Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)

Gadi Porat, a 30-year enterprise software operator turned investor, led Interwise through a $121M AT&T acquisition, heads a Cyber Labs accelerator in Beersheva and sits on 12+ boards.

Ilan Ron serves as a member of the advisory board of directors at Depoint and holds a VC partner role. He has held CEO and President positions across consumer goods, food manufacturing and distribution, food ingredients, and foodservice sectors, including leadership roles at Kayco Kosher & Beyond, Unilever, and Sodexho, with experience in business transformation, mergers and acquisitions, and sales and marketing.

Special Partner advising JVP on people and leadership strategy, with four decades of experience coaching CEOs across the US, Europe, and Israel. She has worked with companies such as Oracle, Salesforce, Celonis, Qlik, and CyberArk and supports SaaS/AI CEOs through Boardwave.

Shlomi Hagai is Chief Executive Officer at KONUX, where he leads efforts to apply AI-powered preventative maintenance to railway infrastructure. His background includes experience in strategic growth, mergers and acquisitions, and cross-border leadership within the rail and smart mobility sectors.

Yoav Tzruya, ex-Israeli Air Force intelligence officer who led a cybersecurity incubator at Ben-Gurion University, is a hands-on chair leveraging technical and CEO experience to shape UX-focused security and go-to-market.

Director of Investments and member of the investment team working on early-, mid-, and late-stage deals in enterprise software, insurtech, health, and agtech. He previously worked at international VC funds in Paris, London, and Sao Paulo and holds a master's from Sciences-Po Paris.

Kfir is a Partner at Dell Technologies Capital, the corporate venture capital arm of Dell Technologies.

Venture Partner with over 25 years in finance who runs a single-family office in Milan responsible for private-asset allocation. She previously worked in private equity at Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank and serves on private and public company boards; she holds an economics degree from Bocconi.

Venture Partner with over 25 years of leadership in climate-tech, energy infrastructure, and sustainable finance across Europe. Steinberger is Founder and Managing Partner of The Blue Minds Company, an early-stage and growth venture platform focused on clean energy, AI, and digital infrastructure with successful exits including Visotech and has.to.be. She serves as an independent Supervisory Board Member at UniCredit Bank Austria and Board Member at Oerlikon AG, and is a former senior executive at Siemens AG and VERBUND AG. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Graz.

Venture Partner and executive with 20 years in board, CEO, COO, and CFO roles across tech, healthcare, and food & agtech. She founded and led DayTwo, a precision nutrition company, and is a certified lawyer with an MBA from Kellogg.

Marge Breya is a software executive and board member at iCoin Technology with experience in operational roles including Chief Operating Officer, Chief Strategy Officer, and Chief Marketing Officer across public and private companies. Her background includes work in business engineering, product strategy, and go-to-market execution.

Michal Drayman serves as a board member at Perion Network, REE Automotive, aVISI, and Metzer. He holds an MBA in Bio-Med and brings over 10 years of venture capital and private equity experience to his board roles, providing strategic guidance and financial oversight. His background includes work in business planning, investor relations, and international business across the bio-med, foodtech, and agtech sectors.

Venture Partner and Professor of Protein Engineering and Nanobiotechnology at the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Shoseyov is a prolific entrepreneur who has founded or cofounded twenty companies from his lab's technology. He is the author/co-author of over 350 scientific publications and inventor/co-inventor of over 100 patents, with a TED talk translated into 22 languages viewed over 1.8 million times. He holds a PhD in biochemistry of wine flavor and an M.Sc. in Viticulture from Hebrew University.

Shai Schiller is a General Partner at Angler Ventures with nearly 30 years of experience in venture capital and high-technology sectors including cybersecurity, AI, fintech, and enterprise software. He has held executive positions at multiple companies, including CEO roles at AxisMobile and WIP, and served as VP of corporate development at NASDAQ-listed firms Radware and cybersecurity company VDOO. Schiller has also co-founded Capital Nature Venture Capital and held investment roles at Concord Venture and JVP, and holds a bachelor's degree in computer science and an MBA.

Zeev Holtzman brings Israeli and German venture discipline to Spain, founded venture funds across Israel and Poland, and created IVC Research Center, a cornerstone of Israel's venture data infrastructure.

CFO for Impact and a CPA with nearly 15 years of experience, including 10 years at EY and a role as Finance Manager at Disruptive VC. He holds an accounting and economics degree from Ben Gurion University and a master's in law from Bar Ilan University.

Senior Director of Finance with over a decade in financial leadership, previously CFO of Ayyeka Technologies, controller at Operative, and senior manager at Deloitte. He is a CPA with degrees from the Hebrew University and Bar Ilan University.

Founder and Executive Chairman of JVP and Margalit StartUp City, who established JVP over 30 years ago and is regarded as a key architect of Israel's Start-Up Nation. A Forbes Midas List investor and former Knesset member (2013-2017), he led early investments in companies including CyberArk and has orchestrated dozens of IPOs and M&A exits; he holds a PhD from Columbia University.

CFO with over 15 years in the technology sector, including CFO roles at Dataloop AI, DuskRise, IntSights, Logz.io, and Infinidat, where he led multiple M&A processes. He holds an MBA and BA from Tel Aviv University.

Head of Business Development for Europe, leading strategic partnerships and expansion across European markets. She previously served as Vice Consul and head of the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency offices in New York and Tel Aviv and holds an MSc from the University of Amsterdam.

Head of Investor Relations with nearly 20 years building businesses in New York's real estate, cultural, and education sectors. She previously launched an arts incubator and held leadership roles at NYU and Lincoln Center; she is a graduate of Middlebury College and Harvard Business School.

CEO of Bakehila with 20 years in social and educational management roles, including programs at the ISEF Foundation and the ed-tech company Class-E. She holds degrees in Community Social Work and Nonprofit Management from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

CFO of Margalit Startup City with 25 years in finance and project management, previously a finance manager for leading Tel Aviv hotels and a family office overseeing real estate. She holds an MBA from Tel Aviv University.

CEO of the Galilee Climate Innovation Center with over 15 years in research and entrepreneurship, having helped grow 14 companies through a northern incubator. He holds a PhD in Marine Biotechnology from Ben-Gurion University and co-founded two startups.

Head of Strategic Partnerships & Impact at Margalit Startup City Galilee, supporting startup growth and community building including the GALILADIES women's entrepreneur network. Her work connects startups, academia, industry, and impact partners across the Galilee region.

Oren Schor is Head of Tech Investments at Discount Capital, focusing on early growth and growth stage investments. He brings over a decade of experience in the technology and startup sectors, with background in building and scaling teams. His investment work centers on early-stage and early-growth companies.

Chief People Officer with over 25 years of international HR leadership, previously in senior HR roles at Amdocs, Teva, Ormat, and Comverse. She supports JVP's partners, investment team, and portfolio companies on people strategy and holds a master's from Bar Ilan University.

Investor focused on early-stage and early-growth application software companies, involved in research, sourcing, and due diligence, and serving on portfolio boards. A CPA and attorney, he previously worked in investment banking at EY and law at a major Israeli firm.

With over two decades at JVP, he oversees fund structuring, financial reporting, capital management, and investor relations. He is a CPA and holds a BS in Accounting from Yeshiva University.