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At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Tel Aviv based CEO’ operating in the Video space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Yoni Bloch
Founder & CEO of eko
Yoni Bloch is an Israeli musician and the co-founder and CEO of Eko, a technology company that designs, develops, markets and enables the creation of interactive videos. A successful rock musician and performer with three top-selling records in Israel, Yoni has produced and recorded tracks for Israel’s biggest artists; composed music for TV, film and theater; and served as a judge in the Israeli version of “American Idol.” Bloch and his band founded the company after they wanted to create a unique music video that fans would want to play over and over again. When they discovered that no technology existed that would support their vision of online seamless interactive play, the co-founders developed the interactive video technology themselves. With Eko, Yoni has helped major music artists create interactive music videos, including Bob Dylan’s internationally acclaimed “Like A Rolling Stone”. Yoni has also worked with major acts such as Coldplay, Wiz Khalifa, Led Zeppelin, CeeLo Green and Aloe Blacc, as well as brands like Intel, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Subaru, MAC, NBC, Fox, ESPN, Sony Music Entertainment and Disney Music Group, to create interactive videos and ads using Eko’s technology. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Intel Capital, NEA, Marker, MGM, Sony, Samsung and Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors, Eko recently launched Eko Studio, a self-service platform that allows anyone — from artists to major brands — to design and publish their own interactive videos.
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About eko: eko is media and technology company pioneering a new medium in which stories told in live action video are shaped by viewers as they unfold.
Ira Belsky
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Artlist
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About Artlist: Creative technology company offering content creators over 880K royalty-free high-quality digital assets and video editing software.
Itzik Elbaz
Co-CEO & Co-Founder of Artlist
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About Artlist: Creative technology company offering content creators over 880K royalty-free high-quality digital assets and video editing software.
Ofer Druker
CEO of Tremor Video
Ofer Druker has served as our Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our board of directors since April 2019 following the completion of the merger with RhythmOne. From November 2017 to April 2019, Mr. Druker served as our Executive Chairperson of the Tremor Video division and was instrumental in our successful integration of Tremor Video after its acquisition in August 2017. Mr. Druker was the founder and CEO of Matomy Media Group Ltd until April 2017, having built Matomy from its inception in 2007 into a digital media company with revenues of $276.6 million for the full year ended December 2016. Mr Druker was responsible for leading and integrating Matomy’s most important strategic transactions, including the acquisitions of Team Internet, Media Whiz, Mobfox and Optimatic.
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About Matomy, Tremor International, Tremor Video: Tremor Video is a programmatic video platform.
Eyal Arad
Co-Founder and CEO of Videocites
An experienced project manager and system engineer who developed many high-end systems for the Defense& Security and Hi-Tech industry. Eyal has over 13 years of extensive R&D management in the electronics, electro-optics and semiconductors fields. Eyal holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering from the Technion, and an MSc in Electrical Engineering from Tel-Aviv University. Eyal has published several articles and patents in this field. in addition, Eyal founded the Technion MBA Entrepreneurship Club, while studying for his MBA degree.
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About Videocites: Videocites introduces a collection of novel AI-based SaaS products for Video tracking and handling throughout the web and huge archives.
Oren Moshe
Co-founder & CEO of Niio
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About Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Niio: Digital Art Distribution Network – Experience the worlds finest multi-format digital art (video to VR)
Rob Anders
Co-Founder & CEO of Niio
Entrepreneur with a track record of inspiring people and delivering business success. Rob has spent over 15 years working internationally in both CEO and VP Biz Dev roles at the forefront of new and emerging digital technology sectors including B2B E-Commerce, Location Based Services, Flat Panel Display technology and Embedded Systems. He specializes in the development and execution of innovative, go-to-market, brand building and growth strategies for both start-up and established companies, with demonstrable success in raising finance, driving multi-million dollar revenues, growing profitability and establishing key strategic partnerships. Rob is a natural leader who loves to build highly motivated, people driven organisations.
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About Claydo, Niio: Digital Art Distribution Network – Experience the worlds finest multi-format digital art (video to VR)
Amit Golan
Co-founder & CEO of Minute
Amit Golan currently serves Minute as the co-founder & CEO.
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About Minute: Minute is a video optimization technology company that provides viewers with highlights of the video content on the web.
Sharon Carmel
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Beamr
Sharon Carmel is a serial entrepreneur with a proven track record in the software space. In 1994, Sharon co-founded Emblaze (LON: BLZ), which developed the Internet’s first vector-based graphics player, preceding Macromedia Flash. The company went public in 1996, and in 2000 made a secondary based on its pioneering cellular video technology, reaching a peak market cap of $4B. In 2001 Sharon founded his second start-up, BeInSync, which developed P2P synchronization and online backup technologies, and was acquired in 2008 by Phoenix Technologies.
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About Beamr, Voyzer: Beamr is an innovative private company comprised of the world’s leading imaging scientists and veterans of the Israeli technology industry.
Jonathan Swerdlow
Founder & CEO of GamyTech
Jonathan Swerdlow is an iGaming executive with vast experience in providing operational, technical and business leadership for innovative B2B gaming organizations. Jonathan is a dynamic, hands-on, executive with extensive experience in developing and launching innovative products and technology that shape the future of mobile gaming. An innovator, entrepreneur, life-long student of marketing and sales, and on occasion – a speaker about these subjects. Professionally, Jonathan is dedicated to assisting GamyTech in achieving growth through new initiatives and the design and execution of innovative marketing and business development programs.
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About Game Protocol, GamyTech: Gamytech is a real money Gaming Platform Supplier & Operator.
Daniel Shichman
Chief Executive Officer of WSC Sports
Daniel is responsible for the overall activities and promotions of WSC and the implementation of the company’s business strategy. He holds a B.Sc in Electrical Engineering from Tel-Aviv University and an MBA degree from the Recanati School of Business Administration in Tel-Aviv University. Daniel has a rich experience as a project manager with a top unit in the Israeli Defense Force, where he lead several substantial technological developments. He established WSC out of his great love of sports and is using his unique experience to bring an innovative new perspective to this market. Daniel is said to be one of the funniest guys in the industry and one of the more knowledgeable people in basketball.
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About WSC Sports: WSC Sports’ platform generates personalized sports videos for every digital platform and every sports fan – automatically and in real-time.
Sima Levy
CEO of Actus Digital
Founder & CEO at Actus Digital
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About Actus Digital: Actus is a global provider of broadcast recording, monitoring, compliance and clips generation for OTT and social.
Sagi Niri
CEO, Matomy Media Group of Matomy
Sagi Niri was appointed CEO of Matomy in 2017. He joined Matomy in 2008, one year after the company was established, as Chief Financial Officer, and also served as Chief Operating Officer from 2015. Prior to joining Matomy, Sagi served as the Chief Controller of McCann Erickson Israel Group and Manager at Deloitte Israel. Sagi holds an MBA in Finance from Manchester University and a BA in Corporate Finance from the College of Management in Israel. He is also a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Israel.
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About Matomy: Matomy is a global media company with superior data-driven advertising technology.
Henri BenEzra
CEO of SnatchApp
As the CEO of SnatchBot and SnatchApp (Snatch Group Limited), Henri Ben Ezra is responsible for running all facets of the business. Henri has a proven executive management track record and over 20 years of experience driving sales growth in the technology industry. Prior to founding Snatch Group, Henri was Chief Executive Officer at HGT Telecom in France and LT Telecom in the UK, responsible for all the technological activities. Henri also run various businesses within the Energy and Financial sectors focusing on digital technology. Today, Henri’s expectation while leading SnatchBot is to teach technology to speak and understand human language. Natural language understanding and artificial intelligence are some of the most challenging problems to solve in computer science, requiring sophisticated deep-learning algorithms to be trained on massive amounts of data and infrastructure; SnatchBot wants to democratize these deep-learning technologies and scales automatically, negating the need to manage infrastructure.
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About SnatchApp, SnatchBot: SnatchApp is a cross-platform, and end-to-end encrypted instant messaging and calling app.
Gal Topaz
CEO of Feature Forward
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About Feature Forward: Feature Forward is a video platform.
Roee Lichtenfeld
CEO of Branovate LTD
CEO at Branovate LTD
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About Branovate LTD, Truvid: Branovate offers brand awareness and performance solutions for premium advertisers and retailers.
Dror Aharon
Founder & CEO of Daystage
Dror Aharon is the founder & CEO at Daystage. Prior to Daystage, Dror led the way in developing marketing strategies for companies across numerous verticals (social, tech, e-commerce), managing over $10M in funds & helped create a strong online presence for companies including technology vendors and startups. Dror has also served as Director of Online Marketing (SEM/PPC) at GoIsrael North America Ltd increasing sales by more than 30% in 5 months. And held positions consulting NPO’s on branding & business strategies such as ‘Lone Soldier Center In Memory of Michael Levin’ and Tzeva – ‘Youth Building a Future’. Dror is a mentor and guest speaker at startup acceleration programs, speaking about the proper methods to handle large budgets & running successful marketing campaigns, aimed at increasing sales and leads.
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About Daystage: Daystage is the easiest place to host and monetize your live lectures & events.
Hila Freiman-Kareev
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer of Safer Place
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About Safer Place: Safer Place develops an innovative, award-winning video-based technology platform to enhance traffic and parking violation enforcement.
Eran Sharar
CEO of Skillzzgaming
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About Skillzzgaming: Skillzzgaming develops games that focus on the integration between causal and casino games.
Lotan Morad
CEO of Creative House Group
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About Creative House Group: Creative House Group enables brands to engage with their customers, through every channel, by using innovative video-based technologies.
Omri Gotlieb
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Virtuka
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About Virtuka: Virtuka is self-serve platform for creating personalized VR experiences with no code needed.
Ahim Kandler
Founder & CEO of JOIN Technologies
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About JOIN Technologies: Making 360 media interactive by adding an augmented live layer of user-generated communication
Adi Hillel
Co-Founder & CEO of Hubitus
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About Hubitus: A virtual hub & an online framework for freelancers, where they can work side by side, encouraged by the virtual presence of others.
Sebastien Rozen
Co-Founder & CEO of Viewdeos
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About Viewdeos: Viewdeos is raising the bar with premium video inventory that offers publishers and advertisers in-article video experience
Oded Zakai
Founder & CEO of KamaKama
Founder & CEO at kamakama.tv
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About KamaKama: Personalized Near-Live Video Clips for Sporting Events
Lior Lahav
CEO / Co-Founder of Lip
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About Lip: LIP bridges the gap between newsworthy events, captured by bystanders on their smartphones, and publishers.
Oren Attar
Co-Founder & CEO of Seeblings
Co-Founder & CEO at Seeblings
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About Seeblings: Seeblings is a mobile app for creating and sharing interactive video greetings designed with Augmented Reality technology.
