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Eran Shir

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Founder at Nexar

Israel

Writes $50K checks

FoundedNexar

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Eran Shir is Co-Founder and Chief AI Officer at Nexar Inc. and a co-founder of Mithran Inc. He previously served as Entrepreneur in Residence at the Tel Aviv-based venture capital firm Aleph and ran Yahoo!'s global Creative Innovation Center, joining the company in October 2010 when it acquired Dapper, a dynamic ads and semantic web startup he co-founded in 2007. His earlier work includes a background in physics focused on complex systems and networks, as well as founding the DIMES Internet research project and the machine learning startup Cogniview.

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Nexar's investors · 17

AlephTel Aviv · since 2021Atreides ManagementBoston · since 2021Catalyst InvestmentsTel Aviv-Yafo · since 2021Catalyst Investments, L.P.Tel Aviv · $1.5M – $5M checksCorner VenturesNew York · since 2020Expansion Venture CapitalNew York · $100K – $2M checksIbex InvestorsDenver · since 2018Maniv MobilityTel Aviv · $1M – $5M checksMicron VenturesBoiseMosaic VenturesLondon · $1M – $10M checks · since 2016NationwideSwindon · since 2018Qumra CapitalTel Aviv · $15M – $30M checks · since 2021Sienna Venture CapitalParis · $5M – $10M checksSlow VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $1M checks · since 2018TransLink CapitalPalo Alto · $1M – $5M checksTrue VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $3M checks · since 2018Valor Equity PartnersChicago

Co-founders at Nexar

BFBruno Fernandez-Ruiz
Bruno Fernandez-RuizFounder

Experience

  1. Nexar Inc.Co-Founder, Chief AI Officercurrent2026 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
  2. Nexar Inc.Co founder, CPO & Chairman2024 — 2026Israel
  3. Nexar Inc.Co Founder & CEO2015 — 2024Israel
  4. MithranCo-Foundercurrent2026 — presentTel Aviv-Yafo
  5. Israel Center for Excellence through EducationBoard membercurrent1994 — presentJerusalem, Israel
  6. AlephEntrepreneur in Residence2013 — 2014Tel Aviv, Israel
  7. Yahoo!Senior Director & Head, Creative Innovation Center2010 — 2013
  8. DapperCofounder and CEO2006 — 2010
  9. Tel-Aviv universityDoctoral candidate and DIMES project manager2003 — 2006
  10. Cogniview SystemsCTO & Founder2001 — 2003

Skills & more

Digital Marketing38Semantic Web4Entrepreneurship80Start-ups90Product Management38Cloud Computing16User Experience13Mobile Devices25Architecture4Distributed Systems13Big Data14Web Applications7
+10 moreAnalyticsStrategic PartnershipsScalabilityMobile ApplicationsE-commerceWeb ServicesAlgorithmsJavaJavaScriptSaaS

Languages English · Hebrew

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Jiga

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Eran Shir?
Eran Shir is Co-Founder and Chief AI Officer at Nexar Inc. and a co-founder of Mithran Inc. He previously served as Entrepreneur in Residence at the Tel Aviv-based venture capital firm Aleph and ran Yahoo!'s global Creative Innovation Center, joining the company in October 2010 when it acquired Dapper, a dynamic ads and semantic web startup he co-founded in 2007. His earlier work includes a background in physics focused on complex systems and networks, as well as founding the DIMES Internet research project and the machine learning startup Cogniview.
Where does Eran Shir work?
Eran Shir is Founder of Nexar.
What check size does Eran Shir write?
Eran Shir typically writes checks of $50K.
What companies did Eran Shir found?
Eran Shir founded Nexar.
What companies has Eran Shir invested in?
Investments tracked here include Jiga.
Where did Eran Shir go to school?
Eran Shir studied at Tel Aviv University (Ph.D. Studies, EE/CS); Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (Masters, Physics); singularity university.

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