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Ben Weiss, Founder and Chairman

Ben is an Associate at Greylock Israel, focused on Israeli and European FinTech companies. Prior to Greylock, Ben was a Senior Associate at Opera Solutions and an Associate at MMG Partners, both boutique management consulting firms focused on advisory to tier one financial services clients. Ben holds an MBA from INSEAD, and a BSc in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University.

Eli Magid, Co-Founder and Vice Chairman

Eli is a financial markets entrepreneur and co-founder of a green start-up which utilizes carbon finance to prevent rainforest destruction in developing countries. Previously, Eli worked for Morgan Stanley facilitating M&A, equity offerings and private placements among a variety of industries. Eli began his career at Credit Suisse, structuring and executing over $15 billion of debt securitizations across a diverse credit and product spectrum. Eli has a BSc in Applied Economics & Management from Cornell University.

Benni Azaria, Co-Founder and Vice Chairman

Benni is an Associate at DS Apex Mergers & Acquisitions, one of Israel’s leading investment banks, working closely with Israeli companies and institutional investors. He has completed a cross border acquisition and raised both debt and equity in the capital markets.  Benni started his career as an analyst for an investment consulting firm in Singapore, where he primarily conducted investment analysis within the commodities sector. Upon his return to Israel, Benni worked as an analyst at Tandem Capital, focusing on portfolio analysis and writing investment recommendations. Some of Benni’s work has been published in the Israeli leading business and financial newspapers. Benni is a graduate of IDC Herzliya and holds a BA (Cum Laude) in Business Administration with a major in finance.