Top 5 Social Network Angel Investors in Israel in October 2023

Avishai Abrahami is our Co-Founder, has served as our Chief Executive Officer since September 2010 and was our Co-Chief Executive Officer and a director since October 2006. From 2004 to 2006, Avishai was the Vice President of Strategic Alliances at Arel Communications & Software Ltd., a private Israeli company specializing in communicationtechnology. In 1998 he co-founded Sphera Corporation, a private company which develops software for managing data centers, and he served as its Chief Technology Officer from 1998 until 2000 and its Vice President of Product Marketing from 2000 until 2003. In 1993, he co-founded AIT Ltd., a private Israeli software company, and served as its Chief Technology Officer until the company's sale in 1997. Avishai served in the Israeli Defense Forces' elite computer intelligence unit from 1990 until 1992.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Social Media
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Israel, United States, Italy

Portfolio highlights

Affogata — Affogata optimizes the digital customer journey by analyzing customer interactions and identifying customer needs in real-time.
Connecteam — Communicate, operate and train your non-desk employees with Connecteam's all-in-one employee app. Easy to use, customizable and affordable like no other!
The Gist — The Gist for Slack is our first app to manage your work information overload. Get the gist of it with our personalized AI enginge.

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Daniel is not as well known in the Tech Investing world, but he’s quietly been investing in the tech space and been making some really incredibly smart investments. We were introduced through a mutual friend and before we knew it, we had spent hours upon hours together hanging out, talking about Tout, talking about life, spirituality, and doinggood in the world. I’m super excited to have Daniel on as an Investor and an Advisor, and most importantly a good friend.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software
Seed, Series A
United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Consumr — Consumr is an unbiased, democratic platform that allows its users to make informed decisions and express their opinions. The platform was created for ratings and reviews of consumer products. Its app lets users instantly see the opinions of people just like them by scanning a barcode.Consumr supports its users in taking decisions related toeverything from buying a stroller for the first time or purchasing a new camera to capture life’s special moments. Its community has shared over 1 million ratings to help its users.Consumr was featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, U.S.A. Today, InStyle, and more. Launched in 2011 by Ryan Charles, The platform is based in New York, N.Y.
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Juno — Juno is a fresh approach to ride sharing. By leading with its values and putting drivers first, it will pave the way for better rider experiences. Launching in New York spring 2016

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Benny Schnaider joined salto as Co-Founder in 2018. Benny Schnaider is an angel investor. He is a high-tech serial entrepreneur. Benny was the CEO and co-founder of Qumranet (leading open source virtualization solution) acquired by Red Hat, the CEO and founder of PentaCom Ltd. (network product provider) acquired by Cisco, and the co-founder andboard member of P-Cube (developer of IP service control platforms) acquired by Cisco. Most recently he co-founded Ravello systems in 2011 and serves as its president and board chairman.Benny also invests and serves as a board member in several start-ups. Some examples are: Traffix Systems (acquired by F5 in 2012) and B-Hive (acquired by VMware in 2008), OptiCul Diagnostics and Colabo. Benny has held senior management, engineering and strategic roles at many Silicon-Valley based companies including Cisco Systems, Amdahl/Fujitsu, Hitachi, IDT, Sun Microsystems and 3Com. Benny holds a Masters degree in Engineering Management from Santa Clara University, and a BSc in Computer Engineering from the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology).

Investment focus

Software, Cloud Security, Developer Tools
Seed, Series A, Angel
Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

Raftt — Raftt provides easy-to-use developer environments which run in the cloud, enabling advanced collaboration while using existing local IDEs and other tools and workflows. No more "it works on my machine"!!
Wing Cloud — Wing Cloud tames cloud complexity through a unified programming and operational model that works across all providers and services.
Helios — HELIOS is developing technologies to extract and utilize metals and oxygen from martian and lunar soil, providing fuel and construction materials for future space missions.

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