Vintage Investment Partners Continues to Grow its Investment Team and Appoints Barrel Kfir as Principal

By AIT News Desk On Mar 19, 2021

Vintage Investment Partners, a $2.1B AUM global technology investment firm combining fund-of-funds, secondary funds and direct co-investment funds, announced that Barrel Kfir has joined as Principal.

Most recently, Barrel was Director of Portfolio at Ignite – Intel for Startups. Prior to that, he was a Principal at JVP where he led investments in early-stage companies and acted as a Board Director in companies in Cybersecurity, AI, Cloud, IoT and more. Barrel also brings significant experience through his military service, serving as a Captain at the Technological Unit of the Intelligence Force and the Israeli Ministry of Defense in R&D roles and leading a Cybersecurity focused product team.

Barrel holds a BSc in Computer Science and an MBA from the Technion.

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Alan Feld, Founder and General Partner of Vintage, commented: “We are thrilled to have Barrel at Vintage. We believe that domain expertise is crucial to properly assess primary commitments to venture funds and to conduct due diligence on secondary or primary direct investments. Barrel’s long experience and proven track record in the Cybersecurity and technology infrastructure areas bring additional depth to the Vintage investment team. Moreover, his broad network of relationships in these areas, d***** back to his time in the military, should further expand Vintage’s proprietary deal flow.”

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Barrel added, “I’m excited to join the amazing team at Vintage. I strongly believe that the three investment strategies combined with the Value-Added Services uniquely position Vintage in the market as a great partner for companies, investors and global corporates. I look forward to leveraging my sector and investment experience, working on new deals and helping their portfolio grow.”