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Ofer Shapiro

Investor

Partner at Real-Life Innovations · Board director at Toonimo

North District, Israel

About

Ofer Shapiro is CEO, Chairman, and Co-Founder of Resolight.ai. He previously served as co-founder and CEO of Vidyo for ten years, where he led architectural innovations in videoconferencing and raised over $150 million. Shapiro holds 80 patents related to video coding standards including H.264, H.265, and VP8, and has been involved in developing industry specifications such as H.323 and scalable video coding architectures since 1996.

Board director at Toonimo

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Real-Life Innovationssince 2017

Co-founders at Toonimo

DKDan Kotlicki
Dan KotlickiFounder & CEO

Experience

  1. Resolight.aiCEO, Chairman and Co-Foundercurrent2024 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
  2. Quantum Pulse VenturesCEO, Chairman and Co-foundercurrent2021 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
  3. Long duration energy storage - stealth modeChairman and co-foundercurrent2024 — present
  4. CelluFlux LTDBoard membercurrent2024 — present
  5. CelluFlux LTDActive Chairman2021 — 2024Jerusalem
  6. SlideTro LTDActive Chairmancurrent2022 — presentTel Aviv
  7. Agile MRI ltd.Active Chairmancurrent2021 — presentIsrael
  8. Radyx VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2020 — presentNorth District, Israel
  9. Real-Life Innovations (RLI)Managing Partnercurrent2016 — presentFair Lawn, New Jersey, United States
  10. A Stealth Startup CompanyChairman and co-founder2024 — 2026
  11. Cornell TechA mentor in the Runway program at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech2015 — 2026New York City Metropolitan Area
  12. ZutaCoreMember of Board of Directors2020 — 2021Israel
  13. WellSheetMember Board Of Directors2017 — 2020
  14. VidyoVice Chairman of the Board, Director and Founder2015 — 2019Hackensack NJ
  15. VidyoCEO, President, Board member and founder2005 — 2015
  16. Zuta-Core LtdMember Board Of Directors2016 — 2017
  17. Layered MediaPresident and CEO2005 — 2008
  18. ArelVP business development and product strategy2004
  19. RADVISION INCSenior VP Business development1998 — 2004
  20. RADVISION INCSoftware Project Manager1996 — 1998

Skills & more

Video Conferencing99SaaS79Cisco Technologies24Enterprise Software31Salesforce.com7CEOsEntrepreneurship81VoIP99Product Management99Strategic Partnerships99Start-ups99IP71
+12 moreTelecommunicationsBusiness DevelopmentGo-to-market StrategyMobile DevicesCloud ComputingStrategic AccountUnified CommunicationsMobile TechnologyOEMsOptical CommunicationsStrategic SalesSolution Selling

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Colleagues at Real-Life Innovations

Uri Zilberman
Investor at Real-Life Innovations

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ofer Shapiro?
Ofer Shapiro is CEO, Chairman, and Co-Founder of Resolight.ai. He previously served as co-founder and CEO of Vidyo for ten years, where he led architectural innovations in videoconferencing and raised over $150 million. Shapiro holds 80 patents related to video coding standards including H.264, H.265, and VP8, and has been involved in developing industry specifications such as H.323 and scalable video coding architectures since 1996.
Where does Ofer Shapiro work?
Ofer Shapiro is Partner at Real-Life Innovations and Board director at Toonimo.
Where did Ofer Shapiro go to school?
Ofer Shapiro studied at Tel Aviv University (M.Sc, Applied Physics); Jerusalem University (B.Sc, Physics); The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (B.Sc, physics).

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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem mafia29

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