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Entrepreneur, CEO and experienced investor in startup companies. CEO and co-founder of Millennnium Food-Tech, a traded (TASE) venture capital fund.  Before establishing Millennium he initiated, established and managed the Food-Tech incubator in Kiryat Shmona, Israel. Chanan was the entrepreneur of IndaMed, and managed start-up companies such as Beta-o2, Nitiloop and others, from the initiation to market penetration. As CEO of these companies, he raised significant amounts from VC funds and strategic partners in Israel and  abroad. In addition, Chanan was a managing partner at the VC fund, Agate.

Guy is a Partner at DTCP in the Growth Equity team in Silicon Valley. Guy led DTCP's investments in Replay Technologies (acquired by Intel), FireGlass (acquired by Symantec), and Dynamic Yield (acquired by McDonald’s). He also led DTCP’s investments in SafeBreach, Morphisec, AppsFlyer, and PerimeterX and represents it as board member/observer.

Carson serves as a consultant and executive coach to executives at Fortune 500 companies including (but not limited to) AbbVie, Deloitte, FedEx, Johnson & Johnson, Kraft Heinz, Synchrony and Wells Fargo. The author of Work Simply: Embracing the Power of Your Personal Productivity Style (Penguin Portfolio, 2015) and Own It. Love It. Make It Work: How to Make Any Job Your Dream Job (McGraw-Hill, 2020) her views have been included in top-tier business media including Bloomberg Businessweek, Business Insider, CBS Money Watch, Fast Company, Forbes, Harvard Business Review blog, The New York Times, USA Today, Working Mother and more. Carson is also the creator of the Productivity Style Assessment®, a professional tool featured in Harvard Business Review’s 2017 Guide to Being More Productive.

A veteran of the 8200 unit of the Israeli Intelligence Corps, Raz is a seasoned product leader with over a decade of experience in research, product management, intelligence and R&D. Prior to his army service, Raz started a Bachelor’s degree in the age of 14, during high school, and co-founded Sikumuna.co.il, Israel’s largest studying materials website. After completing the army service, Raz has joined Checkpoint as a Security Researcher, then joined Semanix’s (a start up developing NLP algorithms) founding team as VP Product.

VP Partnerships at Xinergy Global. With her rich experience in Fortune 500 companies and various business and communication sectors over the years, Yael is an expert in cross-border branding and marketing strategy, market-entry, and business development and has much insight into global corporate strategy upscaling and communication of Chinese companies.Before joining Xinergy Global, Yael was the Director of Business Development at Haier Israel Innovation Center, the frontline innovation arm of Haier, the largest home appliances group from China. Before Haier, she was the chief editor at The Times of Israel Chinese edition, covering news of high-tech and innovation between China and Israel.Yael holds degrees of Master of Art (International Journalism and Communication) and Bachelor of Laws (International Relations and Diplomacy).

Yaacov Cohen, founder and CEO of harmon.ie (pronounced ‘harmony’) is a driving force for humanizing technology. By emphasizing devotion to core values to enable a productive work environment, Yaacov believes technology should work for people, rather than the other way around.Yaacov leads the product design, go-to-market strategy, and company strategy for harmon.ie, one of the most successful software vendors in the Microsoft eco-system, with 1500+ subscription-based enterprise customers, 97% retention rate, and a consistently profitable business.Three years ago, Yaacov led a management buy-out transforming harmon.ie into an employee-owned company empowering every contributor to act as a company owner.

Danny Atsmon is a seasoned technologist and subject matter expert in the domains of machine learning, computer vision, and automated driving. Leveraging this unique expertise, Danny has been in the business of launching high-tech products for more than 20 years. He served as Harman’s (NYSE:HAR now Samsung) Director of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and Senior Director of Machine learning, and has co-founded several successful technology companies operating at the intersection of artificial intelligence and automotive technology.

Gal is the CEO and founder of Centrical, an Employee-Centric Success Platform. Using advanced gamification, personalized microlearning, and real-time employee performance management holistically, Centrical helps companies help their employees perform their best. Gal is a Mamram graduate with an MBA from Tel Aviv Recanati, and previously was the CEO of Gilon, a leading big data company which was acquired by Ness Technologies. 

Yaron is passionate about the environment and is an activist for the proper use of natural resources. Before Co-Founding Nostromo, Yaron spent several years in managerial positions at software companies leading in clean-tech and industrial performance efficacy. Served in the Israeli Defense Force Air Force pilot, Yaron experienced the importance of a cleaner planet from a birds-eye view. Trained in electrical studies and granted a certificate of ‘Energy conservation master’ from the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructure, energy and Water Resources.

Over 20 years of medical device industry experience in development, marketing and senior management positions. Diverse background in all stages of product development of medical devices concept to commercialization. I’m a trained dentist, I practiced dentistry for a few years before joining the industry. In a few months I’ll have three kids serving in the army at the same time.