About
Dor Laor is the CEO and co-founder of ScyllaDB, with a background spanning databases, virtualization, data centers, and telecommunications. He was part of the founding team of the KVM hypervisor at Qumranet, which was acquired by Red Hat, where he subsequently managed KVM and Xen development for several years. Laor holds an MSc from the Technion.
Founder at Scylladb
Intro paths
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Scylladb's investors · 10
10DTel AvivBessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checksEight Roads VenturesMumbai · $5M – $30M checksInnovation EndeavorsPalo Alto · $1M – $15M checksMagma Venture PartnersTel Aviv · $800K – $25M checksQualcomm VenturesSan Diego · $5M checksSAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Palo AltoTLV PartnersTel Aviv · $3M – $70M checksVertex VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $10M checksWingPalo Alto · $200K – $20M checks
Co-founders at Scylladb
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Avi KivityCTO
Experience
- ScyllaDBCEO, co-foundercurrent2012 — present
- Red HatDirector of platform virtualization2012
- Red HatSenior manager, Kernel Virtual Machine2008 — 2012
- Qumranet technologiesgroup manager2005 — 2008
- VitruVius SoftwareEntrepreneur2004 — 2005
- BladeFusionTeam manager2002 — 2005
- Charlotte's web networksEngineer & team manager2000 — 2002
Skills & more
ScyllaDB45Virtualization99Linux99Linux Kernel68Open Source58Cloud Computing61Software Development57Distributed Systems49System Architecture47Software Engineering41Kernel32Software Design30
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UnixHigh AvailabilityScalabilityCC++TCP/IPRedHatStorageDevice DriversDpdkFrom Dor's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Dor Laor?
- Dor Laor is the CEO and co-founder of ScyllaDB, with a background spanning databases, virtualization, data centers, and telecommunications. He was part of the founding team of the KVM hypervisor at Qumranet, which was acquired by Red Hat, where he subsequently managed KVM and Xen development for several years. Laor holds an MSc from the Technion.
- Where does Dor Laor work?
- Dor Laor is Founder of Scylladb.
- What companies did Dor Laor found?
- Dor Laor founded Scylladb.
- Where did Dor Laor go to school?
- Dor Laor studied at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (Master, Sofftware); Technin institute (B.Sc, Cmputer science); Technion institute (M.sc, Computer science).
Founder mafias
Technion mafia79
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Same school
Also attended Technion - Israel Institute of Technology215
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Shared employers
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Boaz PeerManaging Director, Israel & Europe at Qualcomm VenturesMerav WeinrybInvestor at Sunvest Capital PartnersAdam FisherPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersAviad ArielGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures IsraelYahal ZilkaManaging Partner at 10DAriel StermanVice President at Bessemer Venture Partners
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Also worked at Red Hat43
Issac RothVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalJoe ColopyFounding Partner at Primordial VenturesJason CaplainCo-Founder & General Partner at Bull City Venture PartnersMatt GorinManaging Partner at Contour Venture PartnersBlake ModersitskiManaging Partner, Pelion VP at Juvo VenturesHebatalla GadInvestment Analyst at Orbit Startups
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