We are a newly organised blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganisation or similar business combination with one or more businesses.

While we may pursue an initial business combination target in any industry or sector, we intend to focus our search on high-growth technology companies that are domiciled in Israel, that carry out all or a substantial portion of their activities in Israel, or that have some other significant Israeli connection.

Executive Team

Ziv Elul

Ziv Elul

CEO, Board Member
Izhar Shay

Izhar Shay

Chairman of the Board
Sharon Barzik Cohen

Sharon Barzik Cohen

CFO, Board Member

Ziv Elul

CEO, Board Member

Ziv Elul serves as our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our board of directors. Mr. Elul has 16 years of industry and managerial experience with start-up and high-growth technology businesses operating globally, which includes two acquisition transactions and operational experience as the CEO of a publicly traded company. In 2007. Mr. Elul co-founded Inneractive, an independent automated mobile platform with marketplace exchange capabilities and focused on powering video ads. He served as CEO of Inneractive, leading it to outstanding profitability until its acquisition by Fyber N.V. (FSE:FBEN), a global provider of monetization platforms for mobile publishers, in July 2017. Following the acquisition, Mr. Elul continued to serve as CEO and led the integration of the businesses under one brand with a strong focus on cutting-edge technology. Under his leadership, Fyber N.V. reached profitability for the first time as a combined company. In May 2021, Fyber N.V. was acquired for $600 million by a multi-billion dollar media and advertising solutions company, Digital Turbine (Nasdaq:APPS), where he was appointed to serve as a strategic advisor supporting the integration. Prior to 2007, Mr. Elul served as a Lieutenant Colonel in Israel’s Reserves Corps. Mr. Elul is a member of the Israeli branch of YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization), a global network of young chief executives, and is deeply involved in the Israeli high tech and startup ecosystem. Mr. Elul is an active investor in Israeli technology companies, with a portfolio of 18 company investments to-date (including several successful exits, such as Spotinst (acquired by Net App for $450 million)) and an investor in seven venture capital firms. He holds an Executive MBA from the Hebrew University which he graduated from with honors.

Izhar Shay

Chairman of the Board

Izhar Shay serves as Chairman of our board of directors. Mr. Shay currently serves as a venture partner at Disruptive AI, an early stage venture capital firm focused on AI investments. He also is the Chairman of Kendago, a leading digital marketing household and is on the Board of Directors of Aquarius Engine (TASE: AQUA, Developer of a Two Sided Free Piston Linear Engine), Tastewise (an AI based consumer insights platform for Food & Beverage innovation) and Spiritt (a Generative AI platform for automated no-code development of smartphone applications). From 2020 to 2021, Mr. Shay was Israel’s Minister of Science and Technology. Prior to that Mr. Shay’s professional career included various management and business positions in the Israeli high-tech and venture capital sectors. Previously, he worked as a high-tech entrepreneur and managed a number of companies for nearly ten years in the United States. In 1998, he co-founded Business Layers, a developer of Identity Management software solutions, and served as the company’s CEO until its sale in 2003 to Netegrity (Nasdaq: NETE). From 2004-2005, Mr. Shay served as chairman and CEO of V-Secure Technologies, a developer of Intrusion Prevention products intended to block cyber attacks, which he led through its sale to Radware (NASDAQ: RDWR). In 2006, he joined the international venture capital fund Canaan Partners as a partner and managed its investment activities in Israel until 2014. At that time, Canaan Partners had assets under management of approximately $2.0B. Together with his partner, Ehud Levy, he co-founded Canaan Partners Israel in 2014, which made investments in Israeli technology start- ups, focusing on investments in mobile, digital media, Internet, communications and software. He served as a director at LiveU (acquired by Francisco Partners), Viewbix (acquired by Algomizer), Rollout.io, Drupe, and RegulusX and served as a director at Prime Sense prior to its sale to Apple as well as at N-trig, which was sold to Microsoft. In 2015, Mr. Shay was selected by the Israeli media outlet Geektime to be on the list of the 100 most influential people in the Israeli high-tech. Mr. Shay was elected as a member of the Israeli parliament, where he served from 2019 to 2021. He was a member of the special Coronavirus Cabinet, which was formed by the Israeli government, where he helped lead the national efforts confronting the challenges of the Covid19 pandemic.

Sharon Barzik Cohen

CFO, Board Member

Sharon Barzik Cohen serves as our Chief Financial Officer and a member of our board of directors. In March 2021, Ms. Cohen joined Qumra Capital, a leading growth capital fund that invests in late stage technology-driven companies, as Partner and Chief Operating Officer. Before Qumra, she was CFO of the Storage Division at Dell EMC in Israel, having previously served since 2011 as CFO of XtremIO, which developed all flash advanced storage solutions and was acquired by EMC in 2012 in one of the largest acquisitions in the Israeli tech market at the time. In this role Ms.Cohen oversaw global finance teams worldwide, and was a member of the Dell Israel leadership team. Prior to 2011, Ms. Cohen was CFO of N-trig, a developer of transparent electromagnetic digitizers for the mobile computers market, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2015. From 1996 to 2003, she served as CFO of RadioTel, a leading networking company offering next-generation SDH/Sonet network solutions. Ms. Cohen earned a BA in Psychology, summa cum laude, and an Executive MBA, cum laude, both from Tel Aviv University.

Board of Directors

Candice Beaumont

Candice Beaumont

Board Member
Peter Cohen

Peter Cohen

Board Member
Roy Zisapel

Roy Zisapel

Board Member
Daniel S. Recanati

Daniel S. Recanati

Board Member

Candice Beaumont

Board Member

Candice Beaumont serves as a member of our board of directors. Beginning in October 2020, Candice Beaumont began to serve as an Advisor to Springwater Special Situations Corp. (Nasdaq: SWSSU), a special purpose acquisition company formed to effectuate a merger or similar transaction with one or more businesses, which completed its initial public offering on August 25, 2021 and is currently searching for an initial business combination with a well-positioned business with operational improvements in Europe or elsewhere. Ms. Beaumont is a member of the Board of Directors of Clean Earth Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: CLINU), a special purpose acquisition company that is focused on acquiring a company in the clean energy and renewable energy sector, that completed its initial public offering in February 2022. Ms. Beaumont has served since 2016 as Chairman of the Salsano Group, a Panama based family office and conglomerate invested in private equity. From 2003 to present, Ms. Beaumont has served as Chief Investment Officer of L Investments, a single-family office invested in public and private equity. Ms. Beaumont speaks at numerous family office and investment conferences globally, including the Stanford University Graduate School of Business Global Investor’s Forum, is a NYU Stern Family Office Council member serving on the Steering Committee, and is an Advisory Board member of the Family Office Association. From 2012 to 2014, Ms. Beaumont was a member of the board of directors of I2BF Venture Fund II, a Dubai Financial Services Authority regulated clean tech venture capital firm with offices in Dubai, New York and London, as well as an Advisory Board member of The Luxury Fund. Ms. Beaumont remains committed to community and philanthropic causes and serves on the International Council of Advisors for Global Dignity, a charity founded by Crown Prince Haakon of Norway to foster global respect and dignity across all borders, genders, religions and races. Ms. Beaumont was part of the Milken Young Leaders Circle and is a member of the Milken Institute, as well as an active member of Young Presidents Organization. Ms. Beaumont started her career in Corporate Finance at Merrill Lynch in 1996 and worked as an investment banker at Lazard Frères from 1997 to 1999, during which time Ms. Beaumont executed over $20 billion of merger and acquisition advisory assignments. Ms. Beaumont also worked in private equity at Argonaut Capital from 1999 to 2001. Ms. Beaumont obtained a Bachelor in Business Administration from the University of Miami, graduating first in her class with a major of International Finance & Marketing. Ms. Beaumont was Captain of the University of Miami varsity tennis team, where Ms. Beaumont earned Academic All American honors, and is also a former world-ranked professional tennis player. Ms. Beaumont completed Global Leadership & Public Policy for the 21st Century at Harvard Kennedy School in 2015. Ms. Beaumont was honored by Trusted Insight as one of the Top 30 Family Office Chief Investment Officers in 2017 and as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2014. Ms. Beaumont has a broad network of relationships, including investors in private and public equity, leading venture capital firms with compelling pre-initial public offering companies and has expertise sourcing deals, evaluating private and public businesses, and conducting detailed due diligence and risk management.

Peter Cohen

Board Member

Peter Cohen serves  as a member of our board of directors. Mr. Cohen was an investment banker for approximately three decades, advising CEOs and boards of directors on mission critical strategic and financing transactions. Most recently, from 2015 to 2020, he was a Managing Director and Global Head of Media, Entertainment & Sports Investment Banking at Barclays. In this role, he led a team responsible for managing all client coverage efforts for the firm in these sectors globally. He primarily focused on the largest clients in the Diversified and New Media and Sports sub-sectors, specialising in mergers & acquisitions, as well as debt and equity capital raising efforts, on behalf of clients worldwide. From 2009 to 2015, he had similar responsibilities as a Senior Managing Director at Blackstone. Mr. Cohen started his investment banking career at JP Morgan in 1993. Some of  the more noted transactions he participated in over his   thirty year career include: representing the Los Angeles Dodgers in their sale to Guggenheim Partners, the sale of the Chicago Cubs to the Ricketts family, representing Altice NV in its acquisition of Cablevision Systems Corp., representing Cineworld Group PLC on its acquisition of Regal Entertainment Group, and News Corporation on its acquisition of Dow Jones & Company.

Roy Zisapel

Board Member

Roy Zisapel serves as a member of our board of directors. Mr. Zisapel is a co-founder of Radware (NASDAQ: RDWR), a leader of cybersecurity and application delivery solutions for physical, cloud and software-defined data centers. Mr. Zisapel has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Radware since the company’s inception in April 1997, and he is responsible for the overall direction and strategy of the company. Under his leadership, Radware has grown from a startup to a global, Nasdaq-listed industry   leader with more than 35 offices and 1,100 employees worldwide. He was instrumental in raising over $200 million for Radware, which included two public offerings: an IPO in September 1999 — just two and a half years after the company’s inception — and a follow-on offering in January 2000. Radware’s growth has paralleled working with some of the most prominent brands in the world, including commercial banks, stock exchanges, retailers, telecom companies and mobile operators. Radware maintains strategic partnerships with Cisco, Checkpoint, IBM, Microsoft, Nokia, SAP and VMWare, among others. Mr. Zisapel has led Radware through several successful acquisitions, including V-Secure Technologies (2005), Covelight Systems (2007), Nortel’s application delivery business, Alteon (2009), and Strangeloop Networks in 2013. Most recently, he oversaw the acquisition of Seculert (2017) and ShieldSquare (2019). From 1996 to 1997, Mr. Zisapel was a team leader of research and development projects for RND Networks Ltd. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Zisapel was employed as a software engineer for other companies in Israel. Mr. Zisapel graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. degree in mathematics and computer science from Tel Aviv University, where he was honored with the International Wolf Prize for research students. Mr. Zisapel holds several U.S. patents and patent applications in the areas of global load balancing, network proximity, traffic redirection and multi- homing.

Daniel S. Recanati

Board Member

Daniel S. Recanati serves as a member of our board of directors. Mr. Recanati is the founder & CEO of Rhodium, a privately-owned investment firm with a diverse portfolio including some of Israel’s most promising companies. Mr. Recanati founded and invested in numerous tech ventures from early stage to growth, across different sectors such as fintech, foodtech, cyber, AI, digital media, e-commerce, automotive, communication and mobile. Mr. Recanati is an early investor in successful Israeli companies such as Outbrain (NASDAQ:OB), eToro, Yotpo, Storedot, Face.com (acquired by Facebook), Hopstop (acquired by Apple), Zooz (acquired by PayU), Rounds (acquired by Kik), Hexatier (acquired by Huawei), IMGN (acquired by WarnerMusic) and Compass (acquired by Sage). For over two decades, Mr. Recanati has been focusing on accelerating social impact through technology, by co-founding and being closely involved in a variety of community organizations. Mr. Recanati serves on the board of The Yahel Foundation, the Recanati family philanthropy foundation, which aims to narrow social gaps by driving social processes and supporting non-profit organizations that advance education, welfare and health. Mr. Recanati also serves on the board of MadaTech — The Israel National Museum of Science Technology and Space. Mr. Recanati co-founded and serves on the board of Apple Seeds Academy (“Tapuah”), an Israeli nonprofit organization that was founded with the aim of bridging between Israel’s growing tech sector and the digital peripheries. He also serves on the board of “Ogen”- A non-profit social lending enterprise, providing affordable credit to disadvantaged segments of the Israeli public. Mr. Recanati holds an LLB and BA from the Reichman University, Herzliya.

Advisory Board

Alex Greystoke

Alex Greystoke

Advisor, Founder
Robert Pincas

Robert Pincas

Advisor, Founder
Eitan Efron

Eitan Efron

Advisor, Founder
Ehud Levy

Ehud Levy

Advisor
Nir Ben Lavi

Nir Ben Lavi

Advisor
Guy Kurlandski

Guy Kurlandski

Advisor
Aaron Greenberg

Aaron Greenberg

Advisor

Alex Greystoke

Advisor, Founder

Alex Greystoke serves as a member of our advisory board and is one of our founders. Mr. Greystoke is a successful serial entrepreneur with a breadth of skills in a diverse range of industries. He is a founder and member of the advisory board of Goal Acquisitions Corp. (Nasdaq: PUCKU), a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, that raised $258 million through its initial public offering in February 2021 and is focused on acquiring a company in the sports industry. Mr. Greystoke is also the founder and member of the advisory board of Clean Earth Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: CLINU), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that is focused on acquiring a company in the clean energy and renewable energy sector, that completed a $200 million initial public offering in February 2022. Mr. Greystoke is also on the board of Springwater Special Situations Corp (Nasdaq: SWSSU), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that raised $168 million through its initial public offering in August 2021 and is seeking to merge with a well- positioned business with operational improvement opportunities in Europe or elsewhere. Mr. Greystoke is the founder of multiple AI technology companies including TripChamp, VacationChamp and TravelChamp. He is the inventor of three granted artificial intelligence patents, with eight pending patent applications. Mr.  Greystoke also  holds investments in real estate,  food and beverage,  technology and other sectors.   Mr. Greystoke founded HSC, a boutique corporate finance business raising money for and helping emerging companies commercialize in a range of sectors including technology, energy, healthcare and consumer products utilizing his wide network of partners throughout Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the U.S. Mr. Greystoke has served as director to numerous companies in the education, technology, AI and renewable energy spaces, and has served as a Chairman to a U.K. listed Chinese manufacturing company.

Robert Pincas

Advisor, Founder

Robert Pincas serves as a member of our advisory board and is one of our founders. Mr. Pincas is a successful investment manager and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in the Israeli ecosystem and international capital markets. Over the years, Mr. Pincas has developed a deep network with Israeli tech companies and a wide range of international investors. Currently, Mr. Pincas serves as the SMB (Small and Medium Businesses) partner for Fundit, a leading crowdfund platform in Israel, regulated by the Israeli Securities Authority. Between 2007 and 2020 Mr. Pincas was a Managing Director with MG Investment Capital, a venture capital fund investing in Israeli technology with a profitable return for investors. Mr. Pincas was the Accelerator Program Director (Jerusalem and the Plains) for Maof-Tech, for the Israeli Economy Ministry. Between 2014 and 2018 Mr. Pincas managed Maof Rishon LeZion (sponsored by the Israeli Economy Ministry), one of the largest consulting centers in Israel, servicing thousands of SMB businesses. Mr. Pincas served between 2003-2008 as Executive Director and Partner with MG Equity Partners Ltd., an investment bank focusing on cross border transactions between Israeli and European companies and the London Capital Markets, such as Domino’s Pizza Switzerland, Pepsi Romania and MTI Wireless, Mr. Pincas has volunteered with Paamonim, a nonprofit organisation focusing on financial education for families. Mr. Pincas holds an MBA from Tel Aviv University and a BA in Economics from Ben Gurion University.

Eitan Efron

Advisor, Founder

Eitan Efron serves as a member of our advisory board and is one of our founders. Mr. Efron has 30 years of experience in technology investments, technology and business management and high-tech entrepreneurship. Mr. Efron has a diverse entrepreneurial and management background. Mr. Efron is a founder of four technology startups, including Oversi Networks, which was acquired by Allot Communications (NASDAQ: ALLT) in 2009, and WiNetworks, which was acquired by Ruggedcom Inc. in 2006 (and later acquired by Siemens). Between 2007 and 2019, Mr. Efron was a director with MG Investment Capital, a venture capital fund investing in Israeli technology with a profitable return for investors. Mr. Efron has deep contacts in Israeli tech ecosystem, including investors, companies’ executives, entrepreneurs and the Israeli innovation Authority. Mr. Efron has direct access to multiple multi-sector technology companies.

Ehud Levy

Advisor

Ehud Levy serves  as a member of our advisory board. Since 2014, Mr. Levy has been the Managing General Partner of Canaan Partners Israel, an Israeli venture capital fund. Since 2019, he has been a Venture Partner with Lenovo Capital heading its investment opportunities in Israel. Mr. Levy is also an active  private investor in tech companies operating as a partner with a leading investment team, Kaedan Capital. From 2006 to 2014, Mr. Levy was a Managing Partner at Vertex VC. Among other successful investments, Mr. Levy identified Waze as a bright star from the start, leading the first investment round in the company and serving on its board of directors until its acquisition by Google for over US$1 billion. Previously, Mr. Levy co-founded and served as Chairman and CEO of Ki-Bi Mobile Technologies, a mass-market device specialist for mobile content distribution. He led the business from concept to commercial success, an IPO in London and eventual acquisition. Earlier, he served as COO and CFO of Telegate, a telecommunications company, where he was responsible for a restructuring plan leading to the acquisition of the company for over US$400 million. Prior to Telegate, Mr. Levy was an investment banker in New York and Tel Aviv, and served on the board of directors of several technology companies. Mr. Levy holds a BSc in Computer Engineering (with honors) from the Technion in Israel and an MBA from Columbia Business School in New York.

Nir Ben Lavi

Advisor

Nir Ben Lavi serves as a member of our advisory board. Currently Mr. Ben Lavi is the CEO and co-founder of the Pangea Cup, the world’s first global competition and reality show for discovering the next big video game, and has served in that capacity since December 2019. Mr. Ben Lavi was appointed to his first managerial position at the age of 25, and combined it with intensive R&D work. This experience provided Mr. Ben Lavi with invaluable knowledge on innovation and led him to dedicate a lot of his time helping countries create their own start-up ecosystems. Mr. Ben Lavi is an active member of YPO Israel, and YPO Change Makers Club. Mr. Ben Lavi is an active investor deeply involved in the Israeli startup ecosystem. He is the former Managing Director of the NYU Blockchain accelerator with which he served from October 2017 to October 2019, as well as head of the joint innovation program at Bosphorus University, Turkey. Mr. Ben Lavi is the author of three books and inventor of  software solutions. Mr. Ben Lavi received his B.A. in Sociology, with honors, and his M.B.A. from the University of Tel Aviv. His Ph.D. research study in the field of computerized Dispute Resolution led to the development of a first-of-its-kind dispute resolution software that was adopted by the United Nations as a managerial work tool.

Guy Kurlandski

Advisor

Guy Kurlandski serves  as a member of our advisory board. Mr. Kurlandski has more than 30 years experience as an entrepreneur and investor spanning diverse industries globally, from printing and real estate to spirits and technology. Today, Mr. Kurlandski’s primary position is as the Chief Evangelist Officer at Liquidity Group, an Israeli based global fintech and fund manager, which he has been with from 2019 to the present. He is also a Forbes Business Council member and an advisor to MUMA College of Business. He has been based in the United States since 2008 and was previously based in the United Kingdom. Mr. Kurlandski speaks both English and Hebrew and has strong ties to Israel. He has experience in scaling, managing and funding companies to reach their full potential. 

Aaron Greenberg

Advisor

Aaron Greenberg serves as a member of our advisory board. Mr. Greenberg is a finance professional with substantial experience in foreign markets. Recently, Mr. Greenberg was Chief Strategy Officer and Project Manager of European Sustainable Growth Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: EUSG), which successfully merged with ADS-TEC Energy (NASDAQ: ADSE), a German energy storage and EV charging company.  In this position, he played a significant role in the negotiation of the Business Combination Agreement and in successfully raising $156 million in a private investment public equity transaction for EUSG’s contemplated business combination with ADSE. Concurrent to EUSG, Mr. Greenberg served on the investment team for Lucerne Capital Management, a European-focused investment management firm managing approximately $800 million in assets. Prior to joining Lucerne, Mr. Greenberg worked in various roles for Wells Fargo Bank and its affiliates, latest of which as a portfolio manager evaluating operational inefficiencies and credit policy within the Corporate Investment Bank (CIB). He holds a FINRA Series 7, FINRA Series 63, FINRA 79, and FINRA 99 Securities license. Prior to joining Wells Fargo Bank, Mr. Greenberg attended Yale University where he earned a B.A. in Economics and B.A. in History.

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