# Top 50 Internet Angel Investors in Israel in June 2026 ## Gigi Levy Weiss - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Apps Gigi Levy Weiss is the General Partner at NFX. He attended Tel Aviv University and the Finance Department - Kellogg School of Management. ## Danny Hadar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet For the last 10 years, I have been active within the Israeli and US startup ecosystems where I completed 20+ seed investments in companies such as Geoforce (acquired by LLR), Bonobo (acquired by Salesforce), Optitex (acquired by Efi), Keeprz (acquired by Como), Drippler (acquired by Soluto), Snyk (Unicorn) and few others. I am passionate for seedinvestments, creative ideas, risk taking and supporting entrepreneurs.Prior to that, I founded 2 companies, Blue Sky (Energy) and Sinusafe (Medical) after working as a software engineer for 7 years.I grew up in Israel, and lived in the US for 5 years while completing my MBA from Duke. I love all kinds of extreme sports, and particularly kite surfing and snowboarding. ## Rafi Gidron - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Software Rafi Gidron is the Founder and Chairman of Israel Brain Technologies. He previously worked at Lucent as a VP of Optical networks. Rafi Gidron attended Columbia University. ## Yossi Vardi - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Series A - Focus: Search Engine, Internet, Software One of Israel’s early entrepreneurs, Yossi Vardi co-founded, led, funded and helped build more than 80 high-tech, energy, natural resources, and clean-tech companies. Many of them went public, including Tekem, Alon Energy, Granite Hacarmel, answers.com, scopus, International Lasers Technologies, epals, tocows, brightcove, other were acquired :Gteko (by Microsoft), Tivella (by cisco,) Airlink (by sierra wireless), Foxytunes (by yahoo),starnet (by IAC),Gift project (by ebay).As the founding investor ofMirabilis Ltd, -the creator of iCQ - Vardi co-pioneered instant messaging. ICQ was one of the internet’s earliest successes, later sold to AOL.Vardi was chairman of the board of trustees of Jerusalem Foundation, serves on the board of trustees of the technion and served on those of Weitzman Institute. Hebrew university, open university .he was advisor to the World Bank, United Nations Development Program , CEO’s of Amazon, AOL, Siemens Albis, and Allied–signal. member of the World Economic Forum, and Co-chairman of the EU-Israel business dialogue.Vardi had an extensive government and public career, hewas the director general of Ministry of Development and Ministry of Energy. was chairman of Israel National Oil Company, and Israel Chemicals. participated in the peace talks with Egypt, Palestinians, Jordan and Syria. He received Honorary Doctorates from Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, and the Ben Gurion university , the Prime Minister Hi-Tech Award for life achievements (twice); Best Internet Personality by TechCrunch Europe; Entrepreneur of the Year by Tel Aviv University , Europe’s 25 top techs by Wall Street Journal; and one of the 200 Greatest Israelis of all times by Ynet. was elected by Israel 21c to the top 10 icons of Israeli high tech - the pioneers, by The Algemeiner for the "jewish 100 - the top 100 people positively influenced jewish life " and by wired magazine (uk) as number 9 of the wired 2014 top 100 influential people in EuropeYossi Vardi sits on the advisory boards of 3i and Amdocs and has served on boards of numerous state and private corporations including Bezeq, Israel Electric, and the Bank of Israel. Yossi has also been an Advisor to the CEOs of AOL, Amazon, and Allied Signal. Yossi Vardi has received many awards, including the Prime Minister of Israel Hi-Tech Award for life achievements on two occasions, the Industry Prize, the Ramniceanu Prize and CEOs Entrepreneurs Hall of Fame. ## Aryeh Mergi - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet Aryeh Mergi is an and entrepreneur and an angel investor. In his background Aryeh was a co-founder of M-Systems, XtremIO and several other companies Aryeh received a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering (with honors) from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, in Haifa, Israel in 1988. ## Zohar Gilon - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, Health Care Mr. Zohar Gilon is a Managing Partner at Tamar Technology Ventures. He has personally invested in over 45 start-ups and has achieved 13 exits. Mr. Gilon has also served as the Transaction Manager for some of Israel's most highly recognized exits and has managed each deal from inception through completion, including pricing and distributions.He has extensive investment experience including activity as an angel investor and an Investment Advisor to the Gilon Group. Mr. Gilon is a private investor in numerous high-technology companies, including affiliates of Radcom Ltd. in Israel. From 1974 to 1993, Mr. Gilon served as the President of various companies representing major U.S. aerospace and electronics corporations. From November 1993 to August 1995, he served as the President of W.S.P. Capital Holdings Ltd. Previously he served, as the Managing Director of Shaked Technologies Ltd. He serves as a Director of HCL CleanTech Ltd., RIT, AVT Ltd., Oberon Media, Inc., Edge Medical, Exlibris, OrSense Ltd., and WisAir Ltd. He served as a Director of RAD Ventures. Mr. Gilon served as a Director of RiT Technologies Ltd. since 1995, Ceragon Networks Ltd. since June 1999, Radware Ltd. from October 2006 to July 2009 and Radcom Ltd. since June 1995. He served as Member of the Supervisory Board of Advanced Vision Technology (AVT) Limited. He served as an Outside Director of Silicom Ltd. since 1994. ## Marius Nacht - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv-yafo, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Machine Learning Marius Nacht, one of Check Point’s founders, has served as Chairman of our board of directors since 2015. Nacht has also served as one of our directors since we were incorporated in 1993. From 1999 through 2005, Nacht held Senior Vice President roles at Check Point. Nacht earned a B.S. (cum laude) in Physics and Mathematics from the HebrewUniversity of Jerusalem in 1983, and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Communication Systems from Tel Aviv University in 1987. ## Ariel Maislos - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Ariel has been leading technology innovation and entrepreneurship for over 30 years, leading teams, founding companies and mentoring entrepreneurs. He is an active angel investor in startups, and supports technology education as a philanthropist. Ariel is a graduate of the prestigious Talpiot program, and holds a BSc from the Hebrew University ofJerusalem in Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science (Cum Laude) and an MBA from Tel Aviv University. ## Jeremy Yap - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Jeremy is a full time angel from Singapore who invests across North America and Europe. ## First Name - Type: Angel - Location: Woburn, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Social Media, Cyber Security, Developer APIs First Name ## Tammy Moskites - Type: Angel - Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Cyber Security, SaaS, Internet Tammy is the CEO and Founder of CyAlliance. She is a strategic advisor and “Alliance” builder for companies, vendors and startups by leading, building and scaling their security offerings while providing trusted executive advisory services and professional services for companies worldwide. With her 30+ years of technology experience, she is notedby her peers to be a results-driven and passionate executive leader. She is a distinguished career CISO, and she has held many security and technology leadership roles which include; Accenture, Venafi, Time Warner Cable and The Home Depot. She has dedicated her career to guide CISOs worldwide to help defend their organizations from cyber threats and attacks. She is a highly recognized cyber and women in technology social influencer with thousands of followers. Amongst the many things she is involved in, she is a Venture Advisor to YL Ventures, a Distinguished Fellow with the Ponemon Institute and volunteers her time with organizations including ISACA, Australian Information Security Association (AISA), SheLeadsTech and the ISSA. Tammy hosts CISO Networking events globally to allow CISO’s to share, network and build local relationships. She has spoken at conferences and cyber kickoffs around the world and has received many accolades in recognition for her work within the security industry. She is an internationally recognized keynote/speaker, not only on security and governance, but also on career building, women in technology and leadership mentoring. She has spoken at numerous conferences and company events around the world. She is a diversity champion in the market and with the companies she has worked. Tammy dedicates her personal time as a professional independent leadership and career coach/mentor. Tammy continually provides strategic guidance to other industry-leading security vendors where she is a company advisor and CISO community builder to AppViewX, Blue Lava, Grip Security, Raxis, RiskIQ, SecureAuth and previously to Attivo Networks, Box, Qualys and Venafi. #DoWhatYouLove #LoveWhatYouDo ## Aviram Jenik - Type: Angel - Location: Cupertino, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence Venture Capitalist, investor and former Enterpreneur. Founder x5, profitable bootstraps, 3 exits; investor x30+ in Israel, Silicon Valley and Korea; passion for: cyber security, building scalable B2B companies ## Jonathan Karten - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, B2B, Marketing Principal at Awz Ventures | Advancing Israel’s Economic & Technological Resilience Investing in deep-tech innovations across AI, cybersecurity, photonics, biotech, and quantum technologies to strengthen Israel’s economy and defense capabilities. Veteran Staff Sergeant in the Israeli Air Force Intelligence division, Horizon. MSc BusinessAnalytics & BA Financial Economics, Psychology & Business Management; Columbia University Magna Cum Laude.• Former President and Founder of Democratize Value (VC) • Former President and Founder of The Iftach Consulting Group (Management Consulting)My recent accomplishments include: • Raising $8 million from angel investors and due diligence/investing in 27 ventures in PropTech, E-commerce, Marcom, Healthcare, and FinTech sectors • Providing fundraising, due diligence, marketing, and operational advice to 23 PropTech, FinTech, and other Israeli start-ups • Underwriting, modeling, sourcing capital, negotiating, and closing 100+ commercial real estate transactions in the US, Israel, and EuropeOn the personal side, I: • Created a documentary called “Survival In The Forest, Isidore Karten & The Partisans”. • Served in the Israeli Air Force (SSG in Business Intelligence Division) • Volunteer as a Board Member with Yad Va Shem and the Israeli American CouncilSkills Global Early-Stage Startups | Venture Capital| Business Valuation | Account Management | Arabic | Business Strategy | Data Analysis | Financial Reporting | Foreign Relations| Hebrew | Management Consulting | Public Speaking | Social Media | Statistical Data Analysis | Strategic Communications | Team Leadership | Arab-Israel Conflict | Business Valuation | Client-Focused | Customer Relationship Management (CRM) | Commercial Real Estate Acquisition | Commercial Real Estate Analysis | Commercial Real Estate Development | Competitive Analysis | Corporate Finance | Corporate Venture Capital| Creative Entrepreneurship | Early-Stage Investment | Early-Stage Ventures| Debt & Equity Capital Raising| Debt & Equity Financing | Entrepreneurship Development| Financial Analysis | Financial Modeling | Fintech| Fundraising | Global Cross Functional Team Leadership | International Business Development | International Trade Relations | Investment Communications | Management Due Diligence| Market Research | New Business Development |Operational Due Diligence| Private Equity Firms | Proptech | Real Estate Private Equity | Residential Real Estate Sales | Startup Development | Start-Ups | Valuation Modeling ## Avishai Abrahami - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Apps Avishai Abrahami is our Co-Founder, has served as our Chief Executive Officer since September 2010 and was our Co-Chief Executive Officer and a director since October 2006. From 2004 to 2006, Avishai was the Vice President of Strategic Alliances at Arel Communications & Software Ltd., a private Israeli company specializing in communicationtechnology. In 1998 he co-founded Sphera Corporation, a private company which develops software for managing data centers, and he served as its Chief Technology Officer from 1998 until 2000 and its Vice President of Product Marketing from 2000 until 2003. In 1993, he co-founded AIT Ltd., a private Israeli software company, and served as its Chief Technology Officer until the company's sale in 1997. Avishai served in the Israeli Defense Forces' elite computer intelligence unit from 1990 until 1992. ## Eyal Waldman - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Big Data, Semiconductor, Internet Eyal Waldman is a Chairman Waldo of Holdings also a board member at Speedata. He previously worked in Mellanox Technologies as a CEO. He Attended Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. ## Moshe Lichtman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Moshe Lichtman is an angel investor. Moshe Lichtman has spent 29 years creating software products for global markets. He's freshly retired from Microsoft where he was Corporate VP responsible for several of its consumer businesses including its MSN business in the late 90s, its TV business in the mid-2000s and most recently its IsraelR&D center, which he built into one of the 3 largest centers outside the U.S. Mr. Lichtman was also one of the leaders of the Windows 95 team and president of Softimage, a leader in media creation software. Prior to Microsoft, Mr. Lichtman held software development and management positions in several high-tech startups. He is the co-author of the best-selling book "The complete guide to the C language" and holds a BSc Cum Laude in Computer Engineering from the Technion and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School. Mr. Lichtman is currently an active angel investor in Israeli startups. and is in the process of forming a private equity fund focused on growth and public tech companies in Israel ## Nadir Izrael - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Security, Cyber Security As co-founder and CTO, Nadir Izrael guides the technology vision behind Armis to protect the new connected or IoT devices in and around the workplace. He co-founded the company in 2015 with its CEO, Yevgeny Dibrov. Prior to Armis, worked at Google as senior software engineer. Before Google, Nadir spent six years in the Israeli army, specifically inunit 8200, where he designed and programmed software projects and systems, serving as team leader and attaining the rank of captain. ## Ran Tuttnauer - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Big Data, Internet Ran Tuttnauer ## Danny Grander - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Developer Tools Entrepreneur (Snyk), Angel Investor, CTF Player (@pastenctf) ## Yevgeny Dibrov - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Cyber Security, SaaS Leads the vision and direction for Armis. Previously Head of Global Business Development for cloud security company Adallom (acquired by Microsoft). Graduate Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. ## Leon Recanati - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Photo Editing Leon Y. Recanati is currently the Chairman and CEO of GlenRock Israel Ltd., a private investment company whose main field of activity is venture capital investments in startup companies engaged in life sciences, biotechnology, medical devices, and in advanced technologies. Until May 2003, and prior to founding GlenRock, he served as Chairman& CEO of IDB Holding Corporation Ltd., Chairman of Clal Industries and Investments Ltd., and Chairman of Azorim Investment Development and Construction Ltd., in addition to several other positions in a variety of operating companies in Israel. Mr. Recanati initiated in 1998 Clal Biotechnologies Ltd. (CBL). Clal Industries invested $100 million in CBL. Clal Biotechnologies is considered the largest biotechnology investment company operating in Israel. ## Anne Wojcicki - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology Anne Wojcicki is the Co-Founder and CEO of 23andMe. She previously worked at Passport Capital as a Healthcare Analyst. Anne Wojcicki attended Yale University. ## Joe Tucci - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: CRM, Cyber Security, Customer Service Joe Tucci is the Co-CEO and Co-Chairman of GTY Technology Holdings, and the Chairman of Bridge Growth Partners.Mr. Tucci was Chairman and CEO of EMC Corporation until September 2016, when Dell Technologies acquired the company. At that time, he became an advisor to the acquiring company’s founder, Michael Dell, and its board of directors. Tucciled EMC’s business model transformation and through a record of successful acquisitions and partnerships he created a federation of businesses that grew to include EMC, VMware, Pivotal, RSA, VCE and Virtustream. Following the technology sector’s bust in 2001, EMC’s revenues grew from $5.4B in 2002 to $24.7B in 2015. Acknowledging EMC's success under Mr. Tucci's leadership, Barron's named him one of the 30 best CEOs in 2011 and 2012. ## Ronni Zehavi - Type: Angel - Location: Netanya, HaMerkaz, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: SaaS, Software, B2B Ronni has over 25 years of experience in multinational, hi-tech companies. Prior to setting up hibob, he was an Entrepreneur in Residence at the Silicon Valley based Bessemer Venture Partners. He's the strategic advisor and co-founder of Team8 Cyber Security, a powerhouse developing disruptive tech in the cyber security space. Ronni was alsothe co-founder and CEO of Cotendo, a content delivery network which in 2012, just four years after it was founded, was acquired by Akamai in a $300m. Ronni has a BA in History and Educational "Management 'from Tel Aviv University, and a MA in Organisational Sociology from Bar-Ilan University. Hes currently living in Tel Aviv with his wife and four children. ## Itai Elizur - Type: Angel - Location: Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Apps Itai Elizur is the COO at Inbound Junction and MarketAcross, a marketing and media group that helps startups and business increase their online visibility. ... Itai specializes in helping businesses develop and optimize large-scale user acquisition strategies through content, brand messaging and marketing automation. ## Ofir Ehrlich - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Information Technology, Software Ofir Ehrlich is the VP of Research & Development at CloudEndure. An exceptional technologist, Ofir has a proven record in the software industry, including companies such as Digicash, AcceloWeb, and Limelight Networks. He also served with distinction in an elite unit of the Israeli Intelligence Corps. This is the third company in which Ofir is aCo-Founder. ## Simon Gelfand - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Debt Financing - Focus: Email, Software, Analytics Self taught PHP and MySQL web developer. Simon has ten years of experience with web design, programming, SEM and online marketing under his belt. Current projects include: Bukisa, ArticlesBase, Articuloz, RusArticles, TripsLog, Artigonal, Reader and ForexFace.com ## Sagi Shorrer - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Digital Entertainment, Gaming, Mobile Sagi Shorrer is an Entrepreneur, advisor and angel investor in the digital media and technology space, with 15 years of strategic and operational experience across large companies and startups (including: Google, BBDO, i-Touch, Brainbow). Strong focus on mobile apps, monetization and Internationalization. ## Fabrice Grinda - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero and Brightroll.Fabrice is currentlyinvesting in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he cofounded with business partner Jose Marin. Fabrice is also co-founder and executive chairman of Beepi, a next generation used car marketplace. Beepi recently raised $60 million in series B funding.Prior to FJ Labs and Beepi, Fabrice was co-founder and co-CEO of OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 200 million unique visitors per month. The company operates in 40 countries and has over 1,200 employees. OLX is the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.Before OLX, Fabrice was co-founder and CEO of Zingy, one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas. Fabrice successfully grew the business to $200 million in sales in four years.Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland. Soon after, Aucland grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Fabrice worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.Fabrice holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and was awarded the Halbert White prize, given to the most distinguished economics student, as well as The Wolfe Balleisen memorial prize, awarded for best thesis.In his free time, Fabrice likes to travel the world, kitesurf, play tennis, and blog about his personal and professional life at www.fabricegrinda.com. ## Dr. Ilan Cohn - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SEO, E-Commerce, Marketplace Dr. Ilan Cohn - Advisor and Board Member @ Feelter ## Shlomo Kramer - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Cyber Security, Security Shlomo is co-founder and CEO of Cato Networks. He is a network security expert and a serial entrepreneur. Shlomo has co-founded Check Point Software, who created the first commercial Firewall, and Imperva, the innovator of the Web Application Firewall. Shlomo has made early investments in successful cybersecurity companies including Palo AltoNetworks, Trusteer, and numerous others. He was named CEO of the Year by SC Magazine in 2008, one of “20 luminaries who changed the network industry” by Network World in 2006, and was inducted into the InfoSec Hall of Fame in April 2013.Shlomo holds a master’s degree in computer science from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and computer science from Tel Aviv University. ## Nitay Joffe - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Developer Tools, Internet Founder/CTO of ActionIQ. Partner at Verissimo Ventures ## Robledo Ribeiro - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Big Data, Internet Robledo Ribeiro is General Manager of HostGator Brazil, Endurance International Group’s Brazilian subsidiary. Originally from Brazil, Rob found himself working in Florida, laying the groundwork for the HostGator brand. As the fledgling startup grew, Rob proposed that HostGator look deeper into international operations, and more specificallyBrazil.Rob officially began operations in Brazil in 2008, and has since HostGator Brazil into one of the largest hosting companies in Brazil. Rob likes to be seen as the quintessential global citizen. While working for HostGator, Rob has lived in the US, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Brazil. Each one of these experiences enabled him to develop keen insights into the online service needs of small businesses in these countries. ## Sir Ronald Cohen - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Health Care, Software, Artificial Intelligence Ronald Cohen is Chairman of the Global Social Impact Investment Steering Group and The Portland Trust. He is a co-founder director of Social Finance UK (2007-11), Social Finance USA, and Social Finance Israel, and of Big Society Capital. He was co-founder Chair of Bridges Ventures (2002-2012).He chaired the Social Impact Investment Taskforceestablished under the UK’s presidency of the G8 (2013-2015), the Social Investment Task Force (2000-2010) and the Commission on Unclaimed Assets (2005-2007). In 2012 he received the Rockefeller Innovation Award for innovation in social finance.He co-founded and was Executive Chairman of Apax Partners Worldwide LLP (1972-2005). He was a founder director and Chairman of the British Venture Capital Association and a founder director of the European Venture Capital Association.He is a graduate of Oxford University, where he was President of the Oxford Union. He is an Honorary Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School to which he was awarded a Henry Fellowship.He is a member of the Board of Dean’s Advisors at Harvard Business School and Vice-Chairman of Ben Gurion University. He is a former director of the Harvard Management Company and the University of Oxford Investment Committee. He is a former member of the Harvard University Board of Overseers (2007-2013), former Trustee of the British Museum (2005-2012) and a former trustee of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (2005-2011).In 2007, Sir Ronald published: “The Second Bounce of the Ball – Turning Risk into Opportunity”. ## Benny Schnaider - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Cloud Security, Developer Tools Benny Schnaider joined salto as Co-Founder in 2018. Benny Schnaider is an angel investor. He is a high-tech serial entrepreneur. Benny was the CEO and co-founder of Qumranet (leading open source virtualization solution) acquired by Red Hat, the CEO and founder of PentaCom Ltd. (network product provider) acquired by Cisco, and the co-founder andboard member of P-Cube (developer of IP service control platforms) acquired by Cisco. Most recently he co-founded Ravello systems in 2011 and serves as its president and board chairman.Benny also invests and serves as a board member in several start-ups. Some examples are: Traffix Systems (acquired by F5 in 2012) and B-Hive (acquired by VMware in 2008), OptiCul Diagnostics and Colabo. Benny has held senior management, engineering and strategic roles at many Silicon-Valley based companies including Cisco Systems, Amdahl/Fujitsu, Hitachi, IDT, Sun Microsystems and 3Com. Benny holds a Masters degree in Engineering Management from Santa Clara University, and a BSc in Computer Engineering from the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology). ## Gilad Shabtai - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Video, Content, Online Portals Gilad Shabtai ## Victor Tsao - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series C, Series D - Focus: Wireless, Semiconductor, Cyber Security Victor Tsao is Linksys' co-founder/CEO, Senior Vice President, Emeritus of Cisco Systems, and currently the Chairman of Miven Holdings. Victor served as the President and CEO of Linksys for 15 years before it was acquired by Cisco in June 2003. As president and CEO, Victor built and led Linksys to become the leading provider of networkinghardware for the home and small business with a revenue market share to date of over 50%.Victor has contributed his efforts in helping start-up companies and projects in the Tsao Family Foundation. A great majority of his time is based in Beijing (Greater China), and he is involved in multiple aspects of Greater China market development projects.Victor has an MBA, MS and BS in computer science from Pepperdine University, Illinois Institute of Technology, and Tamkang University in Taiwan, respectively. Victor was named "Entrepreneur of the Year" in January 2004 by Inc. Magazine, and Orange County "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Ernst Young in 1999. Victor also received the 2003 Orange County Business Journal "Excellence in Entrepreneurship" award, as well as the 2003 Southern California Monte Jade Science & Technology Association "Distinguished Business Achievement" award and the 2004 USPAAC (US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce) "Excellence in Business" award. The USPAAC also named Victor as one of the top 10 most influential Asian American business leaders of 2005. Victor was also the recipient of Entrepreneur of the Year award from International Leadership Foundation (ILF) in July 2006. He serves as a member of the 2006-2008 National Judge panel for the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Program." ## Giora Yaron - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Big Data, Software, Computer Giora Yaron - Founding Investor & Chairman of the Board @ Itamar Medical ## Chris Hitchen - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet Chris is an Australian entrepreneur and investor based in Munich, Germany. He co-founded Australia's largest comparison shopping site Getprice.com.au in 2005 and sold it to News Corp in 2010. He became News Corp's Executive Director of Commerce before leading a management buyout of Getprice in 2012, then repositioned the business asNext Commerce, including acquiring south east Asian price comparison Pricepanda and securing investment from Rocket Internet, Tengelmann Ventures, PLDT and Kinnevik, before selling the group to UK-listed Future plc in 2016.Chris also co-founded programmatic video business Audience TV, native ecommerce advertising company Hynt.com and the autonomous vehicle software company Unleash Aerial.Chris is also the founding investor and chairman of Munich-based vacation rentals business Holidu and an industrial advisor to Swedish private equity group EQT. ## Yuval Rakavy - Type: Angel - Location: Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Apps, Family, Internet Yuval Rakavy - Founder @ BRM Capital ## John Thompson - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software John Thompson currently works as the Venture Partner for Lightspeed Venture Partners. He previously worked at Riverwood Capital Management as the Executive Advisor. ## Yaron Lemelbaum - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence Mr. Lemelbaum is an experienced Film Producer. Since 2007 Mr Lemelbaum is also involved in Investment Research and Managment, and serves on the Board of Directors of Israeli listed public companies AMS Electronics and BSR Europe. Mr. Lemelbaum holds a BA in Computer Science from IDC, and MBA from Columbia University ## David O. Sacks - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet David O. Sacks is the Co-Founder and Partner of Craft Ventures. He previously worked at Zenefits as an Investor, COO, and Interim CEO. David Sacks attended the University of Chicago Law School and Stanford University. ## Alon Matas - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Advice, Software, Messaging Alon Matas is the Founder and President at BetterHelp. ## Moshe Gaon - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: Advertising, Association, Social Media Marketing Business entrepreneur and investor in startups. For the past 20 years developer of new initiatives and ideas. CEO, Chairman of companies, political strategist and advertising expert. Lead public opinion campaigns for people and issues from breast cancer, to national elections to the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. Founding Partner atmybulb.vcOwner of the Gaon Holding Group; Executive Director in the group's companies, focusing on development and marketing products and services for the global Water Smart Grid. Member of the AquaAgro Fund Investment committee, a 50 Million dollar Israeli Venture Capital Fund, focused only on developing innovative water and agriculture technologies, as well as other innovative clean technologies. ## Alexander Gerko - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Software Alexander Gerko - Founder @ XTX Markets ## Nir Greenberg - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Advice, Medical, Software Founder and CEO at Natural Intelligence. ## Jonathan Kolber - Type: Angel - Location: Kefar Shmaryahu, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Social Media, FinTech, Financial Services Jonathan is the Founder and CEO of Anfield Ltd. He previously worked at Viola Growth as a General Partner. Jonathan Kolber attended Harvard University. ## Michael Granoff - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Automotive, Manufacturing, Autonomous Vehicles Michael Granoff is founder and Managing Partner of Maniv Mobility, a venture capital fund based in Tel Aviv which invests exclusively in the new mobility future. Founded in 2015, Maniv has a portfolio of over 25 mobility startups, in Israel, the US and beyond. They include companies developing sensors, software, simulation, localization, datamonetization, autonomous systems, over-the-air updates, automotive cyber-security, micromobility, new mobility business models and more. Aside from several startup boards, Mr. Granoff serves on the board of Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE), a Washington, DC-based policy and advocacy organization he helped establish in 2004. Past board roles included that of electric car network developer Better Place. He has been involved in three US Presidential campaigns and in 2010 received Brandeis University’s Asper Award for Global Entrepreneurship. Mr. Granoff holds a B.A. from Tufts University, an MBA and JD from Kellogg, Northwestern University. He is a veteran marathon runner and lives just outside of Tel Aviv with his wife and four children. ## Lior Shemesh - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Internet, Social Media Lior brings to Wix his vast 15 years of experience in shaping and leading financial strategy and operations in top technological organizations.Lior joined Wix after serving as Chief Financial Officer for two years at Alvarion Ltd.,a provider of optimized wireless broadband solutions. This followed his position as the company’s Vice President ofFinance which he held since October 2008.Prior to that, for five years, Lior served as Vice President of Finance at Veraz Networks Inc., a provider of softswitch, media gateway and digital compression solutions.Before that Lior was the Controller, and later the Associate Vice President of Finance of the Broadband division, for ECI Telecom Ltd., a network infrastructure provider.On a day off you can catch him cycling