About
Eddy Shalev was born in 1951 in Israel. Mr.Shalev is a Founding Partner at Genesis Partners and a chairman at F2 Capital. Since the beginning of Israel's venture capital industry, Eddy has focused on private-equity investments in the high-tech sector and has played a key role in several high-profile success stories, including Fundtech, Paradigm Geophysical, and Orbot Instruments. Eddy is currently on the board of Aternity, Profitect, Spoondoolies tech, and Sensible Medical. Eddy has been an active private equity investor in Israel since 1992 when he began a private equity investment program that invested in early-stage Israeli high-tech companies. He had also co-founded the Mofet Israel Technology Fund, one of Israel's first venture capital firms. Beginning in 1985, Eddy led the Israeli affiliates of Oscar Gruss and Sons Inc., and then later CIBC-Oppenheimer, where he directed the firms corporate banking, sales and trading, and equity research for Israeli companies traded on NASDAQ. Shalev holds a M.Sc. in Information Systems and a B.A. in Statistics from Tel Aviv University.
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Investment activity
4 portfolio exits on record.
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Q&A
- What is Eddy Shalev's primary investment focus?
- Eddy Shalev primarily focuses on private-equity investments in the high-tech sector, with a history of involvement in early-stage Israeli high-tech companies since 1992.
- What stages of investment does Eddy Shalev typically target?
- Eddy Shalev typically targets Pre-Seed, Seed, and A Round investment stages.
- Which sectors has Eddy Shalev shown a concentration in for investments?
- Eddy Shalev has shown a concentration in Cyber Security and Business Software sectors, with 5 and 4 portfolio companies respectively.
- Can you name some of Eddy Shalev's recent portfolio companies?
- Some of Eddy Shalev's recent portfolio companies include Dream Security, which raised $155M in a B Round, and Element Security, which raised $5M in a Seed round.
- What are some notable exits for Eddy Shalev?
- Notable exits for Eddy Shalev include Photomyne, which went public on TASE in March 2021 with a valuation of $70M, and SafeDK, which was acquired by Applovin in July 2019.
- What is Eddy Shalev's role at F2 Capital?
- Eddy Shalev is a chairman at F2 Capital.
- What is Eddy Shalev's background in the venture capital industry?
- Eddy Shalev is a Founding Partner at Genesis Partners and co-founded the Mofet Israel Technology Fund, one of Israel's first venture capital firms.
- Has Eddy Shalev had any recent investment activity in 2024?
- Yes, Eddy Shalev had two investment rounds in September 2024, adding new portfolio companies.
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| linkedin.com/in/eddy-shalev-21064b9a |