Mitch Garber is a Canadian born lawyer, and Israeli dual citizen. He is a strategic co-investment partner of TPG, Apollo and Fosun. He is co-investor and Chairman of Cirque du Soleil, co-investor and board member of Rackspace, co-investor and Board member of French fashion house Lanvin, and a minority owner of the NHL Seattle professional hockey team led by TPG founder David Bonderman and movie mogul Jerry Bruckheimer. He is the former CEO of Caesars Acquisition Company and under his leadership, led Israeli based mobile games business Playtika, which was sold in 2016 to a Chinese consortium including Giant Interactive and Jack Ma for 4.4B USD. He is also the Chairman of Invest in Canada, the Canadian government federal agency responsible for foreign direct investment in Canada. He sits on the board and leads a number of important philanthropic activities in Canada and Israel. He has a BA from McGill University ('86), a law degree from the University of Ottawa ('89) , an honorary doctorate from the University of Ottawa ('17), and was awarded the Order of Canada, the highest civilian honour from the government of Canada, in 2019 for his contributions in business and philanthropy.

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, succeeding long-time CEO, Stephen J. Luczo. 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.

Based in the Washington DC Area, John is a seasoned technology investor and life-long entrepreneur with three decades of experience investing in and managing rapidly growing technology companies. Before becoming a venture capitalist in 1999, he co-founded US Order, which revolutionized online banking. As CEO, John took US Order public on the NASDAQ in 1995. John founded three different venture capital firms, including most recently PROOF. At PROOF, John led the firm’s investments in Beyond Meat, Carta, DailyPay, Prolacta, Ripple, Skillz, Stellar Cyber, Yubico and Zipline. John served four years on the Board of Directors of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and has served as a technology policy adviser to three Virginia governors. John began his career at Bain & Co. and Bain Capital, where he was the first management consultant to take a full-time operating role in a portfolio company. He was awarded the Civilian Desert Storm Medal in 1991 for his work supporting the Department of Defense.

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.

Daniel is CEO and co-founder of Lemonade, the insurance carrier powered by artificial intelligence and behavioral economics. His previous roles include President of Powermat, and SVP Global Marketing and General Manager at SanDisk. Daniel was VP Business Development & Marketing at msystems, which SanDisk acquired for $1.6B. Daniel began his career as a corporate-commercial attorney.

Jim Adler is the founding managing director of Toyota AI Ventures, and an executive advisor at the Toyota Research Institute (TRI). He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Toyota Financial Savings Bank and the Investment Committee of JetBlue Technology Ventures, and he is a member of the Department of Homeland Security Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee. Jim joined Toyota AI Ventures from TRI, where he served as vice president of data and business development. Prior to that, Jim was vice president of products and marketing at Metanautix, a big data analytics startup funded by Sequoia Capital and Workday that was acquired by Microsoft. Previously, Jim was the vice president of data systems and chief privacy officer at Intelius, which was acquired by H.I.G. Capital. In addition, he founded VoteHere, a pioneer in cryptographic secure and secret online voting for public elections that was funded by Cisco and HP, among others. Jim started his career as a rocket engineer for Lockheed Martin. He received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with high honors from the University of Florida, and a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of California, San Diego.

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.

Amy serves as Vice President, Investor relations and leads OurCrowd’s efforts in the Midwest. Previously, she was the Regional Director of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and before that she was the Director of the America Israel Public Affairs Committee’s of Chicago Area. During her legal career, she focused on securities litigation at Davis, Polk & Wardwell and McDermott, Will & Emery. Amy has a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from George Washington University and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. Amy serves on the boards of AJC Chicago and the America Israel Chamber of Commerce.

Nobuyuki “Aki” Akimoto is Co-Founder & Managing Director of AT PARTNERS, Inc., which is a Japan based venture platform invested in the Israeli leading venture funds, facilitating the real open innovations between Israeli start-ups and large corporates in Japan. Aki worked for NTT and NTT DOCOMO since 1987. While Aki worked for NTT, he mainly engaged in the businesses of launching overseas projects, such as Indonesia Project (Installation of new telephone lines in Indonesia), Vietnam Project, Sri Lanka Project, Philippine Project, and India Project. He also served as COO of DOCOMO Communications Laboratories USA, Inc. (currently DOCOMO Innovations, Inc.), President & CEO of DOCOMO Capital, Inc., Chairman of DOCOMO Innovations, Inc., responsible for the launch of Silicon Valley R&D office, investment in startups and facilitation of the collaboration between startups and NTT DOCOMO. Most recently, Nobuyuki led NTT DOCOMO Ventures to facilitate the open innovation of whole NTT Group. He also served as Director of Japan Venture Capital Association and the chairman of Open Innovation Committee from 2014 to 2016. He has been consistently engaged in accelerating the Open Innovation from a corporate standpoint.

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

Yuda is a prolific angel investor and visionary in the Israeli technology sector with an innate sense for identifying and cultivating disruptive technologies and innovation. Yuda is Co-Managing Partner at Greenfield Partners, and TPG Advisor. As an investor, Yuda has taken part in some of the most innovative Israeli and Israel-related technology companies over the last two decades. Among his over 40 investments are Helloextend, Reali, Airobotics, Vgen (acquired by Newport Corporation), PrimeSense (acquired by Apple); Leaba (acquired by Cisco) and Crosswise (acquired by Oracle). These companies benefited from Yuda’s rich operational experience as well as his global network. Currently, with Greenfield Partners, Yuda looks to provide guidance and value through each stage of development, including scaling for growth, capital raising, operations, competitive strategy and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to his investing career, Yuda managed the domestic sales channel at Computer Associates and held prominent positions at Cheyenne Software, Cheyenne Communications and Texas Instruments. He is also the founder of Texel, which was sold to Elco International. Yuda is active in a variety of philanthropic causes, chief among them his ongoing support and advocacy for the Ethiopian community in Israel. Yuda is a veteran of the Israeli Navy SEALs and received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Tel Aviv.

Leah Stern is founder of London based "Stern Power Limited," a full service tech PR and communications agency made up of ex-journalists that deliver high quality media relations, press strategy and storytelling. Stern is also currently Communications Director at OurCrowd, Israel's most active venture investor. Stern served as producer and anchor for the Israeli Government Press Office News in Jerusalem, and continues to act as a multimedia journalist and content producer for Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, The Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel, Storyhunter, Yahoo South America, Miami Herald, Miami New Times, Trillionaire, RedFlag Magazine, Detroit Jewish News, and Jewlicious.com. Stern was formerly the SE Regional Director of NPH USA, a non-profit organization that responds to the plight of orphaned and abandoned children in Latin America. Stern has spent the past ten years as an international correspondent in the Middle East as a TV reporter, anchor and editor for IBA News in Jerusalem, Israel's only local English language news program. Stern frequently directed, produced, and filmed news features in Israel for CNN's World Report Program. Stern was embedded with the Israel Defense Forces during Israel's disengagement from Gaza; broadcasted live war reporting during the second Lebanon War from Israel's north; Conducted Inside coverage of Pope John Paul II's Funeral in Rome; Documented a two-day journey in Ethiopia with the Falash Mura. From 2010-2012, Stern was based in Rome, serving as a liaison between the Israeli government and the Vatican, producing content for the world media and social networking avenues, including Vatican TV co-productions. Stern is fluent in Hebrew, conversational in Italian, proficient in HD video shooting, SLR photography and editing. Stern graduated with honors, from the University of Miami with a degree in film production and Political Science and studied abroad at the renowned Film, Arts, Music University in Prague.

Kyle Wiggers writes about artificial intelligence for VentureBeat and lives in New York City.

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.