Yair Vardi
InvestorPartner at Fusion VC
Los Angeles, California
Writes $100K – $250K checks · typically $150K
About
Yair Vardi is a Founding Partner at Fusion, Israel's pre-seed venture capital fund, which manages $50M in assets and has made over 140 investments with a portfolio value exceeding $3B. He previously served as an intelligence officer in Israel's Unit 8200 and led US-Israel technology partnerships at the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles. Vardi serves as a board member of American Jewish University and is involved with several Jewish and Israeli entrepreneurship organizations.
Experience
- FusionFounding Partnercurrent2017 — presentUnited States
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of IsraelDirector of Academic Affairs & Advisor for Innovation2015 — 2017Greater Los Angeles Area
- 8200 For Startups by EISPCalifornia Representative2013 — 2016Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- UCLAIsrael Fellow2013 — 2015Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
- Unit 8200 - Israeli Intelligence CorpsOfficer, Unit 82002006 — 2012
Education
- UCLABusiness & Entrepreneurship2014 — 2015
- Tel Aviv UniversityBachelor's degree, Economics and Political Science2012 — 2014
Skills & more
Start-ups99Social Media51Intelligence Analysis31International Relations28Research43Fundraising31Public Relations22Data Analysis28Community Organizing13Object Oriented Design11Entrepreneurship26Project Management17
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Tree ClimbingTeam LeadershipPublic SpeakingSQLMicrosoft OfficeLanguages English · Hebrew · Spanish ; Arabic
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Colleagues at Fusion VC
Alex Shandrovsky
Director of Sales Development at Fusion VC
Amit Shechter
Principal at Fusion VC
Andrew Brown
CFO at Fusion VC
Daniel Shinar
CEO at Claltech
Dr. Eldad Rom
Partner, Group Psychologist at Team8
Guy Katsovich
Founding Partner at Fusion VC
Hagi Schwartz
LP Advisory Board at Fusion VC
Hemi Zucker
Managing Partner at OCV Partners
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Yair Vardi work?
- Yair Vardi is Partner at Fusion VC.
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- Yair Vardi typically writes checks of $100K – $250K.
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