-fifth-fund-focused-on-europe-israel/) |
| FXV vehicle | $101,363,167 sold as of the October 2019 Form D, with 41 investors[1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1789968/000178996819000001/0001789968-19-000001.txt) |
| Status (2026) | Final fund (83North VII) announced September 2025; no new funds planned[3](https://www.83north.com/83north-announces-next-step-in-its-evolution/) |
## History and people
The firm traces to 2006, when Yoram Snir, Erez Ofer, and Moshe Mor, then partners at Greylock, launched a $150 million fund to invest in Israel under the Greylock Israel name.[6](https://inv.institutionalinvestor.com/index%2Ephp/article/one-venture-capitals-top-firms-just-raised-its-final-fund-why-so-rare) In 2015 the team spun out of [Greylock Partners](https://www.edgepedia.org/greylock-partners) as an independent firm rebranded 83North, with offices in London and Tel Aviv.[5](https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/07/83north-closes-300m-fifth-fund-focused-on-europe-israel/) • [7](https://www.ivc-online.com/Google-Card?ID=137de34a-207a-e111-ac59-00155d32a403&type=1) IVC records the fund lineage as Greylock Israel I and II followed by 83North III through VII.[7](https://www.ivc-online.com/Google-Card?ID=137de34a-207a-e111-ac59-00155d32a403&type=1)
The firm has run as four equal partners sharing in the upside and downside of every company: [Laurel Bowden](https://www.edgepedia.org/laurel-bowden), Arnon Dinur, Gil Goren, and Yoram Snir. Institutional Investor reports that over 19 years this group created 14 unicorns. (That article names the fourth partner "Gil Dinur"; SEC-derived records and IVC identify him as Arnon Dinur, with Gil Goren a separate partner.)[6](https://inv.institutionalinvestor.com/index%2Ephp/article/one-venture-capitals-top-firms-just-raised-its-final-fund-why-so-rare) • [7](https://www.ivc-online.com/Google-Card?ID=137de34a-207a-e111-ac59-00155d32a403&type=1) IVC lists venture partners Juan Lobato and David Buttress, CFO Simona Cohen, and VP Finance Omri Kozak. Bowden previously headed JVP's European office; Goren was Senior Director of Corporate Development at Dell Israel.[7](https://www.ivc-online.com/Google-Card?ID=137de34a-207a-e111-ac59-00155d32a403&type=1) The November 2024 Form D for 83North VII-X names the same four partners as directors of the general partner of the general partner, with Simona Cohen as chief financial officer.[2](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2044464/000204446424000001/0002044464-24-000001.txt)
## Strategy
83North invests globally across the US, Europe, and Israel, relying mainly on word-of-mouth referrals for deal sourcing, according to the firm.[4](https://www.83north.com/philosophy/) At the time of its 2019 fifth fund, [TechCrunch](https://www.edgepedia.org/techcrunch) reported check sizes of about $1 million at seed, $4 million to $8 million at Series A, and up to $20 million at Series B, with a stage allocation of roughly 25% seed, 40% Series A, and 30% Series B.[5](https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/07/83north-closes-300m-fifth-fund-focused-on-europe-israel/)
The firm describes itself as deliberately small: in its own words, a "lean operation of four equal partners." In 2025 it said it had decided not to build a new generation of general partners, which is why 2025's fund is its last.[3](https://www.83north.com/83north-announces-next-step-in-its-evolution/) • [4](https://www.83north.com/philosophy/)
## Funds, by the numbers
- **Greylock Israel I (2006):** a $150 million first fund launched by Snir, Ofer, and Mor within the Greylock affiliation.[6](https://inv.institutionalinvestor.com/index%2Ephp/article/one-venture-capitals-top-firms-just-raised-its-final-fund-why-so-rare)
- **Fourth fund (2017):** $250 million.[5](https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/07/83north-closes-300m-fifth-fund-focused-on-europe-israel/)
- **Fifth fund (2019):** an oversubscribed $300 million close, bringing total capital under management to $1.1 billion+.[5](https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/07/83north-closes-300m-fifth-fund-focused-on-europe-israel/)
- **83North FXV Limited Partnership (2019):** a Cayman Islands limited partnership initially filed with the SEC as 83North Opportunity II Limited Partnership on October 7, 2019, headquartered at 10 Abba Eban Blvd., Herzliya. Its Form D reported $101,363,167 sold with a first sale date of September 30, 2019, under the 3(c)(1) and 3(c)(7) Investment Company Act exemptions, as a pooled venture capital fund with 41 investors. The general partner was 83North 2019 GP, L.P., whose general partner was 83North 2019 Manager, Ltd.; the filing was signed by Rami Fital. The first sale date coincides with the fifth-fund close, indicating the FXV vehicle was raised alongside the main fund.[1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1789968/000178996819000001/0001789968-19-000001.txt) • [5](https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/07/83north-closes-300m-fifth-fund-focused-on-europe-israel/)
- **83North VI and FXV IV (2021) and 83North VII (2022):** Form D filings dated April 27, 2021 and September 29, 2022 respectively, per Form D-derived aggregator records (sizes unverified).[8](https://aum13f.com/firm/83north-2017-ltd)
- **83North VII-X (2024):** a Form D filed November 15, 2024 for a Cayman Islands fund at 121 Menachem Begin St., Tel Aviv, with the general partner 83North FXV III GP, LP; the filing declined to disclose the amount sold and reported zero sales to date.[2](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2044464/000204446424000001/0002044464-24-000001.txt)
- **Final fund (2025):** the firm announced its final fund was strongly oversubscribed, bringing capital under management to over $2.4 billion, with about $400 million available for new investments.[3](https://www.83north.com/83north-announces-next-step-in-its-evolution/)
The FXV filings illustrate how the firm structures its fundraising: alongside a numbered main fund, it raises separately filed vehicles such as the FXV and Opportunity funds, typically as Cayman limited partnerships for specific investor pools.[1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1789968/000178996819000001/0001789968-19-000001.txt) • [8](https://aum13f.com/firm/83north-2017-ltd)
## Portfolio and exits
According to the firm, over 20 years it has invested in 90 companies, exited 33 of them, and been involved with 15 unicorns.[4](https://www.83north.com/philosophy/) As of 2019, TechCrunch counted 15 exits including three unicorns, with multi-billion-dollar exits for Laurel Bowden including [Just Eat](https://www.edgepedia.org/just-eat), Hybris (acquired by SAP), iZettle (acquired by PayPal), and [Qlik](https://www.edgepedia.org/qlik).[5](https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/07/83north-closes-300m-fifth-fund-focused-on-europe-israel/)
The most recent independently reported exit is Via, an 83North portfolio company that pivoted from consumer rideshare to enterprise transit software and went public on September 8, 2025, raising $493 million at a market cap close to $4 billion.[6](https://inv.institutionalinvestor.com/index%2Ephp/article/one-venture-capitals-top-firms-just-raised-its-final-fund-why-so-rare) IVC lists 36 active portfolio companies.[7](https://www.ivc-online.com/Google-Card?ID=137de34a-207a-e111-ac59-00155d32a403&type=1)
## Recent developments
Three developments define the firm's recent record. First, it kept filing new fund vehicles: the 83North VII-X Form D of November 2024 shows fundraising activity well after the 2019 vintage, alongside an Exotec vehicle filed in March 2024 per aggregator records.[2](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2044464/000204446424000001/0002044464-24-000001.txt) • [8](https://aum13f.com/firm/83north-2017-ltd) Second, on September 17, 2025 the firm announced that 83North VII would be its final fund, with no succession plan and no new funds, bringing capital under management to over $2.4 billion with roughly $400 million available for new investments; the firm frames this as a choice not to build a new generation of general partners.[3](https://www.83north.com/83north-announces-next-step-in-its-evolution/) • [7](https://www.ivc-online.com/Google-Card?ID=137de34a-207a-e111-ac59-00155d32a403&type=1) Institutional Investor noted that a top-performing firm winding down rather than raising a successor fund is rare in venture capital.[6](https://inv.institutionalinvestor.com/index%2Ephp/article/one-venture-capitals-top-firms-just-raised-its-final-fund-why-so-rare) Third, portfolio company Via's September 2025 IPO provided a marked-to-market exit event for the final-fund era.[6](https://inv.institutionalinvestor.com/index%2Ephp/article/one-venture-capitals-top-firms-just-raised-its-final-fund-why-so-rare)
The 2024 Form D confirms leadership continuity: the same four partners and CFO appear as in earlier filings, and no source reports partner departures or additions since 2023.[2](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2044464/000204446424000001/0002044464-24-000001.txt)
## References
1. [SEC Form D — 83North Opportunity II Limited Partnership (CIK 0001789968), filed 2019-10-07](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1789968/000178996819000001/0001789968-19-000001.txt)
2. [SEC Form D — 83North VII-X Limited Partnership (CIK 0002044464), filed 2024-11-15](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2044464/000204446424000001/0002044464-24-000001.txt)
3. [83North announces next step in its evolution (83north.com)](https://www.83north.com/83north-announces-next-step-in-its-evolution/)
4. [Philosophy — 83North (83north.com)](https://www.83north.com/philosophy/)
5. [83North closes $300M fifth fund focused on Europe, Israel (TechCrunch, 2019)](https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/07/83north-closes-300m-fifth-fund-focused-on-europe-israel/)
6. [One of Venture Capital's Top Firms Just Raised Its Final Fund. Why Is That So Rare? (Institutional Investor)](https://inv.institutionalinvestor.com/index%2Ephp/article/one-venture-capitals-top-firms-just-raised-its-final-fund-why-so-rare)
7. [83North 2017 Ltd. — IVC Data & Insights](https://www.ivc-online.com/Google-Card?ID=137de34a-207a-e111-ac59-00155d32a403&type=1)
8. [83north 2017 Ltd — AUM 13F (Form D-derived aggregator; unverified)](https://aum13f.com/firm/83north-2017-ltd)
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