Dr. Ilan Kessler
General Partner
Awz X-Seed
Ilan Azouri
Venture Partner
Haim Tomer
Venture Partner
Former Mossad Intelligence
Division Director
Ambassador (Ret.) Yuval Rotem
Former Director-General Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel
Josh Gutenberg
Principal
Finance & Compliance
Ilana Gross
Office Manager
Awz X-Seed
Avi Libman
Principal
Technology & Operations
David Amsalem
Former Senior Intelligence Officer
Edward Sonshine
Founding Partner
Chairman of the Board
Roni Alsheich
General Partner
Awz X-Seed
Lt. Gen. (Ret) Michael Day
Former CAF Special Operations Commander
West Jackson
Senior Director
Business Development
STrategic advisors & venture partners
Dame Stella Rimington DCB
Former MI5 Director General
Jonathan Yaari
General Partner
Awz Ventures III
James Woolsey
Former CIA Director
Peter Tanenbaum
Investment Professional
Yaron Ashkenazi
Founder
Managing Partner
Ross Johnson
Former Senior Intelligence Officer
Gary Barnea
Former ISA Protection & Security Division Director
Dr. Tahel Altman
MedTech
Dr. Amira Sharon
Chief Technology Officer
Awz X-Seed
Dr. Michal Arad
Technology Horizons
Kenny Finkelstein
Partner
Andrey Liaskovets
Business Analyst
Awz X-Seed
Michael Shapiro
Investment Professional
Buck Revell
Former FBI Associate Deputy Director
Richard Fadden
Former CSIS Director
Nadav Katzir
Portfolio Manager
Awz X-Seed
Howard Tanenbaum
Partner
Nadine Miller
Engineering & Mining Executive
TM
David Posluns
Partner
Rick Ekstein
Partner
Awz management & advisors include successful venture capital professionals, former directors and senior executives from Israeli and global security and intelligence agencies (Mossad, ISA, CIA, FBI, MI5, CSIS, CAF), and industry experts from our portfolio companies’ targeted sectors.
Ilana Schwartz
Director of Communications
Professional team
Isoken Akpata
Financial Associate
Roni Rabinian
Analyst
Awz Ventures III
Joshua Goldman
Early-Stage Investment
Michael Kaplan
Executive Assistant
leadership & Management
Howard Smith
Vice President
Business Development
Dr. Uriel Cohen
General Partner
Awz X-Seed
Smart Capital. Driving Innovation & Excellence.
Brig. Gen. (Ret) Ehud Schneorson
Venture Partner; Former Unit 8200 Commander
Itai Rotem
Finance Manager
Awz X-Seed
Nigel Meir
Venture Partner
Ofer Simchony
Head of Strategic Partnerships Awz X-Seed
The Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper
Partner, President of the Advisory Committee
Patrice E. Merrin
Multinational Executive
Erez Kreiner
Venture Partner;
Cyber Security Domain Expert
Daniel Mak
General Partner
Strategic Growth