Where does Yaron Samid work?

Yaron Samid is Founder & Managing Partner at TechAviv Founder Partners and Board director at CloudLock.

What check size does Yaron Samid write?

Yaron Samid typically writes checks of $500K – $3M.

What boards does Yaron Samid sit on?

Yaron Samid holds tracked board seats at CloudLock, Pond5.

Where did Yaron Samid go to school?

Yaron Samid studied at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (Industrial and Business Management); University of Maryland (B.Sc, Marketing).

Yaron Samid

Investor

Founder & Managing Partner at TechAviv Founder Partners · Board director at CloudLock

Israel

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

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406 people in our graph share verified history with Yaron — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Michael McBrideunlockedYaron: together at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2017–2023)

×3Yaron: together at Columbia Business School

×3Yaron: together at University of Maryland

Yaron: together at Pond5

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.

Contact· published on Yaron's own website

y•••@techaviv.comreveal

Board director at CloudLock

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CloudLock's investors · 3

Ascent Venture PartnersBedford Bessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checks Cedar FundHerzelia · $2M – $10M checks · since 2008

Co-founders at CloudLock

Gil ZimmermannExecutive Officer, Director

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
Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessGuest Lecturer2012 — 2023Stanford, CA
NovadeaAngel Investor2017 — 2020Tel Aviv District, Israel
CloudLock (Acquired by Cisco)Founding Board Member2008 — 2016Waltham, MA
Prosper MarketplaceGM (Via BillGuard Acquistion)2015 — 2016New York, NY
BillGuardFounder & CEO2009 — 2015New York, NY
Pond5Founding Board Member2008 — 2014New York, NY
Pando Networks (Acquired by Microsoft)Founder, CPO & CMO2004 — 2009New York, NY
NYVideo.orgFounder & Organizer2004 — 2009
DeskSiteFounder & President2003 — 2004
Zend by PerforceVP, Marketing2001 — 2002
BackWeb Technologies Inc.Director, Product Management1997 — 2001
Register.comDirector, Marketing1996 — 1997

Skills & more

SaaS25Enterprise Software3Web 2.05Leadership33Public Speaking3Strategy21Management16Start-ups99Marketing16Product Management99Entrepreneurship99Business Strategy51

+12 more

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

Languages English · Hebrew

From Yaron's professional profile.

Investments

Board seats

CloudLockPond5

Per the firm's website.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Yaron Samid?: 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.
Where does Yaron Samid work?: Yaron Samid is Founder & Managing Partner at TechAviv Founder Partners and Board director at CloudLock.
What check size does Yaron Samid write?: Yaron Samid typically writes checks of $500K – $3M.
What boards does Yaron Samid sit on?: Yaron Samid holds tracked board seats at CloudLock, Pond5.
Where did Yaron Samid go to school?: Yaron Samid studied at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (Industrial and Business Management); University of Maryland (B.Sc, Marketing).