Jerusalem Global Ventures - Overview


				Aharon Aharon, CEO & Founder, Camero “In Jerusalem Global Ventures we found a real "green house" for our company. The spirit of entrepreneurship, the ongoing support, the market analysis, the strategic contracts, and more than all - the feeling of being part of a family made it happen to us. All these features are keen and mandatory to any company and especially for a startup at an early stage.” Aharon Aharon has more than 25 years experience in the High-Tech industry. Before joining Camero as its CEO he served as the CEO of Seabridge, a Siemens (NYSE: SI) company. Prior to that he was the COO of Zoran (NASDAQ: ZRAN). Aharon started his professional career at IBM Research Division where he managed the VLSI and CAD tools activities. Aharon holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the Haifa Technion where he currently serves as a member of staff in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science faculties.


				Michael Lewin, CEO & Founder, Kashya “VCs offer much more than cash to any startup. Kashya has been fortunate to have had the benefit of a long term and effective partnership with JGV. The capable team at JGV has been a key ingredient in Kashya's secret formula for success.” Michael Lewin was the Head Officer in an elite research division of the Intelligence Corps of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and has successfully attracted many of the leading technologists from this unit to join him at Kashya. Subsequently, he co-founded a successful consulting business with Yair Heller and Ziv Kedem, which provided expertise in algorithmic optimization, security techniques and sophisticated communication technologies to many leading international technology companies. Previously, Michael was an algorithmic software engineer for Compugen (NASDAQ: CGEN).


				Avi Rubenstein, CEO & Founder, VideoCodes "Jerusalem Global Ventures represent to me everything that an entrepreneur can expect from a VC - a team which knows how to work together, led by experienced professionals that combine the industry as well as academic background, and with proven success record. In JGV's staff I find not only investors but also partners to the same vision, always there with good advice when you need it and ready to support you. As a CEO I believe that such a relationships between VC and a portfolio company is a key for success and as such I am proud to be a CEO in one of JGV' portfolio companies." Avi Rubenstein has extensive management, sales, marketing and business development experience in the US as well as in international markets. Prior to founding VideoCodes, Avi was the General Manager of ECtel Inc. and Senior Vice President Corporate marketing and business development. While in ECtel, Avi led the strategic planning process that grew ECtel from $7M revenues in 1995 to $95M revenues in 2003. In those years, Avi served in various management positions in ECtel (marketing, sales, strategic planning and business development and participated in its NASDAQ IPO in October 1999.


				Zvi Schreiber, CEO Founder, Unicorn "At Unicorn we see Jerusalem Global Ventures not so much as an investor but more as a partner with whom we are working closely to build a world-class enterprise software company." Prior to founding Unicorn Solutions, Zvi was the Founder and CEO, then CTO of Tradeum Inc., which pioneered the concept of business-to-business exchanges, creating a generic software platform for dynamic trading of direct goods - some months before the term "B2B" was invented. Zvi founded Tradeum in October 1998, and in March 2000 sold the company to VerticalNet Inc. for $500 million.


				Ofer Tziperman, CEO & Founder, LocatioNet Systems “The LocatioNet management team has been working closely with the JGV team for the last four years, since their investment in LocatioNet. Shlomo and Yoni were very helpful in assisting the Company expand its presence in the US market. Their pleasant and professional attitude as Board members contributed to the good synergy among the Management team, the Board and the rest of the investors. Their understanding of the details on one hand and their trust in the Company's management on the other hand makes them great partners.” PA co-founder of LocatioNet, Ofer Tziperman has over a decade of extensive experience in international business and marketing of high-tech products. In 2000 the World Economic Forum nominated him 'Technology Pioneer'. During the past four years Ofer led LocatioNet to become one of the leading technology providers in the Location Based Services and C4I markets with international presence in Europe, USA, Latin America and Asia. Prior to establishing LocatioNet, he served as VP Marketing for OTI (NasdaqSC:OTIV), which specializes in contactless smart card technology.


				Eyal Waldman, CEO & Founder, Mellanox “I have known Shlomo Kalish since we founded Galileo Technologies in the early 90s. Shlomo’s global network and experience have proved invaluable throughout the years.” Prior to founding Mellanox technologies, Eyal was a cofounder of Galileo Technology, Ltd. and served as the Vice President of Engineering from 1993 until 1999. In this role he was intimately involved in the definition, execution, marketing, sales and customer support for all of Galileo's products. In January 2001, Galileo was acquired by Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:MRVL) for $2.3 billion.

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