Giora Yaron Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Investments
  • 14

  • Portfolio
  • 6

  • Exits
  • 5

Exits

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
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • Tel Aviv
  • Israel

Giora Yaron Investments (14)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
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
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

Investments by Industry

Investments by Year

Investments by Region

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Giora Yaron Co-Investors (21)

Name With Exits Lead Partner Series Industry
Hyperwise Ventures 3 Series chart Industry bar
Heavybit Series chart Industry bar
Mangrove Capital Partners Series chart Industry bar
Moshe Lichtman Series chart Industry bar
Teramips Technologies Series chart Industry bar

Giora Yaron FAQs

  • Who is Giora Yaron?

    Giora Yaron is an angel Investor who has made 14 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Giora Yaron?

    Giora Yaron is an angel investor.

  • What does Giora Yaron do?

    As an angel investor, Giora Yaron invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • How many board seats does Giora Yaron hold?

    Giora Yaron holds 2 board seats including Ramot at Tel Aviv University and amplifAIr.

  • 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.

  • 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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