Ep906: Amir Raveh | Founder & CEO, HYPE Sports Innovation

Taly is VP of Global Business Development & Alliances at Ayehu Software, a high growth startup transforming Enterprise IT Process Automation through leveraging AI and ML. Previously, she was VP of Business Development at Uptima and held leadership positions at IVN, CaesarStone, Unilever, and Super-Pharm. Taly is an LP at J-Ventures, an executive member at HighPowerWomen and a three-time windsurfing champion and a bronze medalist in the World Windsurfing Championship!

1 Sep 202024min

Gil is the Founding Partner of UpWest, the only Seed fund that's purposefully designed to help Israeli startups break into the US market. UpWest was the first investor in "unicorn" SentinelOne and its portfolio companies have raised well over $1B in follow-on funding from top US VCs. Previously, Gil was part of the Corporate Development group at Yahoo! and served as a consultant advising Fortune 500 companies for the Boston Consulting Group in New York.

1 Sep 202023min

Julie gew up in a town with a population of 262, and came to Stanford for her undergraduate degree. Upon graduating she joined Steve Jobs at NeXT in 1989 and continued with Apple on the MacOS X team. She later fell in love with teaching and became a full-time Stanford lecturer, providing inspiration to thousands of students. Julie also served on the Computer Science Advancement Placement development committee, writing and grading an exam for 20,000 students (AP Computer Science).

1 Sep 202025min

David is a Stanford Business School Professor and has held numerous executive positions in communications and strategy. He was an assistant to President George H. W. Bush and member of the White House senior staff, was head of communications at Bank of America, head of brand management at Visa and most recently Stanford’s senior public affairs official.

1 Sep 202025min

Cindy is the founder and Managing Partner of Illuminate Ventures, a seed stage firm investing exclusively in Enterprise/B2B software startups. Previously, she was founder/CEO of SaaS startup Vivant (now part of Oracle), CEO of Acumen and VP marketing at Scopus (IPO then acquired by Siebel). Cindy has been recognized as one of the Most Influential Women in Tech (Fast Company), Most Influential Women in Silicon Valley (New York Times) and dubbed ”Queen B2B” (VentureBeat).

1 Sep 202025min

Irina is a director, adviser and often majority stake investor in the fund's portfolio companies. Fluent in 6 languages, Irina is working with ventures in Switzerland, Israel, US and China. Irina's core expertise is in development and promotion of new technologies in digital media and interactive entertainment. She is an active member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Emmys Foundation. Irina is a recipient of the 2011 Emmy for the Outstanding Achievement in Interactive Media

31 Aug 202021min

Isaac “Yitz” Applbaum is a co-founder of MizMaa Ventures, a $200M fund which invests in Israeli startup companies. He is an advisor to EIGHT VC Partners and Owl Ventures, and is on the advisory board of Vintage Investment Partners. Previously Yitz was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Concorde Solutions Inc., which he sold to Bank of America where he held an SVP position. Applbaum was a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners.

31 Aug 202020min

Assaf is the CEO and co-founder of insurtech startup Hippo, a company that is reimagining home insurance through the lens of homeowners - more comprehensive coverage at up to 25% less than competitors. Previously he founded Sabi (acquired), was a consultant with McKinsey & Company and invested with Intel Capital. Assaf holds an MBA from University of Chicago and a BA in finance and LLB in law from IDC Herzliya.

31 Aug 202027min