Oren Zeev

The firm

Zeev VenturesVC firm · US10cheques in 12 months74all time6leddeploying

Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

• Earny
• Exodigo
• Firebolt
• Impala
• Infolinks Media
• Jasper
• Lumen
• PROPS
• Preen.Me
• Puls
• Thriver
• Veev
• dLocal
• Chegg
• Riverside.fm
• Stoa DBA FlipOS
• Whatslly
• Wibiya
• llc.

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  The Peel · 23 Oct 2026 · 1h 35m

  Oren Zeev's $2.7B Solo GP Playbook

  WithOren Zeev

  About this episode

  Oren Zeev runs one of the most successful venture firms in the world. The catch: he has no partners, no associates, holds no investment committee, writes no memos, and has no office. He's a solo GP managing $2.7 billion across 11 funds, an early backer of Audible, Houzz, Chegg, Tipalti, and Navan,… More on the show's page

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  Venture Unlocked · 14 Oct 2026 · 44 min

  Oren Zeev on why to stay small and solo, and the nature of AI investing today.

  WithOren Zeev

  MentionsZeev Ventures

  About this episode

  Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. Welcome back to another episode of Venture Unlocked, the podcast that takes you behind the scenes of the business of venture capital. In this episode, I have the pleasure of… More on the show's page

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  The Twenty Minute VC · 2 Feb 2026 · 1h 8m

  20VC: 50% of Funds Will Go Out of Business | Why Growth Expectations Today are BS and Will Not Last | Why Oren Zeev Takes $0 Management Fees But 30% Carry | Why GPs Should Not Tell LPs Their Strategy

  WithOren Zeev

  About this episode

  Oren Zeev is one of the most prominent solo capitalists in venture. He is one of the most no BS investors of our time. Oren manages over $1BN in AUM and is known for his "radical alignment" approach, often taking $0 in management fees. His track record includes massive successes like Navan,… More on the show's page

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  Venture Unlocked · 14 Jun 2023 · 47 min

  Oren Zeev on scaling to $2B+ in AUM as a solo-GP, contrarian investing, and high founder NPS

  WithOren Zeev

  MentionsZeev Ventures

  About this episode

  Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. We’re pleased to welcome Oren Zeev, Founding Partner at Zeev Ventures.  Without a doubt, Oren is one of the titans in venture investing with nearly 30 years of experience and… More on the show's page

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  The Twenty Minute VC · 23 May 2022 · 44 min

  20VC: Oren Zeev on Raising 3 Funds and $1BN in 12 Months; Why Temporal Diversification is BS, Why Both LPs and GPs are Way Over-Diversified & Why Venture Partnerships are Sub-Optimal and Challenging

  WithOren Zeev

  MentionsApax PartnersZeev Ventures

  About this episode

  Oren Zeev is the Founding Partner @ Zeev Ventures and one of the OGs of solo capitalism. Oren has an incredible portfolio including investments in Audible, Houzz, Chegg, Riverside, Tipalti, TripActions, and Firebolt to name a few. Oren is also very unlike any other VC firm, he does not employ any… More on the show's page

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  The Twenty Minute VC · 29 Jun 2020 · 38 min

  20VC: Oren Zeev on Why Diversification Is Overrated, The Downside of Thematic Investing, Making Quality Decisions In Uncertain Conditions & Why He Has No Reserves Allocation

  WithOren Zeev

  MentionsZeev Ventures

  About this episode

  Oren Zeev is the Founding Partner @ Zeev Ventures , one of the best and most under the radar firms in the early stage Silicon Valley landscape. Over the past decade, Oren has backed the likes of TripActions, Tipalti, Audible, Houzz, Chegg and Hippo Insurance to name a few. Prior to crushing it with… More on the show's page

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  The Twenty Minute VC · 16 Sept 2022 · 39 min

  20VC: From Struggling to Raise Funding to IPOing at Close to $9BN Just Five Years Later; The $8BN Company You Might Not Know | How To Build Large Companies with Small Teams | The Biggest Hiring Lessons and Mistakes with Seba Kanovich, CEO @ dlocal

  MentionsAtlanticGeneral AtlanticOren Zeev

  About this episode

  Seba Kanovich is the CEO @ dlocal , the #1 payments leader with a single solution focused on Latin America and other emerging markets. In June 2021, dlocal raised $617M in their NASDAQ IPO listing valuing the company at nearly $9BN. Before their IPO, dlocal raised from some of the best including… More on the show's page

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  The Official SaaStr Podcast · 3 Aug 2020 · 36 min

  SaaStr 358: Why Ignoring Customer Feedback Can Be Critical To Success, Why Founders Need To Change The Way They Think About LTV and How To Create a Pricing Model That Aligns Your Success To Your Customer's with Chen Amit, Founder & CEO @ Tipalti

  WithChen Amit

  MentionsDan RoseMike ChalfenOren Zeev

  About this episode

  Chen Amit is the Founder & CEO @ Tipalti , the only global payable automation platform that scales with you and now remitting $5Bn annually across 3M suppliers. To date, Chen has raised over $146M with Tipalti from the likes of Oren Zeev, Dan Rose, Mike Chalfen and then Greenspring, Truebridge and… More on the show's page

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  The Twenty Minute VC · 22 May 2020 · 32 min

  20VC: TripActions CEO Ariel Cohen on The Future of Business and Personal Travel & Layoffs; How To Do Them The Right Way & Maintain Company Culture and Morale

  MentionsOren Zeev

  About this episode

  Ariel Cohen is the Founder & CEO @ TripActions , the company trusted by more than 4,000 companies to manage their business travel and expenses. To date, Ariel has raised more than $980M with TripActions from the likes of Lightspeed, Oren Zeev and a16z to name a few. Prior to TripActions, Ariel… More on the show's page

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  The Twenty Minute VC · 9 Apr 2018 · 24 min

  20VC: Why You Have To Raise $100m+ If You Want To Go Big Today, The 5 Fundamentals To Starting and Scaling A Successful Marketplace & Why Female Founders Under-Promise and Over-Deliver with Paul Hsiao, Founding Partner @ Canvas Ventures

  WithPaul Hsiao

  MentionsCanvas VenturesOren ZeevScott Sandell

  About this episode

  Paul Hsiao  is a Founding Partner @  Canvas Ventures , one of Silicon Valley's leading and newer entrants to the Series A scene. At Canvas, Paul has made investments in the likes of Everwise, Fluxx Labs, Roofstock, Thrive Global, Transfix, and Zola. Before founding Canvas, Paul was a partner at… More on the show's page

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  The Twenty Minute VC · 27 Oct 2017 · 22 min

  20VC: Why Decentralisation is Key For Digital Media Distribution, Why Gradual Decentralisation Is The Most Practical Approach and Why Incumbents Are The Biggest Barrier To The Rise of Crypto with Adi Sideman, Founder & CEO @ YouNow

  MentionsVenrockAndy WeissmanDavid PakmanOren Zeev

  About this episode

  Adi Sideman  is the Founder & CEO @  YouNow . Since founding the company in 2011, Adi has grown YouNow to be a global social network with more than 100 million user sessions a month, and creators now producing more than 50,000 hours of original live content each day. They recently released  PROPS… More on the show's page

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