Ep92: Gil Ben Artzy | Founding Partner of UpWest

Previously he co-founded and was CEO of Secdo, a cybersecurity company, that was acquired by Palo Alto Networks and of Integrity-Project, a company specialized in connectivity, networking, and security solutions acquired by Mellanox. Shai served for 10 years as an officer in the IDF Intelligence Corps Unit 8200, where he held a variety of roles in management and product development and won several national awards for excellence. Shai is a graduate of the Talpiot program and earned an MBA from Tel Aviv University.

10 Maj 202125min

Mital Makadia is a partner at Grellas Shah, and co-founder of Solvd4, a cost-effective alternative dispute resolution service aimed at founders and startups. Her practice is focused on representing technology startups and startup founders. She provides counsel on a variety of corporate and transactional matters and negotiates and structures equity financings, M&A transactions, and commercial and intellectual property transactions for her clients. A TechCrunch Verified Expert Lawyer, Mital is passionate about helping startups succeed by equipping founders with the legal tools and knowledge they need to support their employees, protect business relationships, and drive growth.

9 Maj 202122min

Since 2002, Mike has worked with companies such as Rebull as a Brand Manager, at KPMG in the Management Consulting team, and at Wework as a CM, but also SMBs, NGOs and Gov. In 2017 he founded the IS-CL Summit (International Startup Community Leaders Summit) the event that brought together 500 startup community professionals from over 50 countries! The event spawned his agency, IS-CL (AKA; The IS-CL Network) a decentralized community agency working with companies and organizations around the world.

8 Maj 202126min

A technologist, previously Sr Director in Cisco leading a number of big projects in video collaboration devices, wearables, Webex, etc. A lifelong learner now executing his own Leap by helping startups and exploring his own entrepreneurial ambitions. Vivek has a natural passion for improving leadership by understanding the neuroscience behind social dynamics in a workplace.

7 Maj 202123min

Amir is a serial entrepreneur with a specialization in Real Estate Development. He earned his Bachelor’s in Law and Business and his Masters in Law from IDC, his Masters in Political Science from Tel Aviv University, and his Masters in Real Estate Development from Columbia University in the City of New York. At Showfields, Amir oversees the Revenue team and leads the real estate part of the venture, from Construction to sourcing and negotiating new properties as part of overseeing Showfields growth plans and extension strategy.

6 Maj 202122min

Neta was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area (Silicon Valley), moved to Israel to enlist in the IDF as a lone soldier, and then moved back to the US to work as a software engineer and team lead. What grounded her in Israel was meeting the now co-founders of Parametrix. The company’s mission is to ensure that companies with mission-critical services in the cloud are fully protected from the financial damages of downtime caused by SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS such as cloud, eCommerce, payments, CRM, and CDN service providers.

5 Maj 202120min

Danielle is the Head of Corporate Communications at B2B SaaS unicorn AppsFlyer. A seasoned comms pro, Danielle has spent the past 10 years helping brands shine, working with leading tech companies and organizations to perfectly craft and effectively communicate their messages. Prior to AppsFlyer, Danielle spent several years honing her comms craft at a tech-focused PR agency. Before devoting her life to tech, she started her career managing PR and investor relations for nonprofit organizations and higher education institutions.

5 Maj 202121min

Liran is the co-founder of Team8 and the Managing Partner of its investment fund, Team8 Capital. Liran invests at Seed and A Rounds in enterprise technology, cybersecurity and data companies. He co-founded Team8 in 2014, initially focusing on the design of Team8’s company-building Foundry model, working closely with the founding teams of Curv (acquired by Paypal), Portshift (acquired by Cisco), Sygnia (acquired by Temasek) and others. Liran then transitioned to lead Team8's marketing, business development and market research functions, alongside the formation of the “Team8 Village,” a tight-knit community of hundreds of enterprise executives.

4 Maj 202122min