Ep77: Nicole Priel | Vice President at Ibex Investors

Alon Gilady graduated with a BA in economics and philosophy from TAU, a serial entrepreneur based in Tel Aviv. During his last year at university, Alon founded a start-up company in the sports & entertainment collectibles industry. Alon signed big licensing deals with notable brands such as FC Barcelona and Man. City, NBA, WWE, and Disney, selling over 1.5M units through major retailers in Europe and the USA. In 2017 he co-founded a 3D-rendering studio creating virtual reality experiences for architects and interior designers. From the knowledge and experience gained in this venture, the idea of renovai was born with an ambitious mission: to empower online retailers with AI to make professional design and stylist services affordable and accessible for all.

16 Aug 202221min

Matt's an enterprise software leader with experience growing businesses, building global teams, and delivering products. Before founding Vivun, he worked at Zuora, BigMachines, and Deloitte.

15 Aug 202222min

Manik is the Founder and CEO of Therma, a technology startup whose mission is to help protect our food, health and planet. Therma builds safety and sustainability tools to eliminate food waste, improve energy efficiency and reduce refrigerant emissions — protecting consumers and combating climate change. Therma is deployed across restaurants, retailers, distributors and manufacturers worldwide, with leading brands including Mcdonald's, Starbucks, NOW Foods, 7-Eleven and Marriott Hotels. Previously, Manik co-founded the Governance Lab (GovLab), an innovation center at NYU that develops technology solutions to improve government. He has been recognized amongst the Top 100 Harvard Alumni in Technology, a past Affiliate of Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and previously held positions at global investment firm D. E. Shaw & Company and the White House National Economic Council.

14 Aug 202224min

Justin Hayet is the COO of Bnai Zion, aiming to accelerate Israel's growth and perpetuate social impact through partnerships and meaningful projects. He is a very young leader (28) who made an aliya a year ago and currently lives in Tel Aviv. Previous to that he worked at the UN as a senior strategic consultant for Dani Danon. He used to give him tips before meetings, comments on his speeches and had a major input in building strategic plans. Justin describes those years as "the proximity of power".

13 Aug 202223min

Aran Erel, senior high-tech leader by day, best-selling author by night. Aran Erel is the Country Manager of F5 in Israel, Greece and Cyprus and a respected author whose books have reached the top of the bestseller list. Aran published his first novel, "Foretelling Yesterday" in 2011 by Yedioth Ahronot, and last year he has published his second novel "The Human Element" by Kinneret Zmora (also known as “A Plan to Kill”). His writing work is influenced and driven by the changes and experiences in his career path. On the other hand, he brings the creative world into his role and management strategies, as well as to the content worlds in which he operates.

12 Aug 202223min

Amir Zolty is a lawyer and the head of Lipa Meir & Co. Advocates' Hightech practice. Over the last 20 years, he's been dealing with high-tech, corporate finance, privacy, and data security. Prior to that, he worked closely with the President of the Supreme Court of Israel and before that - with the Attorney General. Amir is also n 8200 (semi-techie) alumnus.

11 Aug 202221min

At age 16, I founded a breast cancer charity in memory of my late mother - that sparked my passion for social impact, and making a dent in our universe. My campaign has since raised over $500,000 (including $48,000 in under an hour), and spread nationwide. In 2018, I joined insuretech Lemonade to lead Social Impact and ESG. I have distributed over $4M in donations to our 100 partners organizations and our impact has grown 4,232% higher. I was named one of the 100 women to watch by Barclays, and have written for the Telegraph, Guardian and Forbes.

10 Aug 202220min

Dr. Joshua Broggi is the founder and CEO of Woolf, a platform that makes it possible for companies and academic groups to launch branded degree programs with the same accreditation as major universities – in weeks, not years. He was previously a member of the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford and a member of the governing Congregation of the University. He also held a Humboldt Fellowship, during which he worked the role of modern universities in support human progress.

9 Aug 202222min