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Craig Ehrlich Appointed Board Chair at LuskinOIC

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Monday, February 12, 2024

Luskin Orthopaedic Institute for Children (LuskinOIC), an institution dedicated to providing outstanding, mission-based orthopaedic care to all children, irrespective of their background and insurance status, proudly announces the appointment of Mr. Craig Ehrlich as the new Chair of the Board.

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  • Luskin Orthopaedic Institute for Children (LuskinOIC), an institution dedicated to providing outstanding, mission-based orthopaedic care to all children, irrespective of their background and insurance status, proudly announces the appointment of Mr. Craig Ehrlich as the new Chair of the Board.
  • “Craig Ehrlich has been a dedicated supporter and major donor to LuskinOIC for the past six years and joined the Board of Directors in 2022,” said Dr. Anthony Scaduto, president and Chief Executive Officer.
  • Mr. Ehrlich was the driving force behind the groundbreaking NIL partnership between LuskinOIC and the players of the UCLA Women’s Basketball Team.
  • “As the newly appointed Board Chair, Craig Ehrlich is set to provide invaluable leadership and guidance to LuskinOIC,” said Dr. Scaduto.

Optimove Appoints Hila Shabtai Shemesh as VP of Finance

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Optimove, the first Customer-Led Marketing Platform, announced today the appointment of Hila Shabtai Shemesh as the company's Vice President of Finance.

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  • NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Optimove, the first Customer-Led Marketing Platform, announced today the appointment of Hila Shabtai Shemesh as the company's Vice President of Finance.
  • Before Lumenis, Hila spent a decade in finance and business at Viola Ventures, M&A and valuation deals at KPMG, and product analysis at Procter & Gamble.
  • With her comprehensive skill set and experience encompassing finance, commercial strategy, business development, product management, and marketing, Hila is set to support Optimove as it makes its next stride forward.
  • We are thrilled to have her as a key management team member.”
    "I am excited and honored to join Optimove during such a significant chapter in the company’s journey,” said Hila Shabtai Shemesh.

MUSH FOODS LAUNCHES FIRST RESTAURANT-READY MUSHROOM ROOT BLENDS IN THE US AFFORDABLY BOOSTING NUTRITION, FLAVOR AND SUSTAINABILTY IN MEAT DISHES

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024

HUDSON VALLEY, N.Y., Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Mush Foods, the food-tech innovator behind a groundbreaking mushroom mycelium blend, today announced the launch of 50Cut, a unique line of chef-crafted mushroom root blends that improve nutrition and sustainability in ground beef, poultry, and fish dishes. Mush Foods utilizes a proprietary, highly efficient, and sustainable above-ground cultivation technique to rapidly grow a variety of culinary-grade mushroom roots. This US launch follows last year's introduction for restaurants in Israel. 

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  • Mush Foods utilizes a proprietary, highly efficient, and sustainable above-ground cultivation technique to rapidly grow a variety of culinary-grade mushroom roots.
  • "We've crafted a product that help reduce meat consumption while enhancing flavor, juiciness, and yields."
  • Mush Foods enters the market at a pivotal moment as nearly 1 in 4 consumers say they are attempting to cut back on meat.
  • * Mush Foods is offering the market a flavor-first ingredient that gives chefs the culinary flexibility to meet evolving consumer needs.

Leading Venture Capitalists Collaborate to Launch Iron Nation Emergency Impact Fund for Israeli Startups Affected by War

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Thursday, November 2, 2023

TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Iron Nation, a volunteer emergency impact fund ensuring the continuity of early-stage Israeli start-ups, today announced its launch. The fund collects no management fee or carried interest and is aiming to raise 20M USD to support post-seed VC-backed startups impacted by the recent attack by Hamas and the ensuing war. This initiative is backed by a team of exceptional volunteers from the venture community including Chemi Peres of Pitango Ventures, Charlie Federman of SilverTech Ventures, Danny Cohen of Viola Ventures, Moshe Lichtman of IGP Capital, Aaron Applbaum of MizMaa, and Calanit Valfer of the Elah Fund who joined the investment committee pro-bono.

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  • The tech-focused fund, backed by investors from Pitango,Viola, IGP, SilverTech and more, is raising funds to ensure the continuity of promising Israeli startups
    TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Iron Nation , a volunteer emergency impact fund ensuring the continuity of early-stage Israeli start-ups, today announced its launch.
  • The recent Israel-Hamas war and the subsequent callup of 15-20% of the tech workforce to reserves caused early-stage start-ups in Israel to face unprecedented challenges.
  • Iron Nation's mission is to ensure that highly promising Israeli tech startups with established venture backing, a critical part of the tech ecosystem, can continue to grow during and after this crisis.
  • Renowned New York-based venture capitalist Charlie Federman of Silvertech Ventures was among the first to join the Iron Nation investment committee.

Leading Venture Capitalists Collaborate to Launch Iron Nation Emergency Impact Fund for Israeli Startups Affected by War

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Thursday, November 2, 2023

TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Iron Nation, a volunteer emergency impact fund ensuring the continuity of early-stage Israeli start-ups, today announced its launch. The fund collects no management fee or carried interest and is aiming to raise 20M USD to support post-seed VC-backed startups impacted by the recent attack by Hamas and the ensuing war. This initiative is backed by a team of exceptional volunteers from the venture community including Chemi Peres of Pitango Ventures, Charlie Federman of SilverTech Ventures, Danny Cohen of Viola Ventures, Moshe Lichtman of IGP Capital, Aaron Applbaum of MizMaa, and Calanit Valfer of the Elah Fund who joined the investment committee pro-bono.

Key Points: 
  • The tech-focused fund, backed by investors from Pitango,Viola, IGP, SilverTech and more, is raising funds to ensure the continuity of promising Israeli startups
    TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Iron Nation , a volunteer emergency impact fund ensuring the continuity of early-stage Israeli start-ups, today announced its launch.
  • The recent Israel-Hamas war and the subsequent callup of 15-20% of the tech workforce to reserves caused early-stage start-ups in Israel to face unprecedented challenges.
  • Iron Nation's mission is to ensure that highly promising Israeli tech startups with established venture backing, a critical part of the tech ecosystem, can continue to grow during and after this crisis.
  • Renowned New York-based venture capitalist Charlie Federman of Silvertech Ventures was among the first to join the Iron Nation investment committee.

PhaseV Raises $15 Million to Push the Boundaries of ML for Clinical Trial Optimization

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

BOSTON, Oct. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- PhaseV a pioneer in causal machine learning (ML) technology that optimizes clinical trial design and analysis, announced today that it has raised $15 million in funding, led by Viola Ventures and Exor Ventures, including participation from LionBird and a group of prominent angel investors.

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  • PhaseV tackles this challenge by leveraging proprietary ML technology that provides clinical development teams an advanced ability to retrospectively analyze and optimally design studies, as well as adapt in real-time throughout the trial.
  • This ML-driven adaptive process can significantly accelerate the clinical drug development process and increase certainty along the way, resulting in more efficient, targeted, and ultimately more successful clinical trials.
  • PhaseV offers two distinct service lines for AI clinical trial optimization.
  • The second involves retrospective analysis that detects hidden signals in clinical trial data and evaluates endpoints and subpopulations to redefine success or failure of a trial.

Ex - WW NetApp Cloud Sales Leader, Salesforce, and VMware Executive Jason McKinney to lead Cloud Data GTM and Sales at Volumez as Chief Revenue Officer

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Jason McKinney, worldwide sales executive with extensive experience in data, cloud, virtualization software and infrastructure sales, has joined Volumez as the chief revenue officer.

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  • SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Jason McKinney, worldwide sales executive with extensive experience in data, cloud, virtualization software and infrastructure sales, has joined Volumez as the chief revenue officer.
  • Jason scaled these partnerships with Partners and System Integrators driving large migrations and datacenter consolidations around VMware enterprise license agreements.
  • "Jason's deep and varied expertise in cloud services highly complements and adds to  our innovative approach to next-generation data platforms and cloud storage connecting compute with data," said Volumez CEO Amir Faintuch.
  • "We are excited to join forces and welcome Jason to our growing executive team of high-profile cloud industry leaders who will accelerate our GTM and Sales with cloud hyperscalers, customers, and ISV's leveraging these marketplaces."

John Blumenthal Joins Volumez to Drive Adoption of Innovative Composable Data Infrastructure for Maximum Cloud Infrastructure Performance

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Volumez , a revolutionary modern cloud infrastructure company, today announced storage and cloud infrastructure industry expert and visionary John Blumenthal has joined the company to lead product, customer and marketing strategy.

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  • Volumez , a revolutionary modern cloud infrastructure company, today announced storage and cloud infrastructure industry expert and visionary John Blumenthal has joined the company to lead product, customer and marketing strategy.
  • He previously co-founded CloudPhysics, a SaaS-based operational analytics platform, acquired by HPE to optimize cloud workloads for performance and cost.
  • At HPE, Blumenthal oversaw the development and delivery of new SaaS data services on the GreenLake cloud platform.
  • “As Volumez continues its growth to support the performance and scalability of customers’ cloud infrastructure, we welcome the extensive experience John brings in storage and cloud computing,” said Volumez CEO Amir Faintuch.

SolarEdge Appoints New Director to Its Board

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Friday, July 7, 2023

SolarEdge Technologies , Inc. (“SolarEdge” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: SEDG), a global leader in smart energy technology, announced today the appointment of Ms. Dana Gross as a member of its Board of Directors, effective July 5, 2023.

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  • SolarEdge Technologies , Inc. (“SolarEdge” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: SEDG), a global leader in smart energy technology, announced today the appointment of Ms. Dana Gross as a member of its Board of Directors, effective July 5, 2023.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230707196174/en/
    Dana Gross joins SolarEdge as a well-seasoned board member.
  • Ms.
  • Gross currently serves on the board of directors of Tower Semiconductors Ltd. (Nasdaq: TSEM) and Playtika Holding Inc. (Nasdaq: PLTK).

Ido Bukspan Appointed New CEO of Pliops

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Monday, June 26, 2023

Pliops co-founder and former CEO Uri Beitler will become chief strategy & business development officer, where he will focus on developing strategic partnerships and creating new business opportunities to promote the company’s growth.

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  • Pliops co-founder and former CEO Uri Beitler will become chief strategy & business development officer, where he will focus on developing strategic partnerships and creating new business opportunities to promote the company’s growth.
  • “I am very proud of Pliops’ achievements to date and am excited to work closely with Ido, who has an impressive track record,” stated Beitler.
  • “I have no doubt that Ido will successfully lead Pliops forward and help implement our product roadmap and integrations with our customers.”
    Added Aryeh Mergi, Pliops chairman, “In his position as CEO, Uri built and led Pliops from the day it was established to many outstanding achievements.
  • Ido Bukspan, Pliops CEO, said: “I’m excited to join Pliops and continue to integrate the advanced technology it developed – together with its founders, Uri, Moshe and Aryeh, and the company's leaders and employees.