Investors backing Israeli tech.

Gil Hirsch is an angel investor. Gil has over ten years of experience in software architecture, product and general management in computer technology. Before co-founding face.com, Gil held multiple R&D, Product and Sales executive roles at Amdocs, Xacct Technologies and Telrad Networks. Gil is also the co-founder of the garage geeks community in Israel to drive non-commercial innovation activities.

Alex Bouaziz co-founded Deel in 2018 where he now currently serves as chief executive officer. Earlier in his career, Alex has helped build startups such as Sarona Ventures, Lifeslice, and Cryptofighters. Alex is an MIT alumnus holding a master's degree in civil and environmental engineering. He also holds a BSc in civil and environmental engineering from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

Assaf Rappaport is the Co-Founder and CEO of Wiz. He previously worked at Microsoft as a General Manager, at Microsoft Israel R and D. Assaf Rappaport attended Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

Investor active in the Israeli technology ecosystem at Aquamarine Fund.

Investor active in the Israeli technology ecosystem.

Investor active in the Israeli technology ecosystem.

Technology entrepreneur and investor with more than 20 years of experience. Over the years he participated as a founder, top manager, or investor in many startups in USA and Israel. Sergey has a lot of experience across such sectors as software development, VoIP, cybersecurity, digital health, finance, and others. Today Sergey is an investor, board member, or mentor in several startups across US and Israel.

Adam is widely regarded as one of the top investors in Israel with experience investing across the technology stack. Managing Bessemer’s Israel office since 2007, Adam has invested in more than 30 Israeli startups and several European startups, a third of which were pre-product at the time of his initial investment. With more than 21 M&A and IPO exits over his career, he has also been recognized as one of the top investors. Adam’s life experiences–like his investments–are uniquely global. Born in South Africa, Adam was raised and educated in the US, where he studied at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Before joining Bessemer, he spent nine years at Jerusalem Venture Partners, where he was a partner in their New York, Jerusalem, and Beijing offices.

As a career institutional investor, Addie spent the prior decade at General Catalyst, General Atlantic, and Goldman Sachs’s Special Situations Group. At these firms, she helped to deploy over $450M across eighteen investments in fintech, consumer internet, and software companies spanning North America, Europe, and Israel.

Adi Levanon is part of the investments team at FinTech Collective, an NYC based Venture Capital fund focused exclusively on financial services technology companies. Previously, Adi was involved in the Israeli tech and VC industry, with a myriad of experience on both the investment side along with business and legal operations. Adi’s experience includes working as an Associate at Rhodium, a family office located in Tel Aviv and Palo Alto, focusing on early stage startups in the digital media, internet and consumer mobile spaces. She has consulted and mentored Israeli startups that have been accepted to international accelerator programs and pitch competitions. Prior to such, Adi joined prominent Israeli Venture Capital fund Carmel Ventures, where she helped carry out Marcom & IR efforts. Additionally, Adi was Legal Counsel at Conduit, Israel’s first Internet startup reaching a $1.5B valuation, and was later promoted to Head of Compliance, where she managed a team of engineers and analysts.

Amit is a partner in Bessemer’s Israel office where he focuses on investments in the region and throughout Europe. Prior to venture capital, Amit was a senior associate in McKinsey & Company, advising companies on projects related to technology strategy. Earlier in his career, Amit was a developer and then Product Manager at an e-commerce search and merchandising solutions startup Mercado, now part of Adobe Software. Amit holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Technion, the Israel Institute of Technology.

Dror led the firm’s investments in: Eikon Therapeutics, which employs revolutionary single molecule imaging technology to discover novel treatments for life-threatening diseases; Fabric, which is leveraging robotics to re-architect the supply chain; Vicarious Surgical, which applies robotics and virtual reality to minimally invasive surgeries; Atom Computing, which is building scalable quantum computers out of individual atoms; and Gatik, which is developing self-driving solutions for urban logistics — to name a few. Dror earned an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BS in Computer Science, and graduated undergrad cum laude from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev for computer science and bioinformatics. Prior to earning his MBA, Dror held various R&D roles at NICE Systems (Nasdaq: NICE) and was part of an elite Special Forces unit of the Israeli Defense Forces.

Since joining CRV in 1997, Izhar has built an impressive portfolio of startups and successful exits.Prior to joining CRV, Izhar was vice president of marketing at Onyx Interactive, a computer-based training company in Israel. Izhar's past portfolio investments include Aveksa (acquired by EMC in 2013), Vlingo (acquired by Nuance in 2012), Performable (acquired by Hubspot in 2011), iSkoot (acquired by Qualcomm in 2010), Conduit Labs (acquired by Zynga in 2010), Yantra (acquired by Sterling Commerce in 2005), iPhrase Technologies (acquired by IBM Corporation in 2005), ThinQ (acquired by Saba Software in 2005), Guardent (acquired by VeriSign in 2003), Oberon Software (acquired by OnDisplay in 2000), and iBasis (IPO in 1999).For fun, Izhar races off-road rally cars in long distance races in the Sahara and Atacama deserts.

Joel Cutler is the Co-Founder and Managing Director at General Catalyst Partners. Prior to co-founding General Catalyst Partners, Joel (together with David Fialkow) co-founded and operated numerous businesses focused on leveraging technology and high standards of customer care for the travel, information services, specialty retail, consumer direct marketing, and payment processing industries. These businesses included: National Leisure Group, one of the largest leisure travel technology and distribution companies in the U.S.; Retail Growth ATM Systems (sold to PNC Bank), a national ATM and interactive network provider; and Starboard Cruise Services (sold to LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Inc.), the operator of more than 300 duty-free retail stores on 100 cruise ships and owner of the Miami and Ft. Lauderdale Airport duty-free stores, where Joel served as Chairman and CEO. As a Managing Director and Co-Founder of General Catalyst Partners, Joel invests in both new and existing technology businesses. Joel's areas of special interest include all aspects of information technology products and services, consumer internet/mobile, e-commerce and online travel. Joel’s selected investments include AirBnB, Blade Networks, Cadre, Chloe + Isabel, Couchsurfing, Evolv Technology, Fancy, Handybook, Oscar Insurance, Reinvent Commerce, Room 77, Sabre, Trover, Veloce, Viajanet, Warby Parker and Wildcard. Joel's past investments include GroupMe (acquired by Skype in August 2011), ITA Software (acquired by Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) in April 2011), GameLogic (acquired by Scientific Games Corp. (NASDAQ: SGMS) in August 2010), Jumptap (acquired by Millennial Media (NYSE: MM) in November 2013), (KAYAK (acquired by Priceline.com Inc (NASDAQ: PCLN) in May 2013), OLX (acquired by Naspers Limited (JSE: NPN) in August 2010), Reveal Imaging (acquired by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) in August 2010) and Venmo (acquired by Braintree in August 2012, which was acquired by eBay in September 2013). He is based in the firm’s Cambridge office. Joel also serves on the boards at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Children’s Hospital Boston, Former Board Member of The Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, Former Board Member of Buckingham, Browne and Nichols School, Overseer of The Boys & Girls Club of Boston, Overseer at Colby College. Joel is a graduate of Colby College and Boston College Law School.

Founder and CEO of Taykey until its acquisition by Innovid (NYSE:CTV) Before founding Taykey, Amit served in various engineering and product functions at an elite intelligence unit at the IDF. Prior to that, Amit built one of the world’s first meta-search engines at the age of 14, WittySearch, and completed his computer science degree at The Open University of Israel whilst attending high-school An active angel investor, Amit has invested in multiple technology startups in the US and Israel, including Plaid, ByHeart, Voca.AI, NYM Health, Custodia, Nirvana Health, Tropic and Runwise

Dovi Frances is an Israeli-American venture capitalist and the Founding Partner of Group 11, a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm dedicated to supporting disruptive Israeli-related software companies from their inception through their global expansion. Over the course of his career, Frances has strategically invested over $600 million in software companies that have gone on to become some of Silicon Valley's most innovative and disruptive financial technology software platforms, including Tipalti, Navan (fka TripActions), Next Insurance, Sunbit, HomeLight, and Masterschool, to name a few. Frances is the youngest member to ever be elected to the Board of Governors of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and serves on the Steering Committee of the Israel Collaboration Network (ICON). Prior to launching Group 11 in 2012, Frances spent nearly a decade in the financial services industry. He launched and managed an independent financial advisory firm, and also served as Vice President at Deutsche Bank AG Private Bank (NYSE: DB). He currently serves on the boards of Tipalti, HomeLight, Sunbit, Masterschool, EquityBee, Lili, Venn, Sorbet, BridgeWise, and Healthee. He is also an Advisor to Navan (fka TripActions). Frances earned his Bachelor’s degree from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and went on to earn his MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management. Frances was born in Holon, Israel in 1978. He moved to California in 2006 and currently resides in Brentwood, Los Angeles with his wife Roni Eshel, Israel’s former surf champion, and two children.

Eric is a Founding Partner of Vine Ventures based in NYC. Prior to Vine, Eric was a Founding Partner at Sinai Ventures. Previously, Eric has been an investor with Israel's largest venture capital firm, Pitango, as well as Insight Venture Partners, a $16 billion software and internet investor based in New York City. As an operator, Eric served as Head of Corporate Development at Dynamic Yield, leading strategic partnerships, channel sales, and fundraising. Most recently, he worked as Head of Strategy at Newell Brands, a $16 billion consumer products conglomerate, within the XO division, focusing on IoT and digital innovation.

Fiona is a seasoned venture capitalist and capital markets investor, whose investment, strategy, fund management and fundraising experience spans over two decades, in Israel and Internationally. Fiona currently serves as founder and managing partner of Sunvest Capital Partners, which aims to identify investments, primarily resulting from liquidity-driven private equity opportunities, at both the technology company and portfolio level. Previously Fiona served for over 13 years as General Partner at leading international venture capital fund JVP (Jerusalem Venture Partners), overseeing numerous portfolio investments, ranging from seed to publicly listed and unicorn companies, as well as fundraising many of the groups successful early and growth-oriented funds. Ahead of this Fiona held a number of executive roles with leading Israeli NYSE-listed investment conglomerate, Koor Industries, as well as served as a founding member of the first Israeli corporate VC – Koor CVC. Repeatedly recognized as one of the most influential women in Israel, Fiona is an angel investor, a mentor to numerous aspiring professionals and sits on the Boards of Directors of numerous not for profit initiatives throughout Israel. Fiona holds a BA in Finance and IT and an Executive MBA from the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management.

Heads up NFX Israel and is widely known as one of the most prolific investors in the region. Gigi has founded several startups, including Playtika (NASDAQ: PLTK), Beach Bum (acquired by Voodoo), InceptionVR, Ridge, and others. Former pilot in the Israeli Air Force.

Previously ran Bayes Ventures and was a VP at Activate Venture Partners. Active Angel Investor Looks at North American companies for direct investment with a small allocation for Europe and Israel in specific domains of interest (data, developer first, and devops) Does not invest in B2C companies unless they are in categories I know super well.

Early stage technology investing experience in USA, India, Israel and South East Asia Led successful investments in Waze (acquired by Google) and Validity Sensors (acquired by Synaptics) Led investments in the areas of mobile video, mobile internet, e-Commerce, cloud, analytics, semiconductors, biometrics, multi mode user interfaces, consumer devices and mobile social media Entrepreneurial and professional networks across Silicon Valley, Southern California, India, Israel and South East Asia Operational experience including running engineering organizations and product marketing roles in multiple startups

Krishna founded REMUS while a scrappy, entrepreneurial undergrad at MIT – first in a dorm room, then from a basement – in 2008 when the world was in recession. The original foundation of REMUS remains at the forefront: partnering with visionary rebels to build (not bet on) technology businesses rewiring entire industries.Krishna partners with entrepreneurs applying AI to enterprise or helping modernize the healthcare system. Krishna has helped many of these companies build powerful foundations (from $0M to $15M+ in revenues) and has regularly added trajectory-changing value to his companies over the course of a decade, much as he has done with REMUS itself. He is always focused on “building to last.”Prior to REMUS, Krishna spent time at McKinsey & Company and JP Morgan, where he helped several Fortune 100 clients on billion-dollar tech deals. He has a broad set of intellectual interests: he’s conducted chemistry research at the University of Chicago and the Weizmann Institute in Israel, produced a film on English ancient history used at Cambridge and Oxford, and competed as a finalist at the USA Mathematics Olympiad.

Meir is a Partner at MoreVC and his investment activities are focused on energy technology, cyber security, and smart grid technologies. He currently represents the firm on the boards of Claroty, Lumos Global, Grid4C and oversees ICV's investment in Gro Intelligence. Previously Meir served as CFO of Sentry Technology Group Inc., an Israeli-US startup. From 2000 to 2004, he worked at SG Cowen, a leading technology and healthcare investment bank, initially as an investment banker working on public and private equity offerings and M&A transactions, and subsequently as a Vice President and research analyst covering defense and industrial technology companies. Meir began his venture capital career in the mid 1990's, working together with Glen Schwaber at Jerusalem Global Ltd., an Israeli merchant bank and consulting practice that was a leading player in the early days of Israel's venture industry. He led the angel financing of QXL Ltd., an investment which generated the highest IRR in the firm's history. He also led - together with Glen - the structuring of a joint venture between Jerusalem Global and CDC, Taiwan's largest investment bank. Meir holds a B.A., from Columbia College in Political Science and East Asian Studies. Meir also served as an officer in one of the elite technology units of the Israeli Defense Forces.

Tal Slobodkin is a Managing Partner at StageOne Ventures, focusing on seed and early stage investments in innovative Israeli information and communication technology start-ups. Previously, Tal led Cisco's Corporate Development activities in Israel and Russia. In this role, he was responsible for setting and executing Cisco’s acquisition and venture capital investment strategy in these regions. Tal managed Cisco’s venture capital portfolio in Israel and was an active participant on the board of directors for a number of portfolio companies. In addition, Tal led all Israeli-related portions of Cisco’s acquisitions in Israel, including the $5bn acquisition of NDS (2012) and $475mm acquisition of Intucell Systems (2013). Previously at Cisco, Tal managed Cisco’s world wide Smart Grid corporate development activities. He was a driving force in defining Cisco’s Smart Grid strategy, and led the acquisition of Arch Rock as well as Cisco’s investment in Grid Net and Control4. Prior to joining Cisco in 2008, Tal was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs where he was a member of the Technology, Media and Telecom team in New York City. Before, Tal had served as a Captain in the Elite Technology Unit of the Israeli Intelligence Corp. Tal holds an MBA with honors from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of the Talpiot Military Academy (B.Sc. in Math, Physics and Computer Science).

Investor active in the Israeli technology ecosystem.

Investor active in the Israeli technology ecosystem.

Investor active in the Israeli technology ecosystem at Israel Defense Forces.

Investor active in the Israeli technology ecosystem.

Previously, he served as Vice President for Global Business Development at SAP and held advisory and operating roles at Deloitte and House of Blues. founder and chairman of the Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Chicago and serves on the global board of the HBS Alumni Angels Association. co-authored the Harvard Business School case: “Rising from the Ashes – The Emergence of Chicago’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem” served on Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s technology and economic development delegations to Boston, London, Israel, Tokyo, and Beijing and serves on the board of the Illinois Venture Capital Association. founder of Chicago’s Stage 773 Theater, a Chicago-based performing arts center and incubator.

Andrew Gluck started his career as a reporter on the crime beat and in Clearwater, FL. He later became the ghost-writer of a syndicated AICPA newspaper column, covered Wall Street for The New York Daily News for many years, and eventually earned his own Sunday finance column there in 1986. After his daughter was born, Gluck wrote long-form financial planning stories for Worth, and regular monthly articles for the Dow Jones Investment Advisor. He founded Advisor Products in 1996, originally as the The Fee-Only Client Newsletter. In 1997, Gluck partnered with technology expert Steve Gordonson and started AdvisorSites, which eventually became Advisor Products. API provides websites, financial content, enewsletters, videos and social content to over 1,600 independent financial planning and investment firms. API also partners with prominent thought leaders like Fritz Meyer, Dr. Craig Israelsen, and Robert Keebler, CPA/PFS, to offer our clients detailed analysis and information in the form of webinars, presentations and videos. In October 2008, Gluck started giving educational webinars for financial advisors, which lead to the creation of Advisors4Advisors. The site provides thought leadership for financial planning professionals in the form of continuing professional education, accredited by CFP Board, IWI, and NASBA. A4A offers unlimited continuing professional education for CFPs, CPAs, CIMAs, ChFCs, CLUs, EAs, and other designations for financial advice professionals 24/7 for $10 a month. More than 1400 advisors are A4A members.