Impact Venture Capital
Accelerate women & minorities businesses
Impacting the economy & the world
Facts:
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Research shows that female founders outperform their male counterparts:
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Female run startups generated 78 cents vs. 31 cents generated by their mail counterparts’
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Companies with female founders perform 63% better than their investments in all male companies.
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Women ultimately deliver higher revenue- more than twice as much per dollar invested- than those founded y men, making women-owned company's better investments for financial backers.
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Not only it’s time to close the gender gap, it’s also smart business with lesser risks and higher success rate.
Women’s Performance is a Smart Investment and Smart Impact
Not only it’s time to close the gender gap, it’s also smart business with lesser risks and higher success rate.
Our goals:
1. Help create new profitable businesses led by women and minorities and diversified social segments
2. Deploy first money supporting high and low-tech businesses
3. Create jobs and social impact
4. Strengthen the economy and our society
Unique Model. Unique Visibility
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The various on-site activities provide our team with unique deal flow and observation perspective on entrepreneurs through multiple levels:
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Identifying opportunities from the field - An arm of business intelligence and an arm of
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Personal: Knowing the future founders and
CEO’s personally vs. a hasty pitch presentation -
Growth: Follow the entrepreneur daily from inspiration to execution
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Hands-on Approach – Panthera as an integral companion for the entrepreneur’s journey
At Heart of the “Start-Up Nation”
• Israel has the largest number of startups per capita in the world
• Massive Israeli startup exits include Waze, Mellanox, Mobileye, Sandisk, Taboola, Fiverr, Wix
• One sixth of star-ups in Israel have at least 1 female founder
• In non-high-tech industries Israel is #1 on MasterCard Index of Women Entrepreneurs for 2020
• Israel has the second largest presence on Nasdaq
• Israel is 5th in the world for patent per capita
Our Team
Michal Yogev-Principle- With over 20 of experience in marketing for global corporates spanning from high-tech to medical and pharmaceutical, geothermal power, venture capitals and more, Michal brings vast experience in establishing corporate marketing infrastructures that propelled revenue growth, brand awareness and global presence.
Specialties: market analysis, competition research and analysis, positioning and messaging, category creation, marketing and go-to-market strategy, product marketing and product management, field marketing, channel marketing, business development, and marketing effectiveness.
Michal holds an MA in Communications and Political Science from Tel-Aviv University
Naava Mashiah- Venture Partner-is the CEO of ME LINKS which focuses on Wealth Management Advisory to UHNWF, including private equity curated products with an emphasis on sustainable economy, ESG compliant products and impact investing.
Naava is a Director of THE FOUNDERS KITCHEN LP which is a private equity fund focused on Israeli disruptive Hi-Tech.
As an engaged member in YPO, she serves on the European regional executive committee and is the Impact officer for Europe for the third year.
She is a former Israeli diplomat whom has been active in economic cooperation in the MENA region for over 20 years.
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Ariel Sacerdoti – Managing Partner & Co Founder– after founding and running The Founders Kitchen (early stage VC), Ariel brings significant experience in the space having served in leading positions at companies such as Ormat, PEI and was responsible for generating activities and sales of $1B. Established GÜDEL, Inc. in the US and developed the company to lead the robotics automation industry. Ariel holds a BSc. In Mechanical Engineering from UB, and an EMBA from Michigan University.
Galit Ben- Simhon - Managing Partner & Co Founder- Over 30 years of expertise in strategy, management and business dev. Galit held senior positions (mainly as VP&CEO) in Israel's leading companies: YES, AIG, Bank Leumi, Phoenix and more. With vast experience in multiple market segmentations from B2B, B2C, Media, E-Commerce, Finance, Insurance and more. Galit holds an MBA degree from Tel Aviv University.
Dr. Shoshana Feingold-Studnik- Managing Partner & Co Founder- A financial and strategy expert and entrepreneur. Previously Shoshana represented the JV Volkswagen Group and DSW ($600M), developed and generated sales of hundreds of millions in senior positions at ECI Telecom, Yozma VC, US and German Real Estate Companies. Shoshana is a lecturer at several universities in the USA, Germany and Israel for strategy and international marketing; promoting Israeli and European start ups in her position as an Investor at Panthera and J- Ventures, as an Ambassador at GINSUM, mentor at Techfounders. In her spare time she volunteers as the Vice President at WIZO Germany. Shoshana holds a MBA with highest distinctions and a Ph.D. in Economics with summa cum laude from Freie Universitaet in Berlin, Germany.
