Ilan Stein

About

Ilan Stein is an Associate at Viola Growth, having joined in November 2024. Recently, in January 2026, Ilan Stein was promoted to Principal at Viola Growth. **Background and Experience:** * Ilan has over six years of investment banking experience, assisting companies in achieving their strategic goals through M&A and public market transactions across various sectors and sizes. * Prior to Viola, Ilan worked at Goldman Sachs as an investment banking associate in the Israel office, where he advised Israeli and international companies on M&A, equity, and debt transactions. * Earlier in his career, he worked at KPMG as a Manager on the Investment Banking team, advising Israeli companies on M&A transactions, and as a Financial Planning and Analysis analyst at PeerSpot. * He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). * He holds a BA in Accounting & International Relations from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an MBA from Tel Aviv University. * Ilan served as an officer (Major Res.) in the IDF combat engineering corps, training special forces in explosives and demolition. **Viola Ventures:** * Ilan Stein is currently associated with Viola Growth, which has over $1 billion in assets under management and is investing out of its fourth fund. * Viola Growth has made over 40 investments to date, including companies like Similarweb, Guesty, Bringg, Buildots, and Chargeflow. * Viola Ventures is focused on early-stage startups in Israel, specifically Seed, A, and som