About
Tal Achituv is Chief Technology Officer at Earth & Beyond Ventures. He brings over 15 years of software development experience and 6 years of engineering leadership overseeing distributed teams in security, platform, and user interface functions. Achituv holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from IDC (Israel) and has specialized expertise in application security, systems design, and programmer productivity.
Experience
- Earth & Beyond VenturesChief Technology Officercurrent2026 — presentIsrael
- Samsung NEXTTechnical Director / CTO2018 — 2025Tel Aviv
- CompugicianCo-founder / CTO2008 — 2018Newton, MA
- MIT Media LabResearch Assistant / Graduate (2016)2013 — 2018Cambridge, MA
- Purpose, Inc.CTO2013 — 2014Greater Boston Area
- Second DecimalSoftware Engineer / Product Manager2011 — 2013Burlington, MA
- Matchcraft Inc.CTO / VP R&D - Israel2007 — 2008Tel Aviv & Santa Monica
- Hewlett-Packard (Mercury Division)Senior Software Engineer2006 — 2007
- Imperva Inc.Application Defense R&D2004Ramat Gan, Israel
- Schema Ltd.Software Engineer2003 — 2004Glil Yam, Israel
- IDF Intelligence Core \ Israeli Aircraft IndustriesSoftware Engineer & Project Manager1999 — 2002
- Gteko (acquired by Microsoft in 2006)Web Developer1998 — 1999Ra'anana
- Digital FacebookDeveloper, Co-Founder1996 — 1997Israel
Education
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Media Arts and Sciences2013 — 2016
- Weizmann Institue of ScienceStudied towards M.Sc.in Applied Math & Computer Science2004 — 2006
- Reichman UniversityB.A., Computer Science2002 — 2004
Skills & more
Business DevelopmentStart-upsStrategyManagementLeadershipInvestmentsObject Oriented Design25Agile Methodologies35Software Development34SEO2Application Security1Entrepreneurship8
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Software EngineeringJavaDistributed SystemsOOPSoftware DesignSubversionMultithreadingPerlGitAJAXAlgorithmsSpring RooLanguages English · Hebrew
- Amateur Radio License — Federal Communications Commission
- Satellite Operator — Israel Defense Forces
- Advanced Open Water Scuba Diver — SSI Scuba Schools International
From Tal's professional profile.
Colleagues at Earth and beyond ventures
Chen Klimor
Partner at Rhodium
Daniel Recanati
Founder and CEO at Rhodium
Dina Kantorovich
Book Keeper at Earth and beyond ventures
Doron Landau
Co-Founder at Earth and beyond ventures
Doron Zauer
General Partner at Earth and beyond ventures
Israel Biran
General Partner at Earth and beyond ventures
Liron Kolatker
VP of Finance at Earth and beyond ventures
Naomi Krieger Carmy
VP Portfolio Management at Earth and beyond ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Tal Achituv work?
- Tal Achituv is CTO at Earth and beyond ventures.
Same school
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,281
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars
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Also attended Reichman University170
Juriaan DuizendstraalInvestor at Index VenturesLisa CohenInvestment Director at Intel CapitalDean MeyerInvestor at Sequoia CapitalYaron CarniFounder at Maverick Ventures IsraelNoa RandOperations Manager at Ibex InvestorsLior AvisarVenture Investor at Alpha Partners
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Shared employers
Also worked at Samsung NEXT40
Niko CiminelliInvestor at Khosla VenturesPatrick ChangFounder and Managing Partner at Dispersion CapitalBurke DavisPartner at Sorenson VenturesRan AchituvInvestor at Entree CapitalRaymond LiaoManaging Director at Samsung NextHaerim YunVenture Operations at Samsung Next
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Also worked at MIT Media Lab97
Wesley ChanInvestor at Felicis VenturesDr. Catherine HavasiAdvisor at AI CapitalWill JackInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersArjan SchütteFounder & Managing Partner at Core Venture CapitalKevin TuPartner at DFJAbdulrahman TarabzouniFounder & CEO at STV
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Also worked at Purpose, Inc.1
Also worked at Hewlett-Packard (Mercury Division)262
Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzBill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at Benchmark; author of Above the Crowd; BG2 co-hostSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesAna AndreescuInvestor at Index VenturesMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel Capital
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