About
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.
Founder at Nexar
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Nexar's investors · 10
AlephTel Aviv · $2.5M – $100M checksCatalyst Investments, L.P.Tel Aviv · $1.5M – $5M checksCorner VenturesNew YorkExpansion Venture CapitalNew York · $100K – $2M checksManiv MobilityTel Aviv · $2M – $126M checksMicron VenturesSan JoseMosaic VenturesLondon · $1M – $10M checksQumra CapitalTel Aviv · $15M – $30M checksSienna Venture CapitalParis · $5M – $10M checksTransLink CapitalSilicon Valley · $1M – $5M checks
Co-founders at Nexar
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Bruno Fernandez-RuizCo-Founder & CTO
Experience
- Nexar Inc.Co-Founder, Chief AI Officercurrent2026 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
- Nexar Inc.Co founder, CPO & Chairman2024 — 2026Israel
- Nexar Inc.Co Founder & CEO2015 — 2024Israel
- MithranCo-Foundercurrent2026 — presentTel Aviv-Yafo
- Israel Center for Excellence through EducationBoard membercurrent1994 — presentJerusalem, Israel
- AlephEntrepreneur in Residence2013 — 2014Tel Aviv, Israel
- Yahoo!Senior Director & Head, Creative Innovation Center2010 — 2013
- DapperCofounder and CEO2006 — 2010
- Tel-Aviv universityDoctoral candidate and DIMES project manager2003 — 2006
- Cogniview SystemsCTO & Founder2001 — 2003
Skills & more
Digital Marketing38Semantic Web4Entrepreneurship80Start-ups90Product Management38Cloud Computing16User Experience13Mobile Devices25Architecture4Distributed Systems13Big Data14Web Applications7
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AnalyticsStrategic PartnershipsScalabilityMobile ApplicationsE-commerceWeb ServicesAlgorithmsJavaJavaScriptSaaSLanguages English · Hebrew
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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.
- 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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Shared employers
Also worked at Nexar Inc.10
Simon LeveneCo-founder and Partner at Mosaic VenturesMarianne WuVenture Partner at Congruent VenturesErez ShacharManaging Partner at Qumra CapitalMichael EisenbergCo-founder and General Partner at Aleph, an early-stage Israeli venture capital fundJonathan PulitzerGeneral Partner at Corner VenturesKevin TanakaPrincipal at Corner Ventures
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