Investors and BOD

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Michael Payne
President, Board member

Mike Payne is one entrepreneur who needs no introduction to users in the CAD and PLM worlds. A prolific technologist, Mike has co-founded technology companies, including PTC, SolidWorks and SpaceClaim that have changed the way the things we use everyday are designed and manufactured. Now, Mike has turned to revolutionizing process automation for the manufacturing industry by leading Kenesto.
 
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Eran Davidson
Board member

Eran Davidson has been President and CEO of Hasso Plattner Ventures since its founding in 2005. Eran’s expertise in international finance and venture capital has been cultivated through his fifteen years’ experience at the helm of Hasso Plattner Ventures while carrying out its mission of furthering the successful growth of its portfolio companies.When the situation demands, Eran will roll up his sleeves and work together with the managment team to solve problems. Before joining Hasso Plattner Ventures, Eran served in managerial positions and as a partner in ProSeed Capital Fund, Eurofund, and Inventech, top Israeli venture capital funds. He holds an MBA and a law degree from Tel Aviv University in Israel.
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Ronen Yehoshua
Board member

Mr. Yehoshua joined Cedar Fund in 2006. Ronen brings over 15 years of technology and investment experience in the communications and software sectors. Before joining Cedar, Ronen served as Vice President in Uzia Initiatives & Management where he was responsible for facilitating technology cooperation between Israeli and global companies. Prior to that, he held the position of Director of investment and cooperation in Partner Future Communications (PFC), part of Partner Communications, the Orange operator in Isarel. There, he focused on investments and cooperation with start up companies developing technologies and services for the cellular market, and where he was also responsible for new business innovations in Orange. Prior to PFC, Ronen spent seven years with ECI Telecom, most recently as Director of Business Development in the Integrated Network Solutions Strategic Business Unit.
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Cedar Fund is a venture capital firm which has been investing in early stage, Israel-related high technology companies since 1997. With over $325 million under management, Cedar has a quality investment track record. Cedar invests in outstanding entrepreneurs pursuing high growth markets with distinguished technologies in the telecommunications, networking, Internet-infrastructure and enterprise software areas.
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Hasso Plattner Ventures (HPV) is based in Potsdam, Germany. Founded by Prof. Dr. h.c. Hasso Plattner, founder and chairman of software giant SAP, HPV supports and inspires young software and IT entrepreneurs in the successful transformation of their ideas into sustainable and viable products and companies, in Germany and abroad. Our comprehensive international network, spanning the globe and ranging from the major software industries to other business and venture capital partners, provides entrepreneurs with a global reach and access to the right people in the right places.