s headquarters in yokneam type technological incubator industry venture capital founded 1997 ; 19 years ago 1997 headquarters yokneam israel key people haim eliash ceo ; noam kaiser investment manager ; yair gurvitz investment manager products investments website www.naiot.com naiot venture accelerator is a technological incubator engaged in early seed startup investments . it is based in yokneam israel . naiot is a full subsidiary of the ofer hi tech group the venture capital investment arm of the ofer brothers group . naiot invests and creates value by providing management as well as the human and financial resources required to nurture seeds concept into sustainable companies . investment portfolio focuses primary on medical devices along with information technology enterprise software and web applications . naiot screens over 350 project applications every year from which it invests in 4 to 6 new projects annually with 500k 1m invested in each project . the investments is leveraged through an agreement with the israeli chief scientist s office and the ocs technology incubation programs tip . contents 1 history 2 awards 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit since its foundation in 1997 naiot has launched over 60 companies which have raised over 300m in funding . 80 % of the companies that have graduated up until today raised funds of 500 000 or more . 1 naiot s varied deal flow origins include entrepreneurs who approach naiot with their innovative projects as well as strategic alliances formed with medical and academic tech transfers vcs and it and medical market leaders . successful graduates of the naiot venture accelerator include cardiovascular balloon developer angioslide biofunctional ingredients supplements company enzymotec ltd. 2 corassist cardiovascular ltd. catheter device developer endocross ltd. retractor maker ez surgical ltd. stem cell company multi gene vascular systems ltd. mgvs rimon medical ltd. which was sold to boston scientific for 135 million 3 and mentorwave quiksee which was acquired by google . 4 awards edit naiot has been the winner of best israeli technology incubator award seven times of which five years were in a row for its distinguished achievements in promoting early stage ventures . 5 see also edit list of business incubators references edit naiot incubator boasts 80 % success rate globes enzymotec raises 63.5 m in nasdaq ipo . israel high tech & investment report . october 2013 . naiot incubator boasts 80 % success rate globes google buying second israeli startup quiksee haaretz september 13 2010 globes daily financial newspaper review of naiot venture accelerator external links edit naiot venture accelerator website ofer group website naiot venture accelerator profile crunchbase website israeli technological incubators website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title naiot venture accelerator & oldid 740282950 categories venture capital firmsinvestment companies of israelbusiness incubators of israel navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 september 2016 at 03 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view