StartUp Nation Ventures (SUNV), a portfolio company of Orlando-based private equity firm Merging Traffic Inc.,is a global, crowd-backed equity investment platform that funds and partners with early-stage Israeli and global tech companies. SUNV helps to grow, build, influence, and engageguiding well-vetted, change-making startups through expansion to the U.S. market. The platform offers strategic, operational, and financial supportincluding alliances with channel partners, to drive immediate opportunities for acceleration, execution, and risk reduction. SUNV seeks companies with a minimal viable product or working prototype and the potential, with their help, to reach market readiness within six months. SUNV is affiliated with the Israel Innovation Authority (MATIMOP), the Israeli Incubators Network, and the Israeli Industry Center for R&D. SUNV invests up to $500,000 of their own capital and invites crowd investorsthrough Merging Traffic and Florida Angel Nexusto participate under the same terms. The platform supports qualified, early-stage startups by securing primary funding, then further investing to lead future rounds. In March 2019, SUNV has launched a $25M fund and partnered with the Israel Innovation Authority to vet and select candidate companies for investment.