The New Security Playbook for AI Adoption: A Conversation with Dan Benjamin

Yuval Cohen is the Founder and Managing Partner at StageOne Ventures, leading investments across multiple investment sectors. Yuval has a track record of two decades in leading the operations of early-stage VCs. Before founding StageOne, he co-founded and managed two corporate VCs as part of IDB (Israel’s largest conglomerate) estimated at $150 Million in the investment portfolio, and was personally involved in early-stage IT investing totaling over $1 billion in exit value. Yuval currently represents StageOne on several company boards including– Otonomo, Silverfort, Minerva Labs, Model9, CommonGround and EyeZon.

30 Apr 202123min

Liron is a 3x entrepreneur and investor with several unicorn exits in Tel Aviv's thriving tech scene. His latest startup, AfterDownload, was acquired by Ironsource after 3 years. He later launched and managed Barclays Bank Accelerator with Techstars in Israel.  Liron enjoys fostering Israel's brightest entrepreneurs in their quest for vision and leadership, together with a group of HNWI, family offices, investment banks, and Venture Capital.  Investments include Ironsource, Fiverr, Armis, Similarweb, and many more.

29 Apr 202123min

Swati is a computer engineer and mathematician by education, food entrepreneur by work and mother at heart. She finished a bachelor's in CS and a master's in Mathematics at one of the leading universities in India; however, 3 jobs, 4 countries and 2 children later, she realized that the corporate tech world was not for her. With a £200 investment, Cheeky Food has now grown into a well-established British Brand of premium Indian condiments.

29 Apr 202120min

Saloni is an investor at Founders Factory where she leads investments across both Consumer and B2B. Formerly she was a strategy consultant, and more recently worked at Uber and Expedia. Saloni has been angel investing for 3 years, is a part of Backed VC’s community, Alma Angels, and January Ventures’ Operator Network. Most recently, Saloni co-founded Sie Ventures, aiming to close the gender funding gap in the venture capital ecosystem.

28 Apr 202122min

Gilad is a serial entrepreneur and the CEO of Growth Artists consulting agency based in San Francisco By the time Gilad was 13 he already established  2 businesses and at the age of 25, he managed to sell his first company. Now with over 12 years of experience in helping startups in SV find PMF he is writing a book about how to adapt his methodology to any type of business and every aspect of life.

28 Apr 202121min

Roey is a former elite cybersecurity unit veteran that led the development of high-end security systems, to protect the largest network in Israel of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the government. He went to lead the development of security system projects at Cigol Digital Systems, a military-grade security systems company (Acquired by Mellanox). After Cigol Digital Systems, Roey founded the cybersecurity college that trains the next generation of leaders and prepares them for serving in the IDF’s elite security units.

27 Apr 202121min

Sarah Goehrke is focused on the industrialization of additive manufacturing. Her journey with 3D printing began in 2014, and in 2018 Sarah founded Additive Integrity LLC, an independent editorial services company targeting the 3D printing industry. She is the Managing Editor of Fabbaloo, on the Board of Directors of Women in 3D Printing, and looks forward to a more equitable future for this industry. She is also a trained thespian and former fiction editor, happily using both her English and theatre degrees in real life.

27 Apr 202123min

Amit is a General Partner at Operator Partners, an early-stage fund that was started by Amit and the founders of Flatiron Health to invest and help operators in their journey. Prior to that, Amit was the founder/CEO of Taykey until its acquisition. Taykey was backed by top-tier funds such as Sequoia, SoftBank and Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors.

26 Apr 202121min