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Lorne Abony

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General Partner at Texas Venture Partners Israel · Board director at Vested Finance

Austin, Texas, United States

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Phyllis GotlibunlockedLorne: together at Israeli-American Council (IAC) (2023–2026)
×4Lorne: together at Business Executives for National Security (BENS)
×5Lorne: together at Einride
×2Lorne: together at GLU Mobile

About

Lorne Abony is a General Partner at Texas Venture Partners and CEO of Abony Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq: AACOU), focusing his investment activity on early-stage defense technology companies. He co-founded FUN Technologies in 2001, which listed on the AIM and Toronto Stock Exchange; as CEO in 2004, he became the youngest CEO of a TSX-listed company before selling the firm to Liberty Media in 2006 for CAD $484 million. Abony has raised over $1.4 billion across public and private debt and equity markets.

Board director at Vested Finance

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Vested Finance's investors · 17

Ayon Capitalsince 2022Commonweal VenturesNew York · $500K – $2.5M checksCPP InvestmentsTorontoDorm RoomBrooklyn · $90K – $250K checksGrand VenturesGrand Rapids · $250K – $2M checksIPVBeijing · since 2022Morgan StanleyPurchaseOutside VC$200K – $300K checks · since 2020OVO FundMenlo Park · $250K – $750K checks · since 2022Premji InvestMenlo ParkTA AssociatesBostonTenOneTen VenturesLos Angeles · $500K – $5M checks · since 2021Texas Venture Partners IsraelAustin · since 2016Think InvestmentsSan FranciscoTiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checksUpscaleLondon · since 2022Wedbush VenturesLos Angeles · $1M – $3M checks · since 2022

Experience

  1. Texas Venture PartnersGeneral Partnercurrent2023 — present
  2. Business Executives for National Security (BENS)National Membercurrent2025 — presentAustin, Texas, United States
  3. Israeli-American Council (IAC)Member Board of Directorscurrent2023 — presentTexas, United States
  4. EinrideBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentStockholm, Sverige
  5. VoxiaChairman of the Board of Directorscurrent2021 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
  6. PluriMember Board of Directors2023 — 2024Haifa District, Israel
  7. EMMAC Life SciencesChairman Of The Board2019 — 2022
  8. Vemo EducationFounder & Board Member2014 — 2022
  9. NuuveraFounder & CEO2017 — 2018
  10. Glu MobileLead Director, Chairman of Compensation Committee, Chairman of Strategy Committee2012 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  11. Orange County BreakersOwner2013 — 2017Newport Beach, California
  12. Mood MediaCEO and Chairman2008 — 2013Austin, Texas Area
  13. FUN TechnologiesCEO and Chairman2001 — 2007Toronto, Canada Area

Skills & more

Strategic PlanningMarketing StrategyVenture CapitalSocial MediaStart-upsMarketingBusiness StrategyBusiness DevelopmentManagementLeadership

Languages English · French

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Who is Lorne Abony?
Lorne Abony is a General Partner at Texas Venture Partners and CEO of Abony Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq: AACOU), focusing his investment activity on early-stage defense technology companies. He co-founded FUN Technologies in 2001, which listed on the AIM and Toronto Stock Exchange; as CEO in 2004, he became the youngest CEO of a TSX-listed company before selling the firm to Liberty Media in 2006 for CAD $484 million. Abony has raised over $1.4 billion across public and private debt and equity markets.
Where does Lorne Abony work?
Lorne Abony is General Partner at Texas Venture Partners Israel and Board director at Vested Finance.
Where did Lorne Abony go to school?
Lorne Abony studied at Columbia Business School (Master of Business Administration (MBA)); University of Detroit Mercy (Doctor of Law - JD, Law); University of Windsor (Doctor of Law (J.D.)).

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