Yaron Samid

Investor

Founder & Managing Partner at TechAviv Founder Partners

Israel

Writes $500K – $3M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Israeli-American technology entrepreneur, investor, and community builder who founded TechAviv and serves as Managing Partner of its pre-seed fund TechAviv Founder Partners. He previously founded BillGuard (acquired by Prosper) and Pando (acquired by Microsoft), was a founding board director at CloudLock and Pond5, and guest lectures at Stanford and Columbia.

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Aug 2, 2026

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Aug 2, 2026

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Spain insists Israel must surrender its ancestral homeland in the name of decolonization and self-determination. Yet Spain still governs Ceuta, Melilla and other territories beyond Europe, fiercely rejecting any challenge to its own sovereignty. Principles aren’t principles if https://t.co/9WihDE9nul

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Experience

TechAvivManaging Partnercurrent2020 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
TechAvivFoundercurrent2007 — presentTel Aviv, Israel
TogetherSeed Investorcurrent2023 — present
TorqSeed Investorcurrent2020 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
Cellular Intelligence | formerly Somite AISeed Investorcurrent2024 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Leo AIPre-Seed Investor & Board Membercurrent2023 — presentTel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel
Numenos AISeed Investor & Board Membercurrent2025 — present
AxiomaPre-Seed Investor & Board Membercurrent2025 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
Dimer HealthPre-Seed Investor & Board Membercurrent2024 — present
RemepyPre-Seed Investorcurrent2022 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
DescopeSeed Investorcurrent2022 — presentLos Altos, California, United States
FlytrexInvestorcurrent2021 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
Nas CompanyInvestorcurrent2021 — presentSingapore
LinearBInvestorcurrent2021 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
RootSeed Investor & Board Observercurrent2020 — present
KnockPre-Seed Investorcurrent2023 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
Oshi (formerly Plantish)Pre-Seed Investor & Board Membercurrent2021 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
LumenPre-Seed Investorcurrent2017 — presentTel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel
PEF CommunityMembercurrent2023 — present
Columbia Business SchoolGuest Lecturer2013 — 2023New York, NY

Education

Technion - Israel Institute of TechnologyIndustrial and Business Management1992
University of MarylandB.Sc, Marketing1991 — 1995

Skills & more

SaaS25Enterprise Software3Web 2.05Leadership33Public Speaking3Strategy21Management16Start-ups99Marketing16Product Management99Entrepreneurship99Business Strategy51

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Strategic PartnershipsUser ExperienceDigital MediaAnalyticsVenture CapitalE-commerceMobile ApplicationsBusiness DevelopmentProduct MarketingOnline AdvertisingMobile DevicesCloud Computing

Languages English · Hebrew

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