AAF GROUP

Founder & Chairman Of AAF Group

Hillel is acting as Chairman of AAF Group, he is one of the pioneers of the venture capital industry in Israel, who is personally responsible about 25 exits. In the Early 90s he co-founded and was a General Partner at Walden Israel one of the first funds in Israel.

Sample exits: Ornet, Zoran, Radvision, Breezecom, Jacada, Orkit, PowerDsine, Viryanet, Shopping.com, Ness Technolgies, Sayfun, Identify, Proactivity, Mazor Surgical, Evogene

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• Co-founder and managing partner in Aquagro Fund I

• Israeli VC industry pioneer with over 20 exits

• Co-founder Walden Israel Fund 1, Co-founder & CEO Clal Venture Capital, Co-founder and managing partner Infinity Fund I and Managing Partner Alice Ventures

• Co-started and managed Zoran Ltd.

• BSc ME and MA Management Sciences, University of Alabama

Founder & Managing Partner AAF II AG & FOOD Fund

​Nir is leading AAF II AG & FOOD FUND as the Ag & Food investments champion of the group.

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• Co-founder and managing partner in Aquagro Fund I

• Material science and cleantech investment pioneer

• Co-founder & managing partner MMT Fund

• 24 years VC management experience including fund of fund management IDB group

• Vest positions in the High-tech and in the industry

• BSc Math and Computer Science, Tel Aviv University

• MBA, Tel Aviv University

Managing Partner - AAF II Water Fund

​Fred is leading AAF II WATER FUND as the water and energy champion of the group. Fred will be the bridge to the US market for growing  Israeli portfolio companies.

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• 20 years structured finance experience

• $10B+ in transactions

• Business leader for all GE Water financing activities

• Co-founder and Managing Director, Liberation Capital

• SVP, GE Capital Markets

• BA Finance, Northeastern University

• MBA, Univ. of Penn, Wharton School

Managing Partner - AG & FOOD Fund

• Executive VP Investments & Innovation, Cannbit

• VP Technology & Innovation, Earthbound, Foodtech and Sustainability leader, Israeli Unilever Global Open Innovation Port

• Global Segment Manager & Corporate Open Innovation Leader, Frutarom Industries

• Global Sales & Marketing Manager, Solbar Industries

• Sales Manager & Scientific Expert, GE Healthcare – Life Sciences solutions

• PhD researcher, IMPACT Investments and Industrial Ecology tools at the innovation Industrial Ecology Lab, Tel Aviv University (present)

• MBA, specializing in technology management; entrepreneurship and strategic  innovation, Tel Aviv University

• MSc  with honor in Molecular Microbiology & Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University