Israeli Technology Founders Speak: Conversations with Successful Israeli Hitech and Biotech Entrepreneurs

Tzvi Fox is the founder and CEO of Xtend AI, an Israeli startup that has created robots with autonomous artificial intelligence to work in hospitals, restaurants, hotels and more. He worked in the early years with Bill Gates at Microsoft and has been an avid technology innovator and a serial entrepreneur.

Avraham and Tzvi sat down in the offices of JMB Davis Ben-David to discuss how Tzvi got involved in technology, how he came up with the idea for Xtend AI, how he builds his businesses, funds them, markets them, tips for startup founders and much more.

Do you have a great innovation? We'd love to hear from you. Contact us by going to https://jmbdavis.com/startup/contact. Learn more at https://jmbdavis.com and https://jmbdavis.com/startup.

Also available at https://soundcloud.com/jmbdavis/tzvi-fox-xtend-ai. Listen to all of the episodes at https://jmbdavis.com/podcast.

Dr. Nisim Perets is the co-founder and CEO of Itay&Beyond (itayandbeyond.com). An Israeli biotech startup that integrates patient-derived brain organoids with advanced AI analysis to predict drug efficacy for neurological and psychiatric disorders. Their platform aims to improve drug development by providing accurate human-based models, reducing reliance on animal testing, and enhancing patient outcomes.

Avraham sat down with Nisim in the offices of Itay&Beyond to discuss what it means to use a patient’s braincells for testing drugs, how they came up with the idea, how the company was funded, tips for startup founders and much more.

Do you have a great innovation? We'd love to hear from you. Contact us by going to https://jmbdavis.com/startup/contact. Learn more at https://jmbdavis.com and https://jmbdavis.com/startup.

Also available at https://soundcloud.com/jmbdavis/itay-beyond. Listen to all of the episodes at https://jmbdavis.com/podcast.

Sigal Kalmanson is the CEO and founder of Starget Pharma, an Israeli early-stage clinical company developing a new class of Smart Targeted Radioligands for precision oncology of hard-to-heal cancers.

Avraham sat down with Sigal in the offices of Starget Pharma to discuss why Sigal started Starget, the role of IP in their business, how they got funded, how Sigal became the CEO, tips for startup founders and much more.

Do you have a great innovation? We'd love to hear from you. Contact us by going to https://jmbdavis.com/startup/contact. Learn more at https://jmbdavis.com and https://jmbdavis.com/startup.

Also available at https://soundcloud.com/jmbdavis/jumpspeed. Listen to all of the episodes at https://jmbdavis.com/podcast.

Ben Wiener is the founder and managing partner of JumpSpeed, the first and only venture capital fund dedicated to investing in early-stage startups in Jerusalem.

Avraham sat down with Ben in the offices of JMB Davis Ben-David in Jerusalem to discuss why Ben started Jumpspeed, what he learned from investing in day one startups, his successes and failures and much more.

Do you have a great innovation? We'd love to hear from you. Contact us by going to https://jmbdavis.com/startup/contact. Learn more at https://jmbdavis.com and https://jmbdavis.com/startup.

Also available at https://soundcloud.com/jmbdavis/jumpspeed. Listen to all of the episodes at https://jmbdavis.com/podcast.

Iddo Peleg is the CEO and Co-founder of Yonalink, (yonalink.com) an Israeli biotech startup that created a data collection and management platform for clinical trials.

Avraham sat down with Iddo in the Yonalink offices to discuss how Iddo came up with the idea, how he got funded, how he found a problem that needed a solution, tips for startup founders and much more.

Do you have a great innovation? We'd love to hear from you. Contact us by going to https://jmbdavis.com/startup/contact. Learn more at https://jmbdavis.com and https://jmbdavis.com/startup.

Also available at https://soundcloud.com/jmbdavis/yonalink. Listen to all of the episodes at https://jmbdavis.com/podcast.

Dr. Ilan Samish is the founder and CEO of Amai Proteins, an Israeli foodtech startup that has developed the first sugar substitute that tastes just like sugar by redesigning sweet proteins found in the jungle and producing them for mass consumption. Dr. Samish took decades of academic knowledge and used it to found this innovative and unique startup which is funded by major businesses and VC firms and has won multiple startup awards around the world.

Avraham sat down with Ilan in the offices of Amai Proteins to discuss how the business got started, how Ilan built his team, developed business relationships, found production facilities, got funded and his tips for startup founders.

Do you have a great innovation? We'd love to hear from you. Contact us by going to https://jmbdavis.com/startup/contact. Learn more at https://jmbdavis.com and https://jmbdavis.com/startup.

Also available at https://soundcloud.com/jmbdavis/rebroadcast-amai-proteins. Listen to all of the episodes at https://jmbdavis.com/podcast.

Tami Ellison is the CEO and Founder of Conflu3nce, an Israeli startup that aims to revolutionize early detection and predictive healthcare with image-based technologies that address health disparities and improve outcomes.

Their Stitch n' Peel (SnP) method enhances image analysis by juxtaposing non-contiguous sections, benefiting human cognition and computer vision.

Avraham sat down with Tami in the offices of JMB Davis Ben-David to discuss how she came up with the idea for Conflu3nce, how she got funded, the role patents play in her business, tips for startup founders and much more.

This is a link to the Waters of Life image that Tami and Avraham speak about in the episode: https://conflu3nce.com/wol.htm

Do you have a great innovation? We'd love to hear from you. Contact us by going to https://jmbdavis.com/startup/contact. Learn more at https://jmbdavis.com and https://jmbdavis.com/startup.

Also available at https://soundcloud.com/jmbdavis/conflu3nce. Listen to all of the episodes at jmbdavis.com/podcast.

We're rebroadcasting an episode from the archives with Asher Polani, a veteran entrepreneur in the Israeli start up scene. Having been involved in founding and growing multiple startups going back to the 1980s, Asher was CEO of FTS & Finjan and has filled various executive roles in HP-Israel, MINT Technologies and in other international companies.

Avraham sat down with Asher to discuss some of his latest startup successes, how to pivot a business that’s not working, raising money, bootstrapping, exits and tips for startup founders.

Do you have a great innovation? We'd love to hear from you. Contact us by going to https://jmbdavis.com/startup/contact. Learn more at https://jmbdavis.com and https://jmbdavis.com/startup.

Also available at https://soundcloud.com/https://soundcloud.com/jmbdavis/rebroadcast-asher-polani. Listen to all of the episodes at jmbdavis.com/podcast.

Eviatar Aron is a patent attorney in the US and Israel who specializes in Hi-Tech, Software, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and other areas.

Barak Hullman sat down with Eviatar in the offices of JMB Davis Ben-David in Jerusalem to discuss what he has learned from helping clients to get patents over the past 10 years.

In this episode we discuss what to do before getting a patent, how to avoid costly mistakes, the benefits of getting a patent for your business, tips for startup founders and much more.

Do you have a great innovation? We'd love to hear from you. Contact us by going to https://jmbdavis.com/startup/contact. Learn more at https://jmbdavis.com and https://jmbdavis.com/startup.

Also available at https://soundcloud.com/jmbdavis/eviatar-aron. Listen to all of the episodes at https://jmbdavis.com/podcast.

Dr. Hadas Shatz Azoulay is the co-founder of MindTension, an Israeli biotech startup that has created a device which allows for accurate measuring of ADHD which helps in diagnosis and proper drug prescription.

Avraham sat down with Dr. Azoulay in the Modiin offices of JMB Davis Ben-David to discuss how she became involved in the startup, getting funded, the challenges of being a woman co-founder, tips for startup founders and much more.

Do you have a great innovation? We'd love to hear from you. Contact us by going to https://jmbdavis.com/startup/contact. Learn more at https://jmbdavis.com and https://jmbdavis.com/startup.

Also available at https://soundcloud.com/jmbdavis/mindtension. Listen to all of the episodes at https://jmbdavis.com/podcast.