Results 2018

Roman is an entrepreneur and an innovation expert with 20 years of experience in the Israeli start-up and venture capital scene. 
In his last position, Roman was a co-founder and CEO of Uppspace, a Cloud/Big Data start-up that had been acquired by Forthscale for $25M. Prior to that he's been a partner at BigWheel, an early-stage fund and incubator for start-ups in the fields of New-Media and digital content. 
Roman is the CEO of iCapital, a financial technology start-up, and is also a mentor at IBM's AlphaZone, Barclays, and Tel-Aviv University's start-up accelerators. He's often asked to speak about innovation and technological disruption to foreign delegations and was a guest lecturer at Tel-Aviv University's MBA in Entrepreneurship and Innovation program.

Kambiz Djafari is currently the CEO and Co-founder of Edgecoin.io, a blockchain tech start-up that aims to make education smart by bringing it on the blockchain.

He also is the Head of Online Marketing and steering committee member in a German re-commerce company.

Starting his career path more than 10 years ago at Online Marketing, Webanalytics, Growth Hacking and Event Management, he learned his ropes on various sides of the business world.

As an early investor in Bitcoin, he studied the underlying technology of the blockchain for many years and made a name of himself in the industry.

Kambiz started Edgecoin as a direct result of these studies with the goal to fundamentally disrupt education as we know it now. Equipped with the knowledge of the blockchain, the experience in Online Marketing and Webanalytics and the will to change our flawed academic system, he decided to build something everlasting that will change schools, universities and much more for the upcoming generations.

He is incredibly versatile (Tausendsassa in German) and his strength lies in his ability to combine common sense, analytic thinking, pragmatism, data driven working and out-of-the-box thinking in order to face challenges and solve problems.
To his employees his not a friend but an understanding, authentic and motivating leader who would never shy away from getting the work done.

Moises is one of The Floor’s co-founders and a respected thought leader in the Fintech Industry. The Floor, a global innovation center with offices in Tel Aviv and HK, works with tier-1 banks and service providers to shape the bank of the future.  
Former Financial Services and Open Innovation Lead at Accenture Israel, Moises has an extensive strategic consulting experience working with c-level decision makers from leading global corporates.  
 
Moises holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Computer Science from Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Spain), concluding his studies with a Final Project at Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris, France) 
 

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Shmulik Grizim enters the cryptocurrency world after founding and heading three successful companies within the SaaS, Technology, Web Design and Digital Marketing industries including Webydo, a patent protected web platform with a global network of more than 300k users. Webydo was named by Forbes as one of the five startups that are reshaping the web economy. Grizim specializes in building new digital corporations from the ground up, constantly searching for solutions that promote the creation of a better web for all.

Marc is the founder of BitcoinChaser, has been involved in Bitcoin since 2013 and has 18 years experience in online marketing. Marc has worked with various ICO’s and blockchain businesses, is a regular speaker at conferences around the world and contributor to industry leading publications.

Dr. Joseph F Borg is an advocate, currently a Senior Advisor to WH Partners, practising mainly in the areas of Gaming, Blockchain, Esports, Corporate, IT, Telecoms and Intellectual Property Law. He also lectures Gaming Law at the University of Malta. Joe occupied the role of Secretary General of the Malta IT Law Association (MITLA) for over 3 years and is currently the Vice-President and Co-Founder of Bitmalta, which is a non-profit organisation with a mission to promoting and stimulating discussion about blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies in Malta.

Before joining WH Partners he occupied the post of Chief Regulatory Officer of the Lotteries and Gaming Authority - Malta. Joe was also an elected Member on the Board of Trustees of the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR), a position which he held throughout 2012. He had originally joined the Authority in March 2007 as Director Legal and Enforcement and has occupied this position for almost 4 years. Before joining the Authority, Joseph, acted as a Legal Counsel to Vodafone Malta Limited for three years. 

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After developing cutting edge IOS application technology as the director of The Mobile App Company Pty Ltd, Joshua turned his attentions to the advancement of Crypto-currencies and has been an avid member and proponent of the Bitcoin community since 2010. He moved to Berlin in 2012, and with his interest in alternative economies established Vaultoro.com as a co-founder together with his brother Philip Scigala.

Vaultoro.com is the first realtime bitcoin / physical gold trading platform, orderbook and API. Anyone in the world can now hedge against the bitcoin volatility within seconds using gold bullion. 
Vaultoro.com is full reserve banking 4.0, Easy, Transparent, Instant and Inclusive.

Joshua is currently engaging 100% of his focus & energy into developing Vaultoro.

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A forward thinking Fintech entrepreneur scouting & building technologies that can transform the financial industry with the biggest banks in the world via TheFloor

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As Founding Partner and Co-CEO of iAngels, Shelly Hod Moyal co-leads iAngels across all investment, portfolio management, and client-facing activities. These responsibilities include sourcing deal flow, analyzing investments, contributing to investment committee, creating value for entrepreneurs through the iAngels network, as well as creating valuation methodologies and processes to enhance the iAngels investment process using technology, research, market intelligence, and data. Shelly regularly writes articles and lectures locally and abroad about angel investing, finance, and technology. 

The phrase "invest with influence on your side" was written to describe the work she and her partner, Mor Assia, do in Israel, to bring transparency, win/win deal-terms and solid analysis to the investors on iAngels. 

iAngels' due diligence and analysis help portfolio companies sharpen and refine their growth plans – as well as attract investment capital and collaboration partners that will help them accelerate.

Liron is a 2x entrepreneur, an early stage angel investor and a Cryptocurrency & Blockchain enthusiast. He has over 18 years of online marketing experience, and has been investing into tech companies since 2006 (Kenshoo, Similarweb and more). 

Liron was a leading global affiliate in B2C Software. His latest company, AfterDownload, was acquired by Ironsource, and more recently, he was Managing Director at Barclays Techstars Fintech Accelerator. 

Liron's passion is helping the best founders scale at maximum speed. The formula includes actionable C-level brainstorming, mentoring of marketing/bizdev teams, and ultra fast intro's to Fortune 500 corporations.

Innovative, high accomplished business executive, with 10 years of experience creating and implementing business transformation strategies, with strong banking background. 

Maya has been in the blockchain space for the past 3 years. Most recently leading Business development for Coin Sciences, providers of MultiChain, a popular private blockchain developers' tool. Prior to that Maya co-founded TRST.IM, a blockchain reputation platform. She was first introduced to the blockchain through bitcoin in 2010. Maya Zehavi is head of Business Development for Coin Sciences, and the co-founder and COO of TRST.im.

Prior to that, Maya has led a career through the intersection of finance and tech - managing IT implementation for banks, and private equity.

A Principal Software Engineer and Evangelist at Microsoft. Ami's team engages with startups and enterprise innovation labs, to work through their toughest technical challenges. Ami brings entrepreneurship skills, creativity, innovation, end-2-end development and customer-focused approach.

Ami joined Microsoft 10 years ago as a software engineer. Since then, Ami played different roles in product groups and incubations which shipped several innovative products in the mobile and web worlds.

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Ronen is the CTO of IBM's Alpha Zone accelerator, a certified Thought Leader IT Architect and is leading all Blockchain technological activities in IBM Israel. Ronen joined IBM on 2011 as a senior architect and managed the IBM Innovation Center for two years. Ronen holds a M.Sc from Ben Gurion University and has more than 20 years of experience in the development and management of complex software systems
 

Founder and CEO of Bankorus, Greg launched China's first robo-advisor system under the former name of MiCai in 2013. Formerly working for Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management and MAN-GLG, one of the largest hedge funds in the world, Greg is originally from Belgium, a graduate of Oxford University and the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. A passionate technologist and advocate for fintech innovation, Greg founded the company. Today, Greg is responsible for leading Bankorus into a token sale, bringing Bankorus crypto wealth management for HNWIs to market, and driving company revenue and growth.

- Vast experience in Business, Innovation & Fintech Strategy
- Extensive Management Experience
- Experience in Sales and Client Management – Consulting to CEO and VP level in various fields in the Banking & Finance industry.

Specialties: 
- Refining business goals into research objectives
- Translating qualitative and quantitative data analysis into business insights and managerial actions
- High analytical skills, macro-vision and management experience
- Articulate both in writing and in oral expression, Multilingual

Specializing in strategic business research in the financial services sector (Banks, Credit Card companies, Insurance, Investment houses and capital market firms)

David has significant experience in financial regulation gained by working for leading regulators in Israel and the U. S. for several years.

Prior to his current position at Nir Porat & Co., David worked for the Israeli Securities Authority (ISA) for five years in the investment, stock exchange and trading platforms supervision departments. During his tenure at the ISA, David was part of the team supervising ETNs issuers and later joined the team who drafted and implemented the comprehensive regulatory framework for trading platforms and became involved in the processes for the development and international compliance of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Prior to his work at the ISA, David worked for a year at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Washington D.C. For several years, David practiced teaching and research of international law and held a short tenure at the office of legal affairs of Interpol.
 

Heading Shibolet’s Blockchain & Smart Contracts Group, with proven experience in assisting blockchain technology clients and advising on TGEs ICOs and cryptographic token offerings.

Specializes in all areas of capital markets, with an emphasis on IPOs and the full range of secondary and private offerings, representing both issuers and underwriters in distinguished, landmark equity and debt offerings.

Extensive and diverse experience in providing ongoing counsel to public companies, with regard to corporate governance, stock option and RSU plans, general corporate law, M&A and other cross-border and complex transactions.

I also practice in the area of public tenders, with extensive experience in all aspects of government procurement and tender regulations, taking part in some of the most prominent public tenders in recent years.

I represent clients across a broad range of industry sectors, such as construction, electromechanics, accountancy firms, retail, media, high tech, telecommunications and government.
 

Prior to joining the firm Gornitzky & Co, Mr. Landress was a partner at a leading commercial law firm and an associate with the corporate and securities practice of Arnold & Porter in New York. He has also served as the Legal Advisor to the Government of Israel Economic Mission to North America.
Mr. Landress has vast experience in advising clients on formation and structuring, corporate governance, commercial agreements, and employment and compliance matters. His clients range from entrepreneurs and startups to investment funds, manufacturing companies and multinational corporations, both domestic and foreign. He also advises the management and in-house counsel of NASDAQ listed and dual-listed companies.