On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Ben Lang, an early employee at Notion and serial builder.  Ben is an angel investor, former founder and operator at high-growth startups. He served in IDF Intelligence and went on to co-found Mapme. Later, he joined Spoke, which was acquired by Okta. In 2019, he joined Notion, where he saw the team grow from 15 to 600+. He helped scale the team, build out their Ambassador program, influencer function, Consultants program, user conference, education...

On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Antonio Garcia-Martinez, CEO and founder of Spindl, and author of the book “Chaos Monkeys”.  Garcia-Martinez started his career when he dropped out of a PhD in physics at Berkeley, cut off his ponytail, and became a pricing quant on the Goldman Sachs credit trading desk just in time for the 2008 credit crisis. Fleeing back to the Bay Area for an ad tech startup, he founded a Y Combinator startup with the co-founders he met in that first tech job, and...

On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Eyal Waldman, the chairman of Waldo Holdings and co-founder of Mellanox. This is Eyal's second time on the podcast - if you’d like to hear the first episode, please go to https://content.aleph.vc/podcast-episodes/eyal-waldman-episode-10  Waldo Holdings is a family office that focuses on diversified investments in private and public companies, various funds, real estate and other financial platforms and vehicles. Mr. Waldman has been the co-founder,...

On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Yasmin Lukatz,  Founder & Executive Director at ICON. Yasmin Lukatz is the executive director of the Israel Collaboration Network (ICON), a non-profit organization that aims to create a Silicon Valley-based community to harness and support Israeli startup technology and innovation. With a background in economics and law from Tel Aviv University and an MBA from Stanford, Lukatz has held significant roles in both corporate and startup...

On part two of this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Yonatan Adiri, the founder and president of Healthy.io.  Yonatan Adiri is the Founder, former CEO, and current President of Healthy.io. Born to refugee parents from Iran and Iraq, Adiri concluded his undergraduate studies at the age of 17 and spent the first 15 years of his career in Israel's public service. In his last role, Adiri was entrusted by one of Israel's founding fathers, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, HE President Shimon Peres to...

On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Yonatan Adiri, the founder and president of Healthy.io.  Yonatan Adiri is the Founder, former CEO, and current President of Healthy.io. Born to refugee parents from Iran and Iraq, Adiri concluded his undergraduate studies at the age of 17 and spent the first 15 years of his career in Israel's public service. In his last role, Adiri was entrusted by one of Israel's founding fathers, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, HE President Shimon Peres to serve as his...

On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Stefan Tompson, founder of Visegrad24 on X. Tompson is a London-born Polish-South African PR specialist, the founder of the Visegrad24 account (the largest news aggregator from Central and Eastern Europe, with an average billion views per month across social media), the host and presenter of the historical-documentary program "Polish Heritage" on TVP, a YouTuber, and marketer with many viral campaigns behind him. Please rate this episode 5 stars...

On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Bradley Tusk, Co-founder of Tusk Venture Partners. Tusk is a venture capitalist, political strategist, philanthropist, and writer. He is the co-founder of Tusk Ventures, the world’s first venture capital fund that invests solely in early stage startups in highly regulated industries, and the founder of political consulting firm Tusk Strategies. Bradley’s family foundation is funding and leading the national campaign to bring mobile voting to all U.S....

On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Alex Konrad, senior editor at Forbes covering venture capital, startups and tech out of New York. Alex is the editor of the Midas List and 30 Under 30 List for VC, and the creator of the Midas List Europe and the Cloud 100 List. He has written numerous cover stories on business leaders including Patrick Collison, Satya Nadella and Melanie Perkins, among others, and most recently Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport. You can find Alex on X (formerly Twitter)....

On this special episode of Invested, Michael hosts Izhar Shay, former Israeli Minister of Science and Technology, high-tech and social entrepreneur, and venture capitalist.  Izhar is a Venture Partner with Disruptive AI, an early stage deep-tech VC focused on AI investments. Shay is actively involved with a number of innovative companies as an advisor, board member and mentor for CEOs and entrepreneurs. He also volunteers as the Chairman of Darkenu, an NGO focused on promoting liberal...

On this special episode of Invested, Michael hosts Ami Daniel, the CEO and co-founder of Windward.  In his capacity as CEO, Ami has been featured extensively as an expert in shipping and AI at multiple conferences, events, op-eds and interviews including by The Economist, The FT, WSJ, Bloomberg and many others. He was recognised as one of the 40 most promising entrepreneurs in Israel twice by Israel’s leading economical newspapers – Globes and The Marker. Under his leadership Windward has...

On the 10th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Eyal Waldman, the chairman of Waldo Holdings and Co-founder of Mellanox. Waldo Holdings is a family office that focuses on diversified investments in private and public companies, various funds, real estate and other financial platforms and vehicles. Mr. Waldman has been the Co-founder, President, CEO and Board member of Mellanox Technologies since March 1999, a semiconductor company which went public on Nasdaq in 2007 and was acquired by NVIDIA...

On the 9th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Harry Stebbings, founder of 20VC, the largest media asset in venture with over $300M AUM and 13 unicorn portfolio companies in the last 5 years. 20VC’s portfolio includes Pachama, Tripledot, Linear, BeReal, Sorare, Roam Research, Merge and Nex Health to name a few. Harry is also a passionate supporter of MS UK and male eating disorder charities. ‍ You can learn more about 20VC at www.thetwentyminutevc.com ‍ Please enjoy and rate this episode 5...

On the 8th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Jon Pelson, the author of “Wireless Wars: China's Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We're Fighting Back," which tells the story of how China seized global leadership in mobile communications and describes the threat this presents to the free world. Mr. Pelson spent nearly twenty-five years working as an executive at some of the world’s largest telecom companies, serving as Chief of Convergence Strategy for British Telecom and Vice President for...

On the 7th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Ron Gura, co-founder & CEO at Empathy, which helps families deal with loss.  Ron is a tech entrepreneur who has brought his love for developing empowering products to startups and major international corporations alike. As Senior Vice President at WeWork, Ron started and oversaw a global R&D center of 250 team members, responsible for the tools and systems that helped the company scale operationally. Previously, Ron served as Entrepreneur...

On the 6th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Kathryn Mayne – “the mother of Aleph.” Kathryn is a managing director at Horsley Bridge. She joined the firm in 2003 and manages their London office. Prior to HBP, Kathryn was Senior Vice President of Investments with Claridge Inc., where she was involved with investments in media, technology, consumer, and industrial companies as well as private equity fund investments. Kathryn started her professional career in asset management with Jarislowsky,...

On the 5th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Daniel Schreiber, the co-founder and co-CEO of Lemonade, the AI-powered insurance company driven by social impact. Lemonade hit one million paying customers faster than Netflix, Spotify, or Amazon did, and 5–10 times faster than the most formidable insurers in the U.S. (Allstate, GEICO, State Farm, USAA). At a 150% compound annual growth rate, their top line accelerated faster in their first 5 years of operation than did Facebook’s, Amazon’s, or...

On the 4th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Member of the Israeli Knesset Orit Farkash Hacohen. Orit is the former minister of Innovation, Technology and Space for the State of Israel, and former Minister for Tourism & Strategic Affairs—notably during Coronavirus. She previously served as the first female Chair of Israel’s Electric Authority. She has also been instrumental in Israel’s offshore gas exploration, and has worked tirelessly to advance tech diplomacy efforts between Israel...

On the 3rd episode of Invested, Michael hosts Jeff Swartz, the former president and CEO of Timberland. Jeff Swartz, co-founder and chair of MAOZ, served 15 years as CEO of Timberland, a global brand of footwear and apparel. While at Timberland, Jeff incorporated a social agenda within the business agenda—he led public & private partnerships with several social change organizations, including City Year, where he served as chair for 10 years, Share Our Strength, the Harlem Children’s Zone,...

On the 2nd episode of Invested, Michael hosts Russ Roberts, the first trained academic on the show. Russ is the President of Shalem College in Jerusalem and the John and Jean De Nault Research Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. Roberts also hosts the weekly podcast EconTalk, which he started in 2006—with 875+ hour-long conversations with interesting thinkers to date, with guests including Marc Andreessen, Milton Friedman, and others.  His latest book is Wild Problems: A Guide...

On this inaugural episode of Invested, Michael hosts Aryeh Bourkoff, the Founder, Chairman and CEO of LionTree, an independent investment and merchant bank, advising and investing in transformational CEOs and the companies they lead. Aryeh founded LionTree in 2012, during a time of unprecedented disruption across media and technology. Dubbed “media’s hottest dealmaker” by Hollywood Reporter, Aryeh is known for advising on some of the largest transactions in the space, including the recent...

How can values create value? Join Venture Capitalist and Author Michael Eisenberg as he speaks with global business leaders to explore the values and purpose behind their businesses, the impact of technology on humanity, and the humanity behind digitization. Michael Eisenberg is Co-Founder and General Partner of Aleph, an early-stage venture capital fund with $850M under management in Tel Aviv, Israel. Aleph is an early stage venture capital fund focused on partnering with great Israeli...