Harmony
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Investors
Founders
About
Harmony is an AI-native enterprise service management (ESM) platform that resolves employee requests across IT, HR, finance, procurement, and legal by deploying conversational AI agents embedded in workplace tools like Slack and Microsoft Teams 12. The company was founded in 2025 by Nitzan Shapira and Ran Ribenzaft, who previously co-founded cloud observability company Epsagon (acquired by Cisco for $500 million in 2021) 23. Harmony aims to build a broader ESM platform spanning infrastructure and operations, enterprise applications, cybersecurity, and ERP 1. On 2026-07-28, Harmony announced a $34 million seed round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners 124.
Disclaimer: This is a lean profile built from initial round coverage and may be expanded as more information becomes available.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-28 | Seed | $34M | Lightspeed Venture Partners | Hitachi Ventures, Fin Capital, Mercer Ventures, Operator Partners, Assaf Rappaport, Ofir Ehrlich 1245 |
What Investors Say
“Harmony is building one of the defining enterprise software platforms of the next decade.”
— Yoni Cheifetz, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, quoted in Pulse 2.0 on the seed round 1
What Founders Say
“Employees shouldn’t have to navigate multiple back-office systems just to get work done.”
— Nitzan Shapira, CEO of Harmony, quoted in Pulse 2.0 on the seed round 1
“We spent three and a half years there and learned how corporations operate at the highest level.”
— Ran Ribenzaft, CTO of Harmony, on the Epsagon experience, quoted in Calcalist on the seed round 2
Sources
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Pulse 2.0, “Harmony Raises $34 Million Seed Round Led By Lightspeed To Scale AI Employee Support Platform,” July 28, 2026. Accessed July 30, 2026. https://pulse2.com/harmony-raises-34-million-seed-round-led-by-lightspeed-to-scale-ai-employee-support-platform/↩↩↩↩↩↩
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Calcalist, “After selling Epsagon to Cisco for $500 million, founders return with AI enterprise startup Harmony,” July 28, 2026. Accessed July 30, 2026. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/sj0nhfurmx↩↩↩↩↩
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AlleyWatch, “The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 7/28/2026,” July 28, 2026. Accessed July 30, 2026. https://www.alleywatch.com/2026/07/the-alleywatch-startup-daily-funding-report-7-28-2026/↩
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citybiz, “Harmony Raises $34 Million Seed Round to Build AI Platform for Enterprise Employee Support,” July 28, 2026. Accessed July 30, 2026. https://www.citybiz.co/article/880250/harmony-raises-34-million-seed-round-to-build-ai-platform-for-enterprise-employee-support/↩↩
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ACCESS Newswire (official announcement), “Harmony Raises $34 Million to Reinvent Employee Experience Powered by AI,” July 28, 2026. Accessed August 2026. https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/computers-technology-and-internet/harmony-raises-34-million-to-reinvent-employee-experience-powered-1193998 — Official press release confirming Lightspeed lead and full institutional/angel participant list including Rappaport and Ehrlich. ↩