Ep242: Mike Tung | Founder and CEO, Diffbot

A veteran of the aerospace industry, with extensive experience of over 40 years in operations, manufacturing, engineering, R&D, business development, sales, and marketing. In his previous role, he served as VP of marketing and business development in “Ashot Ashkelon". Israeli Naval Academy graduated (Submarine Officer & Chief Engineer). BSc. mechanical engineering

6 Sep 202125min

Matan is a co-founder of Semperis and leads the company’s Israeli arm, as well as business development. He began his career as a software engineer in the Israel Defense Force, implementing mission-critical systems for the office of the Israeli Prime Minister, prior to getting promoted to Development Team Leader. In this role, Matan gained extensive Microsoft experience and was charged with leading the development of the organizational identity management system from the ground up.

5 Sep 202123min

Mr. Datika is the founder and president of INX, a fully regulated digital asset trading platform, for listing and trading cryptocurrencies, security tokens, and their derivatives. INX was the first company in history to file an F1 prospectus with the SEC for a registered security token IPO. Mr. Datika has over 25 years of capital markets experience, trading and building networks, and technology play in the banking and financial industries.

4 Sep 202121min

Amir is the Head of Product for the Developer Platform at Twitter and a Venture Partner at Innovation Endeavors. Previously Amir held executive roles at Amazon, Slack, Google, and Microsoft. He is the author of two books, on designing bots and building APIs that developers love.

4 Sep 202121min

Ory is an experienced founder, executive, and investor.  He founded XLMedia PLC, a London-listed performance marketing company in 2003, led it through its IPO, and ran it until 2019. Ory is an investor in companies such as Mews, Medorion, Gigantic and more. His focus is on strong founder-led teams with disruptive technology and sector-specific expertise.

3 Sep 202123min

Aviv is an Aerospace Engineer and holds two Emmy Awards for the best broadcasting technology of 2013 and 2015. He co-founded Replay Technologies, which invented a new volumetric video format that has been used at major sports events around the world. After winning two Emmy Awards, Replay was acquired by Intel in 2016. Today he is the CEO of XTEND, in the field of Extended Reality, which aims to give people the ability to fly (!) through an immersive experience using VR and Drones.

3 Sep 202122min

Yotam Tzuker is the Head of Business Development at CQ Global A leading global search firm located in Israel, helping Israeli-based companies expand globally by finding the best talents for their team. Prior to this role, Yotam has founded Tech7, an NGO that promotes the tech & entrepreneurship ecosystem in Beersheva and the south region of Israel. We have managed to build the largest startup community in Israel with over 15,000 members, and hundreds of activities in our track record. Today Yotam is an active chairman of the board. Yotam holds a BSc in Industrial Engineering from Ben Gurion University and a GMBA in Innovation & Entrepreneurship from the IDC.

3 Sep 202122min

Shahar Cohen, a software engineer by training, has served in executive product and strategy positions at Tech in Israel and Silicon Valley. Several years ago, he founded Lucid Capital, a tech fund that specializes in global tech stocks as well as late-stage startups. Lucid Capital is a close partner of the leading Israeli institutional investors and assists them in accessing and qualifying direct tech investments both on the global public markets as well as the private ones.

2 Sep 202123min