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Michal Wolkin

Investor

Partner at GFT Ventures

Tel Aviv, Israel

Writes $100K – $10M checks Β· typically $1M

About

Michal Wolkin is a physicist and investor with experience in corporate venture capital and technology scouting across energy, semiconductors, and climate tech sectors, having held positions at GM, 3M, Xerox PARC, Lear, and NASA. He serves as an advisory board member at Adama Ventures, on multiple public and private company boards, and as a faculty member at Reichman University's Arison School of Business, where he leads the MBA Climate Tech Management program. His research on silicon quantum dots has been cited over 2,600 times, and he holds 10 patents in deep tech areas including energy storage, electrification, and semiconductor devices.

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Experience

  1. Adama VenturesAdvisory Board Membercurrent2026 β€” present
  2. INIES, Israel National Institute for Energy StorageScientific Board Membercurrent2025 β€” present
  3. Reichman UniversityFaculty Member, Head of MBA, Climate- Tech Managment Programcurrent2024 β€” present
  4. Reichman UniversityLecturer, School of Entrepreneurshipcurrent2020 β€” present
  5. Salion EnergyBoard Membercurrent2024 β€” present
  6. Tower SemiconductorBoard Membercurrent2020 β€” present
  7. Hebrew University, NanoTech Venture FundAdvisory Board Member2019 β€” 2025
  8. Mitra ChemBoard Member2023 β€” 2024Silicon Valley, California, United States
  9. General MotorsDirector, GM Ventures, Electrification2022 β€” 2024
  10. GFT VenturesPartner2020 β€” 2022Tel Aviv District, Israel
  11. Χ’ΧœΧ™ Χ¦Χ”ΧœCo-Founder, Χ’Χ“Χ›Χ•ΧŸ Χ’Χ¨Χ‘Χ” (ReOrg) podcast2018 β€” 2021
  12. Lear CorporationManaging Director, Lear Innovation Ventures, Israel2017 β€” 2020Tel Aviv Area, Israel
  13. 3MHead of R&D, Israel2014 β€” 2017Israel
  14. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNight Rover Challenge, Technical Director2012 β€” 2014
  15. Better PlaceDirector, Global Head of Battery and Energy Storage Technologies2008 β€” 2012
  16. Department of Energy, USAAdvisor to DOE and ARPA-E2008 β€” 2011Washington DC
  17. PARC, a Xerox CompanyMember of Research Staff2004 β€” 2008
  18. PARC, a Xerox CompanyPost Doc2003 β€” 2004
  19. VIAVI SolutionsSenior Engineer, R&D2001 β€” 2002
  20. University of RochesterResearcher1996 β€” 2000

Education

  1. Xerox PARCPost Doc, MEMS2003 β€” 2004
  2. University of Rochester, PhDPhD, Applied Physics & Materials Science1996 β€” 2000
  3. Technion, B.ScBSC, Chemical Engineering1991 β€” 1995

Skills & more

Silicon Photonics1Quantum Dots1Semiconductor Fabrication1Optical SwitchingSustainabilityEnvironmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)Climate TechFundraising1Early Stage InvestmentPower ElectronicsEnergy StorageAI1
+12 moreEnergyManufacturingLithium-ion BatteriesElectronicsElectro-opticsMaterials ScienceNanotechnologyThin FilmsAutonomous machinesCorporate networkSemiconductorsMEMS

Languages English

From Michal's professional profile.

Shared employers

Also worked at Adama Ventures1

Jean-Marc LilingAnalyst at Crescendo Venture Partners

Also worked at Reichman University36

Eric BenhamouVenture Advisor at Think+ Ventures Management, LlcChen EphraimVP Finance at Qumra CapitalEden ShochatInvestor at AlephMichal GevaManaging Partner and Co-Founder at TriventuresGal Spiner AbramovichMarketing Partnerships Manager at YL VenturesAdi ShamaiOffice Manager at YL Ventures

+ 30 more

Also worked at General Motors38

Dom LesterInvestment Ops Lead at Episode1Joel HemmertFinance/Legal/IR at 8VCShahin FarshchiPartner at Lux CapitalGokul DixitPartner at Dallas Venture CapitalAlex GurevichManaging Director at Javelin Venture PartnersAmy VilleneuveBoard Director, Advisor & Past COO and President of Amazon Robotics at Underscore VC

+ 32 more

Also worked at 3M28

Eric PaleyEntrepreneur and Seed Investor in Cambridge, MARicardo WederVenture Partner at NazcaLydia KwonVP Partnerships at DWF LabsTatsuya KawamuraInvestor at HeadlineShi Pei TAYSenior Associate, Investment at iGlobe PartnersKatharina FriePartner at eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS

+ 22 more

Deals Β· 1

Mitra Future TechnologiesBoard seat

via GFT Ventures Β· filed Jul 2023 Β· $60M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at GFT Ventures

David Kirk
Senior Advisor at GFT Ventures
Ivy Nguyen
Partner at GFT Ventures
Jay Eum
Founding Managing Partner at GFT Ventures
Jeff Herbst
Founding Managing Partner at GFT Ventures
Jenny Park
Partner at GFT Ventures
Jocelyne Cooke
CFO at GFT Ventures