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Itai Damti

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Co-founder & CEO, Unit Finance at 27V (Twenty Seven Ventures) · CEO at Unit

New York, New York, United States

FoundedUnit

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About

Co-founder and CEO of Unit, which helps tech companies integrate financial features into products. Previously co-founded Leverate, scaling it to 160 employees globally with $100 billion in monthly trading volume. Active mentor and advisor to early-stage startups.

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Unit's investors · 10

AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks · since 2020AFG Partnerssince 2020AlephTel Aviv · $2.5M – $100M checks · since 2020Better Tomorrow VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $4M checks · since 2020J2 VenturesBoston · since 2025Kearny JacksonSan Francisco · $200K – $2M checks · since 2020Operator StackSouth Lake Tahoe · since 2020Pipeline CapitalBurleigh Heads · since 2025Selah VenturesNew York · $500K – $10M checks · since 2020TLV PartnersTel Aviv · $3M – $70M checks · since 2020

Experience

  1. UnitCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2019 — present
  2. StartupsInvestorcurrent2013 — present
  3. First Round Fast TrackMentor2021 — 2022
  4. Ion PacificAdvisor2017 — 2021Hong Kong
  5. 2nCo-Founder2017 — 2019Hong Kong
  6. 500 StartupsEntrepreneur In Residence (Fintech)2018San Francisco
  7. HAXEntrepreneur In Residence2017Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
  8. LeverateCo-founder2008 — 2016
  9. IDFSoftware Engineer & Architect2004 — 2008Israel

Skills & more

.NET56C#12Trading Systems11Product Management99Start-ups77Software Design56FX trading9System Architecture26Agile Methodologies39Lean Startup11Financial Markets13FinTech5
+12 moreOperations ManagementMobile DevicesArchitectureMultithreadingUser ExperienceWeb ApplicationsScrumSoftware DevelopmentIntegrationMobile ApplicationsProject ManagementPeople Skills

Languages Chinese · English · Hebrew

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Brook Osborne
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Claire Humphreys
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Claire Shorall
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Frequently asked questions

Who is Itai Damti?
Co-founder and CEO of Unit, which helps tech companies integrate financial features into products. Previously co-founded Leverate, scaling it to 160 employees globally with $100 billion in monthly trading volume. Active mentor and advisor to early-stage startups.
Where does Itai Damti work?
Itai Damti is CEO of Unit and Co-founder & CEO, Unit Finance at 27V (Twenty Seven Ventures).
What companies did Itai Damti found?
Itai Damti founded Unit.
Where did Itai Damti go to school?
Itai Damti studied at The Open University (Mathematics (incomplete)).

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