Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 12
Number of Founded Organizations 2
  • Primary Job Title Managing Partner and Co-Founder
  • Primary Organization 
    10D
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner

Yahal is the Managing Partner of 10D and the co-founder of Magma Venture Partners. Magma is positioned as the leading Venture Capital Fund in Israel, with numerous success stories that Yahal has led.

Prior to Magma, Yahal served as the CFO of VocalTec Communications from 1995 to 1999, where he was part of the team that pioneered VoIP. Yahal led

the company from seed to its public offering on Nasdaq (NASDAQ:CALL).

Yahal is very active with the business development and financing-related activities of the companies that he works with. Yahal led and was on the boards of Waze (acquired by Google), Onavo (acquired by Facebook), Argus (acquired by Continental), DesignArt Networks (acquired by Qualcomm), Phonetic Systems (acquired by Nuance), and Adience (acquired by Teddy Sagi Group). Yahal currently serves as a director on the boards of Valens, Applitools, Iguaz.io, Hola, Scylla DB, Gloat, and Magisto, among others. He is also an investor in leading companies such as Vayyar, Fundbox, MeMed, and Replay (acquired by Intel).

For the past several years, Yahal has been very involved in the automotive and mobility ecosystem, building strong relationships, and focusing on the automotive industry as a major investment opportunity. As a part of Magma, Yahal has invested in seven companies focused on the automotive space and autonomous driving enabling technologies, including Waze, Autotalks, Valens, Innoviz, Argus, Iguazio, and JpU.

Number of Partner Investments 23
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Feb 27, 2024
Exodigo
10D
Series A - Exodigo
$75M
Mar 28, 2023
Zorro
10D
Yes
Seed Round - Zorro
$11.5M
Feb 17, 2022
Exodigo
10D
Yes
Seed Round - Exodigo
$29M
Nov 4, 2021
Obligo
10D
Series B - Obligo
$35M
Jun 16, 2021
Gloat
Magma Venture Partners
Series C - Gloat
$68M
Nov 18, 2020
Obligo
10D
Yes
Series A - Obligo
$15.5M
Jan 27, 2020
Iguazio
Magma Venture Partners
Venture Round - Iguazio
$24M
Dec 17, 2019
Gloat
Magma Venture Partners
Series B - Gloat
$25M
Jun 26, 2019
DayTwo
10D
Yes
Series B - DayTwo
$31M
Apr 17, 2018
Applitools
Magma Venture Partners
Series C - Applitools
$31M
Number of Current Jobs 2
Yahal Zilka has 2 current jobs as Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Magma Venture Partners and Managing Partner and Co-Founder at 10D.
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 12
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 3
Yahal Zilka holds 12 board and advisor roles including Board Member at Exodigo, Board Member at E8 Storage, and Board Member at Magisto.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Onavo
Board Member
DesignArt Networks
Board Member
Waze
Board Member
Number of Events 2
Yahal Zilka has participated in 2 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, Enhanced ebooks on Jun 14, 2018.