Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)

General Partner with 30 years of operational experience in high-tech, specializing in enterprise management software and go-to-market strategy. At JVP for seven years, Porat has led the Cyber Lab in Beer Sheva and serves on the boards of thirteen portfolio companies. He holds an MBA from Bar-Ilan University and a BA in Economics from Ruppin College.

General Partner with over 30 years of experience in enterprise software, cybersecurity, AI, and FinTech. Tzruya has been a partner at JVP for 15 years, leading multiple exits including CyActive (31x MOIC to PayPal), Loom (2.9x MOIC to ServiceNow), and CNVRG.io (4.3x MOIC to Intel). He holds a BS in Mathematics and an MS in Computer Science from Tel Aviv University, plus an Executive MBA from Northwestern Kellogg.

Director of Investments and principal at JVP working on early-stage through late-stage investments across Enterprise Software, Insurtech, Health, and Agtech. Dahan previously worked in international VC funds in Paris, London, and São Paulo. He holds a master's degree from Sciences-Po Paris.

Venture Partner with over 25 years in the financial sector who currently manages a single-family office in Milan with allocation across private assets. Gamba previously gained in-depth experience in equity investments and financial management in the private equity divisions of Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank, and serves as a board member for both private and publicly listed companies. She holds a degree in Economics from Bocconi University.

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 with 20 years as an entrepreneurial executive holding Independent Board, CEO, COO, and CFO positions in tech, healthcare, and food & agtech industries. Previously founded and led DayTwo, a precision nutrition company focused on metabolic disease based on Weizmann Institute science, which achieved outcomes-based contracts with Israel's largest HMOs and major U.S. health insurers. She is a certified lawyer and holds an MBA from Northwestern Kellogg.

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.

CFO, Impact, with almost 15 years of work experience as a Certified Public Accountant. Toledano spent 10 years at EY as a Senior Manager in the high-tech department managing multi-audit and financial teams, and served as Finance Manager at Disruptive VC, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage AI startups. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Economics from Ben Gurion University and a Master's degree in Law from Bar Ilan University.

Senior Director of Finance with over a decade of financial leadership experience. Genahovski previously served as CFO of Ayyeka Technologies, an industrial IoT startup, and held roles as Controller at Operative and Senior Manager at Deloitte specializing in auditing multinational tech companies and startups. He is a CPA with a BA in Economics and Accounting from Hebrew University and an MA in Accounting from Bar Ilan University.

Chief Financial Officer with over 15 years of senior technology sector experience, including eight years as CFO at multiple startups where he led M&A processes. Katz has served as CFO at Dataloop AI, DuskRise, IntSights, Logz.io, and Infinidat. He holds an MBA in Accounting and Finance and a BA in Accounting, Business/Management, and Economics from Tel Aviv University.

Head of Business Development, Europe, leading JVP's strategic partnerships and expansion across European markets. Previously, Bouscher served as Vice Consul and Head of the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency offices in New York and Tel Aviv, where she led high-tech investment strategies and forged collaborations between global corporates, governments, and academia. She holds an MSc in Political Science from the University of Amsterdam.

Head of Investor Relations with nearly 20 years of experience building businesses in New York's real estate, cultural, and education sectors. Kiel previously launched an arts incubator serving 50,000 New Yorkers, developed a global research institute at NYU, and held leadership roles at Lincoln Center including building its international division. She is a graduate of Middlebury College and Harvard Business School.

CEO of Bakehila with 20 years of experience in diverse management roles in the social and educational sectors. Lahav Noy has managed student programs for academic and social excellence at the ISEF Foundation, served as Deputy Director of the Boyar Boarding School, led national programs at Be'Atzmi nonprofit, and most recently managed national projects at the ed-tech company Class-E. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Community Social Work and a Master's degree in Nonprofit Management with a specialization in Social Policy from Hebrew University.

CFO, Margalit Startup City, with 25 years of comprehensive expertise in finance and project management. Dvir Chen spent the past decade as a Finance Manager and owner's representative for five leading Tel Aviv hotels while simultaneously overseeing a family office focused on managing real estate assets. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Business Administration and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.

CEO of the Galilee Climate Innovation Center with over 15 years of experience in research and entrepreneurship. Josef has been instrumental in fostering innovation and guiding startups, and played a key role in the growth of 14 companies through a northern incubator in partnership with the Israel Innovation Authority. He previously served as Vice President at the GO Innovation Incubator and co-founded two successful startups. He holds a PhD in Marine Biotechnology from Ben-Gurion University and degrees in Physics and Marine Biology.

Head of Strategic Partnerships & Impact at Margalit Startup City Galilee, managing growth and community building of startups, small businesses, and the women entrepreneur network GALILADIES, comprised of over 2,000 women entrepreneurs. Nadav Argov leads cultural and arts initiatives, works on strategic partnerships connecting startups, academia, and local industry, and develops collaborations with multinational corporations and impact partners.

Vice President and Chief People Officer with over 25 years of international HR leadership at global companies. Mozes previously held senior executive HR positions at Amdocs, Teva, Ormat, and Comverse, most recently overseeing Amdocs' global talent acquisition unit managing six regional managers and 140 recruiting partners across 13 countries. She holds a Master's degree in Social Psychology from Bar Ilan University.

Senior Associate specializing in early-stage and early-growth vertical and horizontal application software companies. Yosef is involved in research, deal sourcing, and due diligence, and serves as a board member in portfolio companies. He is a CPA and Attorney at Law with four years of transaction and investment advisory experience, plus prior roles at Ernst & Young and Israel's largest law firm. Yosef holds a double major in Law and Accounting from Hebrew University and is a Captain (Res.) in the Israeli Defense Forces Intelligence Corps.

Special Partner providing expert insight on people and leadership strategy for JVP investments. Thomas has served as co-thinker, advisor, mentor, and coach to CEOs and leaders across the U.S., Europe, and Israel over four decades, with expertise in leadership, culture, and performance gained from working with major software, SaaS, and AI companies including Oracle, Siebel, Salesforce, Celonis, BluePrism, Qlik, and CyberArk. She leads pro-bono work through Boardwave, supporting SaaS and AI CEOs in scaling internationally and achieving exits.

Senior Director of Finance and Partnerships with over two decades at JVP managing financial operations and fund structuring. Ennis specializes in strategic oversight of JVP's fund structures, financial reporting, capital management, and investor relations. He holds a CPA qualification and a BS in Accounting from Yeshiva University.