New Era Capital Partners

Former Economic & Technology Advisor at the Office of President Shimon Peres and later a partner at Peres and Associates. His finance career included Lehman Brothers and Portland Capital hedge fund; holds a UCL engineering degree and a Kellogg MBA.

Ran Simha backs Israeli startups at late seed to early Series B, avoids adtech and gaming, favors tech that measurably reduces CO2, and amplifies founders through podcasts and content.

Former Associate Partner at McKinsey leading digital and analytics transformations, and a veteran of Israel's Unit 8200 where he finished as a Major. Holds an MIT MBA and a computer science degree.

Ziv Conen, Unit 8200 cyber‑intelligence trained and formerly at McKinsey, offers growth-stage founders a technical-operational perspective, published a generative-AI blog series and sits on data, security and AI infrastructure boards.

A University of Pennsylvania engineering graduate with consulting experience at EY and McKinsey focused on AI, automation and innovation; joined New Era as a Principal after eight years in consulting.

Selma Belghiti combines a University of Pennsylvania engineering background and EY and McKinsey consulting experience in AI and automation for financial institutions with a NYC–Israel cross‑geography perspective and systems-oriented evaluation.

A strategic and business development advisor and PR/communications/branding expert with over twenty years of experience, who previously served as senior business development and PR advisor to President Shimon Peres. Connects portfolio companies with international firms and entrepreneurs.

One of the five co-founders of Berkshire Partners and now a Senior Advisor there. Began his career at First National Bank of Boston and was a Partner at Thomas H. Lee Company before co-founding Berkshire in 1986; holds Harvard degrees.

An Israeli CPA who worked at Deloitte from 1990 to 1996 and later served as CFO of Ranex Buying Services until 2018.

A senior finance executive with over twenty years of corporate and operational finance experience, including senior roles at Flex Ltd. and Teva; a certified CPA and graduate of Stanford and MIT Sloan executive programs.

Graduated from Brandeis University in economics and business and completed an MBA in innovation and entrepreneurship at Reichman University; previously worked at LVenture Group in Rome.

U.S. Chief of Staff and Investor Relations lead for New Era Capital Partners, who previously served at the U.S. Department of State, USAID and the White House. Holds a Princeton master's in public affairs and a UCLA BA.

Joined New Era Capital Partners in December 2016 after working as office manager at Peres and Associates Global Advisory; holds a joint bachelor's in education and arts.