Avrom Gilbert joined Jerusalem Global Ventures as an associate in the spring of 2000. Between 1999 and 2000, Mr. Gilbert was an analyst in the number 1 ranked (Reuters, Institutional Investor) Israeli equity research team at UBS Warburg. The group was involved in researching, trading and marketing Israeli companies for investors in Europe and the US. From 1997 to 1999, Mr. Gilbert worked as an analyst on the Israeli equity research desk at Flemings (now JPMorgan Chase) and at a niche emerging markets bank called Carnegie (now Bank Santander). At Carnegie he was involved in establishing the Israeli equity operation. Mr. Gilbert's initial experience was attained in the Graduate Program at Barclays Global Investors, a fund management firm with $700 billion under management. Mr. Gilbert holds a B.A. in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University.

Jerusalem Global Ventures is a $200 million venture capital fund, focused on early stage investing in communications, software and life sciences. JGV's partners have proven track records in building and managing successful high technology enterprises. Its investors include many of the world's leading hi-tech companies and financial institutions, as well as individual executives from premier companies. JGV's investors include: Agilent Technologies, America Online, Bank of America, Bausch & Lomb, China Development Industrial Bank, Comverse, Conexant, Itochu Techno-Science, Motorola, NDS, Telecom Italia.