# Ilana Golan

> Ilana Golan is a seed investor at International LEAP Network backing Sales and Analytics. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [International LEAP Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/international-leap-network)
- Location: Los Altos, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilanagolan
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ilanagolan
- Website: http://www.ilanagolan.com/

Ilana Golan is a seed investor at International LEAP Network in Los Altos focused on Sales and Analytics. A tech executive, turned entrepreneur, board director and investor (in over 100 companies). Ilana Golan is the founder of Leap Academy, a groundbreaking platform that guides driven professionals through career transitions, leadership, personal branding, and growth.Won startup of the year for 2023 for impacting the lives of 50,000 individualsacross four continents, adding an astounding $60 million of value to the market and fostering better leaders, teams, and societies.* Selected top 40 women to watch in 2016 * Business Insider Silicon Valley Women of influence in 2017 * CEO World Award for 2020.Forbes Contributor & award-winning international keynote speaker. Featured on Yahoo Finance, Market Watch, Fox, NBC, CBS, ABC, and more.Started her career as an F-16 flight instructor and the first woman to ever become a commander in her squad. Ironman, adventure races & mountaineering in the past, now love traveling with my beautiful family.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sales | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |
| Geospatial | 1 | 50% |
| Venture Capital | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Platform | 1 | 50% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Israel | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Homrun | Homrun aims to help Israeli entrepreneurs build lasting businesses that will have significant financial and human impact and returns world wide. Our team of members are a group of executives, successful CEOs, influential figures in the Jewish community and innovative entrepreneurs. They are dedicated to provide contacts and create opportunities tohelp Israelis grow their business. Homrun leverages our strategic connections to ensure new Israeli products, services or ideas get in front of the right people in order to ensure the business gains traction in a global marketplace. Homrun is a for-profit business with a philanthropic mission to boost the Israeli economy by helping Israeli companies sell their innovative products abroad. | $2.5M | Seed | Sep 12, 2018 |  |
| Placer.ai | Placer.ai offers a traffic analytics platform that allows anyone with a stake in the physical world to instantly generate insights into any property for a deeper understanding of the factors that drive success. Its platform also empowers professionals in retail, commercial real estate, hospitality, and economic development.Placer.ai was foundedin 2016 and headquartered in Los Altos, California. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2017 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Golan Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/golan-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Array Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/array-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [at.inc/](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/at-inc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Recursive Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/recursive-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Stage Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stage-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [at.inc/](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tank-hill-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About International LEAP Network

VC Fund

International LEAP Network is a global leadership community, vouching to grow stronger as individuals and leaders.

3 contacts available at International LEAP Network.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ido Hefner | Executive Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ido-hefner |
| Ilana Golan | Owner & Executive Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ilana-golan |
| Jens Andersen | Executive Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jens-andersen |

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## FAQ

### What does Ilana Golan invest in?

Ilana Golan invests primarily in Sales, Analytics and Geospatial startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ilana Golan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ilana Golan closed in Sep 2018. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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