Shlomo Kalish

Shlomo Kalish
Born 1952 (age 63–64)
Haifa, Israel
Nationality Israel
Occupation Hi-Tech Investor

Dr. Shlomo Kalish, Ph.D., is the Founder and Managing Partner at of Jerusalem Global Ventures.[1] He is known as one of the first and most successful hi-tech investors in Israel.[2]

Early life

Shlomo Kalish was born in 1952 in Haifa, Israel to Issacher Dov and Haya Kalish- both Holocaust survivors.[3] Kalish served as a fighter pilot from 1971–1975, which included the Yom Kippur War.[4]

Education

In 1977, Kalish received a B.Sc. in Mathematics from Tel Aviv University.[3] He completed an M.Sc. and a PhD at MIT's Sloan School [5] In 1981 he began teaching at the University of Rochester. In 1985 he joined the Management Faculty of Tel Aviv University,[3] and established a hi-tech consulting business.[4]

Career

In 1999 Kalish founded Jerusalem Global Ventures, a Jerusalem-based VC.[2] Kalish also served as General Partner of Concord Ventures I, LP from 1997-1999.[5] Dr. Kalish led investments in Saifun Semiconductors, Oridion Medical, Oren Semiconductors, Creo, QXL, Mellanox Technologies, Picturevision and Galileo.[6] In 1999, Kalish also founded Yazam.com, one of the first accelerators aimed at internet projects in Israel.[4] Yazam was later sold to U.S. Technologies.

In 2007, Kalish was ranked number 39 on the Forbes Midas List,[7] and first for the Israelis on the list by Forbes Magazine. Kalish was a Managing Partner at Vaizra Israel from 2010-2016,[1] a division of Vaizra Investments. Vaizra was founded by Yitzhak (Viatcheslav) Mirilashvili, a former founder of VKontakte.[6]

Community

Shlomo Kalish is a board member at the charity Shalom Beineinu, which he founded.[8] He is also on the Board of Trustees of the Jerusalem College of Technology and the Technion Israel Institute of Technology.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.jgv.com/shlomo-kalish
  2. 1 2 "Shlomo Kalish". Crunch Base. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Manfredi, P.S. (Winter 2004). "Dr. Shlomo Kalish". Lifestyles Magazine. 33 (194): 37–40.
  4. 1 2 3 "רב, מיליונר, טייס קרב, פרופסור: הכירו את החב"דניק של תעשיית ההיי-טק". Mako. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Shlomo Kalish Ph.D.". Business Week. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  6. 1 2 "הרב שלמה קליש מסתער על ההייטק הישראלי". CalCalist. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  7. 1 2 "#39 Shlomo Kalish". Forbes. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Shlomo Kalish". Shalom Beinenu. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
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