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About
Ron Gura took the worst week of a family's life and made it survivable. He co-founded Empathy in 2020 with Yonatan Bergman, his engineering partner since their first company, to guide families through everything that follows a death — the probate, the accounts, the paperwork and the grief — and it now works with eight of the ten largest US life insurers, handles roughly one in five American life insurance claims beyond the payout, serves more than a thousand employers and reaches close to 50 million people. It has raised $162 million, most recently a $72 million round led by Adams Street Partners in 2025. He had already sold a company to eBay: The Gifts Project, founded in 2009, which eBay bought in 2011 and turned into its Israel innovation centre, with Gura invited to lead it. He then spent four years as senior vice-president of product at WeWork, where he founded and ran a 250-person research and development centre.
Beyond investing
From empathy.com — common ground for a warm intro.
Founder at Empathy
Intro paths
In turn, Ron can intro founders to Empathy's investors below.
Empathy's investors · 22
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Co-founders at Empathy
Product Director; led the eBay Israel Innovation Center at Ebay
Intro paths
In turn, Ron can intro founders to Ebay's investors below.
Ebay's investors · 8
Co-founders at Ebay
Podcasts & interviews
featuring Ron Gura215 - Learning About Empathy With Ron Gura
Nassau Financial Group
Good day or bad, it was a fight worth fighting | Ron Gura, CEO of Empathy
Aleph
Ron Gura on Empathy, Grief and Scaling Humanity - Invested w/ Michael Eisenberg E7
Aleph
Entrée Founder Spotlight: Ron Gura- Empathy
Entrée Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ron Gura?
- Ron Gura took the worst week of a family's life and made it survivable. He co-founded Empathy in 2020 with Yonatan Bergman, his engineering partner since their first company, to guide families through everything that follows a death — the probate, the accounts, the paperwork and the grief — and it now works with eight of the ten largest US life insurers, handles roughly one in five American life insurance claims beyond the payout, serves more than a thousand employers and reaches close to 50 million people. It has raised $162 million, most recently a $72 million round led by Adams Street Partners in 2025. He had already sold a company to eBay: The Gifts Project, founded in 2009, which eBay bought in 2011 and turned into its Israel innovation centre, with Gura invited to lead it. He then spent four years as senior vice-president of product at WeWork, where he founded and ran a 250-person research and development centre.
- Where does Ron Gura work?
- Ron Gura is Founder of Empathy and Product Director; led the eBay Israel Innovation Center at Ebay.
- What companies did Ron Gura found?
- Ron Gura founded Empathy.
- What podcasts and interviews feature Ron Gura?
- Tracked appearances include "215 - Learning About Empathy With Ron Gura", "Good day or bad, it was a fight worth fighting | Ron Gura, CEO of Empathy", "Ron Gura on Empathy, Grief and Scaling Humanity - Invested w/ Michael Eisenberg E7", and 1 more.
Founder mafias
Reichman University mafia136
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
The Open University of Israel mafia58
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
The Hebrew Reali School mafia15
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Wework, LLC mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ebay mafia2
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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