Founders DNA by ThinkUp

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  • Episode 30: Orna Harel, Co-founder & CEO of Sea2Cell

    Amid growing concerns over the health and future of our oceans, Sea2cell embraces the challenge of providing the world with sustainable and safe cell-cultivated “blue food” that will be as good as traditional seafood in taste, culinary functionality, and nutritional value.
    The company started operating in 2021 and is funded by the FRESH START FoodTech Incubator IL, led by the international AgriFood VC Finistere Ventures, Tnuva (Israel’s largest food manufacturer), OurCrowd's investments platform, and Tempo (Leading beverage company).
    We dived with Orna into her inspiring entrepreneurial journey.



    45 min
  • Episode 29: Roie Onn, Co-Founder & CEO at Cervello

    In this episode, we sat down with Roie Onn, the Co-founder & CEO of Cervello, a leading rail cybersecurity startup that, in a few short years since its founding in 2019, has successfully broken into one of the world's oldest and most critical industries, railway.


    The startup, which has raised $19 million to date, was formed by Roie, Shaked Kafzan (CTO), and Nadav Avidan (COO).



    1 hr 5 min
  • Episode 28: Dotan Lazar, founder & CEO, LSports

    In this episode, we sat down with Dotan Lazar, the Co-Founder & CEO of LSports.
    LSports is a world-leading provider of real-time sports data, working with sports betting industry key clients since 2012.

    Powered by a unique proprietary API technology, state-of-the-art sportsbook trading management, innovative stimulation tools, and accurate sports data feeds, LSports is the one-stop shop for sportsbooks.

    55 min
  • Episode 27: Eran Tal, Founder & CEO, Volta Solar

    In this episode, we sat down with Eran Tal, the founder & CEO of Volta Solar.


    Eran is a serial entrepreneur, and his unique entrepreneurial journey involves running & managing two different startups in parallel.


    Volta Solar specializes in developing, constructing, and operating solar energy rooftop systems for private homes, commercial and public buildings, and residential buildings.


    Recently, Volta has raised $12.4 million, its first significant investment, to expand into the energy storage market.





    49 min
  • Episode 26: Chen Arad, Co-Founder & COO, Solidus Labs

    In this episode, we sat down with Chen Arad, the co-founder & COO of Solidus Labs, who lately raised $45 million in a Series B funding round led by Liberty City Ventures, on the "Founders DNA" podcast show by ThinkUp, hosted by ThinkUp's co-founder, Ron Navon.



    Solidus Labs developed a trade surveillance platform to improve manipulation detection techniques in the cryptocurrency market.



    The company's blockchain-native, machine learning-powered platform offers tailored actionable alerts, streamlined ticket management, and regulatory reporting by continuously learning about the new manipulation schemes, enabling financial service providers to reduce risk, increase transparency and minimize costs while trading crypto assets.



    We had a sneak peek into Chen's fascinating entrepreneurial journey, including his unique path, challenges, mindset, and vision.

    49 min
  • Episode 25: Rani Plaut, the Co-Founder & CEO of AIR

    In this episode, we sat down with Rani Plaut, the Co-Founder & CEO of AIR on "The Founders DNA” podcast show by ThinkUp.


    Air is developing a “flying” vehicle, an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for individual consumers.

    Its prototype aircraft successfully completed a first hover test with regulators recently, setting the company on a path for further flight certification.

    When we say “change the world,” these guys are actually on it.

    49 min
  • Episode 24: Tal Lev Ami, Co-Founder and CTO at Cloudinary

    In this episode, we sat with Tal Lev Ami, Co-Founder, and CTO at Cloudinary, for a conversation about his startup journey, from an idea to unicorn status.

    Founded by CEO Itai Lahan, CPO Nadav Soferman and CTO Tal Lev-Ami, Cloudinary has developed a platform and software that allows high-quality and rapid delivery of images and video. The company reached $100 million in annual recurring revenue in 2022.

    The company has over 50 billion assets under management and nearly 10,000 customers worldwide, including brands like Atlassian, Bleacher Report, Bombas, Grubhub, Hinge, NBC, Mediavine, Minted, Peloton, and Petco.

    Cloudinary raised over $110m in funding at a $2b valuation.

    47 min
  • Episode 23: Aviad Mizrachi, the Co-Founder and CTO at Frontegg

    In this episode, we sat down with Aviad Mizrachi, the Co-Founder and CTO at Frontegg, on the ”Founders DNA” podcast by ThinkUp.


    To date, frontegg raised a total of $70 million, from investors such as Stripes, Insight Partners, Pitango First, Global Founders Capital and i3 Equity.

    We dived with Aviad into his fascinating and inspiring entrepreneurial journey.

    47 min
  • Episode 22: Guy Tytunovich, Founder & CEO at CHEQ

    In this week's episode, we sat dawn with Guy Tytunovich, the Founder & CEO of CHEQ.


    CHEQ has developed security applications for marketing staff to help protect sales pipelines, marketing funnels, sites, eCommerce, data and analytics from fake visitors, fraudsters, and malicious bot traffic. CHEQ says its platform is used by over 50,000 websites worldwide and the company aims to nearly triple its growth in 2022 in North America, EMEA and APAC.


    The company was founded in 2016 by CEO Guy Tytunovich, chairman Ehud Levy, and CTO Asaf Botovsky. The company has offices in Tel Aviv, New York and Tokyo and has 200 employees.


    Earlier this year, CHEQ completed a $150 million series C financing round led by Tiger Global, with the participation of existing investors Battery Ventures, Hanaco and Phoenix Insurance, and new investor Key1 Capital. This brings to $183 million, the total amount raised by CHEQ. No company valuation was disclosed.

    48 min

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