Who founded Velo Labs?

Velo Labs was founded in 2026 by Haim Ateya, who previously spent 6.5 years at Aqua Security, latterly as VP Operations and Chief of Staff to the CEO, and served as COO of a US fintech.

Where is Velo Labs based?

Tel Aviv, Israel. Velo works with early-stage founders in Israel and with Israeli teams building for global markets.

What does Velo Labs do?

Fundraising advisory (readiness, narrative, investor mapping and process), strategic partnership with founders, and venture building with selected founders, supported by the Velo platform, a map of more than 500 funds and 1,400 companies.

Does Velo Labs guarantee investment or introductions?

No. No one can guarantee a round. Velo introduces founders only where there is a real relationship and a real fit.

About Velo Labs and Haim Ateya, Velo Labs

In short: Velo Labs is a Tel Aviv-based founder advisory and venture-building firm, founded in 2026 by Haim Ateya. We work with early-stage founders on fundraising readiness, investor mapping, the investment narrative and the company-building decisions behind them, and we partner with selected founders on venture building. Since founding Velo, Haim has met more than 150 founding teams and dozens of investors across the Israeli ecosystem.

Haim Ateya, founder

Haim is a technologist who moved into the business side of companies. He has nearly two decades in technology, working alongside CEOs and executive teams at companies with more than $100M in ARR and 650+ employees, including an R&D organization of more than 250 engineers.

Aqua Security, 6.5 years.Led R&D operations, then served as VP Operations and Chief of Staff to the CEO.
COO of a US fintech.Ran operations for a consumer fintech company for about a year and a half.
Velo Labs, founder.Founded Velo in 2026 to improve the odds for early-stage founders.
Mentor.Mentors founders at the StarBust accelerator.

Find Haim on LinkedIn.

What we do

Fundraising advisory.Readiness, narrative and deck, investor mapping, and running the process. How it works.
Strategic partnership.Ongoing work with founders on the decisions that shape the company. How it works.
Venture building.Partnering with selected early-stage founders.
The Velo platform.We built a continuously updated map of more than 500 funds and 1,400 companies and the relationships between them. It sits behind every engagement. See the platform.

How we work

Honest about readiness.Some of our most useful conversations end with not yet, and what to build first.
The founder leads.At pre-seed and seed, founders lead every investor conversation. We work on preparation, the map and the process.
Introductions only where they are real.We introduce founders only where there is a genuine relationship and a genuine fit.
No promised outcomes.No one can guarantee a round, and we do not.
Open knowledge.We publish what we learn in our guides to fundraising in Israel, in English and Hebrew.

What founders say

Haim brought structure to our process and sharpened our go-to-market focus.

Haim helped me sharpen my focus and see the venture through an investor's lens. He brings experience, clear thinking, and real value to founders.

Haim enters a complex situation, understands the people and business quickly, reframes the real problem, connects dots others missed, and creates movement.

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