The Yozma Group
Yigal Erlich is the Managing Partner of YozmaYigal and has been reputed as the founding father of the Israeli venture capital industry by establishing Yozma and he started Technology Incubator Program. He has served as Chief Scientist of Israel's Ministry of Industry and Trade; the first chairman of Israel Venture Association; deputy chairman of the National R&D Council of Israel; advisor to the World Bank, Canadian government bank, and many others. Yigal holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemistry and an MBA degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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The Yozma Group
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The Yozma Group is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in all stages of development of a company with a focus on startups, early-stage, mid ventures, late ventures, and pre-IPO companies. The firm also may, on a selective basis, invest in mature companies. It typically invests in communications, information technology, healthcare, life sciences, and medical technologies, focusing on companies developing infrastructure and enabling technologies. The firm also invests in Telecommunication Services, Communications Equipment, Enterprise Software, Medical Device Research, Wireless Telecommunication Services, bioinformatics, life sciences. The firm has successfully listed 23 portfolio companies on NASDAQ and exited hundreds of Israeli startups through M&A with multinational companies. The firm focuses on companies based in the United States, Asia, focusing on Korea, Israel, and Israeli-related companies that target international markets. It seeks to invest between $1 million and $6 million in its portfolio companies, with the ability to provide additional capital for follow-on investments. The firm seeks to take a board seat and a significant minority equity stake in its investee companies. It can be a lead investor or take a co-lead investor position in its portfolio companies. The Yozma Group was founded in January 1993 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel. In 2015, the Yozma Group Korea was founded to discover technology-based Asian startups. The Yozma Group is operating 7 technology incubators across Korea with reputable universities, the firm invests and nurtures early and late-stage startups.