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Assaf Rappaport and Merav Bahat. The two worked together at Microsoft’s Israel R&D center, invested in each other’s companies, and are now teaming up on a joint fund | Photos: Netanel Tobias

Portfolio Revealed: The Companies, Investors and Founders Behind Merav Bahat and Assaf Rappaport’s New Fund

Stardust, the fund launched by the founders of Dazz and Wiz, unveils its portfolio companies, including an AI lab it backed at a $1 billion valuation in its seed round. Alongside Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz and Greylock, its backers include Index, Accel and Redpoint, as well as some 20 prominent founders from Israel and Silicon Valley • “Capital is abundant today,” Bahat tells Forbes Israel, “The added value we bring is human capital.”

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