Daniel Recanati

Daniel Recanati is the founder and CEO of Rhodium, a private investment firm based in Herzliya, Israel. He is also a co-founder and General Partner at Earth & Beyond Ventures, a deep-tech fund that works to scale science-based innovations into global markets. He holds an LLB and a BA in Business Administration from Reichman University (formerly IDC Herzliya).

Before and alongside Rhodium he built and ran several companies. His NFX Signal profile lists him as co-founder of Barbarella (2001 to 2005) and Executive Vice President at Harel-Hertz Investment House (2006 to 2007). It also lists him as a partner at GlenRock Group. PitchBook credits him as a co-founder of BestTV and a co-founder and chairman of the music-video AR app Blin.gy. He also co-founded Apple Seeds Academy, an Israeli society for advancing the information age. Crunchbase counts four companies founded.

He sits on the board of Israel Acquisitions Corp, according to Equilar and Bloomberg-style profiles. Equilar also lists him on the board of Ogen, a nonprofit that offers interest-free and low-interest loans. His Crunchbase bio says he is engaged in philanthropy and social impact work focused on education, technology access and social mobility.

Crunchbase lists 12 personal investments in 12 portfolio companies, 1 as lead investor, and 7 exits, 1 of them by IPO. Other databases count differently: PitchBook shows 4 investments as an angel, and NFX Signal shows 29 on record. Treat the exact totals as approximate.

His early angel history is in consumer internet and ad tech. NFX Signal lists him as a seed investor and board member at Face.com from 2009 to 2012 and a board observer at Hashable from 2008 to 2012. Wellfound lists board roles at Yotpo (2013 to 2016), ZooZ, Rounds and Face.com. NFX Signal also records follow-on participation in Yotpo's Series D in November 2017 and ZooZ rounds from a November 2011 seed through a 2016 Series C. More recently, Crunchbase shows his latest investment as the QuamCore seed round, and NFX Signal dates that round to March 2025.

Rhodium's Crunchbase description names AI infrastructure among its focus areas, alongside semiconductors, quantum computing, robotics, space and energy. Daniel's own bio also lists AI for good as a category. Equilar's biography says he has founded and invested in ventures across sectors including fintech, foodtech, cyber, AI, digital media and e-commerce.

The clearest named AI company in his record is LitiGate, which Startup Nation Central describes as an AI-powered litigation platform. It lists seed rounds in January 2019 ($1.5M) and December 2019 ($3.5M). He is also listed with Frequants, a quantitative investment management platform, in January 2021. Public sources do not show a larger set of dedicated AI investments, so founders should not assume AI is his sole focus.

Rhodium describes itself as a private investment firm that invests primarily at pre-seed and seed, with a strong focus on Israeli startups. Listed areas include AI infrastructure, semiconductors, quantum computing, robotics, space and energy. Daniel's bio adds deep tech, space, AI for good, and digital and consumer innovation. Rhodium's LinkedIn page lists climate tech and food tech as well.

Earth & Beyond Ventures is an early-stage fund for deep tech. Its Crunchbase profile names sensors, optics and photonics, quantum computing, advanced materials, nanotech, semiconductors, new space and new energy. At its 2023 launch, FinSMEs reported a $125M fund with check sizes of $0.5M to $2M at seed and pre-seed. Those figures describe the fund, not Daniel's personal angel checks.

Daniel has not published a personal check size that we found. Third-party databases give estimates: NFX Signal shows a $50K to $5.0M range with a $500K sweet spot, and Startup Nation Central shows $100K to $1.5M. These are aggregator estimates, not statements from him. Startup Nation Central also shows him as a follow-on or co-investor in rounds, with no lead share recorded in its data.

• QuamCore: quantum processor architecture. Startup Nation Central lists a pre-seed in September 2023, and NFX Signal lists a $9M seed in March 2025.
• Helios: lunar-oxygen research turned into a lower-emission steel production method. NFX Signal lists a May 2022 seed round.
• Yo Egg: seed round in May 2022, with Crunchbase listing him as lead investor.
• Solutum Technologies: biodegradable and recyclable alternative to single-use plastic packaging. Seed investor in 2019 and 2020, and board observer.
• LitiGate: AI-powered litigation platform. Seed rounds in 2019.
• Verisart: seed round in October 2019, per NFX Signal.
• Frequants: quantitative investment management platform. Listed in January 2021, and he is a board member per PitchBook.
• Sharegain: securities lending marketplace. Listed in a November 2018 round and a $64M round in February 2022.
• Yotpo: e-commerce marketing platform. Board member from 2013 to 2016 and participant in the 2017 Series D.
• ZooZ: seed investor from November 2011 and board member, with follow-on rounds through 2016.

• crunchbase.com/person/daniel-recanati
• crunchbase.com/organization/rhodium
• crunchbase.com/organization/earth-beyond-ventures
• signal.nfx.com/investors/daniel-recanati
• pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/156499-39
• finder.startupnationcentral.org/investor_page/daniel-recanati
• finsmes.com/2023/02/earth-beyond-ventures-launches-with-125m.html
• people.equilar.com/bio/person/daniel-recanati-fusion/24214891