Ep258: Tamir Plachinsky | Founder and CEO, Griiip

Zachary Mannheimer is the CEO and founder of Alquist, a 3D printing construction company that uses cutting-edge technology to create houses, buildings, and other structures aimed at dropping the cost of homes and solving the housing crisis. After a road trip from NYC to 22 cities around the country, Zachary chose and settled in Des Moines in 2007 founding the Des Moines Social Club, an art and educational non-profit. In 11 years of operations, DMSC hosted over 10,000 events for over 1,000,000 patrons. In 2020, Zachary co-founded Atlas Community Studios, a team helping rural communities plan for growth in over 20 states, where the main concern is housing. He lives in Iowa City with his wife Sarah, and their three kids Mira, Benjamin, and Fiona.

4 Jul 202121min

Ronen is a serial entrepreneur and a skilled manager with a track record of success across various industries. Prior to founding MySize, he established and led startups in the medical devices and communication sectors. Among his other endeavors, Ronen founded Malers, a company that has grown to be a leader in the global security solutions market and provides some of the most advanced technological solutions for integrated communication infrastructures, security, and control systems. Prior to that, he held several senior marketing, sales management, and professional services positions in a variety of international high-tech companies. Ronen graduated from Middlesex University in London with a B.sc in IT and Business Information Systems.

4 Jul 202124min

Ori Yankelev is the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) and founding team member of OwnBackup where he leads the company's global go-to-market strategy. Based in Tel Aviv, Ori led the expansion of OwnBackup’s global sales organization from 1 employee to what is today over 200 employees globally with a presence in the US, UK, France, Israel, and Australia.

3 Jul 202122min

We are Belen and Ana, two very enthusiastic 25-year-old friends from childhood with previous experience in banking, consulting and Amazon, who always knew wanted to create a business together. We co-founded Flipeat 6 months ago with the aim of creating a more efficient restaurant reservation process through digitalization, adding a social component that allows creating a personalized network of friends to share culinary experiences and recommendations. We are present in Madrid and soon to open Barcelona and Marbella, but we aim to expand internationally in the upcoming year.

2 Jul 202127min

Itamar Ben Hamo is co-founder and CEO at Rivery, a DataOps platform that streamlines data integration, transformation, and orchestration. A seasoned business executive, Ben Hamo was co-founder and CEO of Vision.BI, a leading data consulting firm acquired by Keyrus Group. At Keyrus, Ben Hamo was group vice president for North America. Itamar holds a BSc in Computer and Information Systems Security from Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

1 Jul 202120min

Chemi Katz is the current CEO and Co-Founder of Namogoo, a Digital Journey Continuity platform serving over 250 global brands in eCommerce. With over 17 years of experience in the eCommerce, security, commerce, and advertising spaces, Chemi is an experienced visionary and serial entrepreneur who builds disruptive technologies. Prior to co-founding Namogoo, Chemi was General Manager of DoubleVerify Israel and co-founded Seapai and Reissod. Earlier in his career, Chemi led Production Operations at LivePerson (NASDAQ: LPSN), was Global Business Technology Manager for Aladdin, and managed IT Outsourcing for Bynet.

30 Jun 202123min

Michael Eisenberg is an Equal Partner at Aleph, an early-stage venture capital fund with over $500M under management. Aleph focuses on partnering with great Israeli entrepreneurs to build large, meaningful companies and impactful global brands. Since its founding in 2013, Aleph has invested in more than 40 companies including Melio, Lemonade, Bringg, JoyTunes, Healthy.io, and Nexar.

29 Jun 202123min

With more than 10 years of experience in the hi-tech industry in various business development, marketing, and product management roles, Dana is responsible for the Valens’ marketing activities. Dana leads the company’s messaging, positioning, go-to-market, and general marketing activities, including communications, tradeshows, media, digital marketing, and more. Dana has contributed to building the Valens and HDBaseT brands and establishing the company’s leadership in both the audio-video and automotive markets.

28 Jun 202122min