Shmuel Chafets is General Partner at Target Global, a multinational Venture Capital firm with over $500m under management with offices in San Francisco, Berlin, Moscow and most recently, Tel-Aviv. He is also the Chairman and Co-Founder at SAM, an IoT Cyber Security company.
Prior to joining Target Global, Shmuel was a Partner at the Berlin based Hasso Plattner Ventures, where he invested in companies such as iZettle and Hansoft and served as a Board member in DreamLines and reBuy. Prior to that, Shmuel was a partner at Giza Venture Capital in Tel Aviv where he invested in companies such as Soluto (sold to Asurion), Vishal.ly and other early stage internet ventures.
Together with Giza, Shmuel founded GPV, a pioneering Warsaw based Venture Fund, where he also lead investment pertaining to internet and software. Shmuel was also co-founder of LocaLoco (sold to Say Media Group), a social gaming start up, targeting emerging markets.
Shmuel started his career as strategic consultant at GCS and a consultant for several members of the Israeli parliament and government.
