# Top 20 Medical Angel Investors in Israel in May 2026 ## Shimon Eckhouse - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Medical, Biotechnology, Fitness Shimon Eckhouse ## Shmuel Cabilly - Type: Angel - Location: Rehovot, HaMerkaz, Israel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Series C - Focus: Health Care, Medical, Artificial Intelligence Dr. Cabilly is a highly regarded scientist, an investor and an experienced Board Member of several companies. He is currently a Board Member of Medasense Biometrics Ltd. He previously worked for several companies including as the Co-Founder and a Chief Scientist of Ethrog Biotechnology which was sold to Invitrogen. Dr. Cabilly graduated fromthe Hebrew University (Ph.D., Immunology), and was a Post-Doctoral fellow at the City of Hope Research Institute heading a joint City of Hope/Genentech project where he developed a new technology for recombinant antibody production. This invention was patented in world patents “The old Cabilly” and “The New Cabilly patent”. Today there are already 20 drugs in the market based on this technology among which are Herceptin, Rituxan, Traceba, Raptiva, Xolair and more. ## Prof. Rafael Beyar - Type: Angel - Location: Haifa, Hefa, Israel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Medical, Medical Device, Machine Learning Prof. Rafael Beyar ## Marius Nacht - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv-yafo, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Health Care Marius Nacht, one of Check Point’s founders, has served as Chairman of our board of directors since 2015. Nacht has also served as one of our directors since we were incorporated in 1993. From 1999 through 2005, Nacht held Senior Vice President roles at Check Point. Nacht earned a B.S. (cum laude) in Physics and Mathematics from the HebrewUniversity of Jerusalem in 1983, and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Communication Systems from Tel Aviv University in 1987. ## Dov Moran - Type: Angel - Location: Kfar Saba, HaMerkaz, Israel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Semiconductor, Hardware, Health Care Dov Moran is the Managing Partner of Grove Ventures. He previously worked at modu as the Founder, Chairman, and CEO. Dov Moran attended Technion. ## Itsik Danziger - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Medical, Hospital, Health Care Itsik Danziger - Chairman of the Board @ The Center for Educational Technology (CET) ## Yehuda Zisapel - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Medical Device, Medical, Health Care Mr. Yehuda Zisapel (EE,MSc, MBA, DHC) is the founder and president of the RAD-Bynet Group, a leading pioneering association of Israeli companies active in the development, production and marketing of innovative solutions for the data communications industry, and Chairman of RAD. The RAD-Bynet Group grew out of Bynet Data Communications, whichMr. Zisapel founded in 1975 as a small private company that marketed data communications products. Bynet represented major international vendors and was the first to introduce cutting-edge technologies into the Israeli market. Today, the Bynet Group is comprised of eight companies active in both the Israeli and Eastern European markets in such fields as systems integration, cabling, testing, outsourcing, and software development. Following the arrival of Mr. Zisapel’s brother, Zohar, who joined him in 1981, a wide range of industrial activity was spawned from within the newly established RAD, the first of the RAD Group companies. In the years following its successful launch, twenty-four additional independent hi-tech companies were opened to develop, produce and market a wide variety of advanced data communications products. ## Rafi Gidron - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Analytics Rafi Gidron is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Xperiti. He attended Columbia University. ## Shai Rephaeli - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, EdTech, Medical Shai Rephaeli - Co-Founder and CEO @ Tutoria Digital ## Mori Arkin - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Men's, Medical, Health Care Mori Arkin is one of Israel's most successful Life Science entrepreneurs. He is the Chairman and founder of Accelmed, a leading medical device investment firm. Mr. Arkin was the principal shareholder and Chairman of Agis Industries (1983) Ltd from its establishment until its merger with Perrigo in 2005. Agis, one of the leading genericpharmaceutical companies in Israel, merged with the US- based Perrigo in March 2005 in a $850 million transaction. Mr. Arkin has a degree in Psychology and Philosophy from Tel Aviv University (Israel). ## Arie Abecassis - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Neuroscience Arie Abecassis is the Co-Founder at ICONYC labs. ## Brock Weatherup - Type: Angel - Location: San Diego, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: EdTech, Medical, mHealth Brock Weatherup is the CEO/Founder of Metamorphosis Partners driving enterprise value through innovation in the $80B pet industry focused on the consumer. Brock was most recently the EVP of Strategic Innovation & Digital Experience at Petco. Previously he was CEO & CoFounder of PetCoach (acquired by Petco) - revolutionizing the PetHealth Care experience. Brock is a CEO, entrepreneur, angel investor, builder of enterprise value and passionate advocate about the consumer and their interactions with digital media & Ecommerce. Brock is also managing partner of Atai Ventures angel investments, co-founder of ICONYC (www.iconyclabs.com) an early stage NYC based Israeli accelerator, investor/advisor/board member for 7+ startups - VeryApt, SideCar, Social Ladder, Ethology and an industry advisor for VC firms EQT Partners, MissionOG & SafeGuard. Previously Brock was SVP/Chief Digital Officer of Petsmart after selling Pet360 where he was CEO the prior 5 years. Brock was also CEO of Fathead and held several leadership positions with InterActiveCorp (Ticketmaster, Match.com, CitySearch, ReserveAmerica). A graduate of University of Colorado Boulder, sits as a board member of the Nature Conservancy – Adirondacks, father of two amazing girls and pet owner to my 4yr old retriever named...Boulder. ## Moshe Yanai - Type: Angel - Location: Brookline, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Series D - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Data Storage, Medical Moshe Yanai has been instrumental in the development of some of the most advanced and successful storage technologies in the history of the industry. Mr. Yanai began his career in the 1970s, building IBM-compatible mainframe storage based on minicomputer disks. He went on to develop high-end storage systems for Nixdorf, and in the late 1980s,joined EMC, leading the team that developed Symmetrix (today’s “DMX series”). As Vice President of EMC’s Symmetrix group, Mr. Yanai was responsible for design and development of all hardware and software products for EMC’s industry-leading enterprise storage systems. Based in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, EMC’s Symmetrix group grew from only one employee in 1987 to more than 3500 under his leadership. Mr. Yanai graduated in 1975 from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology with a Bsc in Electrical Engineering. He holds over 40 patents for various innovative storage hardware and software-related technologies. ## Steve Barsh - Type: Angel - Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Machine Learning Steve Barsh is a managing partner at Dreamit Ventures. He attended the University of Michigan from 1983 to 1987. ## Amir Gross - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Medical, Health Care, Medical Device Amir Gross is the CEO of Cardiovalve. ## Zohar Gilon - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, Medical Device Mr. Zohar Gilon is a Managing Partner at Tamar Technology Ventures. He has personally invested in over 45 start-ups and has achieved 13 exits. Mr. Gilon has also served as the Transaction Manager for some of Israel's most highly recognized exits and has managed each deal from inception through completion, including pricing and distributions.He has extensive investment experience including activity as an angel investor and an Investment Advisor to the Gilon Group. Mr. Gilon is a private investor in numerous high-technology companies, including affiliates of Radcom Ltd. in Israel. From 1974 to 1993, Mr. Gilon served as the President of various companies representing major U.S. aerospace and electronics corporations. From November 1993 to August 1995, he served as the President of W.S.P. Capital Holdings Ltd. Previously he served, as the Managing Director of Shaked Technologies Ltd. He serves as a Director of HCL CleanTech Ltd., RIT, AVT Ltd., Oberon Media, Inc., Edge Medical, Exlibris, OrSense Ltd., and WisAir Ltd. He served as a Director of RAD Ventures. Mr. Gilon served as a Director of RiT Technologies Ltd. since 1995, Ceragon Networks Ltd. since June 1999, Radware Ltd. from October 2006 to July 2009 and Radcom Ltd. since June 1995. He served as Member of the Supervisory Board of Advanced Vision Technology (AVT) Limited. He served as an Outside Director of Silicom Ltd. since 1994. ## Avi Kornreich - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Medical, Hospital, Health Care Avi Kornreich is a former CEO of Agentek. ## Benny Levin - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Medical, Hospital, Health Care Benny Levin is a founder and former CEO of NICE. ## Moshe Shoham - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Medical, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence Moshe Shoham ## Jim Elkind - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Medical, Hospital, Health Care Jim Elkind is a private healthcare investor. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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