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Yuval Cohen
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Prior to founding Fortissimo Capital, Mr.Cohen was a General Partner at Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), an international venture capital firm with over $650 million under management. Mr.Cohen led investments in, and served on boards of numerous companies, including: Precise Software Solutions,Inc.(sold to Veritas Software Corporation. Nasdaq: PRSE), PowerDsine Ltd.(Nasdaq: PDSN), T.sqware Inc.(sold to Globespan Inc. Nasdaq: GSPN),Sheer Networks (sold to Cisco.Nasdaq: CSCO),Teleknowledge Group (sold to MTS Nasdaq: MTSL),Celltick Technologies, and XMPie (sold to Xerox,Nasdaq :XRX).
Prior to joining JVP, Mr. Cohen held various executive positions in the Silicon Valley. Mr. Cohen was the Vice President of Business Development and also served as the General Manager of the licensing division at DSP Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: DSPG). In addition, Mr. Cohen served as the Vice President of Marketing at VDOnet Corporation and as the Assistant to the President of Intel Capital at Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC).
Mr. Cohen received an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Tel Aviv University. Back To Top
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Eli Blatt
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Mr. Blatt possesses more than 15 years of professional and managerial experience in the fields of finance and business operations for leading high-tech companies. Prior to joining Fortissimo, Mr. Blatt was the CFO and Vice President of Finance & Operations of Noosh, Inc., a supplier of cross-enterprise e-business software solutions. At Noosh, Mr. Blatt was responsible for the general management of Finance and Operations and managed its financing and M&A activities.
Prior to joining Noosh, Mr. Blatt was the Director of Operations at CheckPoint Software Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, where he was responsible for OEM operations, product licensing and customer service. Mr. Blatt was previously the Operations Controller at Madge Networks (sold to Avaya). Prior to joining Madge, Mr. Blatt held senior finance and operations positions at Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) and Israel Chemicals.
Mr. Blatt received an MBA from Indiana University and a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Tel-Aviv University. Back To Top
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Marc Lesnick
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Prior to joining Fortissimo, Mr. Lesnick was the Managing Director of Jerusalem Global, a boutique investment bank that specialized in raising capital for Israeli based technology startup companies. Mr. Lesnick managed a team of 16 professionals and was instrumental in raising in excess of $250 million for 35 companies, several of which later went public or were acquired. Mr. Lesnick was also part of the founding team of a spin-off of Jerusalem Global, which raised $74 million from institutional investors and specialized in raising private equity for technology startup companies. The company was sold in 2001 to a US based incubator.
Prior to moving to Israel and joining Jerusalem Global, Mr. Lesnick served as a senior corporate attorney at the New York offices of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. As a lawyer, Mr. Lesnick led 16 Israeli related transactions and represented many of the leading financial institutions with respect to public and private financings as well as M&A, buyouts, restructurings, reorganizations and securities related activities.
Mr. Lesnick received a JD from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Yeshiva University. Back To Top
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Shmoulik Barashi
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Shmoulik Barashi joined Fortissimo in July 2005. Previously, Mr. Barashi was a senior partner in BDO Ziv Haft, one of the five largest accounting firms in Israel. Ziv Haft is the Israeli representative office of the international accounting firm of BDO. BDO clients in Israel include two of the largest banks and many large public and private companies. At BDO, Mr. Barashi specialized in corporate finance, IPO's, deal structuring, business consultancy, auditing and tax (both international and local). Mr.Barashi developed and managed restructuring plans on behalf of several companies, often navigating among shareholders, banks and other creditors. Mr. Barashi established a department in the Jerusalem branch that focused on the preparation of business plans and that performed valuation analysis of companies. Mr. Barashi worked closely with several leading Israeli companies, whose activities were primarily in the Israeli capital markets and real estate. Prior to BDO, Mr. Barashi established his own accounting firm, which he merged into BDO Ziv Haft. Back To Top
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Yochai Hacohen
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Prior to joining Fortissimo, Mr. Hacohen held various managerial positions with Israeli based technology companies. Mr. Hacohen was previously the General Manager of a US division of Magal Security Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: MAGS), a leading provider of hardware and software solutions for the security market. Prior to Magal, Mr. Hacohen served as the Director of European sales and Marketing at Nice Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: NICE) Video division, a leading provider of digital video and audio recording solutions.
Mr. Hacohen received an MBA in marketing and a B.Sc in Biotechnology from Tel Aviv University.
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Uri Nayer
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Prior to joining Fortissimo, Mr. Nayer worked at Kesselman & Kesselman -PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), an international auditing and business advisory firm, where he was the engagement manager of several major venture capital funds and hi-tech companies. Mr. Nayer also served as the assistant to the Bank's controller at Bank Polska Kasa Opieki Tel-Aviv (Bank Pekao) Ltd., formerly a fully owned subsidiary of one of the largest banks in Poland.
Mr. Nayer, a C.P.A and an Attorney at Law, holds a double major in law and accounting and an MBA (with honors, specialty – finance) from the Tel Aviv University. Back To Top
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Shimrit Erez
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Ms. Erez joined Fortissimo as the office administrator in February 2006. Prior to joining Fortissimo, Ms. Erez worked with the former Prime Minister of Israel, Mr. Ehud Barak, as the senior assistant and office manager from 2001 to 2006. Prior thereto, Ms. Erez worked in the Prime Minister’s office in an administrative position.
Ms. Erez received a B.S.W in Social Work from The Hebrew University and a Masters in political science (with honors, specialty-political communication) from Tel Aviv University.
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