Welcome Yossi Hayut, Managing Director at Wix Ventures, on this episode of 🔥 The Lantern 🔥
Wix Ventures is the Pre-Seed and Seed VC arm of Wix.com, writing first checks and backing exceptional Founders, where Wix can add real value as a distribution partner, design partner, or both.
🗺️ What’s Wix Ventures building in 2026? 🗺️
Yossi and the team are launching Foundry by Wix Ventures.
This program is a compressed, hands-on accelerator for early-stage Founders..and coming to Boston!
They’ll be holding 4 batches across Boston, New York, Tel Aviv, and SF and the very first one launches in Boston on April 11th and 12th.
Foundry includes 2 full days of product sprints with Wix’s Head of Product, Head of Design, Head of UX, and Marketing leadership.
They’ll be sharing the exact frameworks used to build and ship products for 300+ million users globally. Plus they’ll include credits for Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Cloudflare, etc.
Applications are open now through March 22nd!
If you’re an early-stage Founder in Boston, you should really consider this program!
🤔 What has Yossi learned from building Wix Ventures? 🤔
Start building. Don’t wait to get to 100%. Get it in front of people, close the feedback loop fast, and iterate from there.
Yossi sees too many Founders sitting on ideas without shipping. Everyone can build now!
The builders who win are the ones who put it out in the world, listen, and keep moving.
🤝 How can we help Wix Ventures grow in Boston? 🤝
Yossi went to MIT. He knows Boston has the talent and he believes Boston Founders have the curiosity and drive to build world-class companies. He also sees a gap in Product, UX, and Go-to-Market knowledge that Foundry is specifically designed to fill.
Support Wix Ventures by spreading the word about Foundry and connecting early-stage Founders who are ready to level up their product.
The Lantern is brought to you by MGMT Boston & Invest Northern Ireland – Americas this month.