Eliezer is the founder and Chairman of the Besadno Investment Group. In his close to 40 years as a businessman, he has accumulated experience in international business, in multiple markets across North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Through Besadno, Eliezer has led the Group to invest in close to 50 companies , and he has taken an active role in many of them. Eliezer believes in siyata dishmaya. He has written 3 books about it and he has names the Besadno, which are the initials of בסיעתא דשמייא נעשה ונצליח (With G-d’s help, we will succeed).
Oded leads the InvestiNation team in identifying, choosing, and leading the best startups Israel has to offer on their journey to success. Oded is also a managing partner of B-Seed – a venture capital fund that invests in technology firms in a wide range of industries, as well as founding managing partner of BuiltUp Ventures. A born entrepreneur, Oded has founded and led an impressive array of startups (including EPOS) to success.
Rav Wallis served as helicopter pilot both in the Israel Air Force and the Marines. For the past 40 years, he has served as the CEO of the Arachim organization, one of the leading organizations in the Baal Teshuva movement in Israel, North America, South America, and the Far East. Rav Wallis is an experienced businessman and mentor in the area of business ethics.
Yaniv is an experienced commercial lawyer with nearly 20 years of experience in the fields of capital markets; investments; transactional law and corporate governance for both private and public companies; business strategy; finance; cross-border transactions; and marketing. Yaniv received his BA in Business Administration and his LL.B. from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He received his MBA (cum laude) from the Ben-Gurion University where he participated in an academic collaboration program with Columbia Business School in New York.
In her interdisciplinary role, Anna bridges portfolio management, research and analysis with the aim of delivering high quality and accurate financial and portfolio information to investor clients. In her role she works in conjunction with the investment management group by managing various portfolio company correspondences and deliverables as well as the communication, tracking, and due diligence processes. Anna has over 13 years of experience in financial services sector, driving profitability growth, and improving business processes, in her impactful roles at leading Ukrainian and global companies.
Based in NYC, Gabby has over 25 years of proven experience in the Investment, IT and cutting-edge technology space uncovering opportunities for excellent growth and profitability. A veteran of HP & IBM innovation units, he guides our portfolio companies’ go-to market strategies.
Avi brings more than 20 years of experience in the fields of marketing and sales to Besadno. At Besadno, Avi is responsible for bringing Besadno’s messages about investing to the general public. Using a variety of platforms, including digital, social and print media, Avi aims to promote awareness about the Besadno brand both in Israel and around the world. Avi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management.