20MinuteLeaders

In his early 20s, Ori started a company that aimed to monitor kindergartens through on-site cameras to prevent any violent or uncomfortable behavior towards children. This start-up did not evolve as hoped for but did spark the first light for being an entrepreneur. Following that- Ori pursued entrepreneurship in real estate, finished a law degree and internship and went to start up a company in the beer industry alongside his longtime army friend, Omer Agiv. Pre its acquisition. WeissBeerger raised +$15M  from TOP investors like Gigi Levy, Innovation Endeavors, ICV (aka 'More VC') and others. Ori enjoys running in his spare time, a football fanatic and a father of two energetic boys.

Avi Shua is the co-Founder and CEO of Orca Security. Avi has more than 25 years of experience in cybersecurity. Prior to co-founding Orca Security, Avi was the chief technologist at Check Point Software Technologies and held key positions within Unit 8200, the Israeli NSA. While at Check Point, he built and scaled cybersecurity solutions that continue to protect tens of thousands of organizations to this day. Avi believes that cybersecurity products should always support the organization and not the other way around.

Ben is the Founder and Managing Partner of Amiti Ventures, a US-Israel venture firm founded in 2010.  Amiti has seeded or been an early-stage investor of Innoviz, Cycognito, NextSilicon, Valens, Vayyar, Demostack, Dataloop, and many more. Previously at AudioCodes (NASDAQ: AUDC), Ben had responsibilities that included M&A, product strategy, product marketing, business development and North American operations. He also acted as a GM of acquired companies among other responsibilities. Ben has an MBA from Georgetown University.

Ran is the CEO & Co-founder at BreezoMeter. His burning ambition is to improve the health and quality of life for billions of people across the globe by providing accurate and actionable air quality data. As co-founder and CEO at BreezoMeter, he is proud to be able to work towards bringing  dream to fruition each day.

Inbal has an intensive scientific background with a Ph.D. in bioinformatics at Tel-Aviv University and Post-doc in bioinformatics from Stanford University. She is the Founder of two companies: one in biospecimen procurement and the other in personalized supplement recommendation. 

Matan Bar is the co-founder and CEO of Melio – an accounts payable/receivable solution designed for small US businesses. Before founding Melio, Matan led PayPal’s Consumer Peer to Peer Payments Group globally, responsible for over $50B in payment volume annually. Matan joined PayPal through an acquisition of his first payments company (The Gifts Project) that he co-founded back in 2009 and got acquired by eBay Inc in 2012.

Yuval Cohen is the Founder and Managing Partner at StageOne Ventures, leading investments across multiple investment sectors. Yuval has a track record of two decades in leading the operations of early-stage VCs. Before founding StageOne, he co-founded and managed two corporate VCs as part of IDB (Israel’s largest conglomerate) estimated at $150 Million in the investment portfolio, and was personally involved in early-stage IT investing totaling over $1 billion in exit value. Yuval currently represents StageOne on several company boards including– Otonomo, Silverfort, Minerva Labs, Model9, CommonGround and EyeZon.

Luis F Voloch is the Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder at Immunai, where he is helping bring transformational change to immunology, cancer, science, and beyond. Immunai has a team of over 60 experts in machine learning, software, immunology, and genomics technologies and is focused on mapping and reprogramming the immune system, which has allowed his team to build the largest database for immunological data in the world. Previously, Voloch was the Head of Data Science and Machine Learning at Israel Tech Challenge and worked on a variety of Genomics and AI efforts industry (including Palantir) and at MIT.

Swati is a computer engineer and mathematician by education, food entrepreneur by work and mother at heart. She finished a bachelor's in CS and a master's in Mathematics at one of the leading universities in India; however, 3 jobs, 4 countries and 2 children later, she realized that the corporate tech world was not for her. With a £200 investment, Cheeky Food has now grown into a well-established British Brand of premium Indian condiments.

Liron is a 3x entrepreneur and investor with several unicorn exits in Tel Aviv's thriving tech scene. His latest startup, AfterDownload, was acquired by Ironsource after 3 years. He later launched and managed Barclays Bank Accelerator with Techstars in Israel.  Liron enjoys fostering Israel's brightest entrepreneurs in their quest for vision and leadership, together with a group of HNWI, family offices, investment banks, and Venture Capital.  Investments include Ironsource, Fiverr, Armis, Similarweb, and many more.