Ep577: Ilan Peleg | Co-Founder and CEO, Lightrun

Doron is a partner at fresh.fund and has extensive experience in the education sector. After studying education and philosophy he became the Director of Education in the Israel Innovation Institute, where he led the Ed.il activities. He is a founding member of MassChallenge Israel and joined JVP, one of Israel’s largest VCs. Doron is passionate about changing the way we think about education.

24 Aug 202023min

Adi is the Co-Founder and CEO of Calmigo, an innovative calming device that uses guided breathing, grounding techniques, and relaxing scents to provide immediate relief for moments of anxiousness and stress.She has 18 years of experience in management and engineering (Elbit, Stratasys), and was recently named one of Israel’s 70 most brilliant young women by Lady Globes business journal.

24 Aug 202021min

Gadi holds an unparalleled perspective on war – as both a human rights and as a soldier in the Israeli Special Forces. He was selected by Forbes Magazine as one of the most influential leaders in Israel under the age of 30 (the "30 UNDER 30" list), and holds three law degrees from Tel-Aviv University and NYU School of law. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Law, and and previously advised the Defense Establishment and headed the headed the Laws of War desk at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

23 Aug 202020min

Dovi is an entrepreneur and Founding Partner of Group 11. He has invested over $150M in many of Silicon Valley’s most prominent and disruptive technology companies, including: SoFi, Addepar, Tipalti, TripActions, HomeLight, SunBit, Next Insurance and others. Previously, Dovi was VP at Deutsche Bank AG Private Bank and founded SG, a global financial advisory firm. He is also well known for his appearance as a “Shark” in the Israeli Shark Tank show.

23 Aug 202023min

Pamela has been a marketing executive for some of Israel’s leading tech companies including prooV, ironSource, SafeCharge and Payoneer. After she was widowed with three small children in 2008, Pamela co-founded and remains the active chairperson of the Israeli charity Jeremy's Circle, which supports kids coping with cancer treatment or cancer loss in their immediate families. She is the author of the novel Memoirs of a False Messiah.

23 Aug 202022min

Inspired by deep depression and advice from his mental health professionals, Dan taught himself to code and built one of the highest rated manual mood trackers. To help himself and others keep up the habit of mood tracking and advance the state of the art mental health technology, Dan is working on Misu — an automated mood tracker that tracks happiness and anxiety their micro facial expressions passively throughout the day.

23 Aug 202021min

Laura has spent nearly two decades in Silicon Valley’s technology sector, with vast experience in building strategic partnerships and raising funds from Asia, harnessing the best assets of large corporations and small companies. Recently she has developed a hybrid investment model (containing non-profit and for-profit components), working closely with the University of California, Berkeley, to create the Berkeley Catalyst Fund.

23 Aug 202021min

Etai Beck is CEO and Co-founder of Folloze, provider of the leading Personalized Marketing Platform for B2B companies. A frequent industry speaker about the strategies and tools B2B marketers need to be successful today, Beck has uniquely sat at the intersection of product and field throughout his career. Previously, Beck served as Head of Strategy at Juniper Networks’ Campus and Branch (annual revenues of $800M).

22 Aug 202017min