Giora Yaron Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Investments
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14
- Portfolio
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6
- Exits
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5

Giora Yaron General Information
Description
Dr. Giora Yaron is a Co-Founder & serves as Board Member at Qwilt. Dr. Yaron co-founded & served as Chairman at Equalum. Dr. Yaron is a Co-Founder and serves as Chairman of the Board at Siraj Technologies. He serves as a Board Observer at amplifAIr. He was a Co-Founder of Excelero. Previously, he served as Chairman at Excelero. He serves as a Board Member and Chairman of Amdocs's Technology And Innovation Committee. He is a Co-Founder and also serves as Chairman at Itamar Medical. He served as Chairman of the Executive Board at Tel Aviv University Endowment. He served as the Founder of Comsys Communication & Signal Processing. He co-founded and served as Chairman at Prolify. In addition, he serves as Chairman of the BOD for Mercury (NASDAQ: MERQE), as well as the Chairman of the BOD for Yissum (the commercialization company of the Hebrew University) and sits on the Board of Governors and Executive committee of the Hebrew University, Israel. Before these undertakings, from 1992-1995, he was President of Indigo NV, leading the company to a NASDAQ IPO exceeding $1B in market capitalization. Before Indigo, he served as Corporate Vice President of National Semiconductor and General Manager of its Israeli operations with worldwide responsibility for its Embedded CPU business. He holds a Ph.D. in Device Physics from the Hebrew University. He is an Investor at Hyperwise Ventures.
Business Details
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- Tel Aviv
- Israel
Giora Yaron Investments (14)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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Kubiya | 20-Aug-2024 | Seed Round | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | ||
illumex | 08-Apr-2023 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Privya | 09-Aug-2022 | Network Management Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Affogata | 14-Mar-2022 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Speedb | 01-Nov-2021 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
illumex | 08-Jun-2021 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Argon (Network Management Software) | 01-Dec-2020 | Network Management Software | Generating Revenue | |||
IONIX | 13-Oct-2020 | Network Management Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Vulcan Cyber | 30-May-2018 | Seed Round | Network Management Software | Generating Revenue | ||
Equalum | 07-Nov-2017 | Early Stage VC | Database Software | Generating Revenue |
Giora Yaron Exits (5)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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Vulcan Cyber | 07-Feb-2025 | Merger/Acquisition | |
Speedb | 21-Mar-2024 | ||
Equalum | 24-Aug-2023 | ||
Excelero | 07-Mar-2022 | Merger/Acquisition | |
Argon (Network Management Software) | 01-Dec-2021 | Merger/Acquisition |
Giora Yaron Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Giora Yaron Co-Investors (21)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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Hyperwise Ventures | 3 |
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Heavybit |
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Mangrove Capital Partners |
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Moshe Lichtman |
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Teramips Technologies |
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Giora Yaron FAQs
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Who is Giora Yaron?
Giora Yaron is an angel Investor who has made 14 investments.
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What kind of investor is Giora Yaron?
Giora Yaron is an angel investor.
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What does Giora Yaron do?
As an angel investor, Giora Yaron invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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How many board seats does Giora Yaron hold?
Giora Yaron holds 2 board seats including Ramot at Tel Aviv University and amplifAIr.
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What has Giora Yaron invested in?
Giora Yaron has made numerous investments in companies like Kubiya, illumex, and Privya within the Business/Productivity Software and Network Management Software industries.
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What has Giora Yaron invested in recently?
Giora Yaron's latest investment was on 20-Aug-2024 in Kubiya, a company within the Business/Productivity Software industry.
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