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 Venture Capital 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.
Mor Assia
Founding Partner & Co-CEO of iAngels
Mor Assia, Founding Partner and co-CEO of iAngels, is an Israeli high tech insider with over 15 years experience assisting global corporations define new corporate strategies, M&A activities and technological pivots, before going on to co-found iAngels. She heads up the iAngels investments team, frequently writes for publications and has recently launched the ‘Blockchain Breakfast Club’ where she interviews top pioneers of the blockchain space, every month in different locations across Tel Aviv. Mor holds an MBA from Columbia University and is a Mathematics and Computer Science Graduate from the Technion.
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About iAngels: iAngels is a Venture Capital and Angel Investment firm that provides investor audience the opportunity to invest in early-stage start-ups.
Shelly Hod
Founding Partner & Co-CEO of iAngels
Shelly Hod Moyal is the Founding Partner and co-CEO of iAngels, a VC and co-investment platform that offers investors a gateway into Israel’s early stage startup sector. Before becoming a startup founder herself, Shelly spent many years working in finance, trading and investment advisory roles at UBS, Avenue Capital and Goldman Sachs Investment Bank. Shelly applies her wealth of experience evaluating investment opportunities for private individuals, investment firms and corporations across the globe. She has become an active participant in the blockchain community and recently headed up the launch of an iAngels fund dedicated to blockchain assets. Shelly earned her MBA at Kellogg Recanati, Chicago and holds a degree in Economics (summa cum laude) at Hunter College, New York.
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About iAngels: iAngels is a Venture Capital and Angel Investment firm that provides investor audience the opportunity to invest in early-stage start-ups.
Oren Levy
Co-Founder & CEO of zooz
Oren Levy is CEO of Zooz and an experienced professional with over 15 years of experience in payments, commerce, and global business. Prior to Zooz, Oren was an executive director at Brookline (USA) for 11 years, managing its worldwide sales efforts and strategic partnerships initiatives. Before Brookline, Oren held marketing, business development and technical positions at BATM, Fundtech and L.G.E.S.
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About zooz: Zooz is a technology company that provides a payments platform designed to help merchants maximize their payments performance.
Avishay “Jesse” (AJ) Segal
CEO of Appenue (subsidiary of Exponential Growth Partners)
AJ is what experts call “Entrepreneur at heart”- starting early with a news site with a couple of high school buddies, opening his own financial consulting company, serving as a business development expert in a variety of verticals, former VP Marketing at a gaming startup and formerly served on the advisory board of a stealth mode startup. He is the Founder & CEO of Appenue, a boutique marketing and business development agency aimed at empowering SMEs and startups, Co-Founder at The Marketing Frenzy, authors of A Marketing Survival Guide For Small Businesses (and startups), as well as a sought-after strategic marketing and branding advisor.
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About Appenue (subsidiary of Exponential Growth Partners), Exponential Growth Partners: Appenue is a boutique marketing and business consulting agency aimed at SMEs and startups (mostly startups)

Benny Yehezkel
CEO of MyPensya
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About MyPensya: Reimagining how people manage their retirement and long term savings. A once-in-a-generation opportunity to change an industry