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Mark KavelaarsCEO and co-Chairman of the Investment Committee

Partner, CEO & Co-Chairman of the Investment Committe. Chairman of International Venture Consultants.

He has held executive roles in different sectors such as Wealth Management and Private Banking at HypoVereinsbank-Germany, Business Development Manager at Compaq Computer Europe and CRM-Change Manager at Hewlett Packard Iberia.

Mark has actively participated supporting and investing in new technologically-based ventures through International Venture Consultants (IVC), where he is Chairman, and he has already invested and/or advised more than 40 start-ups since 2008.

He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from European Business School.

He speaks Spanish, English, German and French.

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Zeev Holtzmanco-Chairman of the Investment Committee

Founder and Chairman of the Giza Venture Capital group. More than 30 years of experience in VC and investment banking. Member of the Investment Committee of Swanlaab Venture Factory. Founded the Giza Group in 1985 and Giza Venture Capital in 1992.

Apart from VC investing, he was also a representative of Credit Suisse First Boston and Alex Brown in Israel; held top positions in the largest Israeli financial institutions and in Technion (Israel Institute of Technology). Zeev holds an MBA from Columbia University and a BA in Economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

He speaks Hebrew and English.

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Veronica TrapaFund ManagerEntrepreneur with a vast experience in business model development and implementation and in organizing complex business projects. She has been carrying out management and deputy management functions for fifteen years. Verónica is member of the Investment Committee of Swanlaab Venture Factory.

Verónica has developed her career in international consultancy firms such as Ernst&Young, in family graphic arts businesses such as Grupo Cencla and in the industry of Logistics as in Viapostal. Additionally, she has launched and participated in companies of her own such as Life&Colors and Tu Chef.

She teaches Negotiation and Organization at ICADE. She belongs to foundation El Arca de Madrid which aims at creating homes for persons with intellectual disability.

She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Economics (CUNEF), a Diploma in Business Administration from Berkeley University (UCB) and a PDG (General Management Program) from IESE Business School.

She speaks Spanish, English, French and Portuguese.

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Yuval AvniFund ManagerDr. Yuval Avni, has developed his career at VC since 2008 when he joined Giza Venture Capital. He is involved in the entire investment process – sourcing, screening and due diligence. Yuval has led or co-led investments in LifeBond, Takadu, VisionCare, Navotek, Aleees, Danen and Solapoint. He is member of the Investment Committee of Swanlaab Venture Factory and Venture Partner at GPV, a Warsaw-based early stage venture capital fund from the Giza Group.

Prior to join Giza, Yuval has been a trained Medical Doctor, with 4 years of clinical experience in General and Vascular Surgeries. He has conducted clinical research in the areas of human genetics, general surgery and vascular surgery.

Yuval serves as an airborne rescue and evacuation physician at the Israel Air Force (Reserves) and as a Consultant on new technologies to the IAF Chief Medical Officer. Prior to his medical studies, Yuval served for five years in the Israel Defense Forces as an officer in an elite intelligence unit.

Yuval is a visiting lecturer on entrepreneurship and fundraising at Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) and is a Consultant on entrepreneurship to ORT (Israel’s leading technological school network). He is active in StarTAU – the Tel Aviv University Entrepreneurship Center – and Technion For Life – the Technion alumni entrepreneurship program.

Yuval received his medical training at Technion and holds a Bachelor’s degree (with honors) from Technion in medical science.

He speaks Hebrew and English.

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Juan RevueltaFund ManagerExtensive experience in the Spanish Venture Capital sector since 2008 as Investment Executive at iNova Capital and Tagua Capital, venture capital funds focused on growth capital investments in innovation and technology in Spain. He is member of the Investment Committee of Swanlaab Venture Factory.

Previously, Juan worked at Ahorro Corporación as Equity Research Analyst covering the European Technology sector, and as Engineer at the American corporations Texas Instruments and LSI Logic, in France and Germany, respectively.

Juan holds a Masters Degree in Industrial and Electronic Engineering from University of Navarra and a MBA from IESE Business School.

He speaks Spanish, English, German and French.

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Zvi SchechterFund ManagerZvi Schechter co-founded Giza Group in 1985 and Giza Venture Capital in 1992, following 20 years of experience in private equity, investment banking, research and company valuations. At Giza, Zvi focuses on communications and information technology. As Chief Investment Officer, Zvi is responsible for identifying significant trends, overseeing deal flow, due diligence and portfolio valuations. He is member of the Investment Committee of Swanlaab Venture Factory.

Zvi is responsible for Giza’s investments in WalkMe, StorOne, Takadu, AppSee, ViewFinity, Continuity, Odysii, and has been involved in numerous successful investments including Soluto, Cyota, Telegate, MoreCom, Yadata and Oridion.

Zvi served as a financial adviser to major Israeli banks and government-owned companies undergoing privatization. Previously, he was Chief Economist at Leumi & Company Investment Bankers with responsibility for advisory services, corporate finance, due diligence, fundraising and underwriting.

Zvi earned his MBA from Tel Aviv University and a BSc in Economics and Management from the Technion, both magna cum laude.

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Tal MizrahiVenture PartnerTal joins Giza in 2005 and is responsible for finance, accounting, administration and tax issues, and contributing his financial expertise to the different funds investment activity. He is Giza Venture Capital CFO and Venture Partner at Swanlaab Venture Factory.

Previously, Tal was the Director of Finance at PortAuthority Technologies, a security software company acquired by Websense Inc. in 2006. Prior to that, he served as VP – Finance at Zinook, an investment company focused on seed stage technology companies, and was Senior Associate at Kesselman & Kesselman, PricewaterhouseCoopers in Tel Aviv.

Tal is a certified public accountant and holds an LLM in law from Bar Ilan University and a BA in accounting and business management from the College of Management.

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Dario VillenaInvestment Analyst

First employee of Nexiona, obtaining Internet of things expertise being part of the team that created MIIMETIQ (Horizon 2020 winner).

Experience analyzing technology startups in emerging markets (+90 countries ) in Seedstars, Geneva.

Founder Odder, Spain’s biggest young talent community. He is advisor of several startups and ambassador of Hello Tomorrow (deeptech international contest). Winner of Startify Internet of things, Imagine Silicon Valley and Startup Weekend San Francisco.

Lived and worked in Barcelona, Brussels, Switzerland, Tel Aviv and Silicon Valley.

He studied two degrees: Law and Business Management in the Autonomous University of Barcelona and is currently involved in a technological nanodegree in Princeton University.

He speaks Spanish, English and Catalan.

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Jaime Gil-Delgado Investment Associate

After working several years in Investment Banking in M&A and ECM in Credit Agricole CIB, where he covered several deals from different geographies and industries, Jaime worked in Amazon as a Brand Specialist where he  developed vendor manager, in-stock manager and online marketing tasks as well as setting brand and category strategies.

Previously, Jaime worked in Private Equity in HIG Capital, in Booz & Company in strategic consulting and in GBS Finanzas in M&A.
Jaime holds a Business Administration degree in Icade E2 from Universidad Pontificia de Comillas.

He speaks Spanish, English and French.

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Santiago CortésSenior Advisory TeamHe has held different management responsabilities in IT companies such as General Manager of Compaq in Spain, CEO of HP in Spain and Portugal, and Managing Director of HP for Middle-East, Africa, Israel, Greece and Turkey. He was responsible of the merger processes of Digital Equipment and Compaq in Spain, of Compaq and HP, and HP and EDS in Spain and Portugal, with big success and growth in all cases. As responsible of HP for the MEMA Region (Middle East, Mediterranenan and Africa) he developed the business in this geographical area that covers 72 countries, opening new operations and offices in 15 new countries of Africa and Middle East.

He was Founder and President of the I+E Innovación España Foundation, a non-governmental body overseeing collaboration between seven multinationals which all have centers of excellence and R&D activities in Spain: Alstom, Arcelor Mittal, Ericsson, Hero, Hewlett-Packard, Sony and ThyssenKrupp Elevator.

He was named 2008 European Personality of the Year by the fDi Magazine of the Financial Times, specialized in foreign direct investment.

He holds a Masters in Business Administration and in Mass Media Communications by the Complutense University of Madrid, besides different courses and training programs in business schools such as IESE, Harvard University, Insead and London Business School.

He speaks Spanish an English.

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Antonio García-UrgelésSenior Advisory TeamFormer Chief Marketing Office (CMO) of Consumer Services at Vodafone Group worldwide and CMO at Vodafone Spain.

He has held executive positions for the last 20+ years in companies such as Vodafone, Microsoft and Telefónica. He is partner of Alto Social Analytics (alto-analytics.com), Coowry (coowry.com), Opinator (opinator.net), and República Móvil (republicamovil.es), and member of Mobile Aware and J21 Advisory Boards.

Antonio holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science at Universidad Politécnica of Madrid.

He speaks Spanish, English and Catalan.

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Juan Antonio LatasaSenior Advisory TeamFounder and CEO at J21, a Consulting and Business Development firm with a Venture Capital arm. J21 works for high-performing technological companies in Telecommunications and Internet, developing their markets in Europe, Latin America and United States.

Juan Antonio has more than 20-years experience in the major telco operators in the world (AT&T, Telefónica and Vodafone) in the areas of Strategy, Product and Service Development of Broadband and Internet, Consulting or new ventures promotion (Terra, Telefónica B2B, etc).

His career started at the MIT Media Lab; then he came back to Spain and set up an IT start-up project with his brother, that was the origin of Grupo Vass.

He holds a Bachelors Degree in Physics at the MIT (Boston, USA), a Masters Degree in Project Management from George Washington University (DC, USA), and an Executive MBA from IESE Business School.

He speaks Spanish and English.

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Paco MuroSenior Advisory TeamHe founded Otto Walter 20 years ago, a leading company in Spain for management and sales improvement processes. As executive president he has led its expansion to Italy, Mexico and Portugal.

He has created several companies and provided advice to more than 25,000 executives and business people. He is a member of the mentor network Madri+D.

Paco holds a Bachelor Degree in Marketing at ESTECO and a Masters Degree in Marketing from COACM. He is also the author of three international bestsellers on business and has been named by Expansión as one of the Spanish top experts in management and leadership.

He speaks Spanish and English.