Monday Launches $200 Million Investment Arm for Israeli AI Startups

Monday.com said it is launching monday Ventures, a dedicated investment arm focused on Israeli startups building AI for the workplace. The fund will total $200 million, with an initial $50 million deployment, and any expansion beyond that first tranche requires board approval. Investments will range from $1 million to $5 million per company, from early stage through growth, in areas including AI-based enterprise applications, AI agents, enterprise data, cybersecurity, workflow automation and deep AI technologies.

The company said the goal is to support startups in Monday’s broader ecosystem, not necessarily to integrate their technologies into Monday.com products. Roy Mann, Monday’s co-founder and co-CEO, said the move follows a major shift in the company’s strategy. “About half a year ago we made the most significant change in Monday’s history, and updated the company’s vision from a work management platform to an agentic AI platform that actually does the work,” he said. “The creation of monday Ventures is a direct continuation of that vision. We want to support entrepreneurs building the next generation of AI companies.”

The launch comes as Monday’s shares have fallen about 47% since the start of 2026, reflecting pressure on software companies from artificial intelligence. Monday has already made several investments in recent months. In September 2025, it led the seed round for Blocks.diy, founded by former Monday employees Michal Lupo and Tal Hermati, in the company’s first outside investment. It also joined Guidde’s Series B round, which raised about $50 million, and NanoCo’s $12 million seed round for NanoClaw, an open-source platform for secure AI agents. Monday said it has also invested in another company that will be announced later.

Aviel Yishai, who heads monday Ventures, said the firm has already started backing companies. “In recent months we have already begun investing in companies with great ideas led by excellent founders, and we are only at the beginning,” he said. “The companies that will change the way organizations work in the AI era are being built right now, and we are happy to be part of their journey.”