Axis Tel Aviv 2020 | Axis Innovation | 11 February 2020 | Peres Center for Peace, Innovation, Kedem St 132, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Axis Tel Aviv 2020 - Axis Innovation’s flagship innovation event taking place at the newly renovated Peres Center for Peace and Innovation.

It is recognized as one of Israel’s most effective startup events for networking organized for the past 6 years which provides attendees a unique opportunity to meet, learn, and network with leading members of the Israeli and international startup ecosystem.

This year, Axis Tel Aviv 2020 is jointly organized with Global Corporate Venturing, one of the world’s leading organizations for corporate venture capital, and an official event partner of the Our Crowd Summit week.

WHY ATTEND?
After organizing over 40 tech events in 15 countries for more than 10,000 people, we've learned a few things about what makes events effective and worth attending. We create small, boutique events where quality is our first priority and attention is given to all participants.

• Limited to 250 attendees
• 40+ International investors and corporations from over 20 countries
• 20 selected and prepared Israeli startups pitching on stage, with 30 additional Israeli startups attending
• International keynote speakers, roundtable discussions, themed startup and investor pitches
• 1-on-1 meetings, private dinner for startups and investors, post event follow up [presenting startups and VIP only]

2020 Speakers

Adam Eisenberg
Partner & Managing Director, Ibex Investors

Claudia Baumgart
Investment Manager, Scail Capital

Hans-Peter Rohner
Bluewin

Roi Bar-Kat
Investment Director, Intel Capital

Talia Rafaeili
Investment Director, Porsche Ventures

Felix Krause
Investment Partner, innogy Ventures

Jonathan Tudor
Innovation Director, Centrica Innovations

Brad McManus
Managing Director, Motorola Solutions VC

David (Dede) Goldschmidt
VP & Managing Director, Samsung Catalyst Fund

Eilat Cohen Basat
Managing Director, Global Digital Innovation Lab Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Alex McCracken
Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank

Tim Lafferty
Chief Operating Officer @Mawsonia

Emily J. Yukich
Partner, Fox Rothschild

Barak Ben Avinoam
Managing Partner, Europe & Israel BGV

Benjamin Rohe
Founder & Chairman of the Board, GERMANTECH

Kristin Slanina
Chief Transformation Officer, Thirdware

Evdokia Stavraki-Stephanou
Director, Alter Domus (Cyprus)

Dr. Petros Farah
Vice President, Vickers Venture Partners

Alex Baker
Partner, Relay Ventures

Francesco Russo
Head of Investments, Alchimia Investments

Matt Ridley
Investment Principal, IAG

Paolo Bavaj
Head of CVC, Henkel Adhesive Technologies

Miles Kirby
Managing Partner, AV8 Ventures

Lars Böhnisch
Investment Manager, Evonik Venture Capital

Guy Champniss
Professor, IE University

Tom Whitehouse
Senior Adviser, GCV

Sergio Escobar
Founder, BCF Ventures

Leslie Broudo-Mitts
Head, Coller Institute of Venture & Sofaer Global MBA

Samuel Solomon
Chairman, Mobideo Technology Ltd

Justin Borus
Founder, CIO, Ibex Investors

Ed Frank
CEO, Axis Innovation

Jeremy Lustman
Partner, DLA Piper

Christophe Defert
Vice President, Centrica Innovations

Lital Kiperman Vaknin
Head of Innovation, Peres Center

Dmitry Firskin
Investment Director, Altair Capital

Jaewon Peter Chun
Founder, XnTree

Naomi Maryles
Director of Israel BD, DLA Piper

Tanja Koch
Investment, Fluxunit

Moshe Friedman
Head, Amdocs Ventures

Orly Glick
Partner, Vintage Investment Partners

Adrian Daniels
Partner, Yigal Arnon

Raphaël Cattan
Analyst, Idinvest Partners

Jérôme Wittamer
Managing Partner, Expon Capital

Michael Rosen
Of Councel, Kobre Kim

Ulrich Seitz
Managing Director, BayWa

Michael Sweet
Partner, Fox Rothschild

Iskander Giniyatullin
Partner, Sistema VC

Shahar Friedman
Head of Innovation Studio Tlv, Visa

Anton Abdukhamidov
Head of corporate development projects, Yandex

Victoria Kanar
Co-Founder, Re-Fresh Global

Efrat Duvdevani
Director General, Peres Center for Peace, Innovation

Christian Feisst
CEO, GreenCom Networks

Idan Mor
Investment Director, Centrica Innovations

Emek Sadot
CEO, Fsight.io

Michal Mravec
Investment Manager, Inven Capital

2020 Sponsors

• Ibex
• Nrw Invest Germany
• Fox Rothschild
• Ie
• Yigal Arnor & Co
• AlterDomus
• Coller
• Dla Paper
• Kobre & Kim
• Dispute & Investigations

PARTNERS:
• Peres- Center
• Israel
• 2020 Crowd Global Investors Summit
• Affinity
• Tech Events
• Cicc
• Tech 7
• Let lab
• Brooks Keret
• Hasoub
• Guberman
• The Nest
• Ik Israel
• Pwc
• Business France
• Kabeela Life