Investors backing Israeli tech.

Andrey Nayman, Ph.D., CEO and Co-Founder of Magic Square, a cutting-edge web3 app store, is a prominent figure in the tech industry known for his focus on innovation and leadership. Previously, he was Managing Director at Radical Ventures, a top venture capital firm in Israel, and began his career with 7.5 years at Final, a global leader in Algo-Trading.

Ariel Assaraf is the Chief Executive Officer at Coralogix. He attended Open University of Israel.

Asaf is the Chief Executive Officer of Minute Media, parent company of 90min. Asaf founded 90min in 2011as FTBpro. Since then, 90min has grown to be the world’s largest football media platform, driven by a contributor-driven model, and has expanded the brand throughout Europe, North America, South America and Asia. Asaf is involved in all aspects of Minute Media’s growth and operations, from product development to marketing and content. Prior to 90min, Asaf was the founder and Chief Marketing Officer at Top 7 International and also spent four years at Cisco Systems Israel where he was responsible for business development in the Israeli market. Asaf has a M.B.A. from The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania and a bachelors of arts from Tel Aviv University. He resides in London and his favorite team is the San Antonio Spurs.

Avi warshavsky is the founder of MindCET. Took part in founding and developing innovative initiatives in the field of digital books, and the creator of new technology-driven educational environments. Among other roles, he was part of the founding team of the Mikranet and Kotar platforms. Worked in instruction, development and management in the field of educational technology for leading organizations in Israel, and served as the Director of CET’s Humanities and Social Studies Department. MA in Philosophy and Humanities (Talmud, History, Bible) from Tel Aviv University.

Aviad Almagor is the Vice President of Technology Innovation at Trimble. In 2017 Aviad was selected by NR as one of the most influential people in augmented reality technology. Aviad specializes in a deeply frustrating though highly rewarding domain - introducing and implementing emerging technologies in enterprise markets - not a job for the faint-hearted. His role requires flexible stubbornosity, knowledgeable ignorancy, acrobatics, and mental agility. Aviad holds an MBA degree from Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, and a B.Arch degree from the Israeli Institute of Technology.

Barron is an Associate at General Catalyst Partners, where he focuses on investments in early-stage technology businesses. His areas of special interest include mobile technologies and internet investments. He is based in the firm’s Palo Alto office. Prior to joining GC, Barron helped launch a consumer products brand, 21 Drops, and worked as an engineering intern at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. Barron is a graduate of the University of Southern California, earning a B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering. If you think Barron’s background can help you develop an early stage idea, or grow a more mature business, Submit Your Idea to him after reading our Elements of a Strong Business Plan.

Boaz is a seasoned venture capital investor, with experience dating back to the early days of venture capital in Israel. He joined Evergreen venture partners in 1996 and was personally responsible for some of fund’s most significant exits including Exalink (Acquired by Comverse), P-cube (Acquired by Cisco), Dune Networks (Acquired by Broadcom), Aeroscout (Acquired by Stanley Black & Decker), Metalink (IPO), BigBand (IPO), AVT (IPO) and Envara (Acquired by Intel). As Managing Partner, Boaz led Evergreen’s activities together with Erez Shachar.Boaz combines deep-dive analysis and strategic business thinking and prior to Evergreen was Director of Business Development and Marketing of M-Systems (NASDAQ: FLSH) where he built and scaled the sales and marketing infrastructure in Europe and Asia. Before M-Systems, he was a senior consultant at POC, one of Israel’s leading management consulting firms working with many of Israel’s leading technology companies. Boaz is currently involved in the following companies: JFrog, Signals Analytics, Appsflyer, MinuteMedia, Boaz earned a B.Sc from the Technion in Electrical Engineering, and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.

Bob Israel is the Co-Founder and former Co-CEO of Aspect Ratio. When the agency was sold in 1999, it had grown into Bob Israelthe largest movie marketing agency in Entertainment. Since then, he has continued to invest in and advise other successful marketing companies. Bob also has been involved as a producer of several feature films. Among them are the box office smash Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, which helped launch Jim Carrey’s film career, and the cult classic, Bachelor Party, which helped audiences discover Tom Hanks. From 2000-2008 Bob was the Executive Producer of The Hollywood Reporter’s Movie Marketing Awards, the Key Arts. He is currently a member of the Motion Picture Academy and a member of the Executive Committee of the Academy’s PR branch. Bob is also a former Chairman of the Board (and current Vice Chair) for A Place Called Home, a safe haven for underserved youth, and the former Vice Chairman of the Westland School in Los Angeles.

David Gonen is the Co-Founder of ShowKit, Powtoon. He attended Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

David J. Freschman, a leading voice of emerging business, is one of the most highly regarded and influential venture capitalists in the nation. With over 20 years of expertise in the venture and early stage businesses, David’s work ranges from his head position at Innovation Capital Advisors, LLC., to single handedly guiding 30+ portfolio companies to financial stability and smart investment funding. Presently, David is the Managing Principal of Innovation Capital Advisors, LLC., (ICA), a management company for two leading Mid Atlantic based venture capital firms, Innovation Ventures LP and The Delaware Innovation Fund. Under his tutelage, ICA has become a leading early-stage venture capital management firm investing in rapidly growing businesses across the country. In addition, David is the founder and chairman of Early Stage East, the largest venture conference for promising young companies on the East Coast, ARC Angel Fund, the leading member managed and fastest growing angel fund based in NYC, and FashInvest, the first global platform bringing together fashion-based start-ups with leading investors and critical advisors. David began his career as a CPA and was responsible in 1990 for the formation of the corporate finance advisory division of one of the largest certified public accounting and consulting firms in Delaware (now part of BDO) where he advised hundreds of emerging companies in the region. He began his career with the Enterprise Group of the Philadelphia office of Arthur Andersen, LLP, from 1984 to 1990. David has served on various boards of directors of companies including Foxfire Printing and Packaging, Business Intelligence International, Skill Survey, Smart Button, Sidecar Technologies, Careerminds, Magnify.net, Weather Trends 360, and Maverick Network Solutions, among others. He is also dedicated to his community, having served on the boards of the Kutz Nursing Home, New Castle County Chamber of Commerce, Junior Achievement of Delaware, Delaware Society of CPA’s, and the American Israel Chamber of Commerce, among others. David is an active speaker and lecturer in the venture capital and emerging business communities at leading universities and conferences such as the White House Conference on Small Business, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University and University of Delaware, along with, the Funding Post, Womensphere, Astia and Bootstrapper Conferences. In 2000, David was appointed to a three year term with the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank as a member of the small business advisory council representing one of 12 counties within the region. In 2002 and 2003, David served as the entrepreneur in residence for Temple University’s Fox School of Business. David is a licensed CPA with a MBA from Loyola University of Maryland and a BA in accounting from the University of Delaware, where he graduated from both Universities with honors. Continuously “paying it forward”, David is an adjunct professor to the Graduate School of Business students at LIM College in New York City, who refer to him as “D.J. Fresch”, a nickname that has stuck with him along his journey. With more than two decades of expertise behind him, David is the quintessential example of what can be achieved with unrelenting hardwork and perseverance. An old school VC with new-age ideas, David’s contributions will set the stage for the next generation of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and business professionals.

Debbie joined Carmel in June 2011 Over 10 years of experience in marketing, business development, and sales in both start-up and corporate environments in the US and in Israel including News America Marketing (a division of News Corp), Kasamba (acquired by LivePerson), mySupermarket, and Mytopia (acquired by 888 Holdings)

Doron brings vast experience in business and technology management to StoreDot. Prior to founding the company, he served as senior director of the SanDisk SSD Business Unit (NASDAQ: SNDK), establishing and managing the division in Israel, building product strategy, marketing and business development, resulting in sales to leading laptop makers amounting to over $100M in revenue in under 3 years. Previously, he was VP Flash and Operations of msystems, a flash memory global leader, where he managed the strategic sourcing of $1B annually, resulting in product revenue of over $1.5B. He created and managed joint ventures totaling over $500M annually in Flash procurement, and established strategic partnerships for Flash production and capacity sharing. Doron’s diverse record also includes founder and CEO of InnerPresence, a Silicon Valley security software company, and co-founder and VP business development of Siftology, a pioneer in interactive media search. Earlier, as a partner at Tefen – Semiconductor Operations Management, Doron managed West Coast US operations, in charge of the design and establishment of over 40 semiconductor, pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing facilities worldwide for Fortune 500 companies. Doron holds a Ph.D. in R&D Management (1994), M.Sc. in information systems (cum laude, 1991) and B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering Management (cum laude, 1989) - all from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

Mr. Dror Sharon serves as President at Consumer Physics, Inc. Mr. Sharon served as Chief Executive Officer and President of OPGAL Optronics Industries Ltd. until August 2012. Mr. Sharon served as Vice President of Business Development at ColorChip Ltd. Mr. Sharon joined ColorChip's team in early 2009 as part of Gemini's investment in it. He has been an Associate with ColorChip since 2007, guiding companies through the entire VC investment process and utilizing his previous start-up experience in assisting portfolio companies. He was an Associate at Gemini Israel Funds of which he joined in 2007. Prior to joining Gemini, Mr. Sharon served as Director of Marketing at OmniGuide, a start-up company commercializing revolutionary optical fiber technology invented at MIT. To date, the Boston-based company has raised over $75M. At OmniGuide, he was instrumental in its initial commercial ramp-up and was involved with strategic positioning, designing and implementing the go to market plan, presentations to the BOD, new product development, manufacturing, and scaling the sales and marketing operations. Prior to OmniGuide, Mr. Sharon briefly served as a consultant for McKinsey & Co. and served at the Israeli Air-Force in operations and technology strategy. Mr. Sharon holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management

Ed Mlavsky founded Gemini Israel Ventures in 1993 and is widely recognized as one of the founding fathers of Israeli high-tech and venture capital. A longtime innovator and advocate for venture capital, he was chosen to manage the first venture capital fund to emerge from the Israeli government's Yozma program. Prior to founding Gemini, Ed served as Executive Director of the Israel-US Bi-national Industrial Research & Development Foundation (BIRD) where he was responsible for investments of $100 million in more than 300 joint projects between US and Israeli high-tech companies. Before that, Ed was Executive Vice President of Mobil Tyco Solar Energy Corporation. Until 1974, Ed held a number of positions at Tyco, a company he co-founded, including board member, Chief Technical Officer, President and Chief Operating Officer. Today, Tyco International (NYSE: TYCO) has a market capitalization of $24B.

Dr. Eitan Yudilevich completed his doctoral studies in computers and systems engineering in the field of medical imaging in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He earned his Master's Degree in mathematics at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in electrical engineering at Haifa's Technion. Dr. Yudilevich assumed the Executive Director position at the BIRD Foundation on January 1, 2006. In his first year of tenure, BIRD’s Board of Governors approved 25 new joint U.S.-Israeli company-to-company projects

Eran Barak is based out of Boston, Massachusetts and is the Co-Founder and CEO of MIND. He previously worked at Microsoft as a Principal Program Manager. Eran Barak attended Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

Erez combines leadership and hands-on operational skills with extensive investment experience. He joined Evergreen Venture Partners as Managing Partner in 2004 and together with Boaz Dinte led Evergreen's activities.  At Evergreen, Erez was a board member of Varonis Systems (IPO), Traiana (Acquired by ICAP), Identify (Acquired by BMC Software), Itemfiled (acquired by Informatica Corp), eGlue (acquired by NICE Systems), Aduva (Acqyired by SUN Microsystems).  Erez has a history of delivering growth gained at his tenure at Scitex, one of the first start-ups to emerge from Israel, and the first Israeli technology company to go public on NASDAQ and at Nur Macroprinters.  At Scitex, he ran the company’s European Sales and Marketing operations and as Nur's CEO, led the company through its rapid growth stages to achieving global leadership in its field. Nur was publicly traded on NASDAQ and eventually acquired by HP.   Erez is currently involved in the following companies: Fiverr, Riskified, Eyeview, Taboola, Talkspace SweetInn   Erez earned a B.Sc in Mathematics and Computer Science from Tel Aviv University and an MBA from INSEAD Business School.

Eyal Feder-Levy has worked with numerous cities to implement advanced technology and methodologies. Before founding Zencity, Eyal was part of the founding team of “City Center,” TAU’s Interdisciplinary Center for Cities and Urbanism. Apart from Zencity and academic work, Eyal is part of World Economic Forum's Future of Cities advisory board, a member of the US Conference of Mayors Business Council, and the youngest board member of the Israeli Urban Planners’ Association.

Eytan is a Venture Partner at Israel Cleantech Ventures and a successful serial entrepreneur. He has more than fifteen years experience in management and sales in energy, water and waste treatment sectors including positions at Ormat, a leader in geothermal power, and Delta, a provider of infrastructure equipment to the Israeli power industry. Eytan is co-founder of Emefcy, a microbial fuel cell company. He is also the founder and former CEO of AqWise, which is recognized as a world leader in advanced biological wastewater treatments. Eytan led the company's successful entry into the waste water treatment market,, building strategic relationships with integrators and key market participants. Eytan was the founder and the first chairman of the Israeli waste water treatment forum. He is a co-founder of Waterfronts - Israel Water Alliance and a member of the Israel Water Association. Eytan holds a B.Sc. (cum laude) in Chemical Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and an MBA in International Marketing from Bar-Ilan University.

Gabi is the Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Magic Spoon, a high protein, low carb 'childlike cereal for adults'. Gabi Lewis Born in Israel and raised in Scotland, Gabi moved to the USA to attend Brown University, where he earned a dual degree in Philosophy and Economics. He has taught English in the Amazon (where he ate his first insect), worked at the world’s largest hedge fund and received numerous grants for social entrepreneurship. He is a competitive powerlifter and once cycled down the world’s most dangerous road in Bolivia. He was one of only a handful of travelers in his group who remained unscathed.

Mr. Munz worked for 14 years, until the end of 2009, for Manpower Inc. In his last role he held the position of Managing Director Southern EMEA Region. His Region included: Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Israel, Greece, South Africa, Turkey and Portugal with total revenue exceeding $2.5 billion and staff of 4000. Southern EMEA was the most fast growing, profitable, efficient and productive Region in Manpower worldwide. During his term as a Regional Managing Director, revenue grew more than 3 folds and operational profit more than 7 folds. Mr. Munz headed and served on several boards (internal and external) and led several successful acquisitions and Joint Ventures. Before joining Manpower, Mr. Munz owned a consulting company that operated in the United States and Israel, specializing in M&A, Business Development and Marketing planning. He started his career as a programmer in the Israeli Air Force. Then he was the co-founder of Manof Systems, specializing in message switching and electronic fund transfer software, where he served as its Executive Vice President of R&D and Operations, supervising 100+ developers, and later as the operations manager of its U.S. office. His formal education includes a Bachelor of Arts degree in Statistics, advanced studies in Computer Science, Business Administration and Operations Research at Tel Aviv University and several Management Programs at INSEAD and IMD.

Gilad de Vries is a Chief Strategy Officer at Outbrain. Gilad holds a B.A. in economics and business management from Bar-Ilan University and a Global MBA cum laude from the IDC Herzelia. Gilad is also a first lieutenant (reserve) in the Israeli Army's technology unit (Mamram).

Guillaume Durao joined Idinvest Partners in March 2015 as an Investment Director in the venture capital team in order to contribute to the sourcing, analysis and execution of investments in the digital space in France and the rest of Europe. He was previously with early-stage venture capital firm Mangrove Capital Partners where he led investments in Germany, Israel, Russia and the UK. Guillaume started his career as an investment banker, first in the Corporate Finance department of Credit Agricole and then at TMT boutique Bryan, Garnier & Co where he led fundraisings and M&A transactions for over 30 startups and technology SMBs. Guillaume graduate from Dauphine University in Paris and holds an MBA with distinctions from INSEAD.

Ilan Israelstam has spent the past 15 years focused on the financial services and start-up space. He worked at the Boston Consulting Group, in Sydney and New York, as a member of their Financial Services practice. His background in venture capital came through his earlier involvement in setting up one of the first venture capital firms in Australia. He has been with Apex since 2007, during which time he has worked on the set up and growth of BetaShares, and spent extensive time with various early stage investee companies of Apex. He has a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws from UNSW. He is also developing a reasonable size collection of limited edition sneakers - He is starting to get his kicks out of kicks!

Israel Idonije joined FBRK Impact House as Founder in 2020.

Israel Mendes is Founder, Chief Creative Officer, Marketing Director, Owner & Co-Founder at Aquiris.

Itai co-founded Lightricks, an Israeli unicorn with over $200m of revenues in 2021 which has raised over $200m, more than half of which in liquidity, over the past decade. Itai has led deals (issued lead TS) and/or served on boards in >$15b of cumulative enterprise value companies with over $1b of cumulative revenue. Among those are Frame.io (C/D lead, board until sold to Adobe for 1.3b in 2021); Forter (led series E in 2020 at $1.25b prior to a $3b round in 2021); Gcash ($2b round in 2021) and several earlier stage companies such as Commandbar ($19m Series A) and others. He lives in NYC, invests internationally as an agile solo GP in a highly concentrated manner, and usually writes checks of $1-30m

Itamar Friedman is based out of Tel Aviv, Israel and is the CEO and Co-Founder of Qodo.

Jacob BenArie is a Managing Director at OnePass Medical. He attended Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

Jacob Burak founded Evergreen in 1987. Jacob is one of the founding fathers of the Israeli Venture Capital community and was a pioneer in establishing Evergreen's disciplined investment strategy. Approximately 6 years ago, he took a step back from the business world and decided to pursue social activism and writing. He has written two bestsellers; "Do Chimpanzees Dream of Retirement" which deals with the encounter between business, psychology and evolution and "Noise", which maps the "noises" in our lives.