Yakir Daniel
About Yakir Daniel
Yakir Daniel is a co-founder of Spot.io, which was originally called Spotinst. Crunchbase lists him as Co-Founder and COO of Spotinst. Press coverage of his 2026 investment describes Spot.io as acquired by NetApp and now part of Flexera.
Crunchbase lists his location as Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel, and his education as a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from The College of Management Academic Studies.
Crunchbase classifies Yakir Daniel as an individual/angel investor with one recorded investment. Tracxn gives the same count and dates the start of his investing to 2022. It describes his focus as high tech and enterprise applications, in Israel. These databases only track disclosed rounds, so his full activity may be larger.
In October 2022 he took part in the seed round of Ask-AI, according to Crunchbase. The round amount is not shown in the public view.
In January 2026 he joined the $6M seed round of Yuki, a data cost optimization startup that emerged from stealth. Hyperwise Ventures led the round, with VelocitX, Tal Ventures and Fresh.fund also participating. Yuki's product, Yuki Fabric, is an AI model that works as a control and automation layer across data infrastructure such as Snowflake, BigQuery and Iceberg-based data lakes.
In the launch coverage he said Yuki is building the control plane for data cost optimization, at a time when AI is making data spend a board-level issue.
The public record points to seed-stage rounds in enterprise software and data or cloud infrastructure, mostly with Israeli teams. This comes from his two disclosed deals and from Tracxn's sector tags. He has not publicly stated a check size or a formal investment thesis that we could find, so none is given here.
- Yuki: data cost optimization platform for AI-era data stacks; he joined its $6M seed round in January 2026, led by Hyperwise Ventures.
- Ask-AI: Israeli AI startup; he invested in its seed round in October 2022. Crunchbase also shows this round under the name Mosaic AI.
Investing activity
Yakir Daniel appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $6M. The most recent is Yuki (Seed, $6M, Jan 2026).
Yakir Daniel most often invests alongside Hyperwise Ventures, VelocitX, Tal Ventures and Fresh Ventures, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Yakir Daniel
Who is Yakir Daniel?
Yakir Daniel is a co-founder of Spot.io (formerly Spotinst), where Crunchbase lists him as COO. He also invests as an angel from Israel.
What AI startups has Yakir Daniel invested in?
Public sources show Ask-AI (seed, October 2022) and Yuki (a $6M seed round, January 2026). Other investments may exist that are not publicly disclosed.
What stage does Yakir Daniel invest in?
His two known AI investments were both seed rounds. He has not publicly described a formal stage policy.
What is Yakir Daniel's check size?
His check size is not public. He did not disclose his amount in the $6M Yuki round.
What does Yakir Daniel look for in a startup?
He has not published a thesis. In the Yuki announcement he pointed to a clear pain point in data infrastructure costs as AI raises data spend. Founders with enterprise infrastructure problems may find the closest fit.
How can founders contact Yakir Daniel?
His public profiles are on LinkedIn and X. Founders with a relevant infrastructure or data product could start with a short, specific message there.
Is Yakir Daniel an angel investor?
Yes. Yakir Daniel invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Yakir Daniel invested in?
Yakir Daniel's AI investments include Yuki. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Yakir Daniel invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Yakir Daniel has invested at Seed, with a median round of $6M.
Who does Yakir Daniel co-invest with?
Yakir Daniel's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Hyperwise Ventures (1 deal), VelocitX (1 deal), Tal Ventures (1 deal) and Fresh Ventures (1 deal).