Saul Singer is the co-author, with Dan Senor, of the best-selling book Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle. He is a former editorial page editor and columnist at the Jerusalem Post. Mr. Singer is currently an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem and a columnist and editorial board member at The Times of Israel. He also serves on the advisory boards of Vintage Investment Partners, an Israeli fund of funds, and Tevel B’Tzedek, an Israeli non-governmental organization working in Nepal and Haiti. In addition to the Jerusalem Post, Mr. Singer has written for the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, CNN-Opinion and other publications. Before moving to Israel in 1994, he served for ten years as an adviser to members of Congress and on the staffs of the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Banking Committees.

Sarah joined Sight to build and lead its technology dream-team. She is responsible for all of Sight‘s technology as well as its medical-regulation activities. Top of her class at the elite Talpiot program, Sarah gained her technology leadership experience during a brilliant military career, where she commanded elite cyber security teams and led projects in the intelligence special technology unit. Sarah holds an M.Sc. in Condensed Matter Physics from the Weizmann Institute of Science, and a B.Sc. in Physics & Mathematics (magna cum laude) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Dave Mosley was appointed CEO of Seagate in 2017. Prior to his current role, Dr. Mosley was President and COO of Seagate, responsible for Seagate’s Global Operations, Research and Development, Supply Chain/Procurement and Logistics, IT, and Sales and Marketing. Mosley has held a variety of posts at Seagate in his 20-year tenure, including President Operations and Technology, Executive Vice President Global Sales and Marketing, as well as many R&D leadership roles. Mosley earned a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California, Davis focusing on solid state physics. Mr. Mosley was appointed to Seagate's Board of Directors in July 2017.

Seth Goldman is the Co-founder of Honest Tea and Executive Chair of Beyond Meat. Honest Tea is the nation’s top selling organic bottled tea, specializing in beverages that are just a tad sweet, organic and Fair Trade Certified™. In March 2011, Honest Tea was acquired by The Coca-Cola Company, becoming the first organic and Fair Trade brand in the world's largest beverage distribution system. Honest Tea and Honest Kids are sold in more than 150,000 stores in the USA and Europe, including McDonald’s, SUBWAY and Chick-fil-A. Beyond Meat is also rapidly expanding distribution, as the company seeks to expand the availability and accessibility of plant-based protein. Seth graduated from Harvard College (1987) and the Yale School of Management (1995), and is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute. He also serves on the board of Ripple Foods, the Yale School of Management and Bethesda Green.

Alan serves as Partner and Executive Vice President of Investor Relations. Prior to joining OurCrowd, Alan spent 18 years in executive management positions at start-up companies in Israel and California. Alan is passionate about starting and building technology companies and throughout his career has excelled in building world-wide sales operations and distribution channels covering The Americas, EMEA and APAC. Alan's previous leadership roles include EVP Global Sales at GigaSpaces, SVP Business Development at StoreDot, CEO at Keebali Media, and CEO of NewChannel - sold to LivePerson (NASDAQ:LPSN). Alan earned his B.Sc in Information Systems Engineering from The Technion and graduated from Stanford/AEA Executive Institute.

Shlomo Dovrat has over 30 years of recognized leadership in the hi-tech entrepreneurial and investment scene. He is a Co-Founder of the Viola Group, General Partner and Co-Founder of Viola Ventures, a top-tier Israeli venture capital firm, with over $1B under management. Shlomo has extensive experience in leading software companies from inception to successful initial public offerings or sales, as well as leading and mentoring high growth technology companies. Shlomo began his career as a hi-tech entrepreneur, eventually becoming CEO and Chairman of several leading high-tech companies. Shlomo currently serves on the board of directors of Outbrain, ironSource, Optimal Plus and additional portfolio companies. In addition to his successful business career, Shlomo is actively involved in various public and philanthropic initiatives. Shlomo is actively involved in numerous educational and community outreach programs. He was appointed by the Israeli government to be the Chairman of the National Task Force for the Advancement of the Educational System. From 2009 to 2012 Shlomo served as the chairman of the Israel Democracy Institute. Shlomo serves as the Chairman of the recently founded Aharon Institute for Economic policy.

Laly is a partner at OurCrowd and the head of the business development department. She and her team manage strategic relationships with hundreds of global corporations for OurCrowd and its 160+ portfolio companies, spanning all verticals and sectors. Before joining OurCrowd, she experienced the rollercoaster of being the CEO of a startup that created eco-friendly cardboard products. Laly has held a number of senior business development and strategy positions across multiple industries in both private and public companies. Laly began her career as a lawyer and enjoyed six years on the Upper-West side of New York, working on mergers & acquisitions and securities offerings at a leading firm. Laly served as a non-commissioned education officer in the IDF Officers’ School. She holds both a law degree and a philosophy degree from Tel-Aviv University (1997, magna cum laude), and an MBA from the Nash Honors Program at Baruch College (2000). Laly is a long distance runner and enjoys hiking with her family.

I am an automation engineer by qualification with 18 years experience in process chemical and FMCG industries. Within Pepsico, I have worked in a variety of Supply Chain and Operations roles across Europe, Africa and Asia with a focus on our Beverages category. I currently lead a team tasked to find breakthrough technologies primarily in the manufacturing domain, to drive business levers of productivity, sustainability and supply chain agility. I have a personal passion for environmental and human sustainability and am an unabashed technology optimist!

Yossi co-founded Sight after coming to appreciate the power of machine vision technology while working at Mobileye (world-leader in driver-assist systems, recently acquired by Intel for $15 billion). A relentless visionary, Yossi has led Sight from garage-mode to a top-notch operation. He received an MBA (with distinction) from the INSEAD Business School in France, where he won first prize at the prestigious INSEAD Business Venture Competition (that winning proposal went on to become Sight). Yossi holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics (magna cum laude) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he was a member of the elite Talpiot program.

Rina Raphael a freelance journalist who covers technology, health, and wellness. She regularly contributes to publications such as The New York Times, L.A. Times, and Fast Company magazine. Her bi-weekly newsletter, Well To Do, analyzes and curates top stories in the wellness industry.

Rebecca joined OurCrowd in 2014, and has negotiated more than 100 portfolio company transactions, from term sheet to closing, ranging from seed stage investment to exit.

Frederic is the U.S. News editor for TechCrunch, where he has been covering everything from early-stage startups to industry giants like Google and Microsoft for the last eight years. His current focus is on cloud computing, developer tools, open source, machine learning and quantum computing, with the occasional transportation and gadget coverage thrown in for good measure. He is a frequent speaker and moderator at industry events around the world.

Richard Norman serves as a Managing Director at OurCrowd, co-heading OurCrowd's fund investments. Prior to joining OurCrowd, Richard spent three years on the investment team at Davidson Kempner, a multi-billion dollar investment manager based in New York where he invested in over $500 million of transactions across multiple asset classes in the US and Europe. Prior to Davidson Kempner, Richard spent four years at H/2 Capital Partners investing in commercial real estate credit. Richard graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

Mike is a seasoned marketer and entrepreneur with extensive experience in building and marketing digital products. He was previously GM of new products at Clarizen and Vice President of Product Innovation and Product Marketing at Marketo, as well as managing its Israeli Development Center. Mike joined Marketo in 2014 after the company acquired Insightera, the startup he co-founded in 2009 which provided a real-time web personalization SaaS for global business

Etai Kramer serves as a Managing Director at OurCrowd, co-heading OurCrowd's fund investments. Prior to joining OurCrowd, Etai practiced law in the Private Equity Fund Formation Group of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson in New York and in the International Corporate Department of Yigal Arnon & Co. in Jerusalem, where he gained substantial experience in venture capital financings, representation of emerging growth companies, fund formation and secondary transactions. Etai holds a Master of Laws (LL.M) from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law where he was the Uriel and Caroline Bauer LL.M Scholar, as well as an LL.B and B.A from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Etai served in the Paratroopers’ Brigade of the IDF and performs reserve duty as a divisional legal advisor holding the rank of Captain (Res).

Adrian Bridgwater is a technology journalist with over two decades of press experience. Primarily he works as a news analysis writer dedicated to a software application development ‘beat’; but, as the previously narrow discipline of programming now extends across a wider transept of the enterprise IT landscape, his own editorial purview has also broadened. He has have spent much of the last ten years focusing on open source, data analytics & intelligence, cloud computing and data management. Adrian has an extensive background in communications starting in print media, newspapers and also television. He contributes regularly to Computer Weekly, TechTarget, The Register, Tech_HQ, IDG Connect and Forbes.

Assaf Frenkel (Co-Founder & CEO) has led hi-tech initiatives with experience in business management, venture and M&As for more than two decades. He was the founder and head of the Mobile Engagement Business Unit at NICE Systems (NASDAQ:NICE), where he headed Strategy and M&A for the Enterprise business. Assaf also held leadership positions in business and product at NICE Cyber business unit (later sold as Cyberbit). He co-founded and led Mybitat, an Internet of Things (IoT) analytics startup leveraging machine learning to understand senior’s behavior routines at home. He also served VP of Product & Marketing at CallVU, a startup focusing on digital engagement. Assaf has held various roles in investments, including venture partner at MoonScape Ventures, an IoT fund, and as investment professional at Gemini Venture Capital. He is a Lieutenant Colonel (Res.) of Israeli SIGINT unit 8200. Assaf holds a BSc. in Electronic Engineering and Computer Science from Tel-Aviv University

Andrew Dix is CEO and Founder the Crowded Media Group, publisher of Crowdfund Insider, the leading news and information site covering disruptive finance including crowdfunding, online lending, blockchain and other forms of Fintech. Crowdfund Insider was founded in 2012, soon after the signing of the JOBS Act by President Obama. The digital publication is recognized as a prominent voice and independent advocate for the innovation of alternative finance. Andrew is also a member of the Cambridge Alternative Finance Leadership Advisory Board, part of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at the University of Cambridge Judge School of Business. Andrew is an ongoing participant in the bipartisan Securities Regulation Working Group organized by the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC. In 2016, Andrew received the New Capital Markets Leadership Award For leadership in the development of new capital markets under the JOBS Act. He is a founding special advisor to the Association of Online Investment Platforms.

Hillel Fuld has been named the 7th top tech blogger worldwide, Israel’s top marketer, and was dubbed by Forbes “The Man Transforming Startup Nation to Scale up Nation.” Hillel is a global speaker, tech blogger, startup marketer, and leading online influencer. His work has been featured by CNBC, Forbes, Inc, Entrepreneur, TechCrunch, and many others.  Today, Hillel collaborates with companies such as Google, Oracle, and Microsoft to help early and later stage entrepreneurs take their local technology to a global scale. You can read or watch Hillel’s work across Facebook, Twitter, instagram, and most recently, YouTube. You can learn more about him on his website: www.hillelfuld.com

Matthew Kalman is the Middle East Correspondent for Bloomberg Industry Group, a reporter and filmmaker based in Jerusalem, the author of three non-fiction books and a forthcoming novel. Matthew has reported for MIT Technology Review, Financial Times, Times, Newsweek, London Sunday Times, Boston Globe, USA Today, New York Times, Guardian, Daily Mail, Globe & Mail, Chronicle of Higher Education and the San Francisco Chronicle. His television and radio reporting includes PBS, BBC, Channel 4 UK, CTV Canada and CCTV China.

Uri Lavi is the Co-Founder & CEO of Ride Vision – the only company that develops Advanced Rider Assistant System (ADAS) for motorbikes using computer vision & artificial intelligence on the edge. Prior to founding Ride Vision, Uri was a CEO of PicScout – an Israeli company acquired by Getty Images for ~$20M, which he led through various pivotal changes to the state of market leader in visual content analysis & tracking. Before that Uri held multiple leadership positions in a wide variety of Israeli start ups and multinational companies in insurance, web and homeland security sectors. Uri holds a B.Sc. in software engineering from the Technion, the Israeli Institute of Technology.

Kfir Kimhi is the CEO and co-founder of ITsMine - Beyond DLP, with over 15 years of practical experience as a security architect and manager at Check Point, he possesses vast knowledge of security design and architecture, solution deployment, risk and incident management, as well as public speaking and training. Kfir ran workshops globally for over 80 largest Check Point customers and become their trusted advisor. Kfir brings his experience to build ITsMine’s Beyond DLP™ - Data Loss Prevention - solution that enables organizations to proactively protect against internal and external threats, automatically. Kfir holds B.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Ben Gurion University of Negev.

Raphi has been CFO of Alpha Tau Medical since June 2019. He specializes in corporate finance and strategy, having spent 13 years working in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs in New York and Tel Aviv, most recently serving as Executive Director in charge of healthcare banking in Israel. He holds a BS in Economics from the Wharton School and a BSE and MSE in Electrical Engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Odess has spent her entire career within the healthcare & science industries and has held senior executive roles for multinational companies such as Johnson & Johnson, and a founder of start-ups such as Advanced Stent Technologies, CID and Woven Orthopedic Technologies . As an operator, Ms. Odess is an expert in leading companies from concept to clinical application and has created multiple businesses acquired by multi-billion dollar medical device companies, negotiated over 30 worldwide partnerships, and commenced direct corporate operations in Israel for Johnson & Johnson. As an investor, Ms. Odess has led international medical technology investments and management buyouts for an international family office and led Johnson & Johnson’s acquisition of two businesses. Ms. Odess has been recognized for her ability to create successful innovative solutions and has received Frost & Sullivan award for innovation. In addition to the state of Connecticut’s “2014 Woman of the Year” award for Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership. .Ms. Odess was a recipient of a “CEO USA Award” from 2018 CEO Today Magazine. Ms. Odess graduated with a BS in Biochemistry and an MBA from Bar-Ilan University.

Mr Halsband is the global leader of McDermott Will & Emery's Insurance Transactions and Regulation Group. He has more than 25 years of leadership experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry, including in investment banking and capital markets. His wide-ranging experience includes insurance broker and carrier M&A, new company formation, capital raises and new product development (principally for InsurTech startups); complex structured (re)insurance transactions; insurance-linked securities (ILS); distressed portfolio run-off administration and general corporate insurance regulatory matters.

Barry J. Schindler is the Chair of Greenberg Traurig's Global Patent Prosecution Group — a group of over 100 attorneys and agents, who are registered with the USPTO, and handling over 4,000 domestic and foreign applications (filing over 1,600 patent applications/year). Barry has over 30 years of legal experience in all aspects patent prosecution and IP protection — representing numerous major companies and start-ups regarding patents and trade secrets and managing their worldwide patent portfolio in such relevant technical areas of AgriTech, FoodTech, Fintech, chemical, pharmaceutical, material science and medical devices. Barry has obtained hundreds of U.S. patents for his clients, and has worked with foreign counsel in China, France, Germany, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Russia, and the United Kingdom, among others, to obtain foreign patents for firm clients. Barry has wide-ranging experience with USPTO Interpartes proceedings (“IPR”). Barry has been listed as an IP Star by Managing IP Magazine’s World IP Handbook and Survey, listed in IAM Global Leaders Guide, listed in Chambers USA Guide, and listed in IAM magazine’s IAM Patent 1000 for Patent Prosecution. Barry received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering (Process Control) from Cornell University. Prior to law school, Barry practiced for over eight years for major Fortune 100 companies. He received his J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center and is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey, and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Barry regularly teaches patent strategy at Universities, the USPTO and incubators. Barry regularly writes on key patent topics and is frequently quoted. Barry’s passion is supporting Family Promise of Morris County – dedicated to ending the crisis of homeless families.

Harel is a serial entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in the technology ecosystem, most recently as an investor and advisor for startups and VC’s. Currently, Harel is the CEO of Kryon, a leading provider of intelligent Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solutions. He has held several leadership positions including AVG Israel Country Manager (acquired by Avast for $1.3B. Prior to AVG Harel led Como (Conduit Mobile), a fast-growing mobile app maker platform. Prior to Como, he founded a visionary startup in the collectibles area, Collcs Ltd., and before that managed an engineering group at Microsoft & Gteko (acquired by Microsoft) ILDC.

Alan S. Goldstein, PhD, is a Managing Director at The Procter & Gamble Company, with the role of identifying and establishing partnerships for our P&G Ventures organization, whose the mission is to create $B businesses in new areas for P&G. Alan is a passionate innovator with a relentless pursuit to deliver game-changing consumer experiences. He has almost 30 years of experience delivering Disruptive and Consumer Product Innovations. His external focus has allowed him to have an expansive global network within the start-up and investment communities. Alan’s sustainable track record of delivering new-to-the-world innovations across P&G businesses has included the creation of new brands such Febreze, Swiffer and Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. He currently leads several areas within P&G Ventures, developing new businesses with an emphasis on external partnerships. Alan has more than 30 granted patents.

Steven Glanz is a proven executive with 20 years of sales, bizdev and management experience. Prior to joining Convizit, Steven was co-founder and CEO of Crosswise, a data-science technology company that he sold to Oracle in 2016. Prior to founding Crosswise, Steven held senior leadership positions in some of Israel’s most successful companies including Conduit and Shopping.com. Steven started his career as a management consultant with Booz Allen & Hamilton and graduated with honors from Harvard Law School (Magna Cum Laude).

Ben Sandler’s wide-ranging practice is focused on representing emerging and established technology companies. His expertise ranges from mergers and acquisitions (including complex employment and integration issues) and equity investments (from both the company and investor sides) to ongoing internal corporate matters and commercial transactions. In addition to driving numerous high-profile M&A transactions, including intense involvement in some of the largest acquisitions ever made in Israel, he often works with clients to structure and implement complex retention and post-transaction integration programs. He has extensive experience in executive compensation and employment issues, and leads the firm’s practice in employee equity incentive plans.

Baruch has been serving as the Executive Director of Tmura since its founding in 2002. Prior to joining Tmura, Baruch was co-founder and COO of Promique Technologies, an Internet promotions company. Baruch also spent five years in venture capital in Israel with The Israel International Fund and The Tikvah Fund, and prior to that, was employed as a senior consultant by Andersen Consulting in Toronto. Baruch received his BA in Economics from Yeshiva University and his MBA from Baruch College. In his current role as director of this unique foundation, Baruch combines his experience in both the high-tech and finance industries, together with an innovative model to promote charitable giving within Israel’s high-tech sector.

Tomer joined CropX on January 2019 as the CEO. Tomer is a seasoned manager with strong technological and financial background, including managing three technological companies that generated multi-million-dollar revenues, two of which were acquired by strategic investors under his leadership. In addition, Tomer was an acting partner at Eurofund, Israel’s most successful venture 2000 VC fund. Tomer spent 7 years in the Israeli Air Force serving as a pilot. Tomer holds an MBA from the University of Haifa (summa cum laude) and BA in computer science from the Technion. https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomertzach/.

Amir founded Susquehanna Growth Equity in 2006 with the owners of SIG. He focuses on investments in software and financial technology. He was previously a venture capitalist at TL Ventures and BRM Capital, and was also an investment banker at Robertson Stephens. Amir currently serves on the boards of Payoneer, HighRadius, HMP Group, and bStock Solutions. He previously served on the boards of iCIMS, CashEdge (Fiserv), Paysimple (Evercommerce), Zyme Solutions (E2Open), MarcroPoint (Descartes), Plimus (BlueSnap), and multiple other private and non-for-profit boards. Amir received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He taught entrepreneurial management to second year MBA candidates at the Wharton School from 2005-2010 and is a frequent guest lecturer at the school.

Tal has 15 years of hands-on experience in Product and Project Management. Prior to founding Silo, Tal worked in multiple startups, from medical devices (Syqe Medical - an OC portfolio company) to food industry equipment as well as spent years developing special equipment for special forces in the IDF. Tal has been the recipient of multiple awards for creative ingenuity and earned a Master's degree in System Engineering from the Technion

Mark Selinger focuses his practice on two areas: the representation of family offices and family office-backed investment funds in all aspects of their business, and the representation of public and private US and Israeli technology and life sciences companies, in public offering, private placement and merger and acquisition transactions. In his representation of family office and family office-backed fund clients, Mark has extensive experience in highly structured investments. In his representation of public companies, Mark has been involved in complex cross-border transactions, including several “going-private” transactions involving NASDAQ-listed Israeli companies. Mark also advises his public company clients on disclosure and compliance issues arising under US securities laws, including NYSE and NASDAQ regulations.

Ronen Eavri, is the CEO and Co-founder of Barcode-Diagnostics which develops a novel nanotechnology-based precision-medicine solution. Prior to his current role, Ronen served as a R&D manager at Ethicon-J&J for over 5 years, leading drug and device development from early to advanced clinical stages. Ronen holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the Hebrew University which was followed by a Post doc at MIT, and has recently completed an MBA at the Technion.

Educational background includes a B.Sc. in Physics and Ph.D. in Chemistry (chemical physics) at McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Doctoral research was in the field of nuclear quadrupole resonance spectroscopy. Following a post-doctoral fellowship at McGill, I pursued medical training and an M.D. at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada and residency in Pathology (anatomic and clinical) at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach Florida. Subsequently I joined the Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratories at Miami Children’s Hospital (now known as Nicklaus Children’s Hospital), a tertiary care exclusively pediatric hospital where I currently serve as Department Chief (since 1997). The Department provides comprehensive clinical laboratory and anatomic pathology services for the hospital and satellite centers under the Nicklaus Children’s Health System and has earned a reputation for early adaptation of avant garde technology and practices in laboratory medicine. Our Department also supports institutional clinical research activities conducted under the auspices of the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Research Institute (NCHRI). I served on the hospital Institutional Review Board (IRB) from 1996-2006 and served as Chair from 1999-2006 (IRB functions are now provided by the Western IRB). I currently serve on the Research Advisory Council of the NCHRI. In 2017 I became Medical Director of the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Biobank that was established in 2017 as a major division of the Personalized Medicine Initiative. Within the past several years I developed and own the intellectual property for a proprietary laboratory test panel for the assessment for existing or risk for developing common chronic conditions related to nutrition and aging. The test TOP™ (Test-Optimize-Perform) is currently being evaluated in an IRB approved clinical research study under the NCHRI. Translational research activities were initiated in the Department of Pathology through the establishment of a cell and molecular biology research laboratory 1998. Research activities initially focused on molecular oncology and drug discovery and later evolved to and evidence-based platform for ethnobotanical medicinal discovery. The laboratory was transitioned into a private corporation I founded; Dharma Biomedical, LLC in 2006 that continues these activities. Dharma Biomedical has generated intellectual property including four patents (co-inventor) and a diverse pipeline of more than 100 botanical extract fractions from at least 50 botanical sources for future development. Currently two products have been commercialized. The principle areas of R & D are in oncology, immunology and acquired disorders stemming from derangement of energy metabolism. Over the past 20 years I have served as a consultant for several corporations in the biomedical or medical fields, frequently lectured at medical and biotechnology conferences and have authored more than 100 papers in peer reviewed journals.

Gil Arazi, Insurtech thought leader. Founder and Managing Partner of FinTLV Venture Capital, the leading Insurtech VC in Israel. 20 years of experience in Israeli insurance companies: VP Migdal Group; Senior VP Phoenix Insurance; CIO Clal Insurance; CEO of Clalbit - Clal Insurance’s IT Company. FinTLV is a Proactive VC, running a global innovation platform, focusing on InsurTech and insurance related technologies. FinTLV secured capital from worldwide leading global Insurers. FinTLV develops new insurance Products to the global insurance market and is venturing new technology Insurance solutions.

Robbie Citron is a Founding Partner and has been the CFO of OurCrowd since its inception. Robbie has over 35 years of experience in financial management, including two decades working in the VC and startup industry. Prior to joining OurCrowd in 2012 he was the CFO and Partner Jerusalem Global Ventures and also acted as consulting CFO at a number of independent Israeli biotech and medical startups, including Izun Pharmaceuticals and Chiasma. Earlier in his career, Robbie was Financial Controller and Company Secretary of the Israel branch of Hanson PLC and worked as a public accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Israel and BDO Stoy Hayward in London. He is a Certified Public Accountant in Israel and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accounts in England & Wales. Robbie holds an honours degree in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science and sets aside part of his spare time to work with a number of Jerusalem based charitable institutions.

A Business development and Sales Management professional with vast experience in various technologies, Digital Media, TV, Broadcast, Broadband, Content, OTT, Home Networking, and Sports Tech. Jonathan has spent the last 20 years introducing, cultivating and generating business across all continents, generating and developing business, managing and running teams, for various sized companies, from startups at seed stage to large cooperation’s with global presence

Leah has over 15 years of experience in human resources, operations, and corporate law. Prior to joining OurCrowd, Leah served in both HR and Operations leadership roles at NowForce, a Jerusalem based tech startup, from 2012 to 2018. Before NowForce, Leah was Head of HR at Jerusalem-based, Nasdaq-traded Answers Corporation (Answers.com) between 2006 and 2012. Leah completed a LLB/MBA program at Bar Ilan University and is licensed to practice law in Israel. Leah was born in NY and raised in Jerusalem where she lives with her husband and 5 children.

NBA all-star, Olympic gold medalist, and world-class investor; Michael has invested in over 85 companies in the tech and media industries following a playing career that took him from the south side of Columbus all the way to the Beijing Olympics.

Michael Migendt has more than 10 years experience in retail banking, startup partnerships and venture capital investments. Since 2015 he is responsible for TeamBank's innovation activities. He is scouting globally for technologies and business models related to consumer finance. He is a member of DZ BANK’s Innovation Round Table and mentor at several innovation labs and accelerator programs. In his previous positions he focused on cleantech and climate finance where he published several articles in international journals and consulted the German government. Michael holds a PhD in Technology Entrepreneurship from EBS Business School and a Diploma in Management & Technology from Technical University of Munich. He was a visiting researcher at Tsinghua University and University of California, Davis.

Gil Horsky's passion is creating innovative products and snacks that are good for people, kind to the planet and deliciously fun!. Gil is part of the founding team for SnackFutures, the new innovation & venture hub from Mondelēz International, the largest snacking company in the world. SnackFutures has three pillars: invent, reinvent and venture, and is on a mission to create a vibrant ecosystem of partners to invent or to make venture investments in the next generation of snacks. Throughout his career, Gil Horsky had the privilege to work and lead innovation on some of the most iconic global brands: Milka, Pepsi, Quaker Oats, Toblerone, Cadbury, Oreo, Tropicana & Nestle Purina. Gil Horsky is a regular contributor to leading industry journals and a speaker in international conferences about the topics of innovation, FoodTech and marketing.

David Yaari is the Founding Director General of the Arizona-Israel Trade and Investment Office. An established entrepreneur, Mr. Yaari built and sold iSpa Express, the national retail cosmetics chain he co-founded in 2011. During that time Mr. Ya’ari grew the company to 10 retail locations across Israel, with over 180 employees and achieving 20 million NIS in annual revenues. Prior to moving to Israel, Mr. Ya’ari was a senior executive at the RAI Group, a specialty finance and asset based lending company, where he led the company’s national private label credit card business. Mr. Ya’ari earlier served as the Chief Operating Officer at Optinetix, an Optical Messaging company and as Head of US operations and Senior Vice President of Business Development and Marketing at Tantian Corporation, an Enterprise software company. Following his MBA from the Stern School of Business, David spent several years as a Strategy Consultant with Cap Gemini/Ernst & Young’s Management Consulting Strategic Advisory Services practice where he specialized in the e-commerce and Financial Services industries. Mr. Ya’ari has also worked in marketing and business development at American Express and in account management at advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather. After University, David served as a lone soldier and tank gunner in the Armored corps of the Israel Defense Forces and worked in Politics for Senator Dan Coats from Indiana. Mr. Yaari is deeply committed to community and civic engagement and leadership and is active with several philanthropic organizations, including serving as the Founder and Honorary Chairman of the Council of Young Jewish Presidents, Founder and Honorary Chairman of Dor Chadash, now part of the IAC, Israeli American Council. In 2008, David was listed among the Forward’s 50 most influential Jewish individuals in America and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Israel’s Nature and Heritage Foundation- Israel’s National Parks Service, the World Confederation of United Zionists of the World Zionist Organization and on the General Assembly of Israel’s Society for International Development and as a shareholder in Innovation: Africa, a United Nations member NGO founded by his wife Sivan. But most important to David is being a father to Ori, Emily and Adam.

Josh Liggett works on the Investments team at OurCrowd, focusing on Fintech and Blockchain. His first exposure to the pain points fintech companies solve was dealing with traditional factors in the mid 2000’s while running an e-commerce clothing company. Soon after moving to Israel, Josh got involved in the Israeli Fintech scene. He started writing for the fintech media site Tearsheet in early 2016, where he covered payments and blockchain, joining OurCrowd a year later. Since then he has been investing in the blockchain space, speaking at events, and helping early stage blockchain companies grow. He has a true entrepreneurial spirit, and has made angel investments, sat on the board of financial institutions, and coordinated business development strategies to help his investments grow. Other roles include mentor at the Barclays Accelerator Powered by Techstars in Tel Aviv, Barclays Rise Ambassador, and Board Advisor & Mentor at Blockchain Israel.

Eli is a Senior Investment Partner at OurCrowd. Prior to joining OurCrowd, Eli was partner at Amiti Venture Capital and co-led early stage investments in some of Israel’s best performing deep technology companies – Innoviz, Vayyar, Valens (all three completed ~300M$ up rounds recently), Autotalks, Corephotonics and more. Amiti VC is an early stage Israel-based fund focusing on deep intellectual property multi-disciplinary technologies and teams. Before Amiti, Eli was for more than a decade VP for Research and Development in AudioCodes (NASDAQ: AUDC), managing multinational R&D teams and key to bringing the company to a 2B$ valuation and over 150M$ yearly revenues. In this capacity he managed more than 300 engineers and scientists. Previously, Eli served as a senior officer in one of the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) elite intelligence technological units, heading both operational and large development groups.

Connor Esrick is the Co-Founder of PuzzleHR and serves as Director of Business Development for the company. He developed a unique background in the financial industry early in his career. Mr. Esrick spent a period of time at Lighthouse Partners before joining Palm Beach Capital, a private equity investment firm, based in Florida. The firm partners with management teams in middle-market buyouts, recapitalizations, and growth equity investments. He spent much of his time working on day to day problems with current portfolio investments to assist with and to learn more about different sectors, emerging ideas and new technologies. Since then, Mr. Esrick has transitioned from middle-market private equity space to start his new venture. PuzzleHR is the premier outsourced HR company in the United States serving a variety of different companies, across many sectors. The company specializes in HR, risk management, compliance, cost control, ROI and payroll management. PuzzleHR assists with day to day problems and long term issues to help free up time to make sure young and mature companies can focus on what they do best. Mr. Esrick holds a B.S. in Economics from the University of Miami.

Shany is the Director, Investor Relations at OurCrowd. She manages strategic relationships with institutional and private investors providing investment opportunities into global Start-Ups and Venture Capital Firms. Shany is an experienced manager with a demonstrated history of working in the finance industry. Her background includes work in private hedge fund Noked Capital where she developed integral relationships with target customers and partners, as well as business development and capital raising, all while working closely with global banks, underwriters, administrators and institutional investors. Shany also worked for Excellence Nessuah Investment House Ltd, marketing the Excellence Mutual Funds at Bank Leumi. She is a qualified Israel securities authority investment marketing and earned her B.A in Economics and Business Management from IDC Hertzelia.

Partner, Government Relations and Israeli Partnerships Department at OurCrowd since 2016. Leading OurCrowd’s efforts to establish five Technological Incubators, in Israel and abroad, with governmental support of tens of millions of dollars. In addition, leads OurCrowd’s efforts and initiatives with local and foreign Government Agencies. Represents OurCrowd as a Board Member on the boards of Fresh Start, CanNegev and Sprout. Prior to working at OurCrowd served as a Board Member and as the Chief of Staff to the Chief Scientist at the Israel Innovation Authority (IIA). Also served as a Member of the Exemptions and Mergers Advisory Committee at the Israel Antitrust Authority, as an Adviser to the Monetary Committee of the Bank of Israel and as an Economics Professor.

Ronny Cohen has 30 years’ experience in the hi-tech industry. Previously he co-founded Backwell, a start-up in the health industry as well as serving on the Boards of SmartLine Systems and Racana. Before, Mr. Cohen co-founded Comsys, a wireless communication start-up that distributed about $100M to its shareholders. Before Comsys, Ronny worked at National Semiconductors as a project manager. He also served in an elite Intelligence Technology unit and was a member of the Talpiot programme. Mr. Cohen earned a B.Sc. with honors in Physics and Mathematics, and holds twelve patents.

Gidi is a practicing physician, researcher, and serial entrepreneur. Early in his career, Gidi served as CTO and Chief Architect of several algorithm-rich startup companies in Israel. In 2002, Gidi graduated from Tel Aviv University Medical School and later specialized in internal medicine, treating patients and teaching students and residents in one of Israel’s largest hospitals. Gidi received a PhD in Computational Biology from Tel Aviv University, harnessing mathematical and biological models to help fight breast cancer. In 2012 Gidi co-founded MedAware, utilizing machine learning algorithms to eliminate medication-related risks and promote patient safety.

Jeremy is Israel’s only active venture capitalist and professional basketball player, a unique combination for leading a sports tech investment fund. With over five years in venture, Jeremy has vast experience sourcing and conducting due diligence on technology deals with a specific focus on sports - including Replay Technologies (acquired by Intel ~$180m). After a successful collegiate career at Yeshiva University where he was one of a dozen two- year captains in the school’s history, Jeremy chose to pursue his basketball career in Israel. Jeremy is a veteran of Israel’s Artzit basketball league having played six seasons on a number of teams in the Jerusalem and Tel Aviv areas. Jeremy has connections with professional athletes and teams in a number of international leagues, including NBA, NFL, Euroleague, MLS, CBA, and many more.

Kfir Kachlon is a senior member of OurCrowd’s investments team and the Cannabis and Food technologies lead at OurCrowd. Prior to joining OurCrowd, Kfir practiced Technology Law, focused on IP, M&As, and contracts for advanced technological projects and startups. Kfir earned his LL.M in International Commercial Law in 2015 from the Tel Aviv University in collaboration with UC Berkeley (Magna Cum Laude). Kfir was admitted into the Israel Bar Association in 2011. As an entrepreneur, Kfir founded L’etape Cycling Apparel, a consumer product company that designs, manufactures, and sells high quality and performance limited edition cycling apparel to the road cycling niche market. Kfir is passionate about technology and enjoys taking an active part in enabling the growth and development of technology and startup companies.

Lou Cooperhouse is recognized as a leading global authority in food business innovation and technology commercialization, with extensive leadership experiences throughout his 35-year career in the food industry. He is a results-driven professional, and has led cross-functional teams in a wide array of industry settings that include: multinational corporations, foodservice and retail operations, new business startups, mid-sized and family-run companies, university entrepreneurship and innovation centers, and industry trade associations. With his deep and diverse understanding of the food industry, Lou has spoken at hundreds of conferences throughout his career, specializing in food trends, disruptive technologies, and global best practices in business innovation and incubation. Most recently, Lou served as CEO of Food Spectrum, LLC, where he provided a broad array of strategic consulting and business management expertise to the food industry. Areas of specialization and focus included: corporate development and strategic planning; organizational leadership and team building; merger and acquisition assessment; corporate partnering and sales development; new product ideation, innovation and incubation; product and process development; technology assessment and commercialization; quality assurance and food safety systems; plant and process design and engineering; and operational performance and metrics. Lou also served as a founder and the Executive Director of the Rutgers University Food Innovation Center (FIC), and led this program for approximately 15 years. Lou created a new global model for food industry economic development, business attraction and retention, and industry cluster creation. The Rutgers FIC subsequently became internationally recognized for its economic development impacts, and recognized as the “Business Incubator of the Year” by the International Business Innovation Association (InBIA), and as a nationwide model and an “Agricultural Innovation Center Demonstration Program” by the USDA. In this role, Lou also testified at the US Congress on best practices in business incubation and industry cluster formation, and also served as President of the New Jersey Business Incubation Network; Executive Director and President of the New Jersey Food Processors Association; and on the Board of Directors of the International Business Innovation Association. Earlier in his career, he also served on the Board and a member of the Executive Committee of the Refrigerated Foods Association; on the board of the United Fresh Produce Association; on the Board of Managers of the NJ Agricultural Experiment Station at Rutgers University; and on the Editorial Advisory Board of Produce Processing Magazine. Previously, Lou served as President & COO of F&S Produce, a leading regional supplier of fresh-cut produce and value-added refrigerated foods, providing leadership to over 500 employees, located at two facilities with over 125,000 sf operations. Prior to this, he served as Co-Founder, President and CEO of MenuDirect Corporation, a unique health, wellness, and nutrition company, which provided meal solutions for individuals with celiac disease, diabetes, PKU and dysphagia. Earlier in his career, Lou held positions of increasing responsibility at Campbell’s Soup, ConAgra, Nestlé-funded Culinary Brands, Idle Wild Farms, and Grand Union Supermarkets in areas of business development, product development, quality assurance, and operations. Lou has personally been responsible for leading corporate pioneering efforts that resulted in the commerciaization of numerous new food technologies in the US marketplace, that include sous vide, high pressure processing, and modified atmosphere packaging. He also led a team of food scientists and chefs that developed the first comprehensive line of gluten-free products worldwide, completed in the late 1990’s, as well as other product lines focused on disease management. Lou has also authored numerous articles in food industry trade magazines, as well as the first syndicated research study on “home meal replacement” and the emerging category of “Retail Prepared Refrigerated Foods – The Market and Technologies” that was published in 2002. In addition, Lou has considerable expertise in food safety and quality assurance systems, and has provide leadership at numerous FDA and USDA-inspected operations throughout his career, and has conducted third-party audits of dozens of food companies throughout the nation. He is Certified in Preventive Controls for Human Food (issued by the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance in 2016), is a Certified Trainer in HACCP (issued by the International HACCP Alliance in 2013) and is also Certified as a ServSafe Food Protection Manager (issued by the American National Standards Institute in 2013). Lou received a MS in Food Science and BS in Microbiology, both from Rutgers University, and has served as an Adjunct Professor at the Rutgers Business School.

Uri is recognized globally as an industry expert on Cybercrime and advanced threats. He is a regular speaker in the leading Security and Cyber conferences. Prior to joining BioCatch he served as Head of New Technologies, Identity Protection at RSA. Over the years Uri worked closely with the world’s largest financial institutions on developing solutions against cyber crime, and was a key player in developing technologies used today by thousands of organizations worldwide to stop billions of dollars in fraud

Current Position: Director of Tempo Beer Industries Ltd, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Tempo Beverages Ltd, and Tempo Marketing (1981) Ltd. Director of Barkan Wineries Ltd. 2005 Occupation in the last five years: Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tempo Beer Industries Ltd, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Tempo Beverages Ltd, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Carmel Investments Group Ltd. Director of Carmel Investments Group Ltd. and its investee companies, Tempo Marketing (1981) Ltd., Barkan Winery Ltd., Ashdod Refrigeration and Storage Plants Ltd., Holon Refrigeration and Storage Buildings Ltd., and a number of private companies under its control. MBA from Columbia University NYC

Dr. Ami Appelbaum is the Chief Scientist and the Chairman of the Board of Israel Innovation Authority. Dr. Appelbaum has more than 36 years’ experience in research, development and senior level management in the field of the Semiconductor. Prior to the current job as Chief Scientist, Dr. Appelbaum served for 22 years at numerous executive positions at KLA Tencor, $15.6B Market Cap and world leader in the business of capital equipment for the semiconductor industry based in the Silicon Valley, CA. His most recent position was Corporate Senior Vice President and president of KLA Tencor Israel. Dr. Appelbaum holds a Doctorate and Master degrees from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa and an Engineering degree from Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheba, all in the field of materials engineering. Dr. Appelbaum is the author and co-author of more than 50 scientific and technical publications, and holds 7 patents in the field of semiconductor equipment and processing.

Dr. Patrick Pfeffer (born 1980), founder of aescuvest GmbH, responsible for business development and strategic corporate management. He graduated with a degree in bioinformatics and a doctorate in pharmaceutical chemistry. He also holds a diploma in business administration. Before founding aescuvest in 2014, he made a marketing career as specialist in digital marketing for pharma and health media companies. As general manager of WebMD Global he drove the expansion of Medscape, a global platform for physicians and healthcare professionals, into the French and German markets. As an advisor for systemic marketing and partnering strategies, he worked for multi-national projects in the health sector.

Anders is leading the Digital Practice at Triton Partners. He joined from Ericsson, where he was Senior Vice President and CIO and Chairman of the LatAm Region. As former Senior Partner and Director of McKinsey & Company, he led the global High Tech and Mobile Telecom Practice and the European Private Equity Practice. Anders has a strong track record in implementing business excellence in industrial, service and tech companies and extensive experience in driving large transformation programs including digitalization. Anders holds a Master in Economics and Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics, including MBA studies at the Western University, Ivey Business School, Canada.

Alec Ellison serves as Chairman of OurCrowd's US business. He joined OurCrowd after a nearly 30-year career in investment banking focused on the technology sector. Alec was formerly a Vice Chairman of Jefferies LLC, the long time head of the firm's Technology Investment Banking Group, and a member of the firm's Executive Committee. He joined Jefferies as part of the firm's 2003 acquisition of Broadview International, where he was President. After retiring from Jefferies, he founded Outvest Capital to pursue a proprietary public investing strategy capitalizing on how the accelerating rate of technological change impacts companies across all industries. Alec has been deeply involved in the Israeli technology scene since 1996. He often integrates his not for profit work with his Israel related activities including serving the past 4 years as AIPAC's National Venture/Tech Division Chair. A passionate history buff, Alec is a trustee of the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphila. He is South Carolina native and holds a BA from Yale (summa cum laude) and an MBA with High Distinction from the Harvard Business School.

Shahar is the Co-Founder and CEO of NortecView. He is a veteran of the Israeli central intelligence research unit and was part of a pioneering team that leveraged the use of GPS and mapping technologies into advanced intelligence applications. Prior to NortecView, Shahar served as VP of Business Development at Nortec Group, where he led its acquisition to a multi-billion dollar global company; M&A Associate at Herzog Fox and Neeman, the leading law firm in Israel. Shahar holds an M.B.A in Finance and Banking (magna cum laude) and an LL.B. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (magna cum laude).

In his role, Mr. Simpson oversees all of the company’s global information technology strategy, services and operations. A nearly 30-year IT industry veteran, Simpson joined the Coca-Cola system in 2008 as Group CIO of the Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) Group, a major Coca-Cola bottler based in Sydney, Australia. In this role he was responsible for the development and implementation of IT strategy for the CCA Group across multiple lines of business in six Asia-Pacific markets. He joined The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta in January 2016 where he was responsible for overseeing IT services provided to all of the company’s business units worldwide. Before joining the Coca-Cola system, Simpson served in various IT leadership roles for Colgate-Palmolive based in Australia, Malaysia and the United States from 1990-2008. He holds a Bachelor’s of Economics from Sydney University and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Dr. Doron M. Behar, CEO Igentify, holds an MD and Ph.D. degrees from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He also completed specialization programs in Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine at Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center as well as in Medical Genetics at the Raphael Recanati Genetics Institute, Rabin Medical Center. In parallel, his Ph.D. thesis was in the field of Population Genetics. Dr. Behar’s research area of interest is across the broad range of evolutionary genomics, ancestry, phylogenetics, and translational genomics. Dr. Behar has multi-year background experience in the development of genetic testing for the public using a direct internet-based customer approach at his capacity as the chief science officer of Gene by Gene Ltd. During his work, he gained expertise in the various aspects of mass genotyping, including regulation, privacy, database creations and mining, website designs, automation, machinery, genetic analysis, quality reassurance, and more. Dr. Behar has shaped the genetic industry with over 100 published articles in top journals. His primary interest is in developing robust, medically-grade digital genetic tolls to allow massive adaption of genomic testing to the general public that will allow the hope for precision medicine to any individual worldwide.

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Denes Ban is a serial entrepreneur turned serial investor. He personally invested in over 70 companies and founded a number of start-ups in the past decade, including co-founding and selling FodorHR and co-founding PocketGuide, one of the world’s leading travel apps for 150 cities, with millions of users and a Techcrunch winner. Denes has improved the profitability of 100s of companies and trained thousands of CEOs and entrepreneurs around the world. He has also been lecturing at universities such as Harvard, Kellogg, CKGSB and INSEAD. He has personally raised over $1billion and as Managing Partner he has been leading OurCrowd’s fundraising efforts in Asia for the last 6 years. As a respected community leader Denes is closely involved with a number of philanthropic organizations and writes a weekly blog with the Times of Israel merging ideas on Jewish wisdom with business, tech, psychology, and philosophy.

Tal Ohana – Mayor of Yeruham Tal was born and raised in Yeruham and is the fourth generation of immigrants from Morocco. As a teenager, she worked in the family business while also being busy with activities as Chairperson of the Student Council and Chairman of the Youth Council. After graduating from high school in Yeruham, Tal enlisted in the IDF and held a number of command positions in Hashomer Farm – a base that runs special educational programs for soldiers from broken homes and other kinds of problematic background. Tal completed her undergraduate degree in Organizational Sociology at the Emek Yezreel College in the North and has a master's degree from the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at IDC Herzliya. Between 2004 and 2009, Tal held a number of positions in managerial positions at the Rashi Foundation, the ISEF Foundation and the Yeruham Community Center. From 2009-2010, Tal served as the director of the Young People's Association in Yeruham and focused on youth at risk, leadership and settlement. In 2011, she established a movement for Zionist activities in Morocco, in which hundreds of youth from the Jewish community of Casablanca, Marrakech, Tangier, Agadir and Rabat participated in several programs in Israel and abroad. This is in addition to encouraging the immigration and absorption of families as well as fundraising and support for welfare, health and relationship between Jews and Muslims in Morocco, supported by the Keren Leyedidut (International Fellowship for Christians and Jews). From 2010 until her election as Mayor, Tal served for as Deputy and Acting Mayor of Yeruham. This was the first time a woman was nominated for this position. She also held the portfolio of education and strategic development in the city, as well as a member of the Planning and Building Committee. Tal has worked for Yeruham's economic and social development, enlisting partners from Israel and around the world, and has made a significant impact on the community, employment, education, welfare and health. Yeruham's socioeconomic ranking is 3 out of 10 - a figure that emphasizes the depth of poverty of some of its residents. As Mayor, Tal plans to promote two main issues in the next few years: The first issue is economic development - the fields of tourism and Medtech will be at the center of opportunities for inclusive economic growth. The second focus point will be social mobility. In order to have maximum impact, a unique model is being developed which will guide all municipal investments.

Colonel (ret.) Natan Barak, founder and CEO of mPrest Systems, is the leader of the Iron Dome Command and Control System development. Natan has a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Technion), MA in Business Administration (Bar Ilan University), MA in Political Science (Haifa University), and is a graduate of the Israeli Academy of National Security. Natan was the head of the Israel Navy's C4I (Command & Control, Computers and Communication) Division. During his service Natan was in charge on the development of many critical combat and command and control system and received the Admiral's Innovation Award (4 times) and the Chief of Staff Award. In November 2003, Natan retired from the Navy and founded mPrest Systems. mPrest Systems developed very sophisticated infrastructure and generic command and control system which is considered to be game-changing technology and is used in the Iron Dome command and control system as well as in many other defense and commercial applications. mPrest has a leading platform for the IOT business which increasing efficiency and productivity in many industrial companies. Natan Barak received Israel's National Security Award from the president of Israel for leading the development of Iron Dome command and control system, and has published various articles on the development of software and C2 (Command and Control) systems. He received the IDF Chief of Staff Award for an article on models for the development of Command and Control systems.

Tnuva's CINO and Managing Tnuva's Innovation Unit. Prior to that Shay Co-Founded and led several pioneering Food Tech Start-Ups as well as Corporate Open Innovation Centers & Investment vehicles for several multinational companies. Shay Holds LL B. and BA in Business Administration, MA in Entrepreneurship and Finance (Zell Entrepreneurship Program

Allen is a successful entrepreneur and experienced corporate executive in the healthcare and medical informatics space. He recently joined OurCrowd as a Managing Partner to launch its first sector fund focused exclusively on investments in digital health. Previously, Allen was a co-founder of Humedica, a transformative population health and analytics company which was sold to UnitedHealth (NYSE UNH - the largest U.S. health insurer) in 2013. Following the acquisition, Allen served as the Chief Commercial Officer of Optum Analytics (a division in Optum, UnitedHealth Group’s health services company). As the CCO, he led the group’s commercialization efforts of analytics software products and solutions, including the award-winning Optum OneTM, to U.S. provider and payer organizations. With nearly 25 years of experience in health care, Allen also was a director at leading healthcare investment bank, Leerink Swann (now Leerink Partners), and held management positions at Biogen. He began his career reporting on FDA and policy issues for The Pink Sheet, and received his BA from Brandeis University.

Catherine Longworth is a senior reporter for Medtech Insight, the leading source of business intelligence for the global medical technology industry.

born 1966, Karlsruhe, Germany graduate degree in Electronics, MBA 28 years in automotive Engineering Valeo, Harman, MagnaElectronics, Conti ADAS

Didier Toubia is the Co-Founder and CEO of Aleph Farms, a cultivated meat company that is shaping the future of food by growing slaughter-free beef steaks directly from cow cells, preserving natural resources, and avoiding the use of antibiotics. Prior to Aleph Farms, Didier co-founded and led IceCure, which went public in 2010, and served as the CEO of NLT Spine, which was acquired by SeaSpine in 2016. Didier was trained as a Food Engineer and Biologist and holds a joint executive MBA from Kellogg and Recanati.