Our Team
Management Team
Avihai Korenvaser
Managing Partner, Investments
Specializing in tech investments from an early-stage to dynamic growth
Former VP Corporate Development and Venture Capital at Avnon Holdings, director of tech investments and investment banking at Poalim Equity
Former Head of Investment Development at Prytek VC with more than 35 portfolio companies (more than 1B USD AUM).
Expertise in the fields of Fintech, Cyber, AI investments in rounds A+B and post-seed and scale-up this companies.
Experience from BDO consulting firms with corporate finance, M&A, valuations and GTM strategy with big enterprises & start-ups from the technology Industry.
B.A in Business Management, Finance (major in accounting) and IT Management from the college of management, business school.
Burt Ross
Managing Partner, Operations
Mr. Ross is presently a Partner at Isratech Capital. Prior to joining Isratech, he held the position of Head of Trading & Liquidity Risk at eToro, a prominent global social investment platform.
Additionally, Mr. Ross served as a Principal at Wagamon Advisors, specializing in investment advisory services for family offices, hedge funds, institutional investors, and venture capital-backed companies.
Preceding his role at Wagamon Advisors, Mr. Ross played a key role in the Family Office Group at Geller & Company, a financial advisory services firm catering to Bloomberg LP, high net worth individuals, family offices, and non-profits. His primary responsibilities included investment management and planning, in collaboration with the Willett Advisors investment team, overseeing portfolios for Michael Bloomberg and Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Prior to his tenure at Geller & Company, Mr. Ross served as a credit analyst at two hedge funds, Paloma Partners/SBZ Select Investments, and Angelo, Gordon & Co. He holds an MSc. in Real Estate Economics and Finance from The London School of Economics
Additionally, Mr. Ross served as a Principal at Wagamon Advisors, specializing in investment advisory services for family offices, hedge funds, institutional investors, and venture capital-backed companies.
Preceding his role at Wagamon Advisors, Mr. Ross played a key role in the Family Office Group at Geller & Company, a financial advisory services firm catering to Bloomberg LP, high net worth individuals, family offices, and non-profits. His primary responsibilities included investment management and planning, in collaboration with the Willett Advisors investment team, overseeing portfolios for Michael Bloomberg and Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Prior to his tenure at Geller & Company, Mr. Ross served as a credit analyst at two hedge funds, Paloma Partners/SBZ Select Investments, and Angelo, Gordon & Co. He holds an MSc. in Real Estate Economics and Finance from The London School of Economics
Pinhas Buchris
Chair, Advisory Board
Brigadier General (Ret.)
General Partner State of Mind Ventures (SOMV 1&2)
A Partner with Apax Partners and served as a mentor to numerous successful startups.
A Senior Business Executive, and Military Officer with extensive experience in the management of large organizations and personnel, strategic planning, and technology development.
Directly responsible for significant changes within the organizations under his command.
Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, Founder of the Cybersecurity capabilities within the Israeli intelligence, Head of 8200 Unit, the Israeli Intelligence Corps unit of the IDF responsible for collecting signal intelligence and code decryption. Led the 81 Unit – responsible for building cutting-edge technologies, and a Commando Officer.
Lawrence Tepperman
Board Member, Advisor & Investor
Specializing in fintech consulting, fintech innovation, and fintech digital transformation for over 25+ Years
Lead three successful FinTechs from startup stage, through growth stage, and onto successful $100MM exits (80/20 Solutions, K2 Digital, Berkeley Payment Solutions).
Held leadership roles in Fortune 500 companies, and in startups / growth stage firms.
Built entire career taking foreign companies into the United States and driving these companies toward winning and not just competing in this highly competitive marketplace.
Has worked in Israel, Canada, USA, U.K., India, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
M.B.A in Strategic Management & Finance from one of North America's top business schools, and a B.A. in Finance & Economics from Canada’s leading business school.
Current Advisory Board
TAMIR PERDO
Head of Mossad (former)
AVI KOCHVA
Deputy CEO, Head of Innovation, Poalim Bank (former) Commander, Mamram, IDF
ZEHEVI MICHEL
Head of Israel, Alaya Venture Partners
YODFAT HAREL-BUCHRIS
CEO, Blumberg Capital (Israel)
RAFI HERBST Adv.
Hi-Tech law expert, Ex-tech partner at HFN (the biggest law firm in Israel)
RON SHVILI
Former CTO
STEVEN VALKOV
Technology SME
John Walsh
Strategist